71.799. Cities of 350,000 or more--powers of district--governing body to determine expenditures.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

71.799. Cities of 350,000 or more--powers of district--governing body to determine expenditures.

Cities of 350,000 or more--powers of district--governing body todetermine expenditures.

71.799. 1. In any city with a population of three hundredfifty thousand or more, a district shall have all the powersnecessary or convenient to carry out any and all improvementsadopted in the ordinance establishing the district and, inaddition, may exercise the following powers:

(1) Cooperate with other public agencies and with anyindustry or business located within the district in theimplementation of any project within the district;

(2) Enter into any agreement with any other public agency,any person, firm, or corporation to effect any of the provisionscontained in sections 71.790 to 71.808;

(3) Contract and be contracted with, and to sue and be sued;

(4) Accept gifts, grants, loans, or contributions from thecity in which the district is located, the United States ofAmerica, the state of Missouri, political subdivisions,foundations, other public or private agencies, individuals,partnerships, or corporations;

(5) Employ such managerial, engineering, legal, technical,clerical, accounting, and other assistance as it may deemadvisable. The district may also contract with independentcontractors for any such assistance.

2. In any city with a population of three hundred fiftythousand or more, the governing body of the city creating thedistrict shall have final discretion as to how the revenuederived from any tax to be imposed under sections 71.790 to71.808 shall be used within the scope of the above purposes, andthe governing body of the city shall give its advice and consentto members of a board of commissioners appointed by the mayor ofthe city to administer the district. The governing body of thecity creating the district shall not decrease the level ofpublicly funded services in the district existing prior tocreation of the district or transfer the financial burden ofproviding the services to the district unless the services at thesame time are decreased throughout the city, nor shall thegoverning body discriminate in the provision of the publiclyfunded services between areas included in such a district andareas not so included.