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MO Rev Stat § 393.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.550 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.550. Definitions. — As used in sections 393.550 to 393.565, the following terms mean:  (1) "Access demand notice", the notice required by section 393.553;  (2) "Denial of access", a failure or refusal by a utility customer in default to enable a utility company having a need for access to its utility meter to gain such access;  (3) "Need for access", the desire to obtain access for the purpose of terminating the supply of electricity, gas or water to a utility customer when:  (a) Such customer has failed to pay lawful charges for one or more of such utility services at the residence for such a period of time that the utility company seeking access has lawfully provided to such customer a written notice that the utility service provided by such utility company is subject to termination in accordance with then applicable laws and regulations, and while the cause for such notice still exists; and  (b) Utility service cannot be terminated to such customer without access to such customer's utility meter, except by terminating utility service to one or more other customers at the residence who are not subject to termination of utility service for failure to pay lawful charges for utility service;  (4) "Residence", a multifamily residential dwelling;  (5) "Utility company", an electrical corporation, a gas corporation or a water corporation subject to the jurisdiction, control and regulation of the Missouri public service commission and to the provisions of chapter 386;  (6) "Utility customer in default", a utility customer who has failed to pay lawful charges for utility services at the residence for the period of time referred to in paragraph (a) of subdivision (3) of this section;  (7) "Utility meter", the meter and any other property connected with the meter which are owned by the utility company. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1422 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 393.553 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.553 - Written demand, notice, contents, refusal of access deemed denial of access, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.553. Written demand, notice, contents, refusal of access deemed denial of access, when. — Whenever there exists a need for access, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 393.550, to a utility meter, the utility company may make demand, by written notice, upon the utility customer in default for access to the utility meter. Such notice shall state that:  (1) The utility company is the owner of the utility meter at the residence;  (2) The utility company seeks access to the utility meter based upon a need for access as described in subdivision (3) of section 393.550; and  (3) If access to the utility meter is not provided within ten days of the date of the access demand notice, an action may be instituted by the utility company. ­­If access to the utility meter is not provided to the utility company within ten days of the date of the access demand notice, such refusal shall constitute a denial of access. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1422 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 393.557 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.557 - Final order of access, exception — bond, amount — hearing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.557. Final order of access, exception — bond, amount — hearing. — 1. The initial access order shall become a final order of access under section 393.555 unless the utility customer in default posts a bond which must be:  (1) Approved by and filed with the court within the time specified by the initial access order; and  (2) In sufficient amount, form and with appropriate security, to protect the utility company against all losses and expenses which the utility company may suffer by reason of the delay in obtaining access, including, but not limited to, the posting of adequate security to cover all charges by the utility company which may accrue during the pendency of the hearing referred to in subsection 2 of this section. ­­If such bond is provided to the court and approved by the court, the utility customer in default filing such bond shall be entitled to a hearing pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, which hearing shall be a hearing on the record under procedures applicable before circuit judges, and shall be held and decided within twenty days of the posting of the bond.  2. At a hearing on the delivery of access to the utility meter, each party may present proofs. In order to prevail, the utility company must establish that it reasonably requires access to the utility meter based upon a need for access as described in subdivision (3) of section 393.550. If the utility company so establishes, the initial access order shall be automatically reinstated and immediately become a final order of access. The utility customer in default and the utility company shall respectively have the opportunity to present evidence to the court, and to cross-examine any or all witnesses of the other party. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1422 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 393.559 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.559 - Access, with sheriff, expenses of sheriff.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.559. Access, with sheriff, expenses of sheriff. — When the sheriff receives a final order of access as described in section 393.555 or 393.557, he shall immediately deliver and grant the utility company access to the utility meter by entering the residence with an authorized representative of the utility company. The sheriff is entitled to receive all his necessary expenses in the delivery of access to the utility meter. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1422 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 393.561 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.561 - Damages awarded to utility customer, when — costs, court to determine who pays.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.561. Damages awarded to utility customer, when — costs, court to determine who pays. — 1. If, at the hearing on the delivery of access to the utility meter under section 393.557, the court specifically finds, on the basis of the record at such hearing, that the utility company willfully and wrongfully instituted an action under sections 393.550 to 393.565, the utility customer in default may be entitled to any damages which might be incurred by such utility customer in default as a direct result of such actions by the utility company, together with reasonable attorney fees.  2. Costs may be taxed in the discretion of the court, and the court shall direct which party is obligated to pay the sheriff's expenses referred to in section 393.559. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1422 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 393.563 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.563 - Other rights of access, not affected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.563. Other rights of access, not affected. — Nothing contained in sections 393.550 to 393.565 shall affect the other rights of access which may be available to the utility company against the utility customer in default under applicable law, or under applicable rules, regulations and tariffs of the utility company, or of the Missouri public service commission; except that no gas or electric utility company, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 393.550, shall terminate utility service to an entire residence, as defined in subdivision (4) of section 393.550, solely by reason of the delinquency in payment of one or more customers, when there are one or more other customers at the residence who are not for any lawful reason, including but not limited to delinquency in payment, subject to termination of utility service. Nothing contained in sections 393.550 to 393.565 shall be construed to prevent a utility company from discontinuing utility service to any residence for any other lawful purpose. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1422 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 393.565 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.565 - Appeals, customer must give bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   393.565. Appeals, customer must give bond. — Applications for appeals shall be allowed and conducted in the manner provided in chapter 512; but no application for an appeal by the utility customer in default shall stay execution unless the utility customer in default gives bond, with security sufficient to secure the payment of all damages, costs and utility charges then due, and with condition to pay all subsequently accruing utility charges, if any, into court within ten days after such charges become due, pending determination of the appeal. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1422 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 393.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.700 - Short title.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   393.700. Short title. — Sections 393.700 to 393.770 shall be known as the "Joint Municipal Utility Commission Act". ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 1, A.L. 1983 H.B. 204, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1402)
MO Rev Stat § 393.705 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.705 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   393.705. Definitions. — As used in sections 393.700 to 393.770, the following terms shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:  (1) "Bond" or "bonds", any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures or other obligations of a commission issued pursuant to sections 393.700 to 393.770;  (2) "Commission", any joint municipal utility commission established by a joint contract pursuant to sections 393.700 to 393.770;  (3) "Contracting municipality", each municipality which is a party to a joint contract establishing a commission pursuant to sections 393.700 to 393.770, a water supply district formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 247, or a sewer district formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 204, or chapter 249;  (4) "Joint contract", the contract entered into among or by and between two or more of the following contracting entities for the purpose of establishing a commission:  (a) Municipalities;  (b) Public water supply districts;  (c) Sewer districts;  (d) Nonprofit water companies;  (e) Nonprofit sewer companies;  (f) Joint municipal utility commissions;  (5) "Participating municipality", a municipality, public water supply district, or sewer district acting in concert with a commission in the development of a project but providing separate financing to acquire an individual interest in the project;  (6) "Person", a natural person, cooperative or private corporation, association, firm, partnership, or business trust of any nature whatsoever, organized and existing pursuant to the laws of any state or of the United States and any municipality or other municipal corporation, governmental unit, or public corporation created under the laws of any state or the United States, and any person, board, or other body declared by the laws of any state or the United States to be a department, agency or instrumentality thereof;  (7) "Project", the purchasing, construction, extending or improving of any utility facility or property including without limitation revenue-producing water, sewage, gas or electric light works, heating or power plants, transmission and distribution systems, and all other types of utilities and revenue-producing facilities as deemed appropriate by the governing bodies of the contracting or participating municipalities, including all real and personal property of any nature whatsoever to be used in connection therewith, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, or any interest therein or right to capacity thereof and the acquisition of fuel of any kind for any such purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 2, A.L. 1983 H.B. 204, A.L. 1986 S.B. 488, A.L. 1999 H.B. 450 merged with S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2000 S.B. 894, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1402, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1171, A.L. 2006 S.B. 559, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 393.720 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.720 - Commissions to be bodies public and corporate.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   393.720. Commissions to be bodies public and corporate. — Any commission established by joint contract under sections 393.700 to 393.770 shall constitute a body public and corporate of the state, exercising public powers for the benefit of its contracting members and in order to carry out the public purposes and the public functions of its contracting members. It shall have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities and disabilities of its contracting members and as a public body politic and corporate, including the power to tax, but shall not have any additional taxing power separate from that of its members nor shall it have the benefit of the doctrine of sovereign immunity. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 5, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1171, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 393.735 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.735 - Additional security for bonds issued may be given, how.

