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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 249.1100 - Consolidation of sewer districts permitted, when, procedure.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
249.1100. Consolidation of sewer districts permitted, when, procedure. —
1. Except as otherwise provided in Section 30(a) of Article VI of the Missouri Constitution, regardless of being a sewer district pursuant to chapter 204 or this chapter, when the governing bodies of two or more contiguous sewer districts located in any county of the first classification without a charter form of government having not less than one hundred seventy thousand and not more than two hundred thousand inhabitants determine that a consolidated sewer system would better serve the area within their boundaries, the governing bodies shall submit the proposal for a consolidated sewer district to the governing body of such county. The governing body of the county after consultation with the sewer engineer pursuant to section 204.300 and section 249.460 shall by resolution submit the question of creating a consolidated sewer district to all qualified voters residing within each existing district at a municipal or general or special election called for that purpose.
2. The resolution shall set forth the project name for the proposed consolidated sewer district, the general nature of the proposed consolidated sewer district, the estimated cost of the sewer improvements for such consolidated sewer district, the boundaries of the existing districts to be consolidated, the proposed method or methods of assessment, and a statement that the final cost of such sewer improvements assessed against property within the consolidated sewer district and the amount of general obligation bonds issued therefor shall not exceed the estimated cost of such sewer improvements, as stated in such notice, by more than twenty-five percent.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 501)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.1103 - Public hearing to be held prior to election for consolidation of sewer districts.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
249.1103. Public hearing to be held prior to election for consolidation of sewer districts. —
The governing body of the county receiving the proposal pursuant to section 249.1100 shall set a day for a public hearing prior to election for the creation of a consolidated sewer district and shall publish the resolution with a notice of the time and place of public hearing in some local newspaper of general circulation, published in such county in which any district proposed to be consolidated lies at least thirty days before the date of the hearing. At such hearing anyone interested in the proposed consolidation of sewer districts may appear and present their views to the governing body of the county.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 501)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.1106 - Ballot language for consolidation of sewer districts — submission of question to voters in both districts simultaneously.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
249.1106. Ballot language for consolidation of sewer districts — submission of question to voters in both districts simultaneously. —
1. The ballot upon which the question of creating a consolidated sewer district is submitted to the qualified voters residing within each existing sewer district or districts shall contain a question in substantially the following form:
Shall the ______ (governing body's name) of ______ (county's name) be authorized to dissolve the existing ______ (name of existing sewer district) and create a consolidated sewer district proposed for the ______ (name of existing sewer districts to be consolidated) and authorize the consolidated sewer districts to incur indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds to pay for all or part of the cost of the creation and maintenance of such consolidated sewer district, with the cost of all indebtedness so incurred to be assessed by the ______ (name of consolidated sewer district) on the property within the consolidated sewer district?
☐ YES
☐ NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "YES". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "NO".
­­If a majority of the total votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters of each existing district or districts voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the order shall become effective. If the proposal receives less than the required majority in at least one existing district, then the governing body of the county shall have no power to impose the consolidation of sewer districts as authorized pursuant to this section unless and until the governing body of the county shall again have submitted another proposal to authorize the governing body of the county to consolidate authorized by this section and such proposal is approved by the required majority of the total votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters of each existing district or districts voting on such proposal.
2. The boundaries of the proposed consolidated sewer district shall be described by metes and bounds, streets or other sufficiently specific description.
