79.552. Members, appointment, qualifications, terms--expenses (certain municipalities).
Members, appointment, qualifications, terms--expenses (certainmunicipalities).
79.552. 1. In any municipality eligible under section 79.550 tocreate a municipal redevelopment authority, upon the motion of thegoverning body of such municipality, there is hereby created a municipalredevelopment authority in such municipality, which shall consist of ninemembers appointed pursuant to this section. Three members of suchauthority shall be appointed by the mayor of such municipality, six membersof such authority shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice andconsent of the senate.
2. The members of the authority shall be citizens and residents ofthe state. The members of the authority appointed by the mayor shall beresidents of the municipality, or shall have previously been residents ofthe municipality for at least five years preceding the appointment. Of themembers of the authority appointed by the governor, at least four membersshall be residents of the county in which the municipality is located andsuch members may also be residents of the municipality.
3. Each member appointed shall serve for a term of two years, exceptthat of the members first appointed, two of the members appointed by themayor and three of the members appointed by the governor shall serve for aterm of one year. The mayor shall designate one of the members aschairman. Vacancies in the authority shall be filled for the unexpiredterm in the same manner as original appointments are made. Five members ofthe authority shall constitute a quorum, and any action or order of theauthority shall require the approval of at least five members.
4. All members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expensesincurred by them in the performance of their duties, except that thereimbursements for expenses incurred on any one day other than the cost oftravel shall not exceed one hundred and fifty percent of the daily expenseallowance established for members of the general assembly pursuant tosection 21.145, RSMo. Any member who is a resident of the county in whichthe municipality establishing the authority is located shall not bereimbursed for lodging.
(L. 1988 H.B. 1738 § 2, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1564, A.L. 1995 H.B. 484, et al.)