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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.540 - Right of condemnation — right to enter private land to survey — sewer lines across unplatted land, expense of construction and restoration.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.540. Right of condemnation — right to enter private land to survey — sewer lines across unplatted land, expense of construction and restoration. —
1. The county commission shall have the right to condemn any land or other property within or without the district for right-of-way for sewers or for any other improvements or structure deemed necessary or advisable for or in connection with the sewer system of the district or districts, or for any of the purposes provided in sections 249.430 to 249.660, and in so doing shall follow the procedure that is now provided by chapter 523. The county commission shall also have the same authority to enter upon private lands to survey land or other property before exercise of the above condemnation powers as is granted under section 388.210 to railroad corporations.
2. If it is necessary to construct a trunk sewer or similar sewage handling line across or on any 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, the expenses incurred in constructing such line and restoring the land across or on which such line is located as near as possible to its former condition shall be apportioned against the adjoining property, area, or districts served.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 24, A.L. 1959 S.B. 210, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.550 - Assistants employed by sewer engineer.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.550. Assistants employed by sewer engineer. —
The sewer engineer is hereby given authority to employ such help and assistance as may be necessary for the carrying on of the maintenance, repair and administrative expenses of any sewer district or districts, as provided in sections 249.430 to 249.660, subject to the approval of the county commission.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.560 - Apportionment of expenses — regulation of connections — contracts with municipal corporations.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.560. Apportionment of expenses — regulation of connections — contracts with municipal corporations. —
1. Engineering and administrative expense for sewer extensions and laterals shall be apportioned against the adjoining property, area or districts served.
2. The county commission may make general regulations concerning the right to make house or building connections with any of said sewers and shall require that a permit must be obtained from the sewer engineer before such connection shall be allowed and also that all costs of making such connection shall be paid by the person requesting such permit. The county commission, by resolution, may delegate full authority to the sewer engineer to regulate the connections of any sewer herein provided for and to regulate the kind of sewage which may be discharged therein.
3. The sewer engineer may be authorized by the county commission to make a contract or contracts with any municipal corporation to allow such municipal corporation to discharge sewage in any part of the sewerage system, which is maintained under the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660, for such compensation and upon such reasonable terms as may be agreed upon between such municipal corporation and such sewer engineer, all subject to the approval of the county commission. The sewer engineer, by and with the approval of the county commission, shall also have power and authority to adopt, formulate and promulgate a code or set of rules and regulations pertaining to and respecting any and all specifications, plumbing installations and repair work on any fixtures or appurtenances located on any premises included in or embraced by any district or districts set up, as provided for in sections 249.430 to 249.660.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 19)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.565 - Violation of section or regulation, misdemeanor.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
249.565. Violation of section or regulation, misdemeanor. —
Any person who shall violate section 249.560, or any order, rule or regulation adopted under the authority of said section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1955 p. 606 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.570 - Connection of previously constructed sewers.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.570. Connection of previously constructed sewers. —
In all cases where lateral sewers have already been constructed of suitable materials and manner of construction the county commission shall provide regulations authorizing the connection of the same with the main or submain sewers and shall have the same authority to regulate house and building connection with said sewers as with sewers constructed under sections 249.430 to 249.660. The ground served by any such lateral sewer already constructed may be established as a sewer district by the county commission and shall not be assessed with the cost of construction of any sewer provided for in sections 249.430 to 249.660 except submain or main sewers, unless it is deemed necessary by the county commission that additional sewers be constructed in said district or districts, in which case the county commission shall have the right to construct additional sewers and levy assessments to pay the cost thereof, the same as in the case of other districts.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.580 - Special tax bills.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.580. Special tax bills. —
All special tax bills provided for by sections 249.430 to 249.660 shall be made out in favor of the contractor to be paid, or his assignee, and all such special tax bills shall be certified by the county clerk or in his name by any deputy county clerk thereto authorized by an order of the county commission of record, and said county clerk shall deliver such tax bills to the party in whose favor made out, or his assignee, and take the receipt of such party therefor in full of all claims against the county on account of the work for which such tax bills shall have been made out. No tax bill need give the name of any party owning or interested in the land charged thereby.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.590 - Record of special tax bills.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.590. Record of special tax bills. —
The county clerk shall keep a record of all special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660, said record to contain a description of the land covered by each special tax bill, the amount assessed against the same, and the date of the issue thereof and the rate of interest thereon, and also the name of the respective owners of the tracts of land described in said tax bills, as shown by the tax books in the office of the county collector, but any error in such record shall not affect the validity of said special tax bills.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.600 - County not liable for errors.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.600. County not liable for errors. —
When any work is done and payment therefor is to be made in special tax bills or in special assessments as provided in sections 249.430 to 249.660, the county shall in no event, nor in any manner whatever, be liable for or on account of such work done or improvement made or liable in any manner for the payment of the same by reason of any invalidity or error in any such tax bill or special assessment.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.610 - Sewer tax bill record — inquiries about taxes — payments.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.610. Sewer tax bill record — inquiries about taxes — payments. —
1. The county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of said record of all special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660, to the county collector, who shall incorporate them in a special record known as "Sewer Tax Bill Record".