3. There shall be separate submissions of the question of creating a consolidated sewer district to each group of voters within each existing sewer district or districts, and the elections shall be held simultaneously.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 501)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.1109 - Combining of original districts after consolidation approved.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
249.1109. Combining of original districts after consolidation approved. —
At the time of the effective date of the consolidation, all the property of the original districts shall be combined and administered as one unit, which shall be subject to the liens, liabilities and obligations of the original districts, provided that if any district included in the consolidated district has issued general obligation bonds which are outstanding at the time of the consolidation, any taxes to be levied to pay the bonds and interest thereon shall be levied only upon the property within the original district issuing the bonds as it existed on the date of such issuance. All special obligation or revenue bonds issued by any district included in the consolidated district shall be paid in accordance with the terms thereof, without preference, from the revenue received by the consolidated district.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 501)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.1112 - Board of directors, members, terms, vacancies, expenses.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
249.1112. Board of directors, members, terms, vacancies, expenses. —
1. A sewer district created pursuant to sections 249.1100 to 249.1127 shall have a board of directors which shall consist of five members, appointed by the governing body of the county in which the consolidated sewer district is located. Each member shall be a United States citizen, a registered voter, over the age of twenty-five years and shall have been a resident within the consolidated sewer district for one whole year prior to appointment.
2. The board shall be responsible for the control and operation of all such sewer districts organized pursuant to section 249.1106.
3. Beginning with appointments made after August 28, 2001, one member shall be appointed for four years, two members shall be appointed for three years and two members shall be appointed for two years. Following the initial appointments, the term of each board member shall be five years.
4. A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointments.
5. No member of the board shall be entitled to any compensation for the performance of the member's official duties, but each member shall be reimbursed for necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties by the consolidated sewer district. The board members shall be reimbursed by the district for all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 501)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.1115 - Powers, privileges and duties of original districts retained after consolidation.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
249.1115. Powers, privileges and duties of original districts retained after consolidation. —
The consolidated sewer district shall retain all the powers, privileges and duties therein conferred and provided upon each original individual sewer district pursuant to chapter 204, or this chapter, whichever it was created and organized under.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 501)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.1118 - Dissolution procedure.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
249.1118. Dissolution procedure. —
Dissolution of a sewer district created pursuant to section 249.1106 shall follow the procedures established in sections 67.950 to 67.955.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 501)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.1155 - Septic systems to be maintained or pumped every five years — proof submitted — fee.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
249.1155. Septic systems to be maintained or pumped every five years — proof submitted — fee. —
After August 28, 2004, any county within a watershed improvement district may require that all septic systems be maintained or pumped every five years by a licensed provider. In the event a county requires that all septic systems be so maintained or pumped the owner of any septic system shall submit proof of maintenance or pumping to the county department of health or the state department of health and senior services if appropriate which shall determine what shall constitute proof of compliance with the requirement. In addition, the county department of health or the state department of health and senior services if appropriate may charge septic tank owners a reasonable fee for monitoring compliance with the requirement.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 1433)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.010 - Authority to construct and maintain sewerage system — sewerage system defined.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
250.010. Authority to construct and maintain sewerage system — sewerage system defined. —
1. In addition to all powers granted by law and now possessed by cities, towns and villages in this state for the protection of the public health, any city, town or village, whether organized under the general law or by special charter or constitutional charter, and any sewer district organized under chapter 249 or sections 204.250 to 204.470, as those chapters now exist, or as they may be amended, is hereby authorized to acquire, construct, improve or extend and to maintain and operate a sewerage system and to provide funds for the payment of the cost of such acquisition, construction, improvement or extension and operation as hereinafter provided. Such sewerage system may be constructed and operated either within or without the corporate boundaries of any such city, town or village or sewer district, but if it is within the corporate boundaries, it shall only be with the consent of the respective city, town, village or sewer district.
