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MO Rev Stat § 393.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.015 - Sewer company may contract with water company to terminate water services for nonpayment of sewer bill — procedure — immunity — costs, reimbursement.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015, 2 histories   393.015. Sewer company may contract with water company to terminate water services for nonpayment of sewer bill — procedure — immunity — costs, reimbursement. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any sewer corporation, municipality or sewer district established under the provisions of chapter 249 or 250, or sections 204.250 to 204.470, or any sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional authority may contract with any water corporation, any municipality providing water, or any water districts established under chapter 247, which for purposes of this section shall collectively be designated as a water provider, to terminate water services to any customer premises for nonpayment of a sewer bill. No such termination of water service may occur until thirty days after the sewer corporation, municipality or statutory sewer district or sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional authority sends a written notice to the customer, except that if the water provider is performing a combined water and sewer billing service for the sewer corporation, municipality or sewer district, no additional notice or any additional waiting period shall be required other than the notice and waiting period already used by the water provider to disconnect water service for nonpayment of the water bill. Acting pursuant to a contract, the water provider shall discontinue water service until such time as the sewer charges and all related costs of termination and reestablishment of sewer and water services are paid by the customer.  2. A water provider acting pursuant to a contract with a sewer corporation, municipality or sewer district as provided in subsection 1 of this section shall not be liable for damages related to termination of water services unless such damage is caused by the negligence of such water provider, in which case the water provider shall be indemnified by the sewer corporation, municipality or sewer district. Unless otherwise specified in the contract, all costs related to the termination and reestablishment of services by the water provider shall be reimbursed by the sewer corporation, municipality, sewer district or sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional authority. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 453, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58, A.L. 2011 S.B. 48, A.L. 2015 S.B. 497)
MO Rev Stat § 393.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.020 - Authorizing laying of underground water mains — power of eminent domain.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.020. Authorizing laying of underground water mains — power of eminent domain. — It shall be lawful for any corporation organized for that purpose under chapter 351, or heretofore organized for that purpose under any laws of this state, or any foreign corporation for profit organized under or subject to chapter 351, to lay and construct an underground water main, or underground water mains, along the right-of-way of any public highways in this state, or across any stream in this state, for the purpose of furnishing, at wholesale only, a supply of water to any incorporated city, town or village, or cities, towns and villages, in this state; provided, that when it shall become necessary in laying and constructing such mains to make any excavations in any public highway, the company constructing such mains shall restore such highway to as good condition as same was in prior to the making of such excavations, and when necessary in laying and constructing such underground water main or mains every such corporation shall have the power of eminent domain and may condemn right-of-way for such underground water main or mains in the manner prescribed by law for the condemnation of rights-of-way of railroads; provided, that where such underground water mains are laid along any right-of-way of any railroad company or through or under the roadbed of any railroad, the laying of the same shall be according to standard and approved rules of construction, and in such manner as not to weaken or impair the same or the use thereof, but such construction shall be according to such standards as will insure the safety of such railroads and the operation of trains over the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5371, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 155)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4964; 1919 § 10174
MO Rev Stat § 393.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.025 - Sewer corporation may exercise eminent domain, how — sewer lines along or across public roads, how built and maintained — consent of municipality required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   393.025. Sewer corporation may exercise eminent domain, how — sewer lines along or across public roads, how built and maintained — consent of municipality required, when. — 1. A sewer corporation shall have the power to acquire through eminent domain proceedings the lands, property and rights of any character whatsoever necessary to construct, extend, improve, alter, maintain or operate its sewer system, in the manner prescribed by law for gas corporations and electrical corporations.  2. A sewer corporation may construct and maintain its pipes along, across or under any of the public roads, streets and waters of this state, in such manner as not to incommode the public in the use of such roads, streets and waters; provided, any sewer corporation desiring to place its system in any city, town or village shall also obtain the consent from such city, town or village through the municipal authorities thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 578, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1477)
