Section 4 Delegation of Power

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As stated in §1.2 above, the legislature has the sole authority to designate which entities will have the power of eminent domain. Annbar Assocs. v. W. Side Redevelopment Corp., 397 S.W.2d 635 (Mo. banc 1965). For a listing of state statutes that confer the power of eminent domain on public or private agencies, corporations, or political subdivisions of the state, see §1.47 below. The legislature’s grant of the power of eminent domain is subject only to (1) the...