Oversight notes that the bill allows individuals with their own water system, in the absence of prohibitory city ordinances, to refuse to purchase water from any source servicing their community. Oversight assumes this may result in an unknown revenue loss to water districts. Oversight notes that the bill allows sewer districts in Jefferson County to merge, following public hearings and a vote of the districts' residents. Oversight assumes the act is permissive, and will have no fiscal impact. Officials with the Counties of Jefferson, Cass, and Jackson, and the Cities of Belton, Raytown, Harrisonville, Blue Springs, and Liberty did not respond to our fiscal note request.
Oversight assumes no fiscal impact.
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal. This act revises various provisions relating to water and sewer systems. The act allows Jackson County and Cass County to increase their membership of the common sewer district board of trustees from seven to eight and alters the membership of the board. The approval required for issuing bonds by all common sewer district is changed from four-sevenths to a majority of the voters of the sewer district who vote on the question. The act provides another option that allows the common sewer district to issue bonds if approved by the written assent of three-quarters of the customers of the sewer district.