reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 246 - Provisions Relating to All Drainage and Levee Districts › Section 246.300 - Voting by representation authorized, when, certain districts.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 246
Effective - 08 Feb 1995, see footnote
246.300. Voting by representation authorized, when, certain districts. —
In any levee district formed pursuant to the laws of this state having an assessed valuation of forty million dollars or greater, which is located in whole or in part in a county having over nine hundred thousand in population according to the last decennial census, owners of property in whole or in part within the levee district who are corporate, partnership, joint venture, or any other form of ownership other than individual ownership, may delegate through procedure allowed pursuant to corporate form as provided by the laws of this state an individual to exercise representation and voting on behalf of the corporate entity in matters requiring public vote involving the levee district. For purposes of levee districts organized pursuant to the laws of this state, any individual so recognized by the corporate form as having the responsibilities of representing the corporate landowner before the board of supervisors of the levee district shall in all respects be treated by laws of this state as the owner of the property, and shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges allowed by law, including serving on the board of supervisors if so elected, as are contained in the laws of this state.
­­--------
(L. 1994 S.B. 633, A.L. 1995 S.B. 214)
Effective 2-8-95
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 246 - Provisions Relating to All Drainage and Levee Districts › Section 246.310 - Inapplicability of certain law regarding abeyance of water and sewer assessments.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 246
Effective - 28 Aug 2010
246.310. Inapplicability of certain law regarding abeyance of water and sewer assessments. —
The provisions of section 262.802 shall not apply to any drainage district or levee district formed under and pursuant to the laws of this state.
­­--------
(L. 2010 H.B. 1316 merged with H.B. 1692, et al. merged with S.B. 795)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.010 - Formation of public corporations.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
247.010. Formation of public corporations. —
Sections 247.010 to 247.220 are intended to make possible, through public corporations, conveniences in the use of water, ample in quantity for all needful purposes and pure and wholesome in quality, furnished from common sources of supply to many inhabitants of our state now denied such privileges; and thereby promote public health and sanitation, make available conveniences not otherwise possible, and for the general public welfare.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12620, A.L. 1941 p. 353, A.L. 1945 p. 846)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.020 - Districts to be political corporations, numbered.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
247.020. Districts to be political corporations, numbered. —
The districts to be formed under sections 247.010 to 247.220 shall be known as public water supply districts of the counties in which districts are located, and shall be political corporations of the state of Missouri. Each district shall carry with it a number, which shall not be the same as any existing district of the county, and, when incorporated and organized as herein provided, shall have and be invested with all the powers conferred upon them by the provisions of sections 247.010 to 247.220 and no other.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12621)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.035 - Sewer treatment facilities, construction and operation, when — procedure.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 30 Apr 1980, see footnote
247.035. Sewer treatment facilities, construction and operation, when — procedure. —
1. The board of directors of any public water supply district 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 sewer treatment facilities which serve ten or more separate properties and are located wholly within the district and are not operated by another political subdivision or are not located within the certificated area of a sewer corporation as defined in chapter 386 or within a common sewer district as defined in chapter 204 and the operation and maintenance of all such existing sewer treatment 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 water 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 water rates.
3. All applicable provisions of this chapter shall apply to the construction, operation and maintenance of common sewer facilities in the same manner as they apply to like functions relating to water supply.
­­--------
(L. 1980 H.B. 1191)
Effective 4-30-80
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.070 - Organization of board, when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
247.070. Organization of board, when. —
Within thirty days after appointment or election of the board, or on the date of the first regular meeting after appointment or election of the board, whichever is earlier, the board shall meet and organize, selecting one of its number president and one vice president. It shall also select a clerk and a treasurer, neither of whom shall be members of the board. The president and vice president shall serve for one year and until their successors are selected and qualified.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12626, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1065)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.080 - Board — further powers.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
247.080. Board — further powers. —
1. The exercise of the powers conferred upon the district by sections 247.010 to 247.220 shall be by its board of directors, acting as a board.
2. The board shall have power and it shall be its duty to employ necessary help and to contract for such professional service as the demands of the district require in creating and operating a waterworks system contemplated in this law, and shall pay out of the funds of the district available for such purposes reasonable compensation for the service rendered. It shall have made by a competent accountant an annual audit of the receipts and expenditures of the district. All persons employed shall serve for an indefinite term and at the will of the board, and party politics shall not enter into the selection of employees.