2. When any inquiry is made of the county collector concerning the amount of taxes against any lot, tract or parcel of land, in addition to the general taxes he shall report the amount of special sewer taxes levied against such lot, tract, or parcel of land. Anyone interested in said lot, tract or parcel of land may pay the amount of said special sewer taxes to the county collector who shall receive said payment and mark the same on his record of said special assessment and shall issue duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the county clerk and the fact of payment noted on the record of said special assessment in the office of the county clerk. Such entry upon the books of the county collector shall be evidence of payment of the tax bills as therein stated. When the tax bills are issued payable in installments as provided in section 249.530, upon presentation of any such tax bill showing by endorsement the payment of any of said installments the county collector shall note the payment of such installments upon his record of special tax bills and such entry shall be evidence of payment of any such installment.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.620 - Collector shall pay holder of tax bill.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.620. Collector shall pay holder of tax bill. —
After any such tax bill or any installment has been paid to the county collector, he shall pay the amount of such payment to the holder of the special tax bill and shall cancel and preserve any such tax bill presented to him, or if only an installment of said tax bill has been paid, shall have the holder of such tax bill endorse the receipt of the amount of said tax bill upon the back of said tax bill, and when the last installment shall have been paid, mark such tax bill cancelled and preserve the same.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.630 - Procedure of recording payments.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.630. Procedure of recording payments. —
When any special tax bill has been paid to the owner or holder thereof, and marked paid upon presentation of such bill to the county clerk he shall cancel and mark paid the amount of such tax bill on the record thereof, and such entry shall be evidence of the payment of the tax bill as therein stated. When the tax bills are issued payable in installments as provided in section 249.530, upon presentation of any such tax bill showing by endorsement the payment of any of the said installments the county collector shall note the payment of such installments upon his record of said tax bill and such entry shall be evidence of payment of such installment.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.640 - Special assessment for maintenance and administration — exception, unplatted lands, when — interest to be paid, when — tax lien against property authorized.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.640. Special assessment for maintenance and administration — exception, unplatted lands, when — interest to be paid, when — tax lien against property authorized. —
1. Upon the recommendation of the sewer engineer, the county commission, by resolution, shall have authority to levy a special assessment upon all lots, tracts or parcels of land, including improvements, in any sewer district established as provided in sections 249.430 to 249.660 for the maintenance, repair and administrative expense of the sewer in such sewer district or districts, the assessment to be levied according to the lots, tracts or parcels of real estate including improvements, as shown upon the assessment books prepared by the assessor of such county, such assessment not to exceed one-half of one percent of such assessed valuation; provided, however, that no assessment shall be made against any 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, and against which condemnation proceedings for a trunk sewer or similar sewage handling line have been completed, unless the owner or owners of such land have petitioned for sewer service under sections 249.430 to 249.660 or have requested to tap-on to such line. The county clerk shall compute the amount of such assessment against each lot, tract or parcel of real estate in such sewer district or districts and deliver a certified copy of such assessment to the county collector. The county collector shall report such assessment to anyone making inquiry about the taxes and shall receive payment therefor, and issue a duplicate receipt therefor, one of which shall be filed with the county clerk, and such payments shall be remitted to the county treasurer who shall be required to keep a separate account thereof which shall be subject to warrants drawn on the account by the county commission, to be used only in the furtherance of the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660.
