Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 91

Municipally Owned Utilities

←91.760

Section 91.770.1

91.780→

August 28, 2015

Municipalities--power to acquire lands and other property, limitation.

91.770. Any municipality as herein defined shall have power to purchase,

lease or condemn lands or other property, or interests therein, in the name

of the state, necessary and proper to enable it to carry out the purposes of

sections 91.620 to 91.770. If condemnation becomes necessary, the

municipalities shall have power to proceed to condemn such lands or other

property, or interests therein, in the name of the state, in accordance with

the provisions of law relating to condemnation proceedings by railroad

corporations insofar as same are applicable; provided, however, that any

municipality shall have power to require any publicly or privately owned

water system or sewer system service which is now or may hereafter be

authorized or ordered by the public service commission only by contract with

the owner thereof and with the approval of the public service commission, and

the provisions of sections 91.620 to 91.770 shall not be construed to

authorize any such municipality to acquire, by condemnation proceedings, any

such water system or sewer system service, or any other public utility

service, now or hereafter authorized or ordered by the public service

commission.



(L. 1941 p. 493 § 14a)







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