3. The board shall have regular monthly meetings and the president thereof may call special meetings as occasion requires. It shall establish an office for its meeting place and for the transaction of business.
4. All persons charged with handling of funds shall be required to give bond to be fixed and approved by the board, but at the expense of the district.
5. All contracts made by the district shall conform to section 432.070 governing contracts. It shall have power to authorize and enter into all contracts in behalf of the district, and shall provide an official seal for district, and all official documents shall be attested by the seal.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12627, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1692)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.085 - Board may contract for water supply with city, when — publication of notice — sale of property, use of funds.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
247.085. Board may contract for water supply with city, when — publication of notice — sale of property, use of funds. —
1. The board of directors of any public water supply district shall have power to sell and convey part or all of the property of the district to any city, owning and operating a waterworks system, in consideration whereof the city shall obligate itself to pay or assume the payment of all outstanding bond obligations of the district, and to provide reasonable and adequate water service and furnish water ample in quantity for all needful purposes, and pure and wholesome in quality, to the inhabitants of the territory lying within the district, during such period of time and under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the city and the board of directors of the district; provided, however, that no action shall be taken as provided herein until said city and public water supply district shall cause a printed notice of their intention to act under this section to be published in a manner prescribed for by law in a newspaper having a general circulation in said city and public water supply district, and a statement of the time and manner of said publication shall be recited in any agreement or contract executed hereunder.
2. Thereafter the board of directors may sell and convey any remaining property of the district and after payment of the debts of the district, other than bond obligations, the board of directors may use the funds of the district for the purpose of providing fire protection or for any other public purpose which in the opinion of the board will be beneficial to the inhabitants of the district.
3. The powers granted by this section are in addition to the powers granted by law and are not subject to the terms and conditions set forth in those sections.
­­--------
(L. 1951 p. 650, A.L. 2004 S.B. 987, A.L. 2005 H.B. 395)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.090 - Board — quorum.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
247.090. Board — quorum. —
A majority of board members shall constitute a quorum to do business. No act of the board shall be valid unless authorized by a majority of the members of the board.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12628)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.100 - Duties of officers of board.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
247.100. Duties of officers of board. —
1. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all board meetings, to act as official head of the district, to execute all contracts required to be executed by the district and the board. In the absence or disability of the president, the vice president shall assume the duties of the president.
2. The clerk shall keep the official records of the meetings of the board, shall attest all official documents with the seal of the district, shall, when called upon, make reports pertaining to the business of his office, attend the board meetings, and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the provisions of sections 247.010 to 247.220 and the rules of the board.
3. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and pay money out of the treasury only upon valid warrants drawn on the treasury. Warrants shall be signed by the clerk and countersigned by the president. He shall execute such bond for faithful performance of duty as may be required by the board, the expense of the execution of the bond, however, to be borne by the district.
4. The board may, from time to time, provide for additional rules and regulations concerning the duties of its officers.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12629)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.110 - Board to fix rates and charges — delinquencies to create lien, when — procedure.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
247.110. Board to fix rates and charges — delinquencies to create lien, when — procedure. —
1. Subject to such regulation and control as may now exist in or may hereafter be conferred upon the public service commission of the state of Missouri, the fixing of rates or charges for water or water service furnished by a district incorporated under sections 247.010 to 247.220 is hereby vested in its board of directors. The rates or charges to be so fixed shall, at all times, be reasonable, but in determining the reasonableness of rates or charges, the board shall take into consideration the sum or sums required to retire outstanding special obligation bonded indebtedness of the district and the interest accruing thereon, the need for extensions of mains, repairs, depreciation, enlargement of plant, adequate service, obsolescence, overhead charges, operating expenses, and the need of an operating fund out of which the district may protect itself in emergencies and out of which the incidental expenses of the district may readily be met.
2. Any charge for water or water services levied by the board of directors of a water district shall be due at such time or times as specified by the board and may be considered delinquent if not paid by the due date. The board may assess penalties on delinquent payments owed to the district. These penalties shall not exceed a reasonable amount.
3. Upon ten days prior notice to the person to whom water service was delivered, the board of directors of a water district may cause to be filed with the recorder of deeds in the county where the land is located a legal description of the property on which water charges are thirty days or more delinquent, the names and addresses of the title owners and the amount due, provided the person who owns the property is the same person who owes for the water service delivered, which shall constitute a lien upon the land so charged. The board shall file with the recorder of deeds a notice of satisfaction when the delinquent amounts, any interest on the delinquent amounts and any recording fees or attorney fees have been paid in full.
