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MO Rev Stat § 204.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.260 - Common sewer commissioners, when appointed, oath, authority, compensation — stenographer and clerk, compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   204.260. Common sewer commissioners, when appointed, oath, authority, compensation — stenographer and clerk, compensation. — 1. The circuit court shall within thirty days after receiving the petition appoint three disinterested persons, one of whom shall be a licensed civil engineer or surveyor, as common sewer district commissioners to lay out and define the boundaries of the proposed district.  2. The common sewer district commissioners may alter or amend the boundaries of the proposed district as set forth in the petition so that it embraces all of the area capable of being efficiently drained by the system of trunk sewers, or so as to exclude from the district any part of the natural drainage area which is so situated as not to be benefitted by the proposed trunk sewers or treatment plants, and for this purpose they shall have power to have made all surveys and maps necessary to locate and describe the boundaries.  3. The common sewer district commissioners shall qualify by taking an oath to faithfully and impartially perform their duties and when so qualified shall give notice by publication at least five times, in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the proposed district, of the time and place where they will meet to consider and establish the boundaries. The notice shall be given at least twenty days prior to the meeting, and the meeting place shall be in the courthouse of the county in which the major portion of the proposed district lies.  4. At the meeting the common sewer district commissioner first named in the order of appointment shall preside, and all persons residing or owning real property in the proposed district, or adjacent thereto, shall have the right to be heard as to the location of the boundaries of the proposed district; and the common sewer district commissioners or a majority of them after the hearing shall fix and determine the boundaries of the proposed district.  5. The common sewer district commissioners may adjourn from day to day until the hearings are complete, and for their services shall receive such compensation as may be determined by the circuit court which appoints them. They may employ a competent person as stenographer and clerk, whose compensation shall be as set by the circuit court. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 7, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)
MO Rev Stat § 204.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.270 - Report of commissioners, map or plan, where filed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   204.270. Report of commissioners, map or plan, where filed. — The commissioners shall make their report, accompanied by a map or plan showing the boundaries of the proposed district in relation to the property lines intersected or followed by them, also in relation to city or county boundaries, to the court by which they were appointed, and shall thereupon be discharged by the court. The report and map, if approved by the court, shall then be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds for each county in which a portion of the proposed district is situated and with the county commission of each such county. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 204.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.280 - Election called by county commissions at direction of circuit court — costs, how taxed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   204.280. Election called by county commissions at direction of circuit court — costs, how taxed. — 1. The circuit court shall by order direct the county commission of any county partially within the proposed district to submit to the voters of the proposed district the question of the organization and incorporation of the proposed common sewer district, with boundaries as determined by the commissioners and approved by the circuit court.  2. The county clerk of each county shall certify to the circuit court the results of the election in that portion of the proposed district within his county.  3. If the circuit court finds that a majority of the votes cast on the question in each county favored the incorporation of the proposed district, the court shall issue a decree incorporating the area described in the commissioners' report as a common sewer district. If the proposition is favored by a majority of those voting in the county containing the major portion of the district but not by a majority voting in the other county, the court shall change the boundaries to include only the area within the one county and shall decree the incorporation thereof.  4. If the question fails to receive a majority of the votes cast in the county containing the major portion of the proposed district, regardless of the results in the election in the other county, the court shall dismiss the petition and tax the costs of the proceedings and the election against the county which presented the petition. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 9, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 204.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.290 - District a body corporate and politic, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   204.290. District a body corporate and politic, when. — 1. When the board of trustees provided for in section 204.300 is appointed and organized, the district shall be considered in law and equity a body corporate and politic, known by the name specified in the original petition and the court's decree, and by that name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real estate and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, and adopt a common seal.  2. All courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of any district organized under sections 204.250 to 204.470. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 204.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.310 - Advisory board, composition of — not required, when.

Effective - 18 Feb 1992   204.310. Advisory board, composition of — not required, when. — The representative of each subdistrict advisory board chosen pursuant to section 204.571, together with the mayor or chief executive officer or the authorized representative of every incorporated municipality and a representative authorized in writing to act in that capacity of every subdistrict, which lies partially within the district and which operates a sewage collection system which will discharge sewage into the trunk sewers or the sewage facilities of the common sewer district shall constitute an advisory board of the district. If there are three or fewer municipalities and subdistricts the organization of an advisory board is optional at the discretion of the board of trustees, and in such case all powers can be exercised by the board of trustees without the concurrence of the advisory board. The advisory board shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman and one as vice chairman. The board of trustees shall keep the advisory board informed as to all phases of the planning and operations of the district, and the advisory board shall make such recommendations to the board of trustees as it deems advisable with regard to the construction and operation of the sewers and facilities of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 12, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1239 & 1300, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371, A.L. 1992 H.B. 948)  Effective 2-18-92
MO Rev Stat § 204.322 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.322 - Board of trustees, rules and regulations.

