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MO Rev Stat § 393.833 (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 393.833 - Principal office, change of, procedure.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.833. Principal office, change of, procedure. — A company may, upon authorization of a majority of the members at any regular or special meeting, change the location of its principal office by filing a certificate of change of principal office, executed and acknowledged in duplicate by its president or vice president under its seal attested by its secretary, in the office of the secretary of state. Such company shall also, within thirty days after the filing of such certificate of change of principal office, file certified copies of its articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto, if the same are not already on file. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.835 (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 393.835 - Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution — filing — duties of secretary of state.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.835. Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution — filing — duties of secretary of state. — 1. Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution, as the case may be, when executed and acknowledged in duplicate and accompanied by such affidavits as may be required by applicable provisions of sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175, shall be presented to the secretary of state for filing in the records of his office.  2. If the secretary of state shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements of sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175, he shall file one copy of the articles so presented in the records of his office and upon such filing the incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution provided for therein shall be in effect. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.837 (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 393.837 - Securities law of Missouri not to apply, when.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.837. Securities law of Missouri not to apply, when. — The provisions of the securities law of Missouri shall not apply to any note, bond or other evidence of indebtedness issued by any nonprofit sewer company transacting business in this state pursuant to sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 to the United States of America or to any agency or instrumentality thereof, or to any mortgage or deed of trust executed to secure the same. The provisions of such securities law of Missouri shall not apply to the issuance of membership certificates by any nonprofit sewer company. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.839 (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 393.839 - Membership — meetings, annual, special — quorum — voting.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.839. Membership — meetings, annual, special — quorum — voting. — 1. No person shall become a member of a nonprofit sewer company unless such person shall agree to use services furnished by the company when such shall be available through its facilities. The bylaws of a company may provide that any person, including an incorporator, shall cease to be a member thereof if such person shall fail or refuse to use services made available by the company or if services shall not be made available to such person by the company within a specified time after such person shall have become a member thereof. Membership in the company shall not be transferable, except as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications and limitations in respect of membership.  2. An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time as shall be provided in the bylaws.  3. Special meetings of the members may be called by the board of directors, by any three directors, by not less than ten percent of the members or by the president.  4. Meetings of members shall be held at such place as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any such provisions, all meetings shall be held in the city or town in which the principal office of the company is located.  5. Except as otherwise provided in sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175, written or printed notice stating the time and place of each meeting of members and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each member, either personally or by mail, not less than ten nor more than twenty-five days before the date of the meeting.  6. Two percent of the members, present in person or by mail or proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members, unless the bylaws prescribe the presence of a greater percentage of the members for a quorum. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of those present in person may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.  7. Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting. Voting shall be in person, but, if the bylaws so provide, may also be by proxy or by mail, or both. If the bylaws provide for voting by proxy or by mail, they shall also prescribe the conditions under which proxy or mail voting shall be exercised. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.841 (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 393.841 - Voting districts may be provided, when, procedure.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.841. Voting districts may be provided, when, procedure. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the bylaws may provide that the territory in which a company supplies wastewater services may be divided into two or more voting districts for the purpose of properly distributing its directors over the area in which its members reside. In such case the bylaws shall prescribe the manner in which such voting districts shall function in the election of directors at annual meetings. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.843 (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 393.843 - Board of directors, powers and duties.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.843. Board of directors, powers and duties. — 1. The business and affairs of a company shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, each of whom shall be a member of the company. The bylaws shall prescribe the number of directors, their qualifications, other than those provided for in sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175, the manner of holding meetings of the board of directors and of the election of successors to directors who shall resign, die, or otherwise be incapable of acting. The bylaws may also provide for the removal of directors from office and for the election of their successors. Without approval of the members, directors shall not receive any salaries for their services as directors. The bylaws may, however, provide that a fixed fee and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed to each director for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors.  2. The directors of a company named in any articles of incorporation, consolidation, merger or conversion, as the case may be, shall hold office until the next following annual meeting of the members or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.  3. The bylaws shall provide that the directors shall be divided into three classes, each class to be as nearly equal in number as possible, with the term of office of the directors of the first class to expire at the next succeeding annual meeting and the term of the second class to expire at the second succeeding annual meeting, and the term of the third class to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting. At each annual meeting after such classification a number of directors equal to the number of the class whose term expires at the time of such meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting.  4. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum.  5. The board of directors may exercise all of the powers of a company except such as are conferred upon the members by sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175, or its articles of incorporation or bylaws. Nothing in sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 shall be deemed to prohibit a nonprofit sewer company from contracting with any other person or entity for any services needed by the nonprofit sewer company including, but not limited to, management or operations services. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.845 (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 393.845 - Officers, annual election, removal from office — employees and agents.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.845. Officers, annual election, removal from office — employees and agents. — The officers of a nonprofit sewer company shall consist of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected annually. No person shall continue to hold the offices of president or vice president after he shall have ceased to be a director. The offices of secretary and of treasurer may be held by the same person and need not be a member of the board of directors. The board of directors may also elect or appoint such other officers, agents, or employees as it shall deem necessary or advisable and shall prescribe the powers and duties thereof. Any officer may be removed from office and his successor elected in the manner prescribed in the bylaws. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.847 (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 393.847 - Department of natural resources, jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties — public service commission jurisdiction, limitations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   393.847. Department of natural resources, jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties — public service commission jurisdiction, limitations. — 1. Every nonprofit sewer company constructing, maintaining and operating its wastewater lines and treatment facilities shall construct, maintain and operate such lines and facilities in conformity with the rules and regulations relating to the manner and methods of construction, maintenance and operation and as to safety of the public with other lines and facilities now or hereafter from time to time prescribed by the department of natural resources for the construction, maintenance and operation of such lines or systems. The jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties of the department of natural resources shall extend to every such nonprofit sewer company and every nonprofit sewer company shall be supervised and regulated by the department of natural resources to the same extent and in the same manner as any other nonprofit corporation engaged in whole or in part in the collection or treatment of wastewater.  2. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 393.825 to 393.861 to the contrary, a nonprofit sewer company shall not be eligible to obtain a construction or operating permit unless a waiver from all affected political subdivisions is obtained for a site where:  (1) A municipality, county, public sewer district, or public water supply district operates a wastewater treatment system; or  (2) A connection to a wastewater treatment system is required by a municipal or county ordinance.  3. The public service commission shall not have jurisdiction over the construction, maintenance or operation of the wastewater facilities, service, rates, financing, accounting or management of any nonprofit sewer company. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3, A.L. 2002 S.B. 984 & 985, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 393.849 (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 393.849 - Excess revenues.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.849. Excess revenues. — Revenues of a nonprofit sewer company for any fiscal year in excess of the amount thereof necessary:  (1) To defray expenses of the company and of the operation and maintenance of its facilities during such fiscal year;  (2) To pay interest and principal obligations of the company coming due in such fiscal year;  (3) To finance, or to provide a reserve for the financing of, the construction or acquisition by the company of additional facilities to the extent determined by the board of directors;  (4) To provide a reasonable reserve for working capital;  (5) To provide a reserve for the payment of indebtedness of the company maturing more than one year after the date of the incurrence of such indebtedness in an amount not less than the total of the interest and principal payments in respect thereof required to be made during the next following fiscal year; and  (6) To provide a fund for education in the effective use of services made available by the company; ­­shall, unless otherwise determined by a vote of the members, be distributed by the company to its members as patronage refunds prorated in accordance with the patronage of the company by the respective members paid for during such fiscal year. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.851 (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 393.851 - Prepayment of debt not prohibited.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.851. Prepayment of debt not prohibited. — Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the payment by a company of all or any part of its indebtedness prior to the date when the same shall become due. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.853 (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 393.853 - Voluntary dissolution, articles, contents, submission to secretary of state.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.853. Voluntary dissolution, articles, contents, submission to secretary of state. — 1. A nonprofit sewer company which has not commenced business may dissolve voluntarily by delivering to the secretary of state articles of dissolution, executed and acknowledged in duplicate on behalf of the company by a majority of the incorporators, which shall state:  (1) The name of the nonprofit sewer company;  (2) The address of its principal office;  (3) The date of its incorporation;  (4) That the company has not commenced business;  (5) That the amount, if any, actually paid in on account of membership fees, less any part thereof disbursed for necessary expenses, has been returned to those entitled thereto and that all easements shall have been released to the grantors;  (6) That no debt of the company remains unpaid; and  (7) That a majority of the incorporators elect that the company be dissolved.  2. Such articles of dissolution 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
MO Rev Stat § 393.857 (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 393.857 - Construction of laws relating to nonprofit sewer companies.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.857. Construction of laws relating to nonprofit sewer companies. — Sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things. To the extent that sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 do* not speak to an issue, the provisions applicable to mutual benefit not-for-profit corporations or limited liability companies, as the nonprofit sewer company may elect in its articles of incorporation, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 shall apply to nonprofit sewer companies. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97  *Word "does" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 393.861 (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 393.861 - Private property of members exempt from execution for debts of company.

Effective - 23 Dec 1997   393.861. Private property of members exempt from execution for debts of company. — The private property of the members of a nonprofit sewer company shall be exempt from execution for the debts of the company and no member shall be liable or responsible for any debts of the company. ­­-------- (L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3)  Effective 12-23-97
MO Rev Stat § 393.900 (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 393.900 - Nonprofit water companies may be organized — articles of incorporation.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   393.900. Nonprofit water companies may be organized — articles of incorporation. — 1. Nonprofit, membership corporations may be organized pursuant to sections 393.900 to 393.951 only for the purpose of supplying water for distribution, wholesale and treatment services within the state of Missouri. Corporations which become subject to sections 393.900 to 393.951 are referred to in sections 393.900 to 393.951 as nonprofit water companies. Five or more persons may organize a nonprofit water company pursuant to sections 393.900 to 393.951.  2. The articles of incorporation of a nonprofit water company shall recite in the caption that they are executed pursuant to sections 393.900 to 393.951, 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 legal description of the territory in which the company intends to operate;  (6) The names and addresses of the persons who shall constitute its first board of directors;  (7) Whether the company chooses to operate pursuant to chapter 347 or chapter 355;  (8) The method chosen for distributing the assets of the company upon dissolution; and  (9) Any provisions not inconsistent with sections 393.900 to 393.951 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 water 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 water 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 water company of all deficiencies and assist such company in curing the deficiencies.  (2) All nonprofit water 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 water 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 water company's authority to provide service until such time that the deficiencies are cured. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 450 § 1 merged with S.B. 160 & 82 § 1, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
MO Rev Stat § 393.909 (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 393.909 - May amend articles of incorporation, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   393.909. May amend articles of incorporation, how. — 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 of such members, the notice of which shall set forth the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment, with such changes as the members shall choose to make to such amendment, shall be approved on the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of those members voting on such amendment 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 393.900 to 393.951 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 of such articles an affidavit stating that the provisions of sections 393.900 to 393.951 were duly complied with.  (c) Such articles of amendment and affidavit shall be submitted to the secretary of state for filing. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 450 § 4 merged with S.B. 160 & 82 § 4)