4. The lien authorized in this section may be enforced by an action filed in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county where water services are delivered. The pleadings, practice, process, and other proceedings in cases arising under this section shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions and proceedings in circuit courts.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12630, A.L. 1990 S.B. 525)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.120 - Board — estimation of tax levy — county commission to levy tax.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
247.120. Board — estimation of tax levy — county commission to levy tax. —
1. For the period and subject to the limitations contained in sections 247.010 to 247.220, the board of directors of any district organized hereunder shall, on or before the tenth day of May of each year, make estimates of the amount of taxes required to be levied to provide for the purposes of the district as specified in section 247.050.
2. Such estimates shall thereupon be certified by the clerk of the board and filed by the clerk of the county commission or the respective clerks of the county commissions of the counties in which the district is situate. Upon the basis of such estimates the county commission or respective county commissions shall proceed to levy a tax upon all taxable property within the district, sufficient to provide the funds required by such estimates.
3. The clerk of the county commission or respective clerks of the county commissions shall enter such levies on the tax books of the county 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 and the payment thereof enforced at the same time and in the same manner as is provided for the collection and payment of taxes levied for state and county purposes and such taxes, when collected, shall be remitted by the collector or collectors of the revenue, to the treasurer of the district.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12631)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.140 - Issuance of current revenue bonds, when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
247.140. Issuance of current revenue bonds, when. —
During the period of time given the board to levy a tax on property within the district for incidental expenses as that term is used in sections 247.010 to 247.220, the board may issue and sell current revenue bonds to bear interest at not to exceed six percent per annum, to meet the current expenses of the district incurred in advance of the revenue to be derived from such incidental tax levy, and to be paid out of such current revenue when accrued. Such bonds may be for six, nine, or twelve months and shall not exceed in the aggregate one-half of the revenue for the fiscal year for which they are issued. The president of the board of directors shall execute the bonds on behalf of the district and which shall be attested by the clerk with the seal of the district.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12637)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.150 - Bonded indebtedness, how refunded — refunding bonds, conditions imposed.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
247.150. Bonded indebtedness, how refunded — refunding bonds, conditions imposed. —
1. Any public water supply district now or hereafter organized under the laws of this state is hereby authorized, without an election, to refund all or any part of the bonded indebtedness of such district at the time outstanding, including interest thereon.
2. Where the bonds being refunded consist of general obligation bonds payable from ad valorem taxes levied upon all taxable property situated in the district, the refunding bonds issued to refund such general obligation bonds shall be payable from ad valorem taxes levied upon all taxable property situated in the district.
3. When the bonds being refunded consist of special obligation bonds payable from the net income and revenues arising from operation of the waterworks system of such district, the refunding bonds, issued to refund such special obligation bonds, or any interest thereon, shall likewise constitute special obligation bonds and shall be payable from such net income and revenues arising from the operation of the waterworks system of the district.
4. All refunding bonds of any public water supply district shall be negotiable and shall be payable not later than the date for the final payment of the original former bonds for which such refunding bonds are issued and for which refunding bonds are delivered in exchange, except that the last installment of any special obligation refunding bonds issued for previously issued special obligation bonds shall be payable up to, but not more than, thirty-five years from the date of such special obligation refunding bonds. The refunding bonds shall bear such rate of interest, not exceeding eight percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually, and shall be in such denomination and be payable at such place or places as the board of directors may determine; provided, however, that the interest rate on the refunding bonds shall not exceed the interest rate on the bonds being refunded where such bonds are general obligation bonds payable from ad valorem taxes, but such interest rate may exceed the interest rate on the bonds being refunded if such bonds are special obligation or revenue bonds and not payable from ad valorem taxes. In no case shall the amount of the debt of such district be increased or enlarged under the provisions of this section.
­­--------
(L. 1943 p. 519 § 12638A, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1506)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Bonded debt of counties, townships, etc., may be funded, question to be submitted, how, 108.140 to 108.160
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.171 - Proportion of sum of all outstanding bonds and debts, calculation.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
247.171. Proportion of sum of all outstanding bonds and debts, calculation. —
The proportion of the sum of all outstanding bonds and debt, with interest thereon, that is required to be paid to the water supply district, pursuant to subsection 1 of section 247.031, and subdivision (5) of subsection 1 of section 247.170, shall be the same as the proportion of the assessed valuation of the real and tangible personal property within the area sought to be detached and excluded bears to the assessed valuation of all of the real and tangible personal property within the entire area of the water supply district.
