Mo. Rev. Stat. § 64.390
Just compensation shall be paid for all property taken or damaged hereunder by the acquisition of real estate or other property or the improvement thereof and for the purpose of ascertaining the damages for the taking or improvement of property, the methods of procedure shall be followed in ascertaining the damages sustained by property owners whose property has been taken or damaged as provided by law for ascertaining damages in the case of opening roads and highways and the amount of such damage and costs shall not be assessed and charged against the county, but shall be charged only against the territorial limits of the properties acquired which shall be the sole benefit district, and shall be paid solely from the profits arising from the proceeds of leaseholds and concessions or any other funds accumulating from the management of the project.
§ 64.390, RSMo