99.460. Power of eminent domain--procedure. - Missouri Statutes

Power of eminent domain--procedure.

99.460. 1. An authority whose board members are appointed by one ormore elected officials shall have the right to acquire by the exercise ofthe power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessaryfor a land clearance project or for its purposes under this law after theadoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the realproperty described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authoritymay exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner and under theprocedure provided for corporations in chapter 523, RSMo, and actsamendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

2. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in likemanner, provided that no real property belonging to the municipality, thecounty or the state may be acquired without its consent.

(L. 1951 p. 300 § 8, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1944)