­­--------
(L. 2001 S.B. 267)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.180 - Elections in district, when, procedure — not required, when — vacant post, how filled.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
247.180. Elections in district, when, procedure — not required, when — vacant post, how filled. —
1. Regular elections and elections held for the purposes of section 247.130 shall be called annually by the board of directors on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April. Such elections shall be conducted by the appropriate election authority pursuant to chapter 115.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if there is only one candidate for the post of director of any given subdistrict, then no election shall be held, and the candidate or candidates shall assume the responsibilities of their offices at the same time and in the same manner as if elected. If there is no candidate for the post of any given subdistrict, then no election shall be held for that post and it shall be considered vacant, to be filled pursuant to the provisions of section 247.060.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12633, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1386, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1993 H.B. 279, A.L. 1996 S.B. 598, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1385 merged with S.B. 551, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.200 - Rights of districts.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
247.200. Rights of districts. —
The district shall have the right to lay its mains in public highways, roads, streets and alleys included in the district, but the same shall be done under reasonable rules and regulations of governmental bodies having jurisdiction of such public places. This shall apply to maintenance and repair jobs. In the construction of ditches, laying of mains, filling of ditches after mains are laid, connection of service pipes and repairing of lines, due regard must be taken of the rights of the public in its use of thoroughfares and the equal rights of other utilities thereto.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12635)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.210 - Condemnation of property — procedure.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
247.210. Condemnation of property — procedure. —
The proceedings for condemnation of property under powers conferred by sections 247.010 to 247.220 shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be the same as proceedings provided for condemnation of property by cities of the fourth class, except that proceedings shall be instituted and carried through by the board of directors.
­­--------
(RSMo 1939 § 12636)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.227 - Real estate subdivision with approved installation of water line, certain districts not to refuse water (Jackson County).

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
247.227. Real estate subdivision with approved installation of water line, certain districts not to refuse water (Jackson County). —
Any public water supply district located in a first class county with a charter form of government which contains part of a city with a population of four hundred thousand or more inhabitants and which has approved installation of water lines and hookups within a real estate subdivision shall not refuse to supply water for expansion or additions within the real estate subdivision.
­­--------
(L. 1991 H.B. 619 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.228 - Public water supply districts and cities owning a waterworks to be notified of water service inquiries, when, contents.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
247.228. Public water supply districts and cities owning a waterworks to be notified of water service inquiries, when, contents. —
When an entity considering or proposing the construction of a multiresidential or commercial development, which is located within the city limits of a city owning a waterworks and also located within the boundaries of a public water supply district, makes an inquiry of the city administrator respecting the supply of water service to such construction project, the city shall notify the public water supply district of such inquiry. Such notification shall be within ten days of the initial inquiry of the city administrator, shall be by certified mail, and shall state the location of such construction project to the extent the city administrator is aware of such.
­­--------
(L. 2004 S.B. 987 § 1)
Transferred 2005; formerly 247.673
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.230 - Purpose of law.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1976
247.230. Purpose of law. —
The purpose of sections 247.230 to 247.670 is to provide for the establishment of political subdivisions of this state within counties to be known as metropolitan water supply districts, the function of which shall be to secure a source of water on a scale larger than is feasible for public water supply districts and cities acting alone and to sell such water at wholesale to public water supply districts and cities, towns and villages.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 1, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1386)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.240 - Metropolitan water supply districts, limits.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1976
247.240. Metropolitan water supply districts, limits. —
Metropolitan water supply districts may be of any size and may include all or any part of any county, or of two or more adjoining school districts, cities, towns, villages or public water supply districts or other political subdivisions within a county; no two metropolitan water supply districts shall overlap; no more than one metropolitan water supply district may be formed in any one county; provided however, that no city, town, village or public water supply district having a water supply or distribution system shall be included in a metropolitan water supply district, until said municipality shall consent to become included as evidenced by an ordinance or resolution passed by a majority vote of the governing body of such municipality; and provided further, that the territory within any metropolitan water supply district organized under sections 247.230 to 247.670 should be contiguous.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 2, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1386)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.250 - Proceeding to incorporate, where filed — power of court.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.250. Proceeding to incorporate, where filed — power of court. —
The proceedings to incorporate a metropolitan water supply district shall be in the circuit court of the county in which the proposed district is located. The circuit court sitting in and for any such county is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority as provided herein to establish such districts.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.260 - Organization of district, procedure.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
