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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.090 - Surveys and plans — adoption thereof.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.090. Surveys and plans — adoption thereof. —
1. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make the necessary surveys, and to map out and define the several natural drainage areas in the district, and to lay out a general plan for the drainage thereof; besides the main outlet or outlets, the plan shall embrace branches or submains, necessary for a complete system of principal drains for the entire district. Branch or submains to be paid for out of the general revenue of the district shall not be extended beyond the point at which they will receive the drainage of an area of less than eight hundred acres. Outlets and the larger branches or submains may be open channels, whose general course shall be followed by intercepting sewers, to collect and convey sewage or polluted drainage. The board shall also subdivide the district into convenient subdistricts, not larger than one thousand acres in extent, within which the sewers or drains necessary to complete the drainage shall be constructed at the expense of the subdistrict, as provided in section 248.160.
2. When such plans are complete for a definite district or subdistrict, the board of trustees shall adopt them by ordinance, and such ordinance, when published in one or more newspapers having general circulation in the sanitary district, shall be binding upon all persons, corporations and municipalities; and nothing shall be done affecting the drainage of any part of the district, other than ordinary farm or agricultural drains, by any person, corporation or municipality inconsistent with such plans or without the permission of said board of trustees.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12482)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10892; 1919 § 4587; 1909 5693
CROSS REFERENCES:
Contractual agreements between political subdivisions for common facilities or services, 70.210 to 70.320
County planning commission, approval of public improvements after adoption of plan, 64.010 to 64.295
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.100 - Right-of-way through private property — proceedings.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.100. Right-of-way through private property — proceedings. —
1. If, in the judgment of the board of trustees, it is necessary to acquire rights-of-way or easements for drainage purposes through private property, it shall, by ordinance duly certified, call upon the authority of the city or county having the right to cause the condemnation of private property for public use, to procure such rights-of-way or easements by due process of law; or said board may obtain the same by purchase, gift or otherwise. All costs of proceedings and damages allowed shall be paid out of the special drainage fund in the treasury of the city or county in which the property taken is situated.
2. The board of trustees of such drainage district, if it be necessary to cross, follow or traverse public streets, roads or alleys, or grounds held or used as public parks or places, shall have the right to do so upon the following conditions: The board of trustees shall file with the county commission or mayor of the city having immediate jurisdiction over the street, road, alley or public park or place, a map showing the location and extent of the proposed occupancy for drainage purposes and a plan of the proposed works, which plan shall be so made and arranged as not to interfere with the ordinary and lawful use of said street, road, alley, public park or place, except during a reasonable time for the construction of the necessary works said map and plan to be subject to approval by the county commission or mayor of the city.
3. The entire expense of the works and restoration of the ground occupied to its former condition, as near as may be, shall be borne by the sanitary district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12483)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10893; 1919 § 4588; 1909 § 5694
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.110 - Bids for work contracts.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.110. Bids for work contracts. —
1. The board of trustees for the sanitary district shall let contracts for all work to be done, excepting in case of repairs or emergencies requiring prompt attention, in the construction of channels, drains or sewers, under the authority of this chapter, the expense of which will exceed five hundred dollars, to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, upon not less than twenty days' notice of said letting, given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, and in the discretion of the said board, in one or more newspapers of general circulation among contractors. The said board shall have the power and authority to reject any and all bids, and readvertise the work.
2. The board of trustees shall also have the power to enter into agreements with persons, firms or corporations of known standing and competence for the execution and preparation of the surveys, maps and plans needed and required by the said board, and also for the laying out and superintendence of work to be constructed under the authority of this chapter; but no single agreement so made shall cover more than one piece or class of work.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12485)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10895; 1919 § 4590; 1909 § 5696
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.120 - Special drainage tax — drainage fund.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.120. Special drainage tax — drainage fund. —
1. To provide means to carry into effect the objects for which such sanitary district is formed, the lawful authorities in the city, and the county commission in counties, in which sanitary districts may wholly or in part be situated, shall levy and assess upon all the lands lying within such sanitary district, exclusive of streets, roads and alleys duly opened to public use, a uniform special drainage tax, to be fixed by requisition and certified by ordinance of the board of trustees of such sanitary district. And the mayor and assembly of said city are hereby authorized and required to levy such special tax, in addition to the amount they may be authorized to levy for general municipal purposes by the charter of said city. And the county commission or commissions is hereby authorized and required to levy such special tax, in addition to the amount it may be authorized to levy for general county purpose. The amount of such special tax in any year shall not exceed one-half of one percent on the assessed and equalized valuation of such lands for that year. No lands, other than streets, roads and alleys, shall be exempt from said special tax, and if not valued and assessed for other purposes, shall be valued and assessed for this. Such special tax shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as provided for state and county taxes.
