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MO Rev Stat § 249.785 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.785 - Charges for sewage disposal — delinquency — interest due when — lien on land authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   249.785. Charges for sewage disposal — delinquency — interest due when — lien on land authorized. — 1. The board of supervisors may establish rates or charges for sewage disposal based upon the sums needed to retire the outstanding revenue bonded debt and pay the interest on these obligations. The board shall also take into consideration the need for extension of the system, repairs, replacements, overhead charges, operating expenses and the need for an operating fund out of which the district may make emergency expenditures and pay necessary incidental expenses. The board may differentiate between users in the rates charged on the basis of the different costs of treatment of the sewage of users or the capital contributions made by the several users. The board may adjust the rates charged to require the payment by users of the capital investment used to serve them.  2. Any charges made under this section shall be due at such time or times as specified by the board of supervisors, and shall, if not paid by the due date, become delinquent and shall bear interest from the date of delinquency until paid. If such charges become delinquent they shall be a lien upon the land charged, upon the board of supervisors filing with the recorder of deeds in the county where the land is situated a notice of delinquency. The board of supervisors shall file with the recorder of deeds a similar notice when the delinquent amounts, plus interest and any recording fees or attorneys' fees, have been paid in full. The lien hereby created may be enforced by suit or foreclosure. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 11, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
MO Rev Stat § 249.787 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.787 - Estimate of expenses — tax levy, how collected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.787. Estimate of expenses — tax levy, how collected. — 1. Before the tenth day of May of each year the board of supervisors of any district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 shall make an estimate of the amounts required to defray the expenses of the district.  2. The estimates shall be certified by the secretary of the board and filed by the clerk of the county in which the district lies. Upon the basis of these estimates the county commission shall levy an ad valorem tax on all taxable real property within the district sufficient to provide the necessary funds.  3. The clerk of the county commission shall enter the levies on the tax books in the same manner as school district taxes are entered, for the use of the county collector. The taxes thus levied and extended upon the tax books shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the taxes levied for state and county purposes and the taxes when collected shall be remitted by the collector to the treasurer of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 249.790 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.790 - Debt may be incurred, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   249.790. Debt may be incurred, procedure. — 1. The board of supervisors of a sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may borrow money either through the issuance of bonds or through other arrangements. In this event the board of supervisors shall proceed as follows: The board shall adopt a resolution indicating the reasons for borrowing money, the amount needed, the purpose for which it is to be used, and the arrangements for the loan or the amount and type of bonds to be issued.  2. The resolution may submit at the election a proposal to borrow money or to issue general obligation bonds, but the board of supervisors shall not have authority to borrow money or to issue bonds unless the constitutionally required percentage of the voters in the district voting on the question vote in the affirmative.  3. General obligation bonds shall be issued within the limits imposed by Section 26, Article VI, of the Constitution. Before, or at the time of, issuing general obligation bonds, the board of supervisors shall provide for the collection of an annual tax, levied on all taxable real property in the district, sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal within twenty years from the date of issuance, except that the net income and revenues arising from the operation of the sewer system after payment for costs of operation, maintenance, depreciation and necessary extensions and enlargements shall be transferred to the interest and sinking fund and applicable to the general obligation bonds issued under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810.  4. All bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall be executed by the chairman of the board of supervisors, attested by the secretary of the board, and shall be of such denomination, contain such terms and be payable in such medium as the board of supervisors may determine. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 13, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1621)
MO Rev Stat § 249.793 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.793 - Board may issue current revenue bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.793. Board may issue current revenue bonds. — The board may issue and sell current revenue bonds to meet the current expenses of the district incurred in advance of the revenue to be derived from the property tax levy and to be paid out of the current revenue when accrued. The chairman of the board shall execute the bonds on behalf of the district and they shall be attested by the secretary. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 14)
MO Rev Stat § 249.795 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.795 - Refunding bonds, how issued.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.795. Refunding bonds, how issued. — 1. Any sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 is authorized to refund all or any part of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district including interest, without an election.  2. When the bonds being refunded are general obligation bonds, payable from ad valorem taxes, the refunding bonds shall also be payable from ad valorem taxes levied upon all the taxable real property in the district.  3. All refunding bonds of a sewer district shall be negotiable and may be issued and exchanged for existing bonds or coupons. The refunding bonds shall contain such terms and be in denominations and payable at the place or places designated by the board of supervisors. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 249.800 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.800 - Revenue bonds may be issued without election, when, notice, procedure — election required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   249.800. Revenue bonds may be issued without election, when, notice, procedure — election required, when. — The board of any district contemplating the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may give notice of its intention to issue the bonds without submitting the proposition to the voters of the district, the notice to state the maximum amount of bonds proposed to be issued and the general purpose of the bonds. The notice shall further state the right of the voters in the district to file their written protest against the issuance of the bonds as hereinafter provided. The notice shall be published twice in a newspaper published in the county in which the district is located. If within fifteen days after the date of the first publication of the notice there shall not be filed with the secretary of the district a written protest against issuance of such revenue bonds, signed by a number equal to twenty-five percent of the voters voting at the last preceding election of supervisors within the sewer district, the board of the district shall have power to issue the revenue bonds of the district to the amount and for the purpose specified in the notice without an election. If within fifteen days after the date of the first publication of the notice there is filed with the secretary of the district a written protest against the issuance of the revenue bonds signed by the requisite number of voters within the sewer district, the board of the district shall thereupon submit the proposed revenue bond issue to the voters of the district and, if a majority of the voters voting on the question shall vote in favor thereof, the proposed improvements may be made and the revenue bonds issued in payment of the cost thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 17, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 249.803 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.803 - Owner and occupant both liable for sewerage charges.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.803. Owner and occupant both liable for sewerage charges. — Sewerage services furnished by a sewer district created under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 shall be deemed to be furnished to both the occupant and owner of the premises receiving the services and the sewer district rendering the services shall have power to sue the occupant or owner, or both, of the real estate in a civil action to recover any sums due for the services, plus a reasonable attorney fee to be fixed by the court. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 249.805 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.805 - Refunding of revenue bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   249.805. Refunding of revenue bonds. — For the purpose of refunding, extending or unifying the whole or any part of any outstanding revenue bonds of the district, any district may issue its refunding revenue bonds not exceeding in amount the principal of the outstanding revenue bonds to be refunded, together with the accrued interest to the date of the refunding bonds, and the board of the district shall provide for the payment of the interest on and principal of the refunding bonds in the same manner and from the same source as was provided for the payment of interest on and principal of the bonds to be refunded. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 19)
MO Rev Stat § 249.807 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.807 - Extension of boundaries of district, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   249.807. Extension of boundaries of district, procedure. — 1. The boundaries of any sewer district formed under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may be extended from time to time by filing a petition with the clerk of the circuit court having jurisdiction, signed by the board of supervisors and five or more owners of real estate situated within the territory to be annexed. The same proceeding shall then be followed as provided in sections 249.760 to 249.810 for the original organization of the district except that the proposition must be voted on affirmatively by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the proposition in the original district and the area to be annexed combined.  2. The costs incurred in the extension of the boundaries of the district shall be taxed to the district if the annexation is completed and otherwise against the petitioners, except that no costs shall be taxed to the board of supervisors.  3. Any owner of real estate that abuts upon a district once formed may petition the board of supervisors for the incorporation of the real estate in the district. If approval is granted by the board, the clerk of the board shall endorse his certificate of the fact of approval by the board upon the petition. The petition shall then be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the district is incorporated. It is then the duty of the court to amend the boundaries of the district by a decree incorporating the real estate in it. A certified copy of the decree shall then be filed in the office of the recorder and in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the real estate is located, and in the office of the secretary of state. The costs of the proceedings shall be borne by the petitioning property owners.  4. Any owner of land that has not been platted and such plat finally approved by the county planning commission, county zoning commission, county planning and zoning commission, or county governing body, that abuts upon a district previously formed or currently being formed, for which a trunk sewer has been condemned under chapter 523, shall not be compelled to join such district but may petition the board of supervisors of such district for incorporation of his land into such district under this section. All costs of proceedings conducted under this subsection shall be paid by the petitioning landowner. ­­-------- (L. 1961 p. 451 § 20, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
MO Rev Stat § 249.900 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.900 - Sewer district may by amended decree construct, maintain and operate a public water supply, requirement, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   249.900. Sewer district may by amended decree construct, maintain and operate a public water supply, requirement, procedure. — 1. The board of directors of any sewer district incorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may petition the circuit court of the county containing the major part of the acreage in the district for an amended decree of incorporation to allow that district to engage in the construction, maintenance and operation of common public water supply which serves ten or more separate properties and is located wholly within the district and is not operated by another political subdivision or is not located within the certificated area of a water corporation as defined in chapter 386 or within a public water supply district as defined in chapter 247 and the operation and maintenance of all such existing facilities. The petition shall be filed by the board of directors and all proceedings shall be in the same manner as in an action for initial formation of a sewer district except that no vote of the residents of the district shall be required.  2. If the decree is amended the district shall, within ninety days after the order amending the decree, begin operation of the existing facilities which it has acquired by gift or otherwise and shall establish and collect user charges to be determined and established in the same manner as sewer rates.  3. All applicable provisions of this chapter shall apply to the construction, operation and maintenance of water supply in the same manner as they apply to like functions relating to sewer facilities. