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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 249.230 - Trustees to employ an attorney.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.230. Trustees to employ an attorney. —
The board of trustees shall within thirty days after organizing, employ an attorney to act for the district and to advise such board. Such employment shall be evidenced by an agreement, in writing, which shall, as far as possible, specify the exact amount to be paid to said attorney for all services and expenses. Such attorney shall conduct all legal proceedings and suits in court where the district is a party or interested and shall in all legal matters advise the district and the board, and generally look after and attend to all matters of legal nature for said board and district. The attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the board and his compensation shall be fixed by the board not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars per month.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12660)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.240 - Trustees to provide for payment of salaries, fees.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.240. Trustees to provide for payment of salaries, fees. —
The board of trustees, except where otherwise provided, shall by resolution, at the time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expenses incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney or other employee, and shall also pay the fees, per diem, and necessary expenses of all court and county officers, who may by virtue of sections 249.010 to 249.420 render service to the district. The board of trustees shall have power to discharge any employee of the district, except the engineer and attorney at will and may discharge the engineer or attorney for cause on thirty days' notice.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12661)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.250 - Unpaid warrants to draw interest.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.250. Unpaid warrants to draw interest. —
Whenever any warrant issued under sections 249.010 to 249.420 is not paid when presented to the president of the board of trustees of the district, because of lack of funds in the treasury, such fact shall be endorsed on the back of such warrant and such warrant shall draw interest thereafter at the rate of six percent per annum until such time as there is money on hand or in the treasury to pay the amount of such warrant and the interest then accumulated, but no interest shall be allowed or paid on any warrant after the time when sufficient funds are in the treasury or on hand to pay such endorsed warrants with interest.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12678)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.255 - Public sewer district lien for unpaid charges — disconnection of services.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
249.255. Public sewer district lien for unpaid charges — disconnection of services. —
1. Should a public sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority place a lien upon a customer's property 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.
2. Should the sewer charges of a public sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority 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. 1991 H.B. 299, A.L. 2000 S.B. 741)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.260 - Trustees to appoint engineer — adoption of sewer plan.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.260. Trustees to appoint engineer — adoption of sewer plan. —
1. Within thirty days after organizing, the board of trustees may appoint a competent sanitary engineer as chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation, and who shall engage such assistants as the board of trustees may approve by resolution. The chief engineer shall have control of the engineering work in the district; he shall make all necessary surveys of the land and other property within the district and shall make a report, in writing, to the board of trustees with maps and profiles of said survey or surveys where necessary, which report shall contain a plan for sewerage system and the disposal of sewage. The said maps and profiles shall also indicate, as far as necessary, the location of any public roads, streets or highways, railroads and other rights-of-way, and other property or improvements in said district.
2. Upon receipt of the said final report and plan for sewage disposal, the board of trustees may adopt such report or any modification thereof after consulting with the chief engineer, and thereafter such adopted report shall be known and designated as the "Sewer Plan of ______ District", which plan shall be filed with the board of trustees and embodied in the records of the district. The board of trustees may purchase upon such terms as they may deem best, existing surveys, maps, profiles, and/or plans suitable for use in the whole or in part of the sewer plan.