2. The amounts collected shall be paid into the treasury of the city and of the county or counties in which the collections are made, and be credited to a special fund, called "The Drainage Fund of the Sanitary District of ______", and shall be used for no other purpose than for the payment of vouchers, drawn under the authority vested in the board of trustees for the sanitary district, as specified in section 248.140.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12480)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10890; 1919 § 4585; 1909 § 5691
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.140 - Issuance of vouchers, for what purposes.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.140. Issuance of vouchers, for what purposes. —
The board of trustees of sanitary districts shall have the power to issue vouchers payable by the treasurer of the city or of the county in which such sanitary district is wholly or in part situated, out of any funds in such treasurer's hands to the credit of the special fund of the sanitary district for the following named purposes, to wit:
(1) For the preliminary expenses incurred in organizing the district;
(2) For salaries and current expenses of the board, and salaries of its employees;
(3) For making surveys, plans and superintendence of work;
(4) For the payment of judgments for damages and costs, or the agreed price for right-of-way and easements;
(5) For payment of principal and interest of lawfully incurred indebtedness; and
(6) For work done or materials furnished for the construction or maintenance of channels, drains or sewers.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12481)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10891; 1919 § 4586; 1909 § 5692
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.150 - Who may construct sewers and drains — plans approved by trustees.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.150. Who may construct sewers and drains — plans approved by trustees. —
The lawful authorities of any city or incorporated town or village, the county commission of any county, individual owners or associations of such owners, shall have the right to construct sewers or drains in sanitary districts, organized under this chapter, at their own expense, but plans for such sewers and drains must conform to the plans adopted by the board of trustees, and all such plans must be submitted to and be approved by said board of trustees before any construction work is done thereon.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12486)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10896; 1919 § 4591; 1909 § 5697
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.170 - Trustees may accept sewers or drains constructed by private persons.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.170. Trustees may accept sewers or drains constructed by private persons. —
The board of trustees created by this chapter, or the authorities of the city, town or village, or the county commission, shall have the power to accept from private persons or corporations any sewers or drains constructed by them before or after the organization of the sanitary district, and to allow an equitable credit for such sewers or drains; or to acquire the same by process of law if needed; provided, that the sewers or drains accepted, in plans, materials and construction, conform to the plans adopted and approved by the board for similar work done by said board; and provided, in the case of acceptance, that the amount allowed shall not exceed the amount assessable as a special tax against the property drained thereby, under section 248.160. The title to or ownership of such sewers or drains shall be considered as attaching to all lands actually drained thereby in proportion to the areas of such lands, and the credit shall be allowed to the owners of record.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12488)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10898; 1919 § 4593; 1909 § 5699
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.180 - Board of trustees to cease to exist, when.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.180. Board of trustees to cease to exist, when. —
When the object for which a sanitary district was organized is accomplished by the completion of the main channel, drains or sewers, contemplated and adopted in the general plan, and when the areas of divided jurisdiction are drained or otherwise provided for (which facts the circuit court for the district in which the whole or the major part of the territory embraced in the district shall determine), then the board of trustees of such sanitary district shall cease to exist at the expiration of sixty days after the date of the decree of court expressing such determination. But provision shall be made for the fulfillment of all contracts and obligations which have been made by said board of trustees, the responsibility therefor being assumed by the city or county directly interested. Provision shall also be made for the prompt payment of all outstanding bonds of the sanitary district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12489)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10899; 1919 § 4594; 1909 § 5700
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.190 - Duties of certain public officers.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.190. Duties of certain public officers. —
It is hereby made the duty of the secretary of state, the mayors of cities, the circuit court, the county commission of counties, and all assessors, sheriffs, collectors, treasurers and other officials in the state of Missouri, to do and perform all the acts and to render all the services necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and for such services they shall receive the fees, or other compensation allowed by law for similar services rendered to cities, counties or the state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12490)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10900; 1919 § 4595; 1909 § 5701
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 248 - Sanitary Drainage Districts — Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties › Section 248.200 - Construction of chapter.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 248
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
248.200. Construction of chapter. —
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be so construed as to constitute a contract or grant between the state of Missouri and any sanitary district formed under its provisions, or to prevent, debar or deprive the state of Missouri from, at any time in the future, altering, amending or repealing this chapter, or imposing any conditions, restrictions or requirements other, different or additional to any herein contained, upon any sanitary district formed hereunder.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12491)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10901; 1919 § 4596; 1909 § 5702
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.010 - Sewer district organization — petition for.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
249.010. Sewer district organization — petition for. —
Whenever the construction and maintenance of a system of sewers or the use of existing sewers for any contiguous area in the state of Missouri shall become necessary for the preservation of the public health or public welfare or will be of public utility or benefit, if any such area shall lie within any county in the state of Missouri, now or hereafter having a population of not less than seven hundred thousand nor more than one million inhabitants, the area may be established and incorporated as a sewer district under sections 249.010 to 249.420 in the manner following: Twenty-five or more voters residing within the area may file with the circuit court having jurisdiction, a petition setting forth therein the reason or necessity for a sewer system; the boundary lines of the proposed district; the type and/or kind of sewers; the name of the proposed district, and the number of years the district is to continue; a request for the appointment of a sanitary engineer with duties as herein provided; and take any further action necessary to determine the question whether the area may be organized and incorporated as a sewer district under sections 249.010 to 249.420. There shall be filed with the petition a bond in a sum to be determined by the court but in no event more than five hundred dollars payable to the state of Missouri signed by one or more of the petitioners with good and sufficient surety or sureties to be approved by the court, conditioned for the payments of costs and expenses.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12639, A.L. 1953 p. 541, A.L. 1961 p. 448, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1239 & 1300, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