MO Rev Stat § 393.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.030 - Right to take water from nonnavigable stream and erect dam — purposes for which company may condemn land.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   393.030. Right to take water from nonnavigable stream and erect dam — purposes for which company may condemn land. — 1. Any corporation, company or individual proposing to supply with water any city, town or village, shall have the right to take water from any stream that is not navigable and to erect a dam thereon. Any such water corporation shall also have the right to acquire by condemnation sufficient lands to lay pipes for the conveyance of water in, over or through any lands situated beyond the source of water supply, regardless of the nature or kind of such source of supply. Any such water corporation shall also have the right to acquire by condemnation sufficient lands upon which to drill wells to provide an adequate water supply from underground sources. Any such water corporation shall also have the right to acquire by condemnation sufficient lands upon which to build, construct, install and operate facilities for the processing, pumping, storage, distribution and management of water. Any such water corporation may exercise any, some or all of the above granted powers upon complying with the proceedings herein provided for.  2. In case any such corporation, company or individual cannot agree with the owners of such water or lands sought to be obtained, or right-of-way, upon compensation to be paid, or in case the owner is incapable of contracting, be unknown, or be a nonresident of this state, such corporation, company or individual may apply to the circuit court of the county where said land or any part thereof lies, by petition, stating what is desired. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5372, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 156, A.L. 1955 p. 579, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4965; 1919 § 10175; 1909 § 3369  Effective 1-02-79  (1954) Water company has no power to condemn land for purpose of taking water from underneath surface under this section. State ex rel. Missouri Water Co. v. Bostian (A.), 272 S.W.2d 857.  (1955) Water company has power to condemn lands upon which to build works for pumping, storage, distribution and management of water and could obtain water from beneath surface thereof. Reversing decision of court of appeals at 272 S.W.2d 857. State ex rel. Missouri Water Co. v. Bostian, 365 Mo. 228, 290 S.W.2d 663.
MO Rev Stat § 393.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.040 - Filing of petition, issuance of summons, and notice of hearing — notice by publication, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.040. Filing of petition, issuance of summons, and notice of hearing — notice by publication, when. — 1. Upon the presenting of the petition mentioned in section 393.030 to the circuit judge, he shall order the petition filed and a summons to issue, giving such owners at least ten days' notice of the time when said petition will be heard, which summons shall be served by the sheriff of the county, in the same manner as writs of summons are or may be by law required to be served.  2. If the name or residence of the owners be unknown, or if the owners, or any of them, do not reside in the state, notice of the time of hearing of the petition, reciting the substance of the petition and the day fixed for the hearing thereof, shall be given by publication for three weeks consecutively, prior to the time of hearing the petition, in a newspaper published in the county in which the proceedings are pending, if one is published in the county, or if no newspaper is published in such county, or if the publisher shall refuse to publish the same on tender of his usual charges for advertising, then posting up said notice for three consecutive weeks at the door of the courthouse of the county wherein the lands, or any portion of them, lie. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5373, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 157)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4966; 1919 § 10176; 1909 § 3370
MO Rev Stat § 393.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.050 - Court shall appoint three commissioners to assess damages — payment of damages.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   393.050. Court shall appoint three commissioners to assess damages — payment of damages. — 1. The court, or the judge thereof in vacation, on being satisfied that due notice of the pendency of the petition has been given, shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, who shall be residents of the county in which the real estate or stream of water or a part thereof is situated, to assess the damages which the owners may severally sustain by reason of such appropriation, who, after having viewed the property, shall return, under oath, such assessment of damages to the clerk of the court where such petition was filed, setting forth the amount of damages; and should more than one owner be included in the petition, then the damages allowed each shall be stated separately, together with a specific description of the property for which such damages are assessed, and the clerk shall file such report and record the same in the order book of the court; and thereupon such corporation, company or individual shall pay to the clerk the amount thus assessed, for the party in whose favor such damages have been assessed, and on making such payment, it shall be lawful for such corporation, company or individual to hold the interest in the property so appropriated for the uses