3. Such engineer or engineering firm shall not receive as a salary, or an aggregate of salary and fees, in any one year, a sum in excess of the sum fixed by law as the limit of salary provided for the highway engineer in the county in which such district is located.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12655)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.270 - Purchase of maps.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.270. Purchase of maps. —
Should the board of trustees purchase any existing surveys, maps, profiles and/or plans from any sewer district in liquidation they shall pay to the person or persons liquidating said district the agreed price therefor and said amount shall be distributed pro rata to the taxpayers of said district in proportion to the amount of sewer taxes paid by each taxpayer.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12656)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.290 - Board may construct and maintain system — not limited to plan on estimates of engineer.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
249.290. Board may construct and maintain system — not limited to plan on estimates of engineer. —
In order to provide a sewer system for the lands and other property and improvements in the district, the board of trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain trunk lines, mains, submains, and lateral sewers, outlets for sewerage and any and all other structures, systems, works and things, and to contract with other districts, municipalities, other public agencies, individuals, copartnerships and corporations for the construction, use or maintenance of common or joint sewers, drains, outlets and disposal plants, and for the use of existing sewer facilities, and to do all things deemed necessary or advisable to make an effective and complete sewer system and to preserve and maintain the same in the district, to construct any and all said works and improvements across, through or over any public highway, railroad, right-of-way, tract, grade, fill or cut, and any other right-of-way or easement in the district; to remove any fence, building or other improvement in the district, and shall have the right to hold, control and acquire by donation or purchase, and if need be, shall have full power to condemn any and all rights or property, either public or private, of every kind and character necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and in so doing, shall follow the procedure taken for telegraph, telephone or railroad rights-of-way. The district shall not be limited to the plan of and the location of the system of sewers set out in the report of the engineer provided in section 249.040, but may include such other and additional work as the board of trustees may deem to be advisable; nor shall the cost of such work be limited to the probable cost of the improvement set out in the engineer's report provided by section 249.040 but may be in excess thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12658, A.L. 1951 p. 627, A.L. 1953 p. 543)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Contractual agreements among political subdivisions for common facilities and services, proceedings, 70.210 to 70.325
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.300 - Sewage disposal plants.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.300. Sewage disposal plants. —
The authority of sanitary sewer districts to construct a system or systems of sanitary sewers as provided in sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall include the authority to construct sewerage disposal plant or plants for the disposal of sewage, and the authority of lateral sewer district to construct a system of lateral sewers as provided in sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall include the authority to construct sewerage disposal plants for the disposal of sewage.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12676)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.310 - Trustees charged with maintenance of system.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.310. Trustees charged with maintenance of system. —
It shall be the duty of such board of trustees to supervise the maintenance of such sewer system constructed under its supervision, or as may hereafter under proper authority be placed under its supervision, and to see that sewer system or systems be maintained in good condition; provided, however, that such board of trustees may, whenever in the opinion of said board of trustees it may become necessary, employ a person or persons, firm or corporation, of its selection, to do and perform such repair services as may be necessary to maintain said sewer system or systems in good condition, and may, if in the judgment of the board of trustees the occasion demands, employ an engineer to plan and supervise any such repairs; however, such board of trustees shall not have authority to expend within one year for maintenance purposes, including expenses of said district, more than the amount of the maintenance tax provided for in section 249.130.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12671)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.320 - Appropriation of land.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.320. Appropriation of land. —
The board of trustees of sewer districts organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall not have the right to enter upon or appropriate any lands for rights-of-way or other works of the district except by contract with the owner or owners, until the price awarded to the owner of such land shall have been paid to such owners or into the hands of the circuit clerks of the courts organizing such district for the use of such owners; and if the sums awarded be not so paid within five years from the date of filing the commissioner's report, all proceedings as to the taking of such property for rights-of-way and other works not so paid for shall abate at the cost of said district. Whenever any land, rights, or other property is acquired by condemnation under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 and the price of such property has been paid to the owner or to the clerk of the court by the district, the title, use, possession and enjoyment of said property shall pass from the owner and be vested in the district and subject to its use, profit, employment, and final disposition. The price awarded for all land acquired by any district for rights-of-way or other works, and confirmed by the court, shall be paid in cash to the owner thereof or the clerk of the court for the use of such owner.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12659)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.330 - Bids for improvement contracts.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.330. Bids for improvement contracts. —
1. The board of trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to construct the works and improvements provided for in the plan adopted, by letting a contract or contracts for such works and improvements either as a whole or in sections, and when such contract or contracts are to be let, they shall be advertised and let to the lowest and best bidder as determined by said board. Such bidder shall give a good and approved bond in such amount as may be determined by said board, but in no event be less than the amount of the contract price, payable to the district with sureties satisfactory to said board, conditioned that the bidder will properly carry out the contract for such work and improvements and pay all bills incurred by him in the carrying out of said contract.
2. Said contract shall be in writing and to which shall be attached and made a part thereof complete plans and specifications of the work to be done and the improvements to be made under such contract, which plans and specifications shall be prepared by the chief engineer and shall be incorporated in and attached to the contract, which contract shall be prepared by the attorney for the district and before the work is commenced shall be approved by the board of trustees and signed by the president of the board and the contractor, and shall be executed in duplicate.
3. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements and shall, whenever required, make a full report to said board of all work done and improvements made.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12657)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.350 - Payments on contract — inspection of work.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.350. Payments on contract — inspection of work. —
1. The board of trustees shall order such amounts paid on the contract as may be certified by the chief engineer, and as may be provided in the contract covering such work, but full payment for any work to be performed by the contract shall not be made until the work has been completed and accepted by the chief engineer of said district in charge of same.
