SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOD.
Pre-filed December 3, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 80.575, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to disincorporation of villages.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 80.575, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 80.575, to read as follows:
80.575. 1. The county governing body of each county shall have the power to disincorporate any town or village which they may have incorporated, upon petition of three-fourths of the voters of such town or village, without an election in such town or village, provided that the petition requests disincorporation without an election, and provided that the population of such town or village is less than one hundred.
2. The county governing body of each county shall have the power to disincorporate any village that was incorporated after August 28, 2007, whether under the provisions of this chapter or under the provisions of chapter 72, RSMo, without a vote of the power:
(1) If the area that was incorporated is not contiguous territory that contained at least one square mile and one hundred inhabitants residing in permanent dwellings; or
(2) If the area incorporated is not populated in a density of at least ten people per square mile; or
(3) If, in the discretion of the governing body, the area that was incorporated does not have sufficient assessed valuation of property for an ad valorem tax base; or
(4) If, in the discretion of the governing body, the area to be incorporated does not have the potential ability to function as a municipality and the ability to furnish normal municipal services within a reasonable time after its incorporation.
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