2. When used in this chapter the term
"sewerage system"
shall mean and include any or all of the following:
(1) Sewerage systems and sewerage treatment plants, with all appurtenances necessary, useful, and convenient for the collection, treatment, purification and disposal in a sanitary manner of the liquid and solid waste, sewage, and domestic and industrial waste of any such municipality; and
(2) Shall include combined storm water and sanitary systems;
(3) The term shall also mean and include the construction of such storm water sewers as, in the judgment of the governing body of any such city, town or village or sewer district, may be necessary or desirable in order to relieve sewers carrying sanitary and storm water loads of undue loads or in order to permit the efficient operation of any such sanitary sewers for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and domestic or industrial waste including combined storms and sanitary sewerage system.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 1, A.L. 1983 H.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.020 - Combined waterworks and sewerage system — authority for.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.020. Combined waterworks and sewerage system — authority for. —
Any such city, town or village is hereby authorized to acquire, construct, improve or extend, maintain and operate a combined waterworks and sewerage system. Any such combined waterworks and sewerage system may consist of an existing sewerage system, and existing waterworks, a sewerage system to be acquired or to be constructed or a waterworks to be acquired or constructed or any combination thereof and may include any improvements or extensions to be acquired or constructed either to an existing sewerage system or to an existing waterworks or to both.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.025 - City board of public works may manage combined system, when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1953
250.025. City board of public works may manage combined system, when. —
If any city, town or village which has heretofore established or which may hereafter establish a board of public works under the provisions of sections 91.450 to 91.540 shall combine its waterworks and sewerage system pursuant to the provisions of sections 250.020 and 250.030, said city, town or village may by ordinance vest in said board of public works during the existence of said board the power and duty to take charge of and exercise control over said combined waterworks and sewerage system and thereafter said board shall have all of the powers and duties respecting said combined waterworks and sewerage system which are vested in said board with respect to the waterworks of said city under the provisions of sections 91.450 to 91.540.
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(L. 1953 p. 548 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.030 - Ordinance combining waterworks and sewerage system to be adopted.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.030. Ordinance combining waterworks and sewerage system to be adopted. —
Any such city, town or village desiring to operate and maintain a combined waterworks and sewerage system shall adopt an ordinance declaring that its waterworks whether then existing or to be acquired or constructed and its sewerage system then existing or to be acquired or constructed shall thenceforth be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewerage system and may provide that such combined system shall include all future improvements or extensions, whether to the waterworks or to the sewerage system or to both.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.040 - Cost of system, how financed by cities.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.040. Cost of system, how financed by cities. —
The cost to any such city, town or village of acquiring, constructing, improving or extending a sewerage system or a combined waterworks and sewerage system may be met:
(1) Through the expenditure by any such city, town or village of any funds available for that purpose;
(2) Through the issuance of bonds for that purpose of the city, town or village payable from taxes to be levied by such city, town or village;
(3) From the proceeds of special assessments levied and collected in accordance with law;
(4) From any other funds which may be obtained under any law of the state or of the United States for that purpose; or
(5) From the proceeds of revenue bonds of such city, town or village, payable solely from the revenues to be derived from the operation of such sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage system or from any combination of any or all such methods of providing funds.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.050 - Cost of system, how financed by sewer district.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.050. Cost of system, how financed by sewer district. —
The cost to any such sewer district of acquiring, constructing, improving or extending a sewerage system may be met:
(1) Through the expenditure by any such sewer district of any funds available for that purpose;
(2) Through the issuance of bonds for that purpose of the sewer district, payable from taxes to be levied and collected by such district;
(3) From any other funds which may be obtained under any law of the state or of the United States for that purpose; or
(4) From the proceeds of revenue bonds of such sewer district, payable solely from the revenues to be derived from the operation of such sewerage system or from any combination or all such methods of providing funds.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.060 - Bonds may be issued — vote required — election — form of ballot — annual tax to be levied.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
250.060. Bonds may be issued — vote required — election — form of ballot — annual tax to be levied. —
1. Bonds of any such sewer district, payable from taxes, may be issued for the purpose of improving and extending the sewerage system of the district upon the approval of a proposition to issue such bonds by the constitutionally required percentage of the voters voting on the question.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall ______ (name of city or district) issue bonds payable from taxes?