2. The said engineer in charge of the work shall inspect the work contracted for from time to time and make report thereon; and before any final settlement is made with any contractor the said engineer shall make a personal inspection of same and shall make written statement under oath that he has made such inspection and that the contractor has performed his work according to the contract.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.360 - Subdivision of district.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.360. Subdivision of district. —
The board shall subdivide the district into convenient subdistricts not larger than one thousand acres in extent, and prescribe the boundaries thereof within which the sewers and drains necessary to complete the drainage shall be constructed at the expense of the subdistrict when organized, as provided in sections 249.370 to 249.420, but no lands within the boundaries of an incorporated city shall be included in any such subdistrict without the consent of such city expressed by resolution or ordinance of the governing legislative body thereof. When such plans are completed for such subdistricts and filed, the board of trustees may adopt them by resolution, and such resolution, when published in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the sewer district, shall be binding upon all persons, firms and corporations; and nothing shall be done affecting the drainage and disposition of sewage outside of cities in the district, other than ordinary farm or agricultural drains, inconsistent with such plan, without the permission of the board of trustees as evidenced by the records of proceedings thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12663)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.370 - Powers of board of trustees after adoption of plans.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.370. Powers of board of trustees after adoption of plans. —
When the plans referred to in section 249.360 with reference to subdistricts have been adopted by the board of trustees and the resolution of adoption published as provided therein, the board of trustees shall have the power, when petitioned so to do by a majority of the resident owners of all tracts and parcels of land lying within such subdistrict as laid out in said plans and described in such petition, to provide for the construction of a complete system of lateral sewers in such subdistrict or any part thereof, issue bonds in anticipation of the revenues of such subdistrict in the manner provided in sections 249.390 to 249.420. The board of trustees shall have the power to determine the sufficiency of the petition.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12664)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.380 - Detailed plans of lateral system made and filed by engineer.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.380. Detailed plans of lateral system made and filed by engineer. —
If such petition be filed as provided in section 249.370, the board of trustees shall, by resolution, declare the subdistrict to be formed and shall cause to be promptly made by the chief engineer of the district and filed with the board a report showing detailed plans and specifications for, and the estimated cost of, a complete system of lateral sewers within such subdistrict, or any part thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12665)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.390 - Election in subdistrict for issuance of bonds.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
249.390. Election in subdistrict for issuance of bonds. —
When such report is filed, the question shall be submitted of whether the board of trustees shall have authority to issue bonds for the purpose of anticipating the revenues of said subdistrict for the cost of construction of said system of sewers, the total amount of said bonds not to exceed the estimated cost as shown in the report of the chief engineer. If a majority of such voters, voting on the question, shall vote in favor of authorizing the board of trustees to issue such bonds, the board of trustees shall have the power to issue and sell the same in the same manner as is provided in section 249.090 for the issuance and sale of other bonds of the district. Bonds issued under this section shall not run for a period of more than twenty years nor bear a higher rate of interest than six percent per annum.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12666, 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 249.395 - Funding or refunding bonds authorized — how paid.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
249.395. Funding or refunding bonds authorized — how paid. —
Any sewer district which may be organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420 is hereby authorized to fund or refund any part or all of its bonded indebtedness, including bonded indebtedness incurred on behalf of any subdistrict, in the same manner as is now provided by section 108.140; provided, however, that the interest on and principal of any refunding bonds which may be issued shall be paid only out of funds provided in the same manner as is provided in sections 249.010 to 249.420 for the payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds so refunded.
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(L. 1951 p. 627 § 249.430)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.400 - Rental charges from abutting property owners.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
249.400. Rental charges from abutting property owners. —
For the purpose of raising funds for the payment of interest on and principal of such bonds and for the maintenance and repairs of said lateral sewers, the board of trustees shall have the power to impose and collect an annual rental charge from the owners of all real estate abutting said lateral sewers, including the owners of public property devoted to public use. The annual rental charge shall be apportioned according to the assessed valuation of each tract and parcel of such property, and the assessor of the county shall separately assess that portion of such tracts and parcels of property as lie within such subdistrict, and he shall also assess and enter upon the records of his office the assessed valuation of all such property in such subdistrict, including school property, public or private, whether or not such property is otherwise exempt from taxation. The total amount of annual rental charges to be imposed shall not exceed the estimated amount necessary to be imposed to provide funds sufficient to pay the interest on and the principal of such bonds, plus the estimated cost of maintenance as fixed by the board of trustees. Such rental charges may be imposed or collected in semiannual or quarterly installments as the board of trustees may direct, and shall be a lien upon such property from the date they are imposed by the board of trustees.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12667, A.L. 1951 p. 627)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.410 - Delinquent rental charges to bear interest.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.410. Delinquent rental charges to bear interest. —
1. Delinquent rental charges shall bear interest at the rate of one-half percent per month, until paid, and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes levied under the authority of sections 249.010 to 249.420 for the payment of sinking funds and interest on other bonds of the district are collected.
