Missouri § 238.212 Notice to public, how.

Missouri Statutes

§ 238.212 — Notice to public, how.

Missouri § 238.212

Title XIVROADS AND WATERWAYS

Ch. 238Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.212 (2026).

Text

1.If the petition was filed by registered voters or by a governing body, the circuit clerk in whose office the petition was filed shall give notice to the public by causing one or more newspapers of general circulation serving the counties or portions thereof contained in the proposed district to publish once a week for four consecutive weeks a notice substantially in the following form:

2.The circuit court may also order a public hearing on the question of the creation and funding of the proposed district, if it deems such appropriate, under such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate. The circuit court shall order at least one public hearing on the creation and funding of the proposed district, if the petition for creating such district was filed by the owners of record of al

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1. If the petition was filed by registered voters or by a governing body, the circuit clerk in whose office the petition was filed shall give notice to the public by causing one or more newspapers of general circulation serving the counties or portions thereof contained in the proposed district to publish once a week for four consecutive weeks a notice substantially in the following form:

2. The circuit court may also order a public hearing on the question of the creation and funding of the proposed district, if it deems such appropriate, under such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate. The circuit court shall order at least one public hearing on the creation and funding of the proposed district, if the petition for creating such district was filed by the owners of record of all real property within the proposed district. If a public hearing is ordered, notice of the time, date and place of the hearing shall also be given in the notice specified in subsection 1 of this section.

3. The notice required by this section shall also be sent to the Missouri department of revenue, which shall publish and maintain such notice on its website.

Legislative History

(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 40, A.L. 1997 S.B. 303, A.L. 2009 H.B. 191, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1606) *Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al. (see 2023 annotation below). (2023) The inclusion of Section 67.2300 in H.B. 1606 from 2022 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23 of the Missouri Constitution. The remaining provisions of H.B. 1606 could not be severed and the bill is declared invalid in its entirety. Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al., 679 S.W.3d 492 (Mo.banc).