Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.240

70.240. Lands may be acquired — how — by whom. — The parties to such contract or cooperative action or any of them, or any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260 for the purpose of providing water or sewer services, may acquire, by gift or purchase, or by the power of eminent domain exercised by one or more of the parties thereto in the same manner as now or hereafter provided for corporations created under the law of this state for public use, chapter 523 and amendments thereto, or any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260 for the purpose of providing water or sewer services, the lands necessary or useful for the joint use of the parties for the purposes provided in section 70.220 or section 70.260 , either within or without the corporate or territorial limits of one or more of the contracting parties, and shall have the power to hold or acquire said lands as tenants in common with the parties to such contract or in the name of any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260 ; provided however, that in no event shall any joint board or commission formed pursuant to section 70.260 for the purpose of providing water or sewer services exercise the power of eminent domain within the corporate or territorial limits of one of the contracting parties without such party's consent.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 401 § 7403c, A.L. 1999 H.B. 450 merged with S.B. 160 & 82) CROSS REFERENCES: Fire departments, cities may contract for joint maintenance, costs how shared, bonds issued, when, 71.370 to 71.510 Fire protection districts, may contract with municipalities, 321.220 Housing authorities, may join or cooperate, 99.110; borrow or accept grants from federal government, 99.210 Levee district may contract with Mississippi River Commission, 245.390 National park or plaza, certain cities to have additional powers, 95.510 to 95.527 Sewerage facilities, authority of municipalities to contract with each other, 250.220 Street lighting districts may contract with other political subdivisions, 235.150 Taxes, delinquent, drainage and levee districts may cooperate to redeem, 246.140 Water, cities may contract to furnish or to buy, 91.050, 91.060 Water supply, cities may contract jointly for, 71.540, 71.550 Water supply district may contract with city for water service, procedure, 247.085 (1964) City had authority to enter into contract with school district for erection of library by school district on land acquired by city by condemnation proceedings for purpose of parkway. School District of Kansas City v. Kansas City (Mo.), 382 S.W.2d 688. (1967) Cities' cooperative sewer agreement which conditioned obligation of a fourth class city to build facilities on its passage of a bond issue did not, until the passage of the bond issue, create an indebtedness of the city within constitutional debt limitation, and was not ultra vires or void ab initio. The passage of the bond issue obligated the city to perform the construction and established corresponding obligation of the other contracting city to perform its duties conditioned on the passage of the bond issue. Kansas City v. City of Raytown (Mo.), 421 S.W.2d 504.