2. All provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 pertaining to soliciting bids for construction or repairs of other sewers in the district and the letting of and execution of contracts shall be deemed to apply with equal effect to lateral sewers constructed in subdistricts.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12668)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.420 - Additional lateral sewers in subdistrict.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.420. Additional lateral sewers in subdistrict. —
If, in any such subdistrict, the board of trustees, under the other provisions hereof, shall construct sewers to serve only a part of any such subdistrict and shall thereafter determine that any other part or parts of such subdistrict are in need of lateral sewers, such board shall have power to construct and finance such additional lateral sewers in the same manner that the first sewers in said subdistricts were constructed and financed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12669)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.423 - Collector may add fees for repair of sewer lines to tax bills of property owners — powers and duties.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
249.423. Collector may add fees for repair of sewer lines to tax bills of property owners — powers and duties. —
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the collector in any city, town, village or county that adopts an ordinance pursuant to section 249.422, who now or hereafter collects any fee to provide for, ensure or guarantee the repair of lateral sewer lines connected to public sewer lines, may add such fee to the general tax levy bills of property owners within the city, town, village or unincorporated area of the county. All revenues received on such combined bill which are for the purpose of providing for, ensuring or guaranteeing the repair of lateral sewer lines, shall be separated from all other revenues so collected and credited to the appropriate fund or account of the city, town, village or county.
2. The collector of the city, town, village or county may collect such fee in the same manner and to the same extent as the collector now or hereafter may collect delinquent real estate taxes and tax bills.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 22 merged with H.B. 484 § 2 merged with S.B. 228 § 2)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Lateral sewer service lines repair fee added to tax bills of property owners, 249.424
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.430 - Definitions.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.430. Definitions. —
For the purpose of sections 249.430 to 249.660, the following definitions will apply:
(1)
"Lateral sewer district"
shall mean all of the area served by a lateral area;
(2)
"Main sewer district"
shall include all of the area in, and including the watershed, and including the area of any submain and lateral sewer districts served by the main sewer;
(3)
"Submain sewer district"
shall mean all of the area served by a submain sewer district and shall include the area of any lateral sewer district served by a submain sewer.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.440 - Incorporation of sewer districts by county commission — powers of county commission.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
249.440. Incorporation of sewer districts by county commission — powers of county commission. —
The county commission of any county in this state, in which is located an unincorporated village or district in which main and submain sewers have already been constructed or hereafter may be constructed or deemed necessary, shall have power to establish sewer districts as provided in section 249.450, and to provide for the construction of sewers therein, and to pay the costs thereof by levying special assessments against the lots, tracts or parcels of ground in said sewer districts, and to issue special tax bills evidencing such assessments.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 1, A.L. 1953 p. 541, A.L. 1957 p. 585, A.L. 1959 S.B. 261)
CROSS REFERENCES:
Contractual agreements between political subdivisions for common facilities and services, 70.210 to 70.325
County planning commission, class one counties to approve improvements, 64.050, 64.235
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.450 - Number of petitioners required — district created by county commission, corporate powers.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.450. Number of petitioners required — district created by county commission, corporate powers. —
1. In any county having not less than five hundred thousand and not more than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, in any county which adjoins or which contains a portion of a city having more than four hundred thousand inhabitants, and in any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, whenever a petition signed by ten percent of the voters of the proposed district is filed with the county clerk of any such county, or whenever such county commission deems the construction of sewers necessary for sanitary or other purposes, such county commission after consultation with the sewer engineer shall adopt a resolution to establish such sewer district or districts. The resolution shall describe generally the size and location of the proposed sewer district or districts.
2. In any county of classes two, three or four which are not subject to subsection 1, the county commission of the county, upon the filing of a petition signed by ten percent of the voters of the proposed district, shall, after consultation with the sewer engineer, adopt a resolution to establish the sewer district. The resolution shall describe generally the size and location of the proposed sewer district.
