99.120. Acquisition of property. - Missouri Statutes

Acquisition of property.

99.120. An authority whose board members are appointed by one or moreelected officials shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of thepower of eminent domain any real property in fee simple or other estatewhich it may deem necessary for its purposes under sections 99.010 to99.230 after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that theacquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for suchpurposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in themanner provided for corporations in chapter 523, RSMo. Property alreadydevoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, provided that noreal property belonging to the city, the county, the state or any politicalsubdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.

(RSMo 1939 § 7864, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1944)