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MO Rev Stat § 249.670 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.670 - Liquidator — appointment — oath — bond — powers and duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.670. Liquidator — appointment — oath — bond — powers and duties. — 1. Whenever any sewer district heretofore or hereafter incorporated in any county, now or hereafter having a population of not less than seven hundred thousand inhabitants nor more than seven hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, under any statute of this state heretofore or hereafter enacted is to be dissolved under and pursuant to law, the governor shall appoint a liquidator of such sewer district. Such liquidator shall qualify by taking an oath administered by the circuit court clerk of said county, to faithfully perform the duties of his office as liquidator of such sewer district, and shall give bond conditioned upon like performance in such penal sum as shall be fixed by the circuit court. The governor shall have the power to remove such liquidator at will with or without cause and in the event of such removal shall appoint a successor.  2. Such liquidator shall have all the powers and be charged with all the duties of the board of supervisors of such district, and shall have power by and with the approval of the circuit court to compromise any or all outstanding indebtedness of the sewer district; said liquidator shall have the power with the approval of the court to contest the validity of any claim arising against such sewer district by the institution and prosecution or the defense of any action, and he shall likewise have power, subject to the same approval, where the total uncollected taxes levied by such sewer district exceeds the outstanding indebtedness with interest, to compromise such taxes upon such basis as will provide for the payment of the outstanding debts, with interest, taking into account the cost of liquidation and, if a compromise of any indebtedness of the district shall have been made, such compromise of taxes shall take into account the reduction in the indebtedness made by reason of such compromise. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12682, A.L. 1953 p. 541, A.L. 1961 p. 448)
MO Rev Stat § 249.680 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.680 - Liquidator to have full charge of district.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.680. Liquidator to have full charge of district. — Upon the appointment and qualification of the liquidator for any district, he shall immediately succeed to the powers and duties of the board of supervisors and officers of such district and thereafter such officers and supervisors in such district shall cease to have any further powers or duties except to transfer to such liquidator all funds and property of such district and the liquidator shall be substituted as party plaintiff or defendant in all suits by or against the district or the supervisors. Said liquidator immediately upon his appointment and qualification shall take possession of all the property and effects of such sewer district and shall have the power with the approval of the court to dispose of the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12683)
MO Rev Stat § 249.690 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.690 - Court defined.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   249.690. Court defined. — In any county in which the circuit court now consists or shall hereafter consist of more than one division, presided over by a circuit judge, the word "court" as used in sections 249.670 to 249.700 shall mean the circuit judges of the court sitting as a court en banc and the decision of a majority of the circuit judges thereof shall be controlling with respect to the provisions of sections 249.670 to 249.700. In any county in which there are now or hereafter shall exist more than one district to which sections 249.670 to 249.700 are or shall become applicable, the governor shall appoint the same liquidator for all such districts in such county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12684, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-2-79
MO Rev Stat § 249.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.700 - Compensation of liquidator and counsel.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.700. Compensation of liquidator and counsel. — The liquidator under sections 249.670 to 249.700 shall receive compensation to be fixed by the court, not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars per month, and he shall also have power, subject to the approval of the court, to employ counsel whose compensation shall not exceed two hundred dollars per month and necessary clerks whose compensation shall be approved by the court; such counsel and clerks shall serve at the will of the liquidator. The compensation of the liquidator, his counsel and clerks shall be deemed part of the cost of winding up the district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12685)
MO Rev Stat § 249.710 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.710 - Penalty for nonpayment of tax fixed — prior inconsistent laws repealed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.710. Penalty for nonpayment of tax fixed — prior inconsistent laws repealed. — Hereafter all penalties for the nonpayment of any tax levied by any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state shall be one-half of one percent per month and no more, notwithstanding the provision of any prior law under which such sewer district may have been or may be hereafter incorporated, and any and all provisions of any law under which sewer districts may have been or may hereafter be incorporated inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby repealed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12686)
MO Rev Stat § 249.720 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.720 - Abatement of accrued penalties for delinquency.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.720. Abatement of accrued penalties for delinquency. — All penalties accrued for the nonpayment of any tax levied by any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state in excess of one-half of one percent per month are hereby abated and remitted, and the amount of any such penalty reduced to one-half of one percent per month. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12687)
MO Rev Stat § 249.730 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.730 - Court costs not taxed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.730. Court costs not taxed, when. — In the event of any suit at law or in equity hereafter filed against any delinquent taxpayer for the purpose of enforcing collection of any tax levied by any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state, and in the event the petition in such suit claims an amount as penalties in excess of one-half of one percent per month and for which no use has been provided by law, in such suits it shall be unlawful to tax any court costs against such taxpayer so sued. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12688)