3. Any sewer district created by resolution of the county commission in accordance with this section shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state of Missouri, shall be capable of suing and being sued in contract in its corporate name, and shall be capable of holding such real and personal property necessary for corporate purposes. The county commission shall serve as the governing body of any sewer district created in accordance with this section.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 5, A.L. 1959 S.B. 261, A.L. 1963 p. 395, A.L. 1973 H.B. 625, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, 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 249.451 - Certain counties may assign operation of sewer district to any common sewer district which lies totally or partially in county, procedure (Jackson, Cass, St. Louis and all first classification counties).

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
249.451. Certain counties may assign operation of sewer district to any common sewer district which lies totally or partially in county, procedure (Jackson, Cass, St. Louis and all first classification counties). —
A county commission serving as the governing body of any sewer district, now or hereafter existing and created in accordance with subsection 1 of section 249.450, may by resolution delegate and assign responsibility for the control and operation of such district to the board of trustees of any common sewer district formed under sections 204.250 to 204.470 which lies wholly or partially within the same county, subject to the acceptance of such delegation and assignment by such board of trustees. Upon such acceptance, the delegation and assignment shall become irrevocable except by action of both the county commission and the board of trustees of the common sewer district, and the board of trustees of the common sewer district shall have the same powers and duties with regard to the sewer district created under subsection 1 of section 249.450, as are provided the county commission under chapter 249.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 23)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.460 - Sewer engineer appointment — duty to advise county commission.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.460. Sewer engineer appointment — duty to advise county commission. —
Whenever the county commission deems it necessary to provide for the construction of sewers as provided for in sections 249.430 to 249.660, it shall designate the county highway engineer or other qualified engineer as sewer engineer. The sewer engineer shall advise the county commission with reference to proper boundaries of any sewer districts to be established and shall also superintend the construction of the sewers and the maintenance thereof and the apportionment of the cost thereof as provided by law. The county commission shall also request the county clerk to appoint or designate a deputy county clerk to keep the special records which will, or shall be required for the proceedings for the construction and maintenance of sewer districts or divisions.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 3, 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 249.470 - Districts to be established by resolution of commission — countywide sewer districts, when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
249.470. Districts to be established by resolution of commission — countywide sewer districts, when. —
1. The county commission, after receiving the recommendations of the sewer engineer, may, by resolution, establish the boundaries of the sewer district or districts including therein only such lots, tracts and parcels of ground which may be conveniently served by a sewer, except that whenever the commission of a county of the first classification without a charter form of government deems that a countywide wastewater treatment authority would best serve the needs of such county, the commission may establish a countywide sewer district which shall be subject to the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660. The action of the county commission in determining the boundaries of said sewer districts shall be conclusive, provided that, except as otherwise provided in this section, no ground shall be included in a sewer district not contained in the natural drainage area or watercourse, or may be conveniently served through said sewer.
2. For each countywide wastewater treatment authority established pursuant to this section, the county commission of such county shall, by resolution, order, or ordinance, appoint five trustees, all of whom shall reside within the county. In the event there is more than one district within the county organized pursuant to this chapter, no less number of the trustees so appointed shall reside within the district having the greatest number of customers than reside in any other such district in the county. The trustees, whose terms shall begin on the date the authority is established, shall be responsible for the control and operation of the countywide wastewater treatment authority 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 commission. 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. 1941 p. 557 § 4, A.L. 1999 H.B. 450, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1238)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.480 - Resolution to be published — hearing of protest.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.480. Resolution to be published — hearing of protest. —
1. The county commission shall set a day for hearing anyone who might be interested with regard to the proposed work and shall publish the resolution with a notice of the time and place of hearing in some local newspaper of general circulation, published in the county, and if possible in the district affected by the resolution, and designated by the county commission, at least two weeks before the date of the hearing, and by posting a copy of the resolution in five public places in the proposed sewer district or districts. At such hearing anyone interested in the proposed construction or operation of sewers may appear and present his views to the county commission.
