Section VI Section 27

Constitution

Effective - 05 Dec 2002, see footnote   

  VI Section 27.  Political subdivision revenue bonds for utility, industrial and airport purposes — restrictions. — Any city or incorporated town or village in this state, by vote of a majority of the qualified electors thereof voting thereon, and any joint board or commission, established by a joint contract between municipalities or political subdivisions in this state, by compliance with then applicable requirements of law, may issue and sell its negotiable interest bearing revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of purchasing, construction, extending or improving any of the following projects:

  (1)  Revenue producing water, sewer, gas or electric light works, heating or power plants;

  (2)  Plants to be leased or otherwise disposed of pursuant to law to private persons or corporations for manufacturing and industrial development purposes, including the real estate, buildings, fixtures and machinery; or

  (3)  Airports.

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The project shall be owned by the municipality or by the cooperating municipalities or political subdivisions or the joint board or commission, either exclusively or jointly or by participation with cooperatives or municipally owned or public utilities, the cost of operation and maintenance and the principal and interest of the bonds to be payable solely from the revenues derived by the municipality or by the cooperating municipalities or political subdivisions or the joint board or commission from the operation of the utility or the lease or operation of the project.  The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, and neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of or the interest on such bonds.  Nothing in this section shall affect the ability of the public service commission to regulate investor-owned utilities.

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Source: Const. of 1945 (Amended November 8, 1960) (Amended August 17, 1965) (Amended November 5, 1974) (Amended November 7, 1978) (Amended November 4, 1986) (Amended November 3, 1998) (Amended November 5, 2002).

(1951) This section does not affect the issuance of revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring and developing parking facilities by city under §§ 71.250 and 71.360. Kansas City v. Fishman, 362 Mo. 352, 241 S.W.2d 377.

(1952) This section has no application to the issuance of revenue bonds for establishment and extension or improvement of combined waterworks and sewerage system as authorized by Chap. 250, RSMo. City of Maryville v. Cushman, 363 Mo. 87, 249 S.W.2d 347.

(1962) Provisions of this section, added by amendment in 1960, relating to bonds for industrial development purposes are not self-executing and proceedings taken by city pursuant to enabling act but prior to effective date of the act were invalid. Petition of Monroe City (Mo.) v. Southern, 359 S.W.2d 706.

(1967) A municipality may sell a facility acquired with the proceeds of industrial revenue bonds. Wring v. City of Jefferson (Mo.), 413 S.W.2d 292.

See Revisor's note following Art. VI, § 27(a).