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 197 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 249.927 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.927 - Sewage or storm water facility improvement district, certain city and counties may issue general obligation bonds, purpose — issue assessment against property to pay for improvements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   249.927. Sewage or storm water facility improvement district, certain city and counties may issue general obligation bonds, purpose — issue assessment against property to pay for improvements. — The governing body of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county, or the governing body of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government that has a population of at least one hundred sixty thousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government containing a portion of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government as of August 28, 1995, that has a population of more than one hundred five thousand but less than one hundred twenty thousand inhabitants, may make, or cause to be made, improvements which confer a benefit upon property within a sewage or storm water facility improvement district pursuant to sections 249.925 to 249.955. The governing body of such city or county of the first classification may incur indebtedness and issue temporary notes and general obligation bonds of such city or county pursuant to sections 249.925 to 249.955 to pay for all or part of the cost of such improvements. An improvement may be combined with one or more other improvements for the purpose of issuing a single series of general obligation bonds to pay all or part of the cost of such improvements, but separate funds or accounts shall be established within the records of the city or county for each improvement as provided in section 249.953. The temporary notes and general obligation bonds issued by the city or county shall be a debt of the sewage or storm water facility improvement district and such city or county shall assess assessments against each property deemed by the governing body of the city or county to be benefitted by each such improvement pursuant to sections 249.929 to 249.933. The city or county shall use the moneys collected from such assessments to reimburse such city or county for all amounts paid or to be paid by it as principal of and interest on its temporary notes and general obligation bonds issued for such improvements. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 249.931 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.931 - Boundaries of district, how set.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   249.931. Boundaries of district, how set. — The boundaries of the proposed sewage or storm water facility improvement district shall be described by metes and bounds, streets or other sufficiently specific description. The area of the sewage or storm water facility improvement district finally determined by the governing body of the city or county to be assessed may be less than, but shall not exceed, the total area comprising such district. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 11 subsec. 4)
MO Rev Stat § 249.933 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.933 - Maintenance costs, assessment may be levied and collected after period for assessment of property has expired.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   249.933. Maintenance costs, assessment may be levied and collected after period for assessment of property has expired. — A sewage or storm water facility improvement district assessment may be levied and collected after the original period approved for assessment of property within the district has expired, with the proceeds thereof used solely for maintenance of the improvement, if the residents of the sewage or storm water facility improvement district vote to assess property within the district for the maintenance costs in the manner prescribed in subsection 2 of section 249.929. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 11 subsec. 5)
MO Rev Stat § 249.935 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.935 - Assessment for cost of improvement, how calculated — governing bodies may establish by resolution methods for assessing benefits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   249.935. Assessment for cost of improvement, how calculated — governing bodies may establish by resolution methods for assessing benefits. — The portion of the cost of any improvement to be assessed against the property in a sewage or storm water facility improvement district shall be apportioned against such property in accordance with the benefits accruing thereto by reasons of such improvement. The cost may be assessed equally per front foot or per square foot against property within the district or by any other reasonable assessment plan determined by the governing body of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county, or the governing body of the county of the first classification without a charter form of government that has a population of at least one hundred sixty thousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government containing a portion of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government as of August 28, 1995, that has a population of more than one hundred five thousand but less than one hundred twenty thousand inhabitants, which results in imposing substantially equal burdens or share of the cost upon property similarly benefitted. The governing body of such city or county may from time to time determine and establish, by resolution, reasonable general classifications and formulae for the methods of assessing the benefits. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 249.937 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties|Section 249.937 - Plans and specifications, acceptance by governing body, resolution ordering assessment against property benefitted by improvement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   249.937. Plans and specifications, acceptance by governing body, resolution ordering assessment against property benefitted by improvement. — After the governing body of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county, or the governing body of the county of the first classification without a charter form of government that has a population of at least one hundred sixty thousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government containing a portion of a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of the first classification without a charter form of government as of August 28, 1995, that has a population of more than one hundred five thousand but less than one hundred twenty thousand inhabitants, has made the findings specified in sections 249.929 to 249.933 and plans and specifications for the proposed sewage or storm water facility improvements have been prepared, the governing body shall, by resolution, order assessments to be made against each property deemed to be benefitted by an improvement based on the revised estimated cost of the improvement or, if available, the final cost thereof, and shall order a proposed assessment roll to be prepared. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 13 subsec. 1)