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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 249

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 249

Sewer Districts in Certain Counties

249.010Sewer district organization — petition for 249.020Determination of population 249.030Location of sewer district 249.040Sanitary engineer — appointment, oath, duties, reports, contents 249.050Notice of hearing 249.060Objections heard and determined by court — may alter boundaries — costs to include what — effect of incorporation 249.070Election on incorporation — notice 249.080Form of ballot for election to incur indebtedness 249.090Trustees — bonds issued — tax for interest and sinking fund 249.100(Repealed L. 1951 p. 627 § 1)Repealed 249.1000Publicly owned sewer treatment works, responsible for whole sewer system, when — exceptions 249.110Tax levy to be authorized by voters — election expenses, how paid 249.1100Consolidation of sewer districts permitted, when, procedure 249.1103Public hearing to be held prior to election for consolidation of sewer districts 249.1106Ballot language for consolidation of sewer districts — submission of question to voters in both districts simultaneously 249.1109Combining of original districts after consolidation approved 249.1112Board of directors, members, terms, vacancies, expenses 249.1115Powers, privileges and duties of original districts retained after consolidation 249.1118Dissolution procedure 249.1150District authorized, opt out procedure, powers — resolution may be adopted by county commission for service by district — board of trustees, members, terms — maintenance plan required, when — property tax levy, ballot form — termination of tax, procedure (Barry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Ozark, Stone, Taney, Webster, and Wright counties)249.1152(Repealed L. 2005 H.B. 58 § A merged with H.B. 617 § A)Repealed 249.1154(Repealed L. 2005 H.B. 58 § A merged with H.B. 617 § A)Repealed 249.1155Septic systems to be maintained or pumped every five years — proof submitted — fee 249.120Bonds — denominations — interest — registry — deposit of funds 249.130Taxes levied, when and how 249.132Extension of district boundaries, procedure — sanitary engineer appointed — report of findings 249.134Hearings on proposed extension, notice — election, when ordered — decree of extension entered 249.136Indebtedness authorized — limitations — election required 249.138Resubmission of indebtedness question after rejection — second resubmission on order of court 249.140Trustees, qualifications, election, term 249.150Biennial elections 249.160Organization of board of trustees 249.170Two trustees may make decision 249.180Vacancies, how filled 249.190Failure of trustee to qualify — compensation of trustees 249.200Trustees to furnish bonds 249.210Trustees shall maintain record of proceedings 249.220Trustees may promulgate rules and regulations 249.230Trustees to employ an attorney 249.240Trustees to provide for payment of salaries, fees 249.250Unpaid warrants to draw interest 249.255Public sewer district lien for unpaid charges — disconnection of services 249.260Trustees to appoint engineer — adoption of sewer plan 249.270Purchase of maps 249.280(Repealed L. 1951 p. 627 § 1)Repealed 249.290Board may construct and maintain system — not limited to plan on estimates of engineer 249.300Sewage disposal plants 249.310Trustees charged with maintenance of system 249.320Appropriation of land 249.330Bids for improvement contracts 249.340Contractual procedure and work specifications 249.350Payments on contract — inspection of work 249.360Subdivision of district 249.370Powers of board of trustees after adoption of plans 249.380Detailed plans of lateral system made and filed by engineer 249.390Election in subdistrict for issuance of bonds 249.395Funding or refunding bonds authorized — how paid 249.400Rental charges from abutting property owners 249.410Delinquent rental charges to bear interest 249.420Additional lateral sewers in subdistrict 249.422Fee imposed to repair lateral sewer service lines for certain residential property and in certain counties — condominiums responsible for proportionate share — ballot form — special account established for fees collected 249.423Collector may add fees for repair of sewer lines to tax bills of property owners — powers and duties 249.424Lateral sewer line repair, annual fee authorized — submitted to voters, ballot language — fee may be added to general tax levy bills 249.425Metropolitan sewer district, design-build contracts authorized, procedure — exemption 249.430Definitions 249.440Incorporation of sewer districts by county commission — powers of county commission 249.450Number of petitioners required — district created by county commission, corporate powers 249.451Certain counties may assign operation of sewer district to any common sewer district which lies totally or partially in county, procedure (Jackson, Cass, St. Louis and all first classification counties)249.460Sewer engineer appointment — duty to advise county commission 249.470Districts to be established by resolution of commission — countywide sewer districts, when 249.480Resolution to be published — hearing of protest 249.485Sewer district to be separate entity not part of county commission, exception 249.490County commission may alter district boundaries 249.500Joint sewers may be established by county commission 249.510Contract bids 249.515County commission's powers — treatment system, violations — compliance period — failure to comply, penalty 249.520Contractor's bond — apportionment of costs — assessments — tax bills 249.530Construction without contract 249.540Right of condemnation — right to enter private land to survey — sewer lines across unplatted land, expense of construction and restoration 249.550Assistants employed by sewer engineer 249.560Apportionment of expenses — regulation of connections — contracts with municipal corporations 249.565Violation of section or regulation, misdemeanor 249.570Connection of previously constructed sewers 249.580Special tax bills 249.590Record of special tax bills 249.600County not liable for errors 249.610Sewer tax bill record — inquiries about taxes — payments 249.620Collector shall pay holder of tax bill 249.630Procedure of recording payments 249.640Special assessment for maintenance and administration — exception, unplatted lands, when — interest to be paid, when — tax lien against property authorized 249.645Charges for sewer service, how computed — notice, hearing — delinquency, interest from due date — lien on land authorized — priority of lien — discontinuance of service 249.650Suits to collect taxes 249.660Legal aid — how secured 249.663Dissolution of district when obligations paid — disposition of assets 249.665Incorporated cities excluded from district, when 249.666Assets of district within city to vest in city — city assumes liabilities — disposition of district funds 249.667Powers of county commission as to city property if district bonds issued 249.668County commission of certain counties to appoint trustees — term, responsibilities, powers — vacancies — compensation 249.670Liquidator — appointment — oath — bond — powers and duties 249.680Liquidator to have full charge of district 249.690Court defined 249.700Compensation of liquidator and counsel 249.710Penalty for nonpayment of tax fixed — prior inconsistent laws repealed 249.720Abatement of accrued penalties for delinquency 249.730Court costs not taxed, when 249.740Court costs may be abated, remitted or not taxed 249.750Suits dismissed, when — winding up affairs, discharge of liquidator 249.760(Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 971 § 1)Repealed 249.761Definitions 249.763Incorporation of district — petition — bond 249.767Objections, who may file, disposition — filing and recording decree of incorporation 249.770First election of supervisors — terms 249.773Election of supervisors — terms — vacancies, how filled 249.774Board members for sewer districts, appointment, terms, vacancies 249.775Oath of supervisors 249.777Rights and powers of district — board of supervisors to manage — treatment system violation, period to comply — failure to comply, penalty 249.780Organization of board, quorum, monthly meetings — officers and employees — annual audits 249.783Duties of officers 249.785Charges for sewage disposal — delinquency — interest due when — lien on land authorized 249.787Estimate of expenses — tax levy, how collected 249.790Debt may be incurred, procedure 249.793Board may issue current revenue bonds 249.795Refunding bonds, how issued 249.797Revenue bonds, issuance — effect on fees and charges 249.800Revenue bonds may be issued without election, when, notice, procedure — election required, when 249.803Owner and occupant both liable for sewerage charges 249.805Refunding of revenue bonds 249.807Extension of boundaries of district, procedure 249.810Dissolution of district, procedure 249.820Certain municipalities may adopt ordinances necessary for compliance with law — enforceability — industrial user, defined 249.822Agreements as to location and manner of discharge — refusal to receive waste — operation and maintenance of facilities, powers — procedural remedies — false statements, penalty 249.900Sewer district may by amended decree construct, maintain and operate a public water supply, requirement, procedure 249.925Definitions 249.927Sewage or storm water facility improvement district, certain city and counties may issue general obligation bonds, purpose — issue assessment against property to pay for improvements 249.929Sewage or storm water facility improvement district, procedure to establish — election, ballot form — governing body to adopt resolution, content 249.931Boundaries of district, how set 249.933Maintenance costs, assessment may be levied and collected after period for assessment of property has expired 249.935Assessment for cost of improvement, how calculated — governing bodies may establish by resolution methods for assessing benefits 249.937Plans and specifications, acceptance by governing body, resolution ordering assessment against property benefitted by improvement 249.939Plans, specification and assessment role filed with city or county clerk — notice — publication, content — hearing to be held — notice mailed to assessed property owners 249.941Hearing held to consider proposals, plan may be amended — governing body may order, by resolution, improvement project 249.943Construction of improvement completed, final cost computed — governing body to assess final cost or amount of general obligation bonds 249.945City or county clerk's duty to mail notice to property owners of assessment — payment may be made in installments — first payment due, when — interest rate, limitation — how collected 249.947Cause of action to set aside assessment, time limitation 249.949Assessment to be a lien on property 249.951Temporary notes may be issued by governing body to pay cost of improvements — general obligation bond shall be issued to pay off notes 249.953Separate account created for each project — balance in fund after project paid for, effect — refund to property owner, when — assessment reduced, when 249.955Amount of bonds and temporary notes, limitation not to exceed ten percent of assessed valuation of taxable tangible property 249.957Tax and special tax bills in certain sections applicable to sewer and storm water facility improvement districts