Effective - 07 Apr 1992   204.322. Board of trustees, rules and regulations. — The board of trustees of a district, other than a district described in section 204.320, may pass all necessary rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board of trustees, and the district, and for carrying into effect the objects for which the district is formed. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1307)  Effective 4-7-92
MO Rev Stat § 204.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.331 - Subdistricts, how created — contract powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   204.331. Subdistricts, how created — contract powers. — The county commission, or county legislature, may, in addition to all powers herein granted or implied, create a subdistrict or subdistricts within the county, which subdistrict, when created, shall be a body corporate and politic. Creation of the subdistrict or subdistricts shall be in the manner hereinafter provided, but in all other respects the administration and operation of the subdistricts shall be in the manner provided by sections 249.430 to 249.660. Either the county commission or the members of the county legislature elected from all or a portion of the subdistrict shall act as the governing body of the sewer subdistrict. Each subdistrict so created shall, in addition to the powers granted by sections 249.430 to 249.660, have the power and ability to contract with the common sewer district created pursuant to sections 204.250 to 204.470, or with other subdistricts for the collection, transportation and treatment of sewage or any function associated therewith, including but not limited to engineering, construction, maintenance, repair, and administrative services required for the collection, transportation, and treatment of sewage. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1239 & 1300, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
MO Rev Stat § 204.332 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.332 - Subdistricts, how created, alternative method.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   204.332. Subdistricts, how created, alternative method. — In lieu of the method of incorporation provided in sections 249.450 and 249.460, subdistricts may be created in the following manner: Upon written recommendation of the county highway engineer, county sewer engineer, or director of public works; or upon petition of twenty percent or more of the registered voters within the area which will be liable to assessment for the construction and maintenance of a sewer system, setting forth generally the area to be included, the county commission or county legislature shall adopt a resolution to establish the subdistrict and describing generally the size and location of the proposed subdistrict. The county commission or county legislature may designate the highway engineer or director of public works as sewer engineer, or may retain the services of an engineer or firm of engineers as sewer engineers. The sewer engineer shall advise the county commission or county legislature with reference to proper boundaries of any subdistricts to be established and shall also superintend the construction of the sewers and the maintenance thereof and the apportionment of the cost thereof as provided by law. The county commission or county legislature shall also request the county clerk, clerk of the legislature, or other appropriate officer to appoint or designate a deputy to keep the special records which are required for the proceedings for the construction and maintenance of the sewer subdistricts or divisions. In addition, the requirements of sections 249.070 and 249.480, must be complied with before a sewer subdistrict can be incorporated under the provisions of sections 204.331 and 204.332. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1239 & 1300, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
MO Rev Stat § 204.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.340 - Board to have power of eminent domain — may cross, traverse or follow public highways — restoration at cost of district.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   204.340. Board to have power of eminent domain — may cross, traverse or follow public highways — restoration at cost of district. — 1. The board of trustees shall have the right to condemn any land or other property within the district for right-of-way for trunk sewers or for any other improvement or structure deemed necessary or advisable for or in connection with the sewer and treatment system of the district, and in so doing shall follow the procedure that is provided by chapter 523. The board of trustees shall also have the same authority to enter upon private lands to survey land or other property before exercise of the above condemnation powers as is granted under section 388.210 to railroad corporations.  2. The board of trustees in any first class noncharter county having a population of more than one hundred and forty-five thousand and less than one hundred and fifty thousand as determined by the preceding decennial census may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation or may lease or rent any real or personal property and in so doing shall follow the procedure that is provided by chapter 523. All the powers may be exercised both within or without the district as may be necessary for the exercise of its powers or the accomplishment of its purposes.  3. The board of trustees of the district, if it is necessary to cross, follow or traverse public streets, roads or alleys, or grounds held or used as public parks or places, shall have the right to do so upon the following conditions: The board of trustees shall file with the county commission or mayor of the municipality having immediate jurisdiction over the street, road, alley or public park or place, a map showing the location and extent of the proposed occupancy for drainage purposes and a plan of the proposed works, which plan shall be so made and arranged as not to interfere with the ordinary and lawful use of the street, road, alley, public park or place, except during a reasonable time for the construction of the necessary works.  4. The entire expense of the works and restoration of the ground occupied to its former condition, as near as may be, shall be borne by the district. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 15, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
MO Rev Stat § 204.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.350 - Contracts let by board on bids, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   204.350. Contracts let by board on bids, exceptions. — 1. The board of trustees for the district shall let contracts for all work to be done, excepting in case of repairs or emergencies requiring prompt attention, in the construction of trunk sewers and sewage treatment plants under the authority of sections 204.250 to 204.470, the expense of which will exceed five hundred dollars, to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon not less than twenty days' notice of the letting, given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, and in the discretion of the board, in one or more newspapers of general circulation among contractors. The board shall have the power and authority to reject any and all bids and readvertise the work.  2. The board of trustees, subject to the concurrence of the advisory board established by sections 204.250 to 204.470, shall also have the power to enter into agreements with persons, firms or corporations of known standing and competence for the execution and preparation of the surveys, maps and plans needed and required by the board, and also for the laying out and superintendence of work to be constructed under the authority of sections 204.250 to 204.470, but no single agreement so made shall cover more than one piece or class of work. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 204.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.360 - Costs of common sewer district met, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   204.360. Costs of common sewer district met, how. — The cost of any common sewer district of acquiring, constructing, improving or extending a sewerage system may be met:  (1) Through the expenditures by the sewer district of any funds available for that purpose;  (2) From any other funds which may be obtained under any law of the state or of the United States or from any county or municipality for that purpose; or  (3) From the proceeds of revenue bonds of the common sewer district, payable solely from the revenues to be derived from the operation of such sewerage system or from any combination of* all the methods of providing funds. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 17)  *Word "or" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 204.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.370 - Bonds, issuance on four-sevenths vote — certain counties (Jackson and Cass).