prescribed in this section; and upon failure to pay the assessment, the court may, upon motion and notice by the party entitled to such damages, enforce the payment of the same by execution, unless the corporation, company or individual shall, within ten days from the time of receiving the notice of such assessment, elect to abandon the proposed appropriation of any parcel of land, by an instrument, in writing, to that effect, to be filed with the clerk, which shall be entered on the minutes of the court; and as to so much as is thus abandoned, the assessment of damages shall be void.  2. Under the provisions of this section, the commissioners or jury shall be authorized to inquire and make report as to the value of the use of any such stream, or the diversion of the waters thereof, in whole or in part, or what damage will be done by the erection and maintenance of a dam, or buildings, or the use of such stream in any manner for the purposes prescribed in this section, specifically stating to whom and upon what account damages are awarded and any person interested may appear to be made a party, and have a right to file his exceptions to such report within the time prescribed by law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5374, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 158, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4967; 1919 § 10177; 1909 § 3371
MO Rev Stat § 393.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.060 - Number of owners may be joined in one petition.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.060. Number of owners may be joined in one petition. — Any number of owners owning lands in the same county or judicial circuit may be joined in one petition, and the damages to each shall be separately assessed by the same commissioners or jury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5375, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 159)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4968; 1919 § 10178; 1909 § 3372
MO Rev Stat § 393.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.070 - Clerk of court shall give notice of petitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.070. Clerk of court shall give notice of petitions. — Upon the filing of such report of the commissioners, the clerk of the court where the same is filed shall duly notify the party whose property is affected of the filing thereof, and as well the corporation, company or individual; and the report of said commissioners may be reviewed by the court in which the proceedings are had, on written exceptions, filed by either party in the clerk's office within ten days after service of the notice aforesaid, and the court shall make such order therein as right and justice may require, and may order a new appraisement upon good cause shown. Such new appraisement shall, at the request of either party, be made by a jury under the supervision of the court, as in ordinary cases of inquiry of damages; but notwithstanding such exceptions, such corporation, company or individual may proceed to appropriate the property so condemned and use it for any or all of the purposes aforesaid, and any subsequent proceedings shall only affect the amount of compensation to be allowed. In all cases arising under the provisions of sections 393.030 to 393.060, the report of the commissioners, when signed by a majority of them, shall be taken and considered as the report of all. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5376, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 160)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4969; 1919 § 10179; 1909 § 3373
MO Rev Stat § 393.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.080 - Cost of proceeding — how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.080. Cost of proceeding — how paid. — The cost of the proceeding to appropriate the property as aforesaid shall be paid by the corporation, company or individual seeking the appropriation, up to and including the filing and copying of the report of the commissioners, and the court, as to any cost made by any subsequent litigation, may make such order as in its discretion may be deemed just. The court shall allow the commissioners a reasonable compensation for their services, which shall be taxed as costs in the proceedings. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5377, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 161)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4970; 1919 § 10180; 1909 § 3374
MO Rev Stat § 393.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.090 - Corporation not authorized to enter or appropriate certain buildings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.090. Corporation not authorized to enter or appropriate certain buildings. — No corporation, company or individual shall be authorized to enter or appropriate any dwelling, barn, store, warehouse or similar building erected for any agricultural, commercial or manufacturing purposes. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5378, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 162)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4971; 1919 § 10181; 1909 § 3375
MO Rev Stat § 393.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.100 - Concerning the appropriation of property held by another corporation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.100. Concerning the appropriation of property held by another corporation. — In case the property sought to be appropriated is held by any corporation, the right to appropriate the same for the purposes aforesaid by any corporation, company or individual shall be limited to such use as shall not materially interfere with the uses to which by law the corporation holding the same is authorized to put said property. Where no agreement can be made between the parties, the mode of assessing the damages provided heretofore as to private persons shall be adopted, and if the property to be appropriated lies in more than one county, an application may be made in any one county in which any of the lands lie, and the damages shall be assessed as to all the lands of the defendant corporation along the whole line in one proceeding. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5379, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 163)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4972; 1919 § 10182; 1909 § 3376