2. Every certified assessment shall bear interest from the date of issuance until paid, but may be paid without interest within thirty days after the date of issuance, and shall be a special tax lien against the property described therein for a period of five years from its date. The assessment levied and extended upon the books as aforesaid shall be collected in the same manner and the lien shall be enforced in the same manner as the taxes levied for state and county purposes.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 17, A.L. 1955 p. 603, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.645 - Charges for sewer service, how computed — notice, hearing — delinquency, interest from due date — lien on land authorized — priority of lien — discontinuance of service.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
249.645. Charges for sewer service, how computed — notice, hearing — delinquency, interest from due date — lien on land authorized — priority of lien — discontinuance of service. —
1. Any public sewer district created under the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660 or established pursuant to Article VI, Section 30(a) of the Missouri Constitution may establish, make and collect charges for sewage services, including tap-on fees. The charges may be set as a flat fee or based upon the amount of water supplied to the premises and shall be in addition to those charges which may be levied and collected for maintenance, repair and administration expenses as provided for in section 249.640. Any private water company, public water supply district, or municipality supplying water to the premises located within a sewer district shall, upon reasonable request, make available to such sewer district its records and books so that such sewer district may obtain therefrom such data as may be necessary to calculate the charges for sewer service. Prior to establishing any such sewer charges, public hearings shall be held thereon and at least thirty days' notice shall be given thereof.
2. Any charges made under this section shall be due at such time or times as specified by the county commission, 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 county commission filing with the recorder of deeds in the county where the land is situated a notice of delinquency. The county commission shall file with the recorder of deeds a similar notice when the delinquent amounts, plus interest and any recording fees or attorney's fees, have been paid in full. The lien hereby created may be enforced by suit or foreclosure.
3. Should a lien be placed upon a customer's property by a public sewer district for unpaid sewer charges, the lien shall have priority as and be enforced in the same manner as taxes levied for state and county purposes.
4. Should the sewer charges remain unpaid for a period in excess of three months, the district, after notice to the customer by certified mail, shall have the authority at its discretion to disconnect the customer's sewer line from the district's line or request any private water company, public water supply district, or any municipality supplying water to the premises to discontinue service to the customer until such time as the sewer charges and all related costs of this section are paid.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 320 § 1, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371, A.L. 1991 H.B. 299, A.L. 1999 H.B. 450 merged with S.B. 160 & 82)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.650 - Suits to collect taxes.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.650. Suits to collect taxes. —
Suits to collect any tax bills herein authorized may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the person to whom issued or any assignee in their own names. Every such certified tax bill shall, in an action brought to recover the amount thereof, be prima facie evidence of the validity of the charges against the property therein described; and where suit is brought before the liens have expired, said liens shall continue until the termination of such suits and the satisfaction of the judgments.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 22)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.660 - Legal aid — how secured.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.660. Legal aid — how secured. —
The county commission may require the county counselor, or an assistant county counselor, to give advice and conduct all legal proceedings or suits necessary in the administration of sections 249.430 to 249.660, and if deemed necessary the county commission may also employ a special attorney or attorneys for such purposes upon terms fixed by an agreement in writing.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.663 - Dissolution of district when obligations paid — disposition of assets.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
249.663. Dissolution of district when obligations paid — disposition of assets. —
1. Any sewer district heretofore or hereafter created by the county commission of any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, the obligations of which district have been paid or payment therefor having been duly provided, may by order of the county commission be dissolved, and upon such dissolution all unexpended assessments and taxes in the operation and maintenance account of said district shall be paid into the county treasury, and all unexpended assessments, taxes, funds and deposits in the revenue and general obligation bond fund shall be applied toward the payment of the obligations of said district.
2. The county commission of any such county may, upon dissolution of any sewer district, lease, sell, transfer or convey any or all of its sanitary sewage system, treatment plant, facilities and appurtenances thereto, including both land and rights-of-way, and main and submain sewers in or for any sewer or joint sewer district to any municipality or other political subdivision, and, in such event, such municipality or other political subdivision shall have all of the powers and authority with respect to any bonds or obligations of such sewer district, or otherwise, as are conferred by chapters 249 and 250 for such time as such bonds or obligations remain outstanding.