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   204.370. Bonds, issuance on four-sevenths vote — certain counties (Jackson and Cass). — 1. No common sewer district in any county of the first classification which has a charter form of government and which contains all or any portion of a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, or in any county of the first classification without a charter form of government and which has a population of more than sixty-three thousand seven hundred but less than seventy-five thousand shall issue or deliver any bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving or extending any sewerage system payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of the system unless a proposition to issue the bonds shall have received the assent of a majority of the voters of the sewer district who shall vote on the question or the written assent of three-quarters of the customers of the sewer district. For purposes of this section, "customer" shall mean:  (1) A political subdivision within the district which has a service or user agreement with the district; or  (2) A duly created subdistrict.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall revenue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars for the purpose of ______ (acquiring, constructing, improving or extending the sewerage system) be issued by the ______ common sewer district? ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 18, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2001 H.B. 501)
MO Rev Stat § 204.375 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.375 - Sewer districts and water districts may issue joint revenue bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1972   204.375. Sewer districts and water districts may issue joint revenue bonds. — Any sewer district organized hereunder and any public water district organized under chapter 247, although constituted separately, may issue joint revenue bonds, the proceeds, obligation and repayment of which shall be apportioned between the districts by contract, the basic terms of which shall be a part of the notice of elections; provided, however, each water and sewer district combining jointly to issue such bonds shall comply generally with the requirements for the issuance of bonds under their respective statutes. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1239 & 1300)
MO Rev Stat § 204.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.380 - Bonds issued when, interest rate, redemption period, type, how signed, how sold.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   204.380. Bonds issued when, interest rate, redemption period, type, how signed, how sold. — 1. Revenue bonds authorized at an election held as hereinabove provided shall be issued by authority of a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the district; provided, however, that such resolution shall have the prior concurrence of the advisory board established by sections 204.250 to 204.470. The resolution shall recite that an estimate of the cost of the proposed acquisition, construction, improvement or extension has been made and shall set out the estimated cost; it shall set out the amount of the bonds proposed to be issued, their purposes, their dates, denominations, rates of interest, times of payment, both of principal and of interest, places of payment and all other details in connection with the bonds.  2. The bonds may be subject to such provision for redemption prior to maturity, with or without premium, and at such times and upon such conditions as may be provided by the board of trustees of the common sewer district.  3. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate in accordance with section 108.170 and shall mature over a period not exceeding thirty-five years from the date thereof.  4. The bonds may be payable to bearer, may be registered or coupon bonds, and if payable to bearer may contain such registration privileges as to either principal and interest, or principal only, as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds.  5. The bonds and the coupons to be attached thereto, if any, shall be signed in such manner and by such officers as may be directed by resolution. Bonds signed by an officer who shall hold the office at the time the bonds are signed shall be deemed validly and effectually signed for all purposes, regardless of whether or not any officer shall cease to hold his office prior to the delivery of the bonds and regardless of whether or not any officer shall have held or shall not have held such office on the date ascribed to the bonds.  6. The bonds shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms as the board of trustees of the common sewer district shall determine, but the bonds shall not be sold for less than ninety cents on the dollar nor shall they be sold at such a price that the interest cost upon the actual proceeds of the bonds from the date thereof to their maturity shall exceed a rate in accordance with section 108.170. The resolution may provide that certain bonds authorized thereby shall be junior or subordinate in any or all respects to other revenue bonds authorized concurrently therewith or prior to or after such bonds. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 19, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
MO Rev Stat § 204.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 204 - Common Sewer Districts in Certain Areas|Section 204.390 - Revenue bonds, payable how, not an indebtedness of district — information required on face of bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   204.390. Revenue bonds, payable how, not an indebtedness of district — information required on face of bond. — Revenue bonds issued under authority of sections 204.250 to 204.470 shall be payable solely from the revenues derived and to be derived from the operation of the sewerage system acquired, constructed, improved or extended in whole or in part from the proceeds of the bonds. No revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 204.250 to 204.470 shall constitute an indebtedness of the common sewer district within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory restriction, limitation or provision. The face of each bond shall state in substance that the bond has been issued under the provisions of sections 204.250 to 204.470, that the taxing power of the common sewer district issuing the bond is not pledged to the payment thereof either as to principal or interest and that the bond and the interest thereon are payable solely from the revenues of the sewerage system for the benefit of which the bond was issued. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 310 § 20)