Effective - 07 Dec 1978   393.735. Additional security for bonds issued may be given, how. — As additional security for bonds issued or to be issued by a commission, the commission may mortgage or execute deeds of trust of the whole or any part of a project. Any such mortgage or deed of trust covering the whole or any part of easements or other interests in real estate less than fee simple used in a project, or for the generation or transmission of electric power and energy, and covering fixtures annexed thereto, may be filed in the office of the secretary of state with or as a part of the financing statement covering such fixtures. All filings required under the uniform commercial code to perfect a security interest against the personal property or fixtures of a commission shall be made and maintained in the office of the secretary of state. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 8)  Effective 12-07-78
MO Rev Stat § 393.740 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.740 - Certain taxes applicable.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   393.740. Certain taxes applicable. — 1. All bonds issued pursuant to sections 393.700 to 393.770 and all income or interest thereon shall be exempt from all state taxes, except estate and transfer taxes.  2. All property, real and tangible personal, except for properties acquired exclusively for water supply districts and water supply commissions, acquired by the bonds issued pursuant to sections 393.700 and 393.770 or otherwise acquired by a commission shall be subject to taxation for state, county, and municipal and other local purposes only to the same extent as if such property was owned directly by each contracting or participating municipality in such proportion or manner as specified by contract among all contracting or participating municipalities party to a project or if not specified in proportion to the percentage of each municipality's interest or participation in the facility or property. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 9, A.L. 1986 S.B. 488, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1402, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1171, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 393.745 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.745 - Refunding bonds may be issued.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   393.745. Refunding bonds may be issued. — Any commission governed by the provisions of sections 393.700 to 393.770 having issued bonds under sections 393.700 to 393.770 may from time to time as authorized by resolution of the commission or by resolution of its executive committee if the board has delegated such authority issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding, extending and unifying the whole or any part of its valid outstanding indebtedness. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 10, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1171)
MO Rev Stat § 393.750 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.750 - Bonds legal investments for enumerated purposes.

Effective - 07 Dec 1978   393.750. Bonds legal investments for enumerated purposes. — Bonds issued by any commission under the provisions of sections 393.700 to 393.770* are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 11)  Effective 12-07-78   *Words "this act" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 393.755 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.755 - Bonds may be repurchased.

Effective - 07 Dec 1978   393.755. Bonds may be repurchased. — A commission shall have power to purchase bonds out of any funds available therefor and to hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with any agreements with the holders. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 12)  Effective 12-07-78
MO Rev Stat § 393.825 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.825 - Nonprofit sewer companies, who may organize — articles of incorporation, contents, submission to secretary of state.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   393.825. Nonprofit sewer companies, who may organize — articles of incorporation, contents, submission to secretary of state. — 1. Nonprofit, membership corporations may be organized under sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 only for the purpose of supplying wastewater disposal and treatment services within the state of Missouri. Corporations which become subject to sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 in the manner herein provided are herein referred to as "nonprofit sewer companies". Five or more persons may organize a nonprofit sewer company pursuant to sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175.  2. The articles of incorporation of a nonprofit sewer company shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175, shall be signed and acknowledged in duplicate by at least five of the incorporators and shall state:  (1) The name of the company;  (2) The address of its principal office;  (3) The names and addresses of the incorporators;  (4) The number of years the company is to continue, which may be any number including perpetuity;  (5) The names and addresses of the persons who shall constitute its first board of directors;  (6) Whether the company chooses to operate under the provisions of chapter 347 or chapter 355; and  (7) Any provisions not inconsistent with sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 deemed necessary or advisable for the conduct of its business and affairs. Such articles of incorporation shall be submitted to the secretary of state for filing.  3. (1) Prior to obtaining a permit to provide service, a nonprofit sewer company shall provide a copy of the articles of incorporation and company bylaws to the department of natural resources to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements. The department shall review the documents and provide the nonprofit sewer company authorization to provide service if all statutory requirements are met. If all statutory requirements have not been met, the department shall inform the nonprofit sewer company of all deficiencies and assist such company in curing the deficiencies.  (2) All nonprofit sewer companies shall provide a copy of all subsequent modifications of the articles of incorporation and company bylaws to the department to ensure continued compliance. If statutory requirements are no longer being met, the department shall inform the nonprofit sewer company of all deficiencies and provide a period of thirty days to cure such deficiencies. If such deficiencies are not cured within thirty days, the department may suspend or revoke the nonprofit sewer company's authority to provide service until such time that the deficiencies are cured. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 393.831 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.831 - Articles of incorporation, amendment requirements.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.831. Articles of incorporation, amendment requirements. — A company may amend its articles of incorporation by complying with the following requirements:  (1) The proposed amendment shall be first approved by the board of directors and shall then be submitted to a vote of the members at any annual or special meeting thereof, the notice of which shall set forth the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment, with such changes as the members shall choose to make therein, shall be deemed to be approved on the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of those members voting thereon at such meeting; and  (2) (a) Upon such approval by the members, articles of amendment shall be executed and acknowledged in duplicate on behalf of the company by its president or vice president and its corporate seal shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. The articles of amendment shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 and shall state:  a. The name of the company;  b. The address of its principal office;  c. The date of the filing of its articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state; and  d. The amendment to its articles of incorporation;  (b) The president or vice president executing such articles of amendment shall also make and annex to each copy thereof an affidavit stating that the provisions of sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 were duly complied with;  (c) Such articles of amendment and affidavit shall be submitted to the secretary of state for filing. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97