3. Before any sewer district shall incur any indebtedness evidenced by bonds payable from taxes as hereby authorized, such sewer district shall provide for the collection of an annual tax on all taxable tangible property therein sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the indebtedness as they fall due and to retire the same within twenty years from the date contracted.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1621)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.070 - Revenue bonds — election — vote required — form of ballot.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
250.070. Revenue bonds — election — vote required — form of ballot. —
1. No such city, town or village or sewer district shall issue or deliver any bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving or extending any such sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage system payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of any such system unless a proposition to issue such bonds shall have received the assent of a majority of the voters of such city, town or village or the assent of four-sevenths of the voters of the sewer district, who shall vote on the question.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall ______ (name of city, town, village, or district) issue revenue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars?
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 6, A.L. 1975 H.B. 947, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.090 - Revenue bonds — how payable.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.090. Revenue bonds — how payable. —
Revenue bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be payable solely from the revenues derived and to be derived from the operation of the sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage system acquired, constructed, improved or extended in whole or in part from the proceeds of such bonds. No revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall constitute an indebtedness of the city, town or village or sewer district within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter restriction, limitation or provision. The face of each bond shall state in substance that the bond has been issued under the provisions of this chapter, that the taxing power of the city, town or village or sewer district issuing the bond is not pledged to the payment thereof either as to principal or interest and that the bond and the interest thereon are payable solely from the revenues of the sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage system for the benefit of which the bond was issued.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.100 - Revenue bonds to improve or extend for particular locality — how payable (cities).

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.100. Revenue bonds to improve or extend for particular locality — how payable (cities). —
Any such city, town or village shall have the power, subject to a favorable vote at an election called and held as herein provided, to issue revenue bonds for the improvement or extension or both of its existing waterworks or its existing sewerage system or its existing combined waterworks and sewerage system for the purpose of serving a particular locality, and such revenue bonds may be payable from the revenues derived or to be derived from the operation of the entire waterworks or sewerage system of the city, town or village or the entire combined waterworks and sewerage system or may be payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of the waterworks, sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage system in such particular locality, as may be set forth in the proposition submitted at said election, provided, however, that the pledge of such revenues shall be subject to any prior pledge thereof.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.110 - Revenue bonds to improve or extend for particular locality — how payable (districts).

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.110. Revenue bonds to improve or extend for particular locality — how payable (districts). —
Any such sewer district shall have the power, subject to a favorable vote at an election called and held as herein provided, to issue revenue bonds for the improvement or extension or both of the existing sewerage system for the purpose of serving a particular locality, and such revenue bonds may be payable from the revenues derived or to be derived from the operation of the entire sewerage system of the district or may be payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of the sewerage system in such particular locality as may be set forth in the proposition submitted at said election, provided, however, that the pledge of such revenues shall be subject to any prior pledge thereof.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.120 - Revenue bonds — rates charged to be sufficient to pay principal and interest.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.120. Revenue bonds — rates charged to be sufficient to pay principal and interest. —
1. It shall be the mandatory duty of any city, town or village or sewer district which shall issue revenue bonds pursuant to this chapter to fix and maintain rates and make and collect charges for the use and services of the system for the benefit of which such revenue bonds were issued, sufficient to pay the cost of maintenance and operation thereof, to pay the principal of and the interest on all revenue bonds or other obligations issued or incurred by such city, town or village or sewer district chargeable to the revenues of such system and to provide funds ample to meet all valid and reasonable requirements of the ordinance or resolution by which such revenue bonds have been issued. Such rates shall be from time to time revised so as fully to meet the requirements of this chapter. As long as any bond so issued or the interest thereon shall remain outstanding and unpaid, rates and charges sufficient to meet the requirements of this section shall be maintained and collected by the city, town or village or sewer district which shall have issued such bonds.
2. Such rates shall be fixed and charged regardless of whether or not the services of the system shall previously have been rendered without charge therefor by the previously existing waterworks system, sewerage system or combined waterworks and sewerage system and regardless of how the acquisition of such system shall have been financed, whether by taxation, special assessment, the issuance of bonds or otherwise.
