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MO Rev Stat § 249.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.110 - Tax levy to be authorized by voters — election expenses, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   249.110. Tax levy to be authorized by voters — election expenses, how paid. — The board of trustees shall have no power to levy or collect any taxes for the payment of any indebtedness incurred by said district unless and until the voters of the district shall have authorized the incurring of indebtedness at an election, but all such expenses and indebtedness incurred by said district may be paid out of funds which may be received by said district from the sale of bonds authorized by the voters at any such election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12647, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 249.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.120 - Bonds — denominations — interest — registry — deposit of funds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.120. Bonds — denominations — interest — registry — deposit of funds. — 1. Such bonds shall be issued in denominations of one hundred dollars or some multiple thereof; shall be payable to bearer, not later than twenty years from their date; shall bear interest from their date at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually; such interest payments to be evidenced by annexed coupons, and said bonds shall not be sold for less than ninety-five percent of the face value thereof and together with existing indebtedness of the said district, if any, shall not exceed in the aggregate five percent of the value of all of the taxable property in the district to be ascertained by the assessment next before the last assessment for state and county purposes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.  2. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of trustees and attested by the signature of the secretary of the board of trustees with the seal of the district affixed thereto. The interest coupons may be executed by affixing thereon the facsimile signature of the secretary of said district. Said bonds may be sold under the same conditions as are provided for the sale of county road bonds.  3. All bonds issued under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall be registered in the office of the state auditor as provided by law for the registration of bonds of cities and in the office of the secretary of the board of trustees of the district in a book kept for that purpose for registry, shall show the number, date, amount, date of sale, name of the purchaser and the amount for which the bond was sold. The moneys of the district shall be deposited by the treasurer of the district in such bank or banks as shall be designated by order of the board of trustees and the secretary of the district shall charge the treasurer therewith and the said moneys shall be drawn from the said treasury upon warrant issued by the district for the purposes for which the bonds were issued. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12648)
MO Rev Stat § 249.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.130 - Taxes levied, when and how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   249.130. Taxes levied, when and how. — 1. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board of trustees of the incorporated sewer district on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year to certify to the county commission of the county wherein such incorporated district is situate the amount of money that will be required during the next succeeding year to pay interest falling due on bonds issued and the principal of bonds maturing in such year, and the amount necessary to cover the estimated expenses of maintaining such sewer system in good condition, or renting or leasing of existing sewer facilities and of maintaining the district corporation with its necessary expenses.  2. On receipt of such certificate it shall be the duty of the county commission at the time it makes the levy for the state, county, school and other taxes to, by order made, levy such a rate of taxes upon all the taxable property in the said incorporated sewer district as will produce a sum of money sufficient for the purposes aforesaid; provided, that the county commission shall have no authority to levy such tax until the voters of said sewer district shall have voted to incur an indebtedness under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420.  3. On such order being made it shall be the duty of the county commission to cause such rate of taxation to be extended upon the tax books against all the taxable property in said incorporated sewer district and the same shall be collected and remitted to the board of trustees of the said sewer district by the collector of the revenue of said county at the time, in the manner, and by the same means as state, county, school and other taxes are collected and remitted. All of the laws, rights and remedies provided by the laws of this state for the collection of state, county, school and other taxes, shall be applicable to the collection of taxes herein authorized to be collected.  4. All taxes levied under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall be based upon the assessed valuation of lands and other property in the said incorporated sewer district in accordance with the current record of the assessed valuations of all taxable property within said incorporated sewer district as may be determined by the records in the assessor's office of the county and such tax shall be prorated and an equal amount levied upon each one hundred dollars assessed valuation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12649, A.L. 1953 H.B. 543)
MO Rev Stat § 249.136 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.136 - Indebtedness authorized — limitations — election required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   249.136. Indebtedness authorized — limitations — election required. — 1. Any sewer district organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420, or whose boundaries have been extended as provided, shall have the power to incur further indebtedness of the district and issue bonds of the district therefor for the purpose of providing a sewer system for the district, as provided by sections 249.010 to 249.420, or for enlarging, replacing, repairing, modifying, improving or extending the same, to make an effective and complete sewer system or to provide funds to pay any obligation incurred or which may be incurred by contract with any other district or municipality or other public agency for the construction, use or maintenance of common or joint sewers, drains, outlets and disposal plants, provided such indebtedness together with all existing indebtedness of such district shall not exceed in the aggregate five percent of the value of all taxable tangible property in such district to be ascertained by the last completed assessment of property for state and county purposes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness, and provided further that the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of such district voting on the proposition to incur such indebtedness shall assent thereto.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the ______ sewer district issue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars payable from taxes?  3. Any bonds issued as provided herein shall be issued in accordance with the provisions relating to the original issuance of bonds hereunder; provided, however, the amount of bonds to be so issued shall be determined by the board of trustees and in determining the amount the board of trustees shall not be limited by any estimate of costs herein provided to be made by the engineer at the time of the incorporation of such district or the extension of its boundaries. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 627 § 249.102, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1621)