3. Any sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.430 through 249.665, except sewer districts organized in counties of the first class, may, if all obligations of the district have been paid or the payment thereof has been provided, be dissolved by order of the county commission. Upon dissolution the land, rights-of-way, treatment plant, main and submain sewers, and all appurtenances of the sewer district may be transferred or conveyed to a municipality or other political subdivision. Upon the transfer all unexpended assessments, taxes, deposits, or other funds held by the district shall be transferred to the municipality for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the facilities of the district, except that all unexpended assessments, taxes, funds and deposits in the revenue and general obligation bond fund shall be held by the municipality for the payment of the obligations of the district.
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(L. 1961 p. 449 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1963 p. 395)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.665 - Incorporated cities excluded from district, when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
249.665. Incorporated cities excluded from district, when. —
All incorporated cities located within the boundaries of any such county are hereby excluded from any sewer district formed under the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660, unless such city shall petition the county commission to participate in the county district and be accepted by the county commission. Any incorporated city discharging sewage into the sewer mains of any such sewer district shall pay to such sewer district for the use of said sewer mains an annual rental to be determined by a census of the population served, or by measurement of volume of sewage so discharged into said sewer mains, or by a stipulated contract price.
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(L. 1951 p. 637)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.666 - Assets of district within city to vest in city — city assumes liabilities — disposition of district funds.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
249.666. Assets of district within city to vest in city — city assumes liabilities — disposition of district funds. —
Whenever a sewer district, or any part thereof, in any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, is embraced within the corporate limits of any municipality, all of the sanitary sewage system, treatment plant, facilities, and appurtenances thereto, including both land and rights-of-way and main and submain sewers of any sewer or joint sewer district, shall vest in said municipality, and it shall be the duty of said municipality to assume, take charge of, and exercise control over said sewage system. Whenever said district shall have issued bonds payable from taxes or from revenue, such municipality shall retain as to the area in such district all of the powers and authority theretofore conferred upon said district by law. All unexpended assessments and taxes in the operation and maintenance account of said district shall be paid into the county treasury, and all unexpended assessments, taxes, funds and deposits in the revenue and general obligation bond fund shall be applied toward the payment of the obligations of said district.
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(L. 1961 p. 450 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.667 - Powers of county commission as to city property if district bonds issued.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
249.667. Powers of county commission as to city property if district bonds issued. —
Whenever a sewer district, in any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, shall embrace within its corporate limits any territory situated in any city, town or village, and shall have issued bonds payable from taxes or from revenue, the county commission of the county within which such district is situated shall retain, as to the area in such district, all of the powers and authority conferred by chapters 249 and 250 for such period of time as such bonds remain outstanding.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 211 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.668 - County commission of certain counties to appoint trustees — term, responsibilities, powers — vacancies — compensation.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
Effective - 07 Apr 1992, see footnote
249.668. County commission of certain counties to appoint trustees — term, responsibilities, powers — vacancies — compensation. —
In all first class counties in which a charter form of government is adopted, the county commission, upon written request from all districts in the county, within sixty days prior to the effective date of the new charter form of government, shall by resolution, order, or ordinance, appoint five trustees, the majority of whom shall reside within the boundaries of the district. In the event there is more than one district within the county organized pursuant to this chapter the majority of the trustees appointed shall reside within the district having the greatest number of customers. The trustees, whose term shall begin on the same date that the charter form of government becomes effective, shall be responsible for the control and operation of all such sewer districts organized pursuant to this chapter in the county, and shall have the same powers and duties as the county commission as provided in this chapter. The term of each trustee shall be five years, except that, of the first board appointed, one member shall serve for one year, one member shall serve for two years, one member shall serve for three years, one member shall serve for four years, and one member shall serve for five years. All vacancies after the initial appointment shall be filled by the county executive officer with the concurrence of the governing body of the county as constituted under the charter form of government. The trustees shall be reimbursed by the district for all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, which amount shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars per month.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1307 § 3)
Effective 4-7-92
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12682, A.L. 1953 p. 541, A.L. 1961 p. 448)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12683)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12684, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-2-79
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12685)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12686)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12687)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12688)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12689)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
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.
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(L. 1953 p. 545)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.761 - Definitions.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 19 May 2006, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2006 S.B. 802)
Effective 5-19-06
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• 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.
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(L. 1961 p. 451 § 2, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1996 S.B. 665)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• 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.
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Clerk of the circuit court of ______ County.
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(L. 1961 p. 451 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• 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.
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(L. 1961 p. 451 § 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 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.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• 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.
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(L. 1961 p. 451 § 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)