2025 Session
Last amended: 2003 session
§ 473.702 — Establishment of District; Purpose; Area; Governing Body
Plain-Language Summary
Creates the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District covering the seven-county metro area.
473.702 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT; PURPOSE; AREA; GOVERNING BODY.
A Metropolitan Mosquito Control District is created to control mosquitoes, disease vectoring ticks, and black gnats (Simuliidae) in the metropolitan area. The area of the district is the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission is created as the governing body of the district, composed and exercising the powers as prescribed in sections 473.701 to 473.716.
History:
1975 c 13 s 127; 1982 c 579 s 4; 1983 c 129 s 1; 1989 c 146 s 1; 2003 c 127 art 13 s 2
History: History: 1975 c 13 s 127; 1982 c 579 s 4; 1983 c 129 s 1; 1989 c 146 s 1; 2003 c 127 art 13 s 2
Practical Notes
The district works to reduce mosquito and black fly populations that could spread disease or cause nuisance.