MO Rev Stat § 249.740 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.740 - Court costs may be abated, remitted or not taxed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.740. Court costs may be abated, remitted or not taxed. — Whenever any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state shall sue any delinquent taxpayer on account of any tax levied by such sewer district, and if such sewer district be exempt by law from securing or paying the court costs incident to such suit, then in all such cases all courts of this state before whom such suit may be hereafter heard shall take into consideration all of the facts and circumstances concerning the levy of such tax and the bringing of such suit, the claims made in the district's petition, all matters of evidence and all facts and circumstances touching the question of justice in the premises, and the court may, in such cases, in its discretion and in furtherance of justice, abate, remit, waive or refuse to tax any court cost accrued in such case against such delinquent taxpayer. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12689)
MO Rev Stat § 249.750 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.750 - Suits dismissed, when — winding up affairs, discharge of liquidator.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   249.750. Suits dismissed, when — winding up affairs, discharge of liquidator. — 1. Whenever the expense of collecting the tax bills, in suits, in any sewer district, is greater than the receipts that might be collected in such suits, then the liquidator shall dismiss said suits.  2. When all suits in all of the districts in any county to which this section applies are dismissed the liquidator shall sell all office furniture and equipment for cash. All books and records of said districts shall be delivered to the county clerk for safekeeping.  3. After the payment of expenses, the balance on hand shall be paid into the general revenue fund of the county in which districts are located.  4. The liquidator shall file a final report with the court en banc and upon the approval of said report the said court shall adjudge and decree that said districts (naming them) are fully administered and dissolved and discharge the liquidator. ­­-------- (L. 1953 p. 545)
MO Rev Stat § 249.761 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.761 - Definitions.

Effective - 19 May 2006   249.761. Definitions. — For the purposes of sections 249.761 to 249.810, the following words and terms mean:  (1) "Owner", for real property, the individual or individuals or entity or entities who own a fee interest in real property that is located within the sewer district and subject to charges for use and services of the sewer system or their legally authorized representative; for business organizations and other entities, the owner shall be deemed to be the individual who is legally authorized to represent the entity with regard to the sewer district;  (2) "Registered voters", persons who are qualified and registered to vote under chapter 115 under the records of the election authority having jurisdiction over the area in which the boundaries of the sewer district are located, as of the thirtieth day prior to the date of the applicable election;  (3) "Voters", registered voters who reside within a sewer district, or if fewer than five registered voters reside within a sewer district, the registered voters and owners of real property located within the sewer district per the tax records for real property of the county clerk, as of the thirtieth day prior to the date of the applicable election; provided, however, "voters" voting on the issuance of general obligation bonds means registered voters who reside within the sewer district and "voters" in an area proposed to be annexed under section 249.807 means registered voters in the area proposed to be annexed. ­­-------- (L. 2006 S.B. 802)  Effective 5-19-06
MO Rev Stat § 249.763 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.763 - Incorporation of district — petition — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   249.763. Incorporation of district — petition — bond. — Any contiguous area lying within a second classification county or any contiguous area lying within a county of the second classification, together with a contiguous area not presently served by a public sewage system within an incorporated city, may be incorporated as a sewer district as follows: ten percent of the voters within the area may file with the circuit court a petition setting forth the reason or necessity for a sewage treatment facility and a sewer system; the boundary lines of the proposed district; the names of the owners of real property within the district; and the name of the proposed district. The petition shall specify whether the board of supervisors shall be elected or appointed. A bond shall be filed with the petition in a sum to be determined by the court but not in excess of five hundred dollars, payable to the state, signed by one or more of the petitioners with sufficient surety or sureties to be approved by the court, conditioned upon the payment of costs and expenses. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 2, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1996 S.B. 665)
MO Rev Stat § 249.765 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.765 - Notice of proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   249.765. Notice of proceedings. — 1. Immediately after the petition has been filed, the clerk in whose office the petition has been filed shall give notice by causing publication to be made once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which is situate the real property of the district, the last insertion to be made at least fifteen days prior to the first day of the next regular term of the circuit court at which the petition is to be heard.  2. The notice shall be substantially in the following form and it shall be deemed sufficient for all purposes of sections 249.760 to 249.810.    NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO FORM SEWER DISTRICT   Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the following described real property in ______ County of Missouri (here describe the property as set out in the petition) that a petition asking that the foregoing real property be formed into a sewer district under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810, RSMo, and that the real property as above described will be affected by the formation of the sewer district and be rendered liable to taxation for the purposes of paying the expenses of organizing and making and maintaining the improvements that may be found necessary for the construction and maintenance of sewage treatment facilities and the sewer system in the district, and you, and each of you, are hereby notified to appear at the next term of this court to be held on the ______ day of ______, 20______, at ______ in ______ County, and show cause, if any there be, why the sewer district as set forth in the petition shall not be organized as a public corporation of the state of Missouri.     __________________     Clerk of the circuit court of ______ County.   ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 249.767 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.767 - Objections, who may file, disposition — filing and recording decree of incorporation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   249.767. Objections, who may file, disposition — filing and recording decree of incorporation. — 1. Any voter who may not have signed the petition, objecting to the organization and incorporation of the sewer district, shall, on or before the first day of the term of court at which the cause is to be heard, file his objection why the sewer district should not be organized and incorporated. The objection shall be limited to a denial of the statements in the petition, and shall be heard by the court in a summary manner, without unnecessary delay, and in case all such objections, if any, are overruled, the circuit court shall by its order, duly entered of record, duly declare and decree the sewer district a public corporation of this state. The court may amend the petition by changing the proposed boundaries in such manner as to exclude an objecting party from the proposed district. If the court finds that the property set out in the petition should not be incorporated into a sewer district, it shall dismiss the proceedings and adjudge the costs against the signers of the petition.  2. Any person having signed the petition shall have no right to have the proceedings dismissed as to him without the written consent of the majority of the voters who signed the petition. The petition may be amended as any other pleading.  3. Within sixty days after the district has been declared a public corporation by the court, the clerk thereof shall transmit to the secretary of state a certified copy of the findings and decree of the court incorporating the district, and the same shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general law concerning corporations.  4. A copy of the findings and decree, together with a plat of the district, shall also be filed in the office of the county recorder, where the same shall become a permanent record, and the recorder shall receive a fee of one dollar for filing and preserving the same. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 249.770 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.770 - First election of supervisors — terms.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   249.770. First election of supervisors — terms. — Within one year after any sewer district has been organized and incorporated under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 there shall be elected a board of five supervisors, to be composed of voters in the district and the supervisors shall immediately by lot determine the terms of their office, which shall be respectively one, two, three, four and five years, and they shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 249.773 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.773 - Election of supervisors — terms — vacancies, how filled.

Effective - 20 May 1982   249.773. Election of supervisors — terms — vacancies, how filled. — On each municipal election day, the voters of the district shall elect one supervisor who shall hold his office for five years or until his successor is elected and qualified. Should a vacancy occur, the supervisors shall select a person to fill the vacancy who shall serve until the next regular election. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 6, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526)  Effective 5-20-82
MO Rev Stat § 249.774 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.774 - Board members for sewer districts, appointment, terms, vacancies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   249.774. Board members for sewer districts, appointment, terms, vacancies. — Following establishment of a sewer district with an appointed board, the chief executive officer of the city shall appoint two members and the county commission shall appoint three members to the sewer district board of directors. The board members shall serve without compensation for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, however, that of the initial appointments by the mayor one shall be for a term of one year and one shall be for a term of two years and of the initial appointments by the county commission, one shall be for one year, one for two years and one for three years. A vacancy shall be filled by the mayor or the county commission depending on who made the initial appointment. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 665)
MO Rev Stat § 249.775 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.775 - Oath of supervisors.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.775. Oath of supervisors. — Each supervisor before entering upon his official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him in office as supervisor of the sewer district in which he was elected and that he will not neglect any of the duties imposed upon him by sections 249.760 to 249.810. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 249.780 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.780 - Organization of board, quorum, monthly meetings — officers and employees — annual audits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   249.780. Organization of board, quorum, monthly meetings — officers and employees — annual audits. — 1. Within four days after the appointment or election, the board shall meet and organize by choosing one of its members as chairman and one as secretary. The chairman and secretary shall serve for one year and until their successors are selected and qualified. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum.  2. The board shall employ a treasurer and necessary professional, clerical and other personnel and determine their compensation. The treasurer may be either a member of the board or some other qualified individual. All employees shall serve at the will of the board.  3. The board shall hold regular monthly meetings and the president may call special meetings when it is deemed necessary.  4. All persons charged with handling funds shall be required to give bond in an amount fixed by the board but at the expense of the district.  5. The board shall employ a competent accountant to conduct an annual audit of the receipts, expenditures and fixed assets of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 9, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
MO Rev Stat § 249.783 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.783 - Duties of officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.783. Duties of officers. — 1. The chairman of the board shall preside at all meetings, and execute all contracts into which the district may enter. In the absence of the chairman the secretary shall assume his duties.  2. The secretary shall keep the official records of the meetings of the board, attest all official documents, make reports pertaining to the business of the district when requested to do so by the board, and perform all other duties imposed upon him by sections 249.760 to 249.810.  3. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and pay money out of the treasury only upon warrants drawn on the treasury. Warrants shall be signed by the secretary and countersigned by the chairman.  4. The board from time to time may make additional rules and regulations concerning the duties of its officers and other employees. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 10)