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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 91.010 (2026)

Cities empowered to erect, maintain gas and power plants

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  91.010.  Cities empowered to erect, maintain gas and power plants — waterworks — ice plants — electric light plants. — The city council of any city, town or village in this state shall have power to erect, maintain and operate waterworks, or to acquire waterworks by purchase and to operate and maintain the same, and to supply the inhabitants thereof with water; to erect, purchase, acquire, maintain and operate gas and power plants, electric light plants, ice plants or any other kind of plant or device for lighting purposes, or to acquire and own the same by purchase and to maintain and operate such plants and to supply the inhabitants of such cities, towns and villages with water, light, ice and power therefrom.

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(RSMo 1939 § 7786)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 7641; 1919 § 9079; 1909 § 9904

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1966–2009 · leading case: Farmers' Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Missouri Dep't of Corr., 977 S.W.2d 266 (Mo. 1998).
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Farmers' Elec. Coop., Inc. v. Missouri Dep't of Corr., 977 S.W.2d 266 (Mo. 1998). · cites it 3× “2, a municipally-owned electric utility may extend, pursuant to lawful annexation, its service territory to include any structure located in a newly annexed area that has not received permanent service from another supplier within ninety days prior to the effective date of the…”
Missouri Pub. Serv. Co. v. City of Trenton, 509 S.W.2d 770 (Mo. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 10× “, empowers “[a]ny city in this state, which owns and operates any electric light or power plant .”
City of Hamilton v. Pub. Water Supply Dist. 2 of Caldwell Cnty., 849 S.W.2d 96 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “050, RSMo 1986, as noted, authorizes a city to supply water from its waterworks to other municipal corporations and persons for use beyond the corporate limits and enter into contracts for that purpose under such terms “as may be agreed upon.”
State Ex Rel. Mitchell v. City of Sikeston, 555 S.W.2d 281 (Mo. 1977). · cites it 2× “Section 91.010 provides: “The city council of any city, town or village in this state shall have power to erect, maintain and operate waterworks, or to acquire waterworks by purchase and to operate and maintain the same, and to supply the inhabitants thereof with water; to…”
Mathison v. Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 2, 401 S.W.2d 424 (Mo. 1966). · cites it 4× “120 authorized the city: (1) to purchase that part of the water distribution system of Raytown Water Company (hereinafter referred to as Water Company) lying south of 79th Street in the city and pay the purchase price from surplus in the city’s general fund; and, (2) to operate…”
Kindred v. City of Smithville, 292 S.W.3d 420 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). “§§ 91.010 and 250.010.1. As a fourth-class city, 2 the City has the power to “receive and hold property, both real and personal, within such city .”
City of New Madrid v. Associated Elec. Coop., Inc., 582 S.W.2d 727 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). “Sections 91.010, 91.020 and 91.030, R.S.Mo, 1969 do not prohibit the City from selling electric power to another city, that is to the City of Kennett in this case.”
Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 10 of Cass Cnty. v. City of Peculiar, 971 S.W.2d 849 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). “Sections 91.010 and 91.050 give cities the authority to serve their inhabitants with water and to contract to serve persons and corporations beyond the city limits.”
State ex rel. Taylor v. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Auth. of Kansas City, 586 S.W.2d 331 (Mo. 1979). · cites it 2× “Dimmitt relied upon here, but the Sikeston case was dealing with § 91.010, RSMo 1969, which authorizes municipalities to purchase power from vendor cities and which contains no language about how it shall be construed, unlike the statutes before us.”
Union Elec. Co. v. City of Jackson, 791 S.W.2d 890 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “The statute empowering the City of Jackson to provide electricity to its inhabitants is § 91.010, RSMo 1986. In relevant part it states: The city council of any city .”
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