MO Rev Stat § 249.138 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.138 - Resubmission of indebtedness question after rejection — second resubmission on order of court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   249.138. Resubmission of indebtedness question after rejection — second resubmission on order of court. — 1. In the event that any proposition for the incurring of indebtedness fails of adoption in the election provided in section 249.070 or provided in section 249.136, then, at any time not less than six months thereafter, and subsequently at intervals of not less than six months, upon a resolution of the board of trustees of such district providing therefor, the proposition of incurring such indebtedness may be again submitted to the voters of such district at an election to be called and held and the results thereof declared by the board of trustees as provided in section 249.136.  2. If at the election called by the circuit court pursuant to section 249.070 hereof, a proposition for the incurrence of an indebtedness by the district shall have been submitted and shall have failed of adoption and further if substantially the same proposition shall have been again submitted at an election called pursuant to this section and shall have again failed, the circuit court of the county in which such district was organized shall have the power, upon motion of the board of trustees of such district therefor or upon petition therefor signed by twenty-five or more persons residing within such district and owning property therein which would be liable for taxes for sewers constructed therein, to enter a decree declaring such district to be disincorporated. A certified copy of such decree shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of such county and with the secretary of state. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 627 §§ 249.103, 249.105)
MO Rev Stat § 249.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.140 - Trustees, qualifications, election, term.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   249.140. Trustees, qualifications, election, term. — 1. Any candidate for the office of trustee in the district shall be an American citizen over the age of twenty-five years and shall have been a resident within the county within which the district is situated for more than four whole years next before the date of the election at which he is a candidate and shall be a voter of the district. Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of trustee at the election held on the original incorporation of the district, as provided in section 249.070, shall file with the county commission or with the election commissioners a statement, under oath, that he possesses the qualifications required by sections 249.010 to 249.420 for trustee and shall pay a filing fee of five dollars, whereupon his name shall be placed on the ballot as candidate for trustee. Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of trustee in any subsequent election shall file such statement, under oath, with and pay such filing fee to the secretary of the board of trustees, whereupon his name shall be placed on the ballot as candidate for the office of trustee.  2. At such initial election the candidate who receives the highest number of votes shall be elected for a six-year term as trustee; the candidate who receives the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a four-year term as trustee; the candidate who receives the third highest number of votes shall be elected for a two-year term as trustee.  3. After his election each trustee shall take and subscribe his oath or affirmation before the clerk of the circuit court to the effect that he is qualified to act as trustee under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 and that he will perform his duties as such trustee to the best of his ability and impartially in the interest of the whole district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12651, A.L. 1951 p. 627, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 249.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.150 - Biennial elections.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   249.150. Biennial elections. — On the first Tuesday in April after the expiration of two years from the date of the election of the first board of trustees for respective terms of two, four and six years each, an election shall be called and held by the board of trustees and every two years thereafter shall be so called and held for the purpose of electing a trustee who shall serve for a term of six years and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified to fill the office of the trustee whose term may then expire and any vacancy then existing in the membership of said board shall be filled at such election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12652, A.L. 1951 p. 627)
MO Rev Stat § 249.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.160 - Organization of board of trustees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.160. Organization of board of trustees. — The trustees within five days after their election and qualification shall meet and organize the board by selection from among their number one to act as president of the board, one to act as treasurer of the board, and one to act as secretary of the board. The officers so selected shall hold office until the next election of trustee or trustees and until a newly constituted board of trustees after an election shall have selected their successors. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12650)
MO Rev Stat § 249.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.170 - Two trustees may make decision.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.170. Two trustees may make decision. — In all proceedings under sections 249.010 to 249.420 at all meetings of the board of trustees the vote of two of the trustees shall be sufficient and all lawful actions in pursuance of a vote of two trustees shall be deemed the act of the sewer district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12679)
MO Rev Stat § 249.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.180 - Vacancies, how filled.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.180. Vacancies, how filled. — In the event of any vacancy in the office of trustee caused by death, resignation, refusal to act or in any wise, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining trustee or trustees. In the event the remaining trustees cannot agree upon such appointment within thirty days after such vacancy may have occurred then such vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of the circuit court, and the trustees so appointed shall possess the qualifications for a trustee elected under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 and shall subscribe his oath or affirmation as if he had been elected. The trustee or trustees so appointed shall serve until the next election for trustee at which time a trustee shall be elected to fill such vacancy. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12653)
