Missouri § 162.785 - State board authorized to acquire property and to receive and administer grants.
Full text of Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri § 162.785 — State board authorized to acquire property and to receive and administer grants., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 162.785. State board authorized to acquire property and to receive and administer grants.
1. The state board of education may acquire by purchase, lease, gift, bequest, eminent domain, or otherwise all necessary lands, buildings or equipment, including transportation facilities, for the use and benefit of the Missouri School for the Blind, the Missouri School for the Deaf and the Missouri schools for the severely disabled. Whenever the board selects property or additional property for school purposes and cannot agree with the owner thereof as to the price to be paid, or for any other cause cannot secure a title thereto, the board may proceed to condemn the property in the manner provided in chapter 523 and on such condemnation and payment of the appraisement as provided, the title to the property shall vest in the state board of education for the use and benefit of the school or schools for which it was required.
2. The state board of education may receive and administer any grants, gifts, devises, bequests or donations by any individual or corporation to the Missouri schools for the severely disabled, or any of them, the Missouri School for the Blind or the Missouri School for the Deaf. Grants, gifts, devises, bequests or donations made for a specified use shall not be applied either wholly or in part to any other use.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 474 §§ 26, 27, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1807)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 162.785 ("State board authorized to acquire property and to receive and administer grants.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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