2. Unless a majority of the registered voters within the sewer districts shall file a protest in writing with the county clerk on or before the day set for a hearing, the county commission may proceed with the construction of the sewers. If such a majority protest is filed, the county commission shall have no authority to proceed with said work unless the department of health and senior services or the department of natural resources files with the county clerk a written recommendation that such sewer is necessary for sanitary or other purposes, in which case the county commission shall have the right to proceed as if no protest had been filed. The determination of the county commission as to the sufficiency of any protest shall be conclusive unless such determination is attacked by a proceeding in the circuit court within ten days after such determination. After the expiration of six months after the filing of any such protest a new resolution may be adopted if deemed necessary by the county commission.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 6, 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 249.485 - Sewer district to be separate entity not part of county commission, exception.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.485. Sewer district to be separate entity not part of county commission, exception. —
A sewer district created under sections 249.430 to 249.667 is to be considered an entity separate from the county commission, and is not governed by the administrative or procedural requirements of county commissions unless specified otherwise in sections 249.430 to 249.667.
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(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 249.490 - County commission may alter district boundaries.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.490. County commission may alter district boundaries. —
The county commission shall have authority, by resolution, to subdivide, enlarge, or change the boundaries of any sewer district authorized in sections 249.430 to 249.660, and more than one main sewer may be laid in one district if deemed necessary by the county commission for sanitary or other purposes.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 11, 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 249.500 - Joint sewers may be established by county commission.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.500. Joint sewers may be established by county commission. —
Joint district sewers may be constructed by the county commission whenever the county commission deems it necessary that a sewer shall be constructed in any part of a sewer district extending into two or more districts. In such case, it may, by resolution, unite contiguous sewer districts into a joint sewer district and cause a sewer to be constructed therein in like manner and in all respects as is provided in the case of district sewers. The cost of constructing said joint district sewer, less any amount procured from federal or other governmental source, shall be assessed and paid in special tax bills against the property included in the joint sewer district, the same as provided in the case of district sewers. The action of the county commission creating the joint sewer district shall be conclusive as to the necessity therefor, and no special tax bills shall be held invalid or be affected on account of the included drainage area thereof, or the size, character or purpose of such sewer; provided, that no sewer district shall be included in such joint district which is not included in the natural drainage area in the valley or watercourse in which the joint district sewer is proposed to be constructed, or which may be conveniently served in said area.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.510 - Contract bids.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.510. Contract bids. —
If the county commission determines to proceed with the construction of district sewers it shall cause plans and specifications to be prepared by the sewer engineer and shall advertise for bids for said work by causing a notice to bidders to be published, at least two weeks prior to the date of receiving bids, in a newspaper of general circulation published in said county. All contracts for such work shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, but the county commission may reject any and all bids.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.515 - County commission's powers — treatment system, violations — compliance period — failure to comply, penalty.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
249.515. County commission's powers — treatment system, violations — compliance period — failure to comply, penalty. —
1. The county commission may contract with each participating community for the payment of its proportionate share of treatment costs.
2. The county commission may refuse to receive any wastes into the sewage system which do not meet relevant water pollution, solid waste, or pretreatment standards.
3. The county commission shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to provide for the operation, maintenance, administration, and regulation, including the adoption of rules and regulations, of any individual home or business sewage treatment systems within the jurisdiction of the sewer district.
4. The county commission shall have power to pass all necessary rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the sewer district, and for carrying into effect the objects for which the district is formed.
5. After the owner of the sewer treatment system has been notified of any violation and has been given a reasonable time of not less than thirty days in which to come into compliance, it shall be a class C misdemeanor for any sewer treatment system to be operated within the jurisdiction of the sewer district which is not in compliance with applicable water pollution, solid waste, or pretreatment regulations or ordinances. Any penalty imposed by this subsection shall not preclude any appropriate civil remedy.
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(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 249.530 - Construction without contract.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
249.530. Construction without contract. —
In addition to the method of constructing sewers by contract as provided for in section 249.510, if the county commission deems it practicable to procure from federal or any other governmental source any part of the cost of the construction of main or submain or lateral sewers, or if for any other reason said county commission deems it more efficient and economical to construct any of such sewers without letting a contract therefor, the county commission may proceed to the construction of the same under the supervision of the sewer engineer. In such case, an accurate account of the cost thereof shall be kept by the county commission and the commission shall be authorized to accept any financial aid either by the contribution of labor or material, or both, and any amount so received shall be first applied to the cost of such work and the balance thereof shall be paid by special assessment apportioned as provided in section 249.510, and special tax bills shall be issued therefor. The tax bills authorized in this section may be issued in installments, or payable at one time, as provided in section 249.520 where work is done by a contractor. The county may bring suit to collect the said tax bills, or they may be assigned by the county commission on such terms as it deems advisable.
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(L. 1941 p. 557 § 21)