247.260. Organization of district, procedure. —
The organization of a metropolitan water supply district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court vested with jurisdiction as provided in sections 247.230 to 247.670. The petition shall be signed by one hundred voters of the district.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.270 - Contents of petition.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
247.270. Contents of petition. —
The petition shall set forth:
(1) The name of the proposed district consisting of a chosen name preceding the words "metropolitan water supply district";
(2) An estimate of the number of inhabitants and of the assessed valuation of the taxable tangible property of the district;
(3) A description of and an estimate of the cost of the proposed improvements;
(4) A suggested maximum rate of tax levy for general operating purposes not to exceed twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollar valuation;
(5) A general description of the boundaries of the district or territory to be included therein, with such certainty as to enable a property owner to determine whether or not his property is within the district;
(6) A list of the public water supply districts, cities, towns, villages and other political subdivisions within the bounds of the proposed district, an estimate of the number of water customers of such units and an estimate of the water consumption of said customers;
(7) The names of five voters of the district who shall constitute the first board of directors of the district;
(8) Such other data and information as may be useful to the court in determining the necessity for the organization of the district.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 4, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.280 - Deposit for costs.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.280. Deposit for costs. —
There shall be filed with the petition, or petitions, a fee in the amount of one hundred dollars to cover the payment of court costs.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.290 - Hearing, when — notice by publication.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.290. Hearing, when — notice by publication. —
Immediately after the filing of such petition or any amended petition changing the boundaries the court wherein such petition is filed or the judge thereof in vacation shall by order, fix a time and place not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days after the petition is filed for a hearing thereon, and thereupon the circuit court shall cause notice by publication to be made of the filing of the petition and the pendency of the action and of the time and place of the hearing thereon. The circuit clerk shall also forthwith cause a copy of said notice to be mailed by registered mail to the governing body of each public water supply district, city, town, village or other political subdivision having territory within the proposed boundaries of the proposed district, and to the county commission of the county affected.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.300 - Exclusive jurisdiction of court — property-owning judge not disqualified.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.300. Exclusive jurisdiction of court — property-owning judge not disqualified. —
The circuit court shall thereafter for all purposes of sections 247.230 to 247.670, except as herein otherwise provided, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters connected with or affected by said district. No judge of the circuit court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by said sections by reason of ownership of property within the proposed district.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.310 - Petition — effect of defect — amendment — supplemental petition.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
247.310. Petition — effect of defect — amendment — supplemental petition. —
No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void on account of alleged defects, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform with the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular, except that the boundaries of the district may not be enlarged by taking in additional territory, without notice to the voters thus affected, which notice may be made by publication or service of such pleadings and orders. Similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district, revising the boundaries of the proposed districts, or recommending another chosen name for the district or recommending other voters for the first board of directors, or recommending a different maximum rate of levy for general operating purposes may be filed at any time before a hearing is had on the petition, and shall, together with the first petition, be regarded as one petition, and shall be considered by the court the same as though filed with the first petition placed on file.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 6, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.320 - Protesting petition, where filed, contents.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
247.320. Protesting petition, where filed, contents. —
Any time after the filing of a petition for the organization of a district and before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, a petition may be filed in the office of the circuit clerk, wherein the petition for the organization of such district is pending, protesting against the creation of the proposed district. Such protesting petition shall be signed and filed by or on behalf of one or more voters of the district, and shall recite wherein the incorporation of the district will not promote the purposes as set forth in the original petition, or wherein sufficient facts have not been related to justify the incorporation of such district, and any other facts which may be useful to the court in determining whether or not such original petition shall be allowed.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 9, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.330 - Dismissal of petition, when — costs — no appeal — effect of dismissal.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.330. Dismissal of petition, when — costs — no appeal — effect of dismissal. —
Upon the said hearing if the court finds that the petition has not been signed, filed and presented in conformity with sections 247.230 to 247.670, or that the material facts are not as set forth in the petition filed, or that sufficient facts have not been presented to justify the incorporation of the district, it shall dismiss said proceedings and adjudge the costs against the signers of the petition, or petitions, in such proportion as it shall deem just and equitable. No appeal or writ of error shall lie from an order dismissing said proceedings; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the filing of a subsequent petition, or petitions, for similar improvements or for a similar district, and the right so to renew such proceedings is hereby expressly granted and authorized.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.340 - Declaration of district organization.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.340. Declaration of district organization. —