CROSS REFERENCE:
County planning commission, certain 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 249.020 - Determination of population.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.020. Determination of population. —
The last preceding federal census shall be used as a basis and for the purposes of ascertaining and determining the population of the counties that may come within the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12680)
CROSS REFERENCE:
United States census, effective date of, 1.100
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.030 - Location of sewer district.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.030. Location of sewer district. —
A sewer district may be established and incorporated under sections 249.010 to 249.420 partly within and partly without or wholly without or wholly within one or more cities, towns or villages.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12677)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.040 - Sanitary engineer — appointment, oath, duties, reports, contents.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
249.040. Sanitary engineer — appointment, oath, duties, reports, contents. —
Upon the filing of such petition and bond the circuit court is hereby directed, within ten days thereafter, to appoint a competent sanitary engineer who may be an individual, copartnership, or a corporation, to lay out and define the boundaries of the proposed sewer district. The said engineer shall subscribe an oath to faithfully discharge his duties as such engineer and to make a true report of the work done and the facts ascertained by him. The said engineer may alter or amend the boundaries of the proposed district as set forth in the petition, so that the boundaries may embrace all of the area capable of being efficiently served or drained by the system of sewers, or so as to exclude from the sewer district any part of the natural drainage area which is so situated as not to be benefitted by the proposed system of sewers and for this purpose shall have power to make all surveys, maps, and do all things necessary to locate and describe said boundaries. If the engineer finds the proposed sewer system would be for the preservation of the public health or public welfare or will be of public utility or benefit he shall so report and in said report he shall state approximately the proper plan of and the location of the system of sewers and the probable cost of the improvement necessary to accomplish the objects of the petition. The engineer shall report his findings in writing, with such maps, profiles, drawings and other data as are necessary to advise the court in the premises and shall promptly file the same with the clerk of the circuit court. Said report shall be filed within thirty days after his appointment, unless, for good cause shown, the court shall extend the time. The engineer shall file with his report a statement that he has consulted with the department of health and senior services in connection therewith, and he shall also file with his report any statement in writing which may have been made to him by said department of health and senior services covering the matters contained in such report.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12640, A.L. 1951 p. 627, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-2-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.050 - Notice of hearing.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.050. Notice of hearing. —
Immediately after the report of the engineer has been filed it shall be the duty of the court to fix a time at which it will hear objections as provided in section 249.060 and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court to cause a notice thereof to be published in some newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein the proceedings are pending. Such notice shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks and shall be substantially as follows:
Notice is hereby given to all persons owning property within the district bounded as follows: (Here set out boundaries given in report of engineer.)
That there has been filed in this office a petition for the organization of a ______ sewer district (describing the type) under the provisions of (here name this act or the appropriate Revised Statute of Missouri); that the duly appointed engineer has made and filed his report in this office and that property within the above described boundaries will be affected by the formation of the proposed sewer district and be rendered liable to taxation for the purpose of paying the expenses of organizing and incorporating the district and making and maintaining the improvements that may be found necessary for the construction and maintenance of said sewer system, and you and each of you are hereby notified that you may examine said petition and report and file exceptions to all or any part thereof on or before the day set for the hearing being the ______ day of ______.
Clerk of the circuit court of ______ County,
Missouri.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12641)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.070 - Election on incorporation — notice.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
249.070. Election on incorporation — notice. —
1. After the incorporation of the district aforesaid it shall be the duty of the court to order the election authority to call and hold an election; said election to be called and held in the manner herein provided, at which election the voters residing within the sewer district may vote for three persons who shall form the board of trustees for said district as herein provided.
2. In the order of such election the court shall also provide for submitting at such election a proposition to incur indebtedness by the district in an amount not greater than the estimate of the cost of constructing a system of sewers as provided in the report of the engineer.
3. The notice shall state the purpose of the election and the amount of indebtedness to be incurred.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12643, 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 249.080 - Form of ballot for election to incur indebtedness.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
249.080. Form of ballot for election to incur indebtedness. —
The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the ______ sewer district incur indebtedness in the amount of ______ dollars and issue bonds in evidence thereof?
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(RSMo 1939 § 12644, 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 249.090 - Trustees — bonds issued — tax for interest and sinking fund.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
249.090. Trustees — bonds issued — tax for interest and sinking fund. —
The three candidates for office of trustee who shall receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected trustees with terms as provided in section 249.140. If it appears that the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of such district voting on the proposition of incurring indebtedness submitted at the election were in favor of incurring such indebtedness, the election authority shall make an order reciting the holding of such election and the results thereof, both for and against the proposition, and if the result of the election as certified shall be in favor of incurring the indebtedness and issuing the bonds, then the board of trustees for the district shall direct the issuance thereof to the amount of the debt authorized to be incurred, or any portion thereof, and shall either before or at the time of doing so provide for the collection of an annual ad valorem tax upon all of