3. If the system shall be a combined waterworks and sewerage system, rates and charges may be established, fixed and collected for water services only, for sewer services only or for both services combined and, in such case, the city, town or village shall be and is hereby authorized to discontinue water service upon any failure to pay within a reasonable time the charges fixed for either water service or sewer service or for both services combined.
4. It shall be lawful for any such city, town or village or sewer district to base its sewerage rates in whole or in part upon the amount of water supplied to the premises charged for sewerage services by any private water company; in such case it shall be the duty of such private water company to furnish to such city, town or village or sewer district such information as is necessary to calculate its charges for sewerage service.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.130 - Revenue bonds — amount of net revenue pledged to payment of principal and interest.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.130. Revenue bonds — amount of net revenue pledged to payment of principal and interest. —
1. Whenever any such city, town or village or sewer district shall authorize and issue revenue bonds pursuant to this chapter an amount sufficient for the purpose of the net revenues of the sewerage system or of the combined system for the benefit of which such bonds are issued shall by operation of this chapter be pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as the same shall mature and accrue.
2. The term
"net revenues"
shall be construed to mean all revenues derived from the operation of such system less the actual and necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the system.
3. It shall be the mandatory duty of the officials of any such city, town or village or sewer district charged with the custody and management of the revenues to be derived from the operation of such system to provide for the prompt payment from such revenues of the principal of and the interest on any such revenue bonds as the same shall mature and accrue.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.160 - Ordinance authorizing revenue bonds — classification of accounts.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.160. Ordinance authorizing revenue bonds — classification of accounts. —
1. It shall be lawful for any ordinance authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds under the authority of this chapter to provide that periodic allocations of the revenues to be derived from the operation of the system for the benefit of which such bonds are issued shall be made into such separate accounts as shall be deemed to be advisable to assure the proper operation and maintenance of the system and the prompt payment of the indebtedness chargeable to the revenues of such system. Such accounts may include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) An account for the purpose of providing funds for the operation and maintenance of the system;
(2) An account to provide funds for the payment of the bonds as to principal and interest as they come due;
(3) An account to provide an adequate reserve for depreciation, to be expended for replacements of said system;
(4) An account for the accumulation of a reserve to assure the prompt payment of the bonds and the interest thereon whenever and to the extent that other funds are not available for the purpose;
(5) An account to provide funds for contingent expenses in the operation of such system;
(6) An account to provide for the accumulation of funds for the construction of extensions and improvements to the system; and
(7) Such other accounts as may be desirable in the judgment of the governing body of such city, town or village or sewer district.
2. It shall be lawful for any city, town or village or sewer district to provide that the sums to be held in any account for the payment of any bonds or the interest thereon or for the establishment of any reserve for that purpose may be held in deposit in a bank or trust company located within or without this state as a trust account for the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon.
3. Such ordinance may establish such limitations as may be expedient upon the issuance of additional bonds, payable from the revenues of the system, or upon the rights of the holders of such additional bonds. Such ordinance may include other agreements with the holders of the bonds or covenants or restrictions necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of the bondholder and to secure the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.170 - Action by bondholder against city or district for neglect of duty.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.170. Action by bondholder against city or district for neglect of duty. —
1. The holder of any bond authorized pursuant to this chapter or of any coupon representing interest accrued thereon may, by a civil action either at law or in equity, by mandamus, injunction or otherwise, compel any city, town or village or sewer district, which may have authorized bonds under this chapter or the officials thereof to perform all duties imposed upon such city, town or village or sewer district or upon such officials by the provisions of the ordinance authorizing such bonds or otherwise imposed by law, including the continued operation of the sewerage system or of the combined waterworks and sewerage system, the fixing and collecting of sufficient rates and charges for the services thereof, the segregation and allocation and disposition of the revenues derived from such system, the payment of any bonds chargeable to the revenues of such system or the interest thereon and the performance of any valid and reasonable covenant set out in the ordinance authorizing any such bonds.