Upon the said hearing if it shall appear that a petition for the organization of a district has been signed and presented, as herein provided, in conformity with sections 247.230 to 247.670, and that the allegations of the petition are true, and that no protesting petition has been filed, or if one has been filed, that the facts adduced in behalf thereof at the hearing are insufficient to sustain such protesting petition, the court shall, by order duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction, determine the original maximum rate of levy for general operating purposes to be voted only if said levy shall exceed fifteen cents on the one hundred dollar valuation, or as herein provided, declare the district organized, define the boundaries thereof, and give it a corporate name by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known, and thereupon the district, subject to the election provided in section 247.350, shall be a political subdivision of the state of Missouri and a body corporate with all the powers of like or similar corporations.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.360 - Force of final order.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.360. Force of final order. —
If a final order be entered establishing the district, such order shall be deemed final and conclusive, and no appeal or writ of error shall lie therefrom, and the entry of such order shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of said district against all persons except the state of Missouri, in an action in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, commenced by the attorney general within thirty days after said decree declaring such district finally organized as herein provided and not otherwise. The organization of such district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action or proceeding except as herein expressly authorized.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.370 - Records relating to incorporation, where and how filed — fees.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.370. Records relating to incorporation, where and how filed — fees. —
Within thirty days after the final order of the circuit court which has declared the district a public corporation, the circuit clerk of said court shall transmit to the secretary of state and to the county clerk and the recorder of deeds in the county in which the district is located copies of the findings and decrees of the court incorporating said district. The same shall be filed in the same manner as articles of incorporation are required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations and the recorder and clerk shall receive a fee of one dollar each for filing and preserving the same.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.380 - Members of board — oath — bond.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.380. Members of board — oath — bond. —
Whenever a district has been declared duly and finally organized, the members of the board shall qualify by filing with the circuit clerk their oath of office, which shall be in the form prescribed by the constitution, and such board members shall also file with the circuit clerk corporate surety bonds to be furnished at the expense of the district in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars each, the form and amount thereof to be fixed and approved by the circuit court having jurisdiction, and said bonds to be conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties as directors.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.390 - Organization of board — seal.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.390. Organization of board — seal. —
After taking their oaths and filing their bonds, the board shall choose one of its members as chairman of the board and president of the district, and shall elect a secretary and treasurer of the board and of the district, who may or may not be members of the board. The secretary and the treasurer may be one person. Such board shall adopt a seal, and the secretary shall keep in a well-bound book a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and a record of corporate acts, which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested parties.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.400 - Treasurer — bond — financial statement — fiscal year.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.400. Treasurer — bond — financial statement — fiscal year. —
The treasurer shall keep strict and accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the district in permanent records. He shall file with the clerk of the court, at the expense of the district, a corporate fidelity bond in an amount to be determined by the board for not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of his office. He shall file in the office of the recorder of deeds a detailed financial statement for the preceding fiscal year of the district on behalf of the board during the month of January. The fiscal year of the board shall be the same as the calendar year.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.410 - Board — compensation — removal.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.410. Board — compensation — removal. —
Each member of the board shall receive an attendance fee in the amount of five dollars for attending each regularly called board meeting, but shall not be paid for attending more than two in any calendar month. Each member of the board shall be reimbursed for his actual expenditures in the performance of his duties on behalf of the district. The secretary and the treasurer shall be paid such a monthly salary as may be fixed by the board. The circuit court having jurisdiction over the district shall have power to remove directors or any of them for good cause shown upon a petition, notice and hearing.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 247 - Public Water Supply Districts › Section 247.420 - Meetings of board, quorum, vacancy — annual audit.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 247
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
247.420. Meetings of board, quorum, vacancy — annual audit. —
The board shall meet at the place to be designated by the board as often as the needs of the district require on notice to each member of the board. The board shall cause to be made an annual audit of the receipts and expenditures of the district, by a certified public accountant, the cost of said audit to be paid by the district. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by the remaining member or members of the board, the appointee or appointees to act until the next regular election at which directors are elected as herein provided, when vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by election. If the board shall fail, neglect or refuse to fill any vacancy within thirty days after the same occurs, the court having jurisdiction shall fill such vacancy.
­­--------
(L. 1949 p. 350 § 19)