{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-67.1840","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1840","heading":"Fee imposed to recover management costs, amount — allocation of such fees — uniform application of right-of-way laws required.","body":"1. A political subdivision may recover its right-of-way management costs by imposing a fee for permits issued by the political subdivision. A political subdivision shall not recover from a public utility right-of-way user costs caused by another entity's activity or inactivity in the public right-of-way.\n2. Right-of-way permit fees imposed by a political subdivision on public utility right-of-way users shall be:\n(1) Based on the actual, substantiated costs reasonably incurred by the political subdivision in managing the public right-of-way;\n(2) Based on an allocation among all users of the public right-of-way, including the political subdivision itself, which shall reflect the proportionate costs imposed on the political subdivision by each of the various types of uses of the public rights-of-way;\n(3) Imposed on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; and\n(4) Imposed in a manner so that aboveground uses of the public right-of-way do not bear costs incurred by the political subdivision to regulate underground uses of the public right-of-way.\n3. The public utility right-of-way user shall have the right to equitably allocate, and may separately state in the customer's bill, any or all right-of-way permit fees imposed by a political subdivision to:\n(1) Customers of the public utility right-of-way user residing in the political subdivision; or\n(2) Any specific customer or customers requesting or requiring the public utility right-of-way user to perform work for which the acquisition of a right-of-way permit is necessary.\n4. The rights, duties and obligations regarding the use of the public right-of-way imposed pursuant to sections 67.1830 to 67.1846 shall be uniformly applied to all users of the public right-of-way, including the political subdivision.","path":["Title VI - COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT","Chapter 67 - Political Subdivisions, Miscellaneous Powers"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=67.1840","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"f5b69e5bf32760a63bfa67e08b3f076b5f4db768acb4a23df22b0956b71fd763","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-67.1838","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-67.1842"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}