2. Such suit or action at law or in equity shall lie regardless of whether or not any bond or the interest thereon shall at the time of the filing of such suit be in default in the event that such city, town or village or sewer district or any official thereof shall have neglected or failed to perform any material duty imposed by law or by any valid and reasonable covenant set out in the ordinance authorizing any outstanding bonds pursuant to this chapter.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.190 - Services outside corporate limits — rates.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.190. Services outside corporate limits — rates. —
Any such city, town or village or sewer district operating a sewerage system or a combined waterworks and sewerage system under this chapter shall have power to supply water services or sewerage services or both such services to premises situated outside its corporate boundaries and for that purpose to extend and improve its sewerage system or its combined waterworks and sewerage system. Rates charged for sewerage services or water services to premises outside the corporate boundaries may exceed those charged for such services to premises within the corporate limits.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.200 - Rates and charges when city and district systems overlap.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.200. Rates and charges when city and district systems overlap. —
1. Whenever any such city, town or village, which shall embrace within its corporate limits any territory situated in a sewer district directly served by the sewerage system of such city, town or village, shall issue revenue bonds under this chapter, rates and charges for the services of the sewerage system or combined water and sewerage system of such city, town or village shall be imposed and collected against each such lot, parcel of land or premises which shall have any active sewer connection with the sewerage system of such city, town or village, regardless of whether the sewerage or domestic or industrial waste from
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such lot, parcel of land or premises is carried also by the sewer lines or facilities of the sewer district.
2. Whenever any such sewer district, which shall embrace within its corporate limits any territory situated in a city, town or village, shall issue revenue bonds under this chapter, rates and charges for the services of the sewerage system of such sewer district shall be imposed and collected against each such lot, parcel of land or premises which shall have any active sewer connection with the sewerage system of such sewer district, regardless of whether the sewerage or domestic or industrial waste from
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such lot, parcel of ground or premises is carried also by the sewer lines or facilities of such city, town or village.
3. Provided that no lot, parcel of land or premises shall be charged for sewerage services by both such city, town or village and such sewer district; the rates and charges first imposed by any such political subdivision shall exclude rates and charges later imposed by the other subdivision.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 19)
*Words "waste from" substituted for "was to form" in enrolled bill.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.210 - Sewer districts may contribute funds to city, when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.210. Sewer districts may contribute funds to city, when. —
Any such sewer district may contribute funds, including the proceeds of its bonds, payable from taxes to any such city, town or village for the purpose of paying the cost of the acquisition, construction, extension or improvement of a sewerage system by such city, town or village; any funds so contributed by such sewer district shall be expended by the governing authorities of such city, town or village.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 20)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Powers of county commission when sewer district includes city and bonds issued, 249.667
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.220 - Two or more municipalities may cooperate to furnish services.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.220. Two or more municipalities may cooperate to furnish services. —
Any two or more municipalities through their respective governing bodies are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and perform such contracts and agreements as they may deem proper for or concerning the planning, construction, lease or other acquisition and the financing of sewerage facilities, including facilities for the disposal of sewage and the maintenance and operation thereof. Any such municipalities so contracting with each other may also provide in any contract or agreement for a board, commission or such other body as their governing bodies may deem proper for the supervision and general management of the sewerage facilities and for the operation thereof, and may prescribe its powers and duties and fix the compensation of the members thereof.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 21)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.230 - City may contract with industrial establishment to abate stream pollution.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.230. City may contract with industrial establishment to abate stream pollution. —
When determined by its governing body to be in the public interest and necessary for the protection of the public health, any municipality is authorized to enter into and perform contracts, whether long-term or short-term, with any industrial establishment for the provision and operation by the municipality of sewerage facilities to abate or reduce the pollution of waters caused by discharges of industrial wastes by the industrial establishment and the payment periodically by the industrial establishment to the municipality of amounts at least sufficient, in the determination of such governing body, to compensate the municipality for the cost of providing (including payment of principal and interest charges, if any), and of operating and maintaining the sewerage facilities serving such industrial establishment.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 22)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.231 - Powers to operate waterworks or sewerage system — rules and regulations, authority.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
