FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Committee on Local Government April 15, 2003, with recommendation that the House Committee Substitute for Senate Committee
Substitute for Senate Bill No. 281 Do Pass by Consent.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 49.370 and 49.380, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to county property.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 49.370 and 49.380, RSMo, are repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 49.370, to read as follows:
49.370. 1. The county commission shall designate the place whereon to erect any county building, on any land belonging to such county, at the established seat of justice thereof. If there is no suitable ground belonging to said county within the limits of the original town known as the established seat of justice, the county commission shall select a proper piece of ground anywhere within the corporate limits of the town known as the county seat, and may purchase or receive by donation a lot or lots of ground for that purpose, and shall take a good and sufficient deed in fee simple for the same to the county, and shall make report to the circuit court at its next sitting.
2. The provisions of subsection 1, notwithstanding, any county of the first classification may acquire, own, erect, operate, manage, and maintain buildings and property outside the limits of the established seat of justice, so long as the building or property is located within the county.
[49.380. If there is no suitable ground for that purpose belonging to said county within the limits of the original town known as the established seat of justice, the superintendent shall select a proper piece of ground anywhere within the corporate limits of the town known as the county seat, and may purchase or receive by donation a lot or lots of ground for that purpose, and shall take a good and sufficient deed in fee simple for the same to the county, and shall make report of his proceedings to the county commission and the circuit court at its next sitting.]