MO Rev Stat § 249.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.190 - Failure of trustee to qualify — compensation of trustees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.190. Failure of trustee to qualify — compensation of trustees. — 1. In the event that any trustee elected or appointed under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall fail to qualify as such trustee or fail to take and subscribe his oath or affirmation of office within fifteen days after his election or appointment, then the office of said trustee shall be considered vacant and the vacancy filled as provided in section 249.180.  2. Each trustee elected under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall be compensated by warrant drawn upon the treasurer of the sewer district corporation in the sum of twenty-five dollars per month for each month that he shall serve after his election and during the period of the construction of sewers. After sewers have been constructed in accordance with original plan and during any period of more than thirty days that the construction of sewers may be delayed or deferred each trustee shall be compensated in the sum of ten dollars per month for his services.  3. If the proposition to incur indebtedness, as provided for in section 249.070, fails of adoption the trustees shall receive no compensation. All necessary expenses of the board of trustees or any member of said board incurred in the performance of its or his respective duty or duties under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall, upon the certificate of the treasurer, filed with the board of trustees, be paid by warrant drawn as aforesaid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12654)
MO Rev Stat § 249.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.200 - Trustees to furnish bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.200. Trustees to furnish bonds. — All trustees elected for any sewer district formed under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall furnish bond with good and sufficient sureties in favor of the district for the faithful accounting for all funds under their control. Said bond to be satisfactory to and to be approved by the circuit court; such bond shall be in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars for each trustee. Each treasurer of a board of trustees of any district under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall, before taking custody of any funds of the district also furnish a bond with good and sufficient sureties in favor of the district in such sum as may be determined from time to time by the board of trustees, depending upon the amount in the custody of the treasurer; such bond shall be satisfactory to and approved by the circuit court; such treasurer shall not expend or pay out any sum of money belonging to the district except upon warrants drawn and authorized by the board of trustees. The premiums on bonds above required shall be paid out of funds in the hands of the board of trustees and shall be regarded as expense of said board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12673)
MO Rev Stat § 249.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.210 - Trustees shall maintain record of proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.210. Trustees shall maintain record of proceedings. — The board of trustees of any district corporation incorporated under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall cause to be kept a well-bound book entitled "Record of Board of Trustees of ______ District", in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, proceedings, certificates, bonds, contracts and all corporate acts of the board in connection with the operation of such district, which record, or records, shall be a public record and be at all reasonable times open to the inspection of anyone interested. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12672)
MO Rev Stat § 249.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.220 - Trustees may promulgate rules and regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.220. Trustees may promulgate rules and regulations. — The sewer district through its board of trustees may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations concerning the construction, maintenance and use of the sewer system or systems constructed and/or maintained by the district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12670)
MO Rev Stat § 249.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.230 - Trustees to employ an attorney.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.230. Trustees to employ an attorney. — The board of trustees shall within thirty days after organizing, employ an attorney to act for the district and to advise such board. Such employment shall be evidenced by an agreement, in writing, which shall, as far as possible, specify the exact amount to be paid to said attorney for all services and expenses. Such attorney shall conduct all legal proceedings and suits in court where the district is a party or interested and shall in all legal matters advise the district and the board, and generally look after and attend to all matters of legal nature for said board and district. The attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the board and his compensation shall be fixed by the board not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars per month. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12660)
MO Rev Stat § 249.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.240 - Trustees to provide for payment of salaries, fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.240. Trustees to provide for payment of salaries, fees. — The board of trustees, except where otherwise provided, shall by resolution, at the time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expenses incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney or other employee, and shall also pay the fees, per diem, and necessary expenses of all court and county officers, who may by virtue of sections 249.010 to 249.420 render service to the district. The board of trustees shall have power to discharge any employee of the district, except the engineer and attorney at will and may discharge the engineer or attorney for cause on thirty days' notice. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12661)
MO Rev Stat § 249.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.250 - Unpaid warrants to draw interest.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   249.250. Unpaid warrants to draw interest. — Whenever any warrant issued under sections 249.010 to 249.420 is not paid when presented to the president of the board of trustees of the district, because of lack of funds in the treasury, such fact shall be endorsed on the back of such warrant and such warrant shall draw interest thereafter at the rate of six percent per annum until such time as there is money on hand or in the treasury to pay the amount of such warrant and the interest then accumulated, but no interest shall be allowed or paid on any warrant after the time when sufficient funds are in the treasury or on hand to pay such endorsed warrants with interest. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12678)