250.231. Powers to operate waterworks or sewerage system — rules and regulations, authority. —
Any city, town or village operating a waterworks or sewer system 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 sewerage systems within its jurisdiction.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.232 - Cities having power of condemnation for sewers and waterworks also to have right to enter private lands for surveying.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
250.232. Cities having power of condemnation for sewers and waterworks also to have right to enter private lands for surveying. —
Any city, town or village operating a sewerage system or waterworks that has the power to condemn land or other property within the city, town or village for right-of-way for trunk sewers or for any other improvement or structure deemed necessary or advisable in connection with the sewerage and treatment system shall also have the authority to enter upon private lands to survey land or other property before exercise of the condemnation powers.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.233 - Charges for sewer services — notice and public hearing required.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 2010
250.233. Charges for sewer services — notice and public hearing required. —
Any city, town, village, or sewer district operating a sewerage system or waterworks may establish, make and collect charges for sewerage services, including tap-on fees. The charges may be set as a flat fee or based upon the amount of water supplied to the premises and shall be in addition to those charges which may be levied and collected for maintenance, repair and administration, including debt service expenses. Any private water company or public water supply district supplying water to the premises located within said city, town, village, or sewer district shall, at reasonable charge upon reasonable request, make available to such city, town, village, or sewer district its records and books so that such city, town, village, or sewer district may obtain therefrom such data as may be necessary to calculate the charges for sewer service. Prior to establishing any such sewer charges, public hearings shall be held thereon and at least thirty days' notice shall be given thereof.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 371, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1612 merged with S.B. 791)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.234 - Delinquent payment for sewer service, interest due, when — lien against land authorized.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
250.234. Delinquent payment for sewer service, interest due, when — lien against land authorized. —
Any user charges, connection fees, or other charges levied by any city, town or village shall be due at such time or times as specified by the governing board of the city, town or village and shall, if not paid by the due date, become delinquent and shall bear interest from the date of delinquency until paid. If such charges become delinquent they shall be a lien upon any land within the corporate limits of the city, town or village so charged, upon the governing board filing with the recorder of deeds in the county where the land is situated a notice of delinquency. The governing board shall file with the recorder of deeds a similar notice when the delinquent amounts, plus interest and any recording fees or attorneys' fees, have been paid in full. The lien hereby created may be enforced by suit or foreclosure.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 371)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.236 - Termination of water services for nonpayment of sewer charges, allowed when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
250.236. Termination of water services for nonpayment of sewer charges, allowed when. —
1. Any city, town or village may contract with a private or public water company to terminate water services, at the direction of the city, because a customer fails to pay his sewer bill. When charges for sewer services are in arrears for more than three months and after the city sends notice to the customer, the city may disconnect the customer's sewer line or request in writing that the private or public water company discontinue water service until such time as the sewer charges and all related costs are paid.
2. A private or public water company acting pursuant to a written request from the city as provided in subsection 1 of this section is not liable for damages related to termination of water services. All costs related to disconnection and reconnections shall be reimbursed to the private water company by the city.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 470 & 497 § 1, A.L. 2001 H.B. 501, A.L. 2011 S.B. 48)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 250 - Sewerage Systems and Waterworks — City or District › Section 250.240 - Purpose of law.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 250
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
250.240. Purpose of law. —
It is the purpose of this chapter to enable cities, towns and villages and sewer districts to protect the public health and welfare by preventing or abating the pollution of water and creating means for supplying wholesome water, and to these ends every such municipality and sewer district shall have the power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out such purpose, in addition to the powers conferred in this chapter. This chapter is remedial in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed.
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(L. 1951 p. 638 § 23)