MO Rev Stat § 393.105 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.105 - Rules against restraints on alienation and against perpetuities not to apply, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   393.105. Rules against restraints on alienation and against perpetuities not to apply, when. — 1. Any two or more electrical corporations or gas corporations which own or intend to own, jointly or as tenants in common, any real or personal property, or any interest therein, that is used or is to be used, in whole or in part, for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity or for the production, gathering, storage, processing, transmission or distribution of manufactured or natural gas may enter into an agreement waiving their respective rights with respect to the partition of the property or otherwise restricting the alienation thereof for a period of time ending not later than the abandonment of the use.  2. Without limiting the general application of subsection 1 of this section, the rule of law commonly known as the rule against perpetuities and the rule of law commonly known as the rule prohibiting unreasonable restraints on alienation of property shall not be applied to invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise affect any agreement entered into pursuant to this section. ­­-------- (L. 1975 S.B. 117)
MO Rev Stat § 393.108 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.108 - Hot weather rule, discontinuance of service prohibited, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   393.108. Hot weather rule, discontinuance of service prohibited, when. — For purposes of this section, the hot weather rule shall mean the period of time from June first to September thirtieth, in which the discontinuance of gas and electric service to all residential users, including all residential tenants of apartment buildings, for nonpayment of bills where gas or electricity is used as the source of cooling or to operate the only cooling equipment at the residence, is prohibited in the following situations:  (1) On any day when the National Weather Service local forecast between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the following twenty-four hours predicts that the temperature shall rise above ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit or that the heat index shall rise above one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit;  (2) On any day when utility personnel are not available to reconnect utility service during the immediately succeeding day or days and the National Weather Service local forecast between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. predicts that the temperature during the period of unavailability shall rise above ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit or that the heat index shall rise above one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit; and  (3) In any other applicable situations provided for in rules established and amended by the public service commission. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 720)  Transferred 2012, formerly § 660.123
MO Rev Stat § 393.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.110 - Application of sections 393.110 to 393.285 — public service commission not to have jurisdiction over certain electrical corporations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   393.110. Application of sections 393.110 to 393.285 — public service commission not to have jurisdiction over certain electrical corporations. — 1. Sections 393.110 to 393.285 shall apply to the manufacture and furnishing of gas for light, heat or power and the furnishing of natural gas for light, heat or power, and the generation, furnishing and transmission of electricity for light, heat or power, the supplying and distributing of water for any purpose whatsoever, and the furnishing of a sewer system for the collection, carriage, treatment or disposal of sewage for municipal, domestic or other beneficial or necessary purpose.  2. Notwithstanding any provision in chapter 386 or this chapter to the contrary, the public service commission shall not have jurisdiction over the rates, financing, accounting, or management of any electrical corporation which is required by its bylaws to operate on the not-for-profit cooperative business plan, with its consumers who receive service as the stockholders of such corporation, and which holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity to serve a majority of its consumer-owners in counties of the third classification as of August 28, 2003. Nothing in this section shall be construed as amending or superseding the commission's authority granted in and pursuant to subsection 1 of section 386.310, in section 386.800, section 393.106, and section 394.312. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5644, A.L. 1967 p. 578, A.L. 2003 H.B. 208 merged with S.B. 255)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5188; 1919 § 10476
MO Rev Stat § 393.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.120 - Definition of terms.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   393.120. Definition of terms. — The provisions of section 386.020 defining words, phrases and terms, shall apply to and determine the meaning of all such words, phrases or terms as used in sections 393.110 to 393.290. ­­-------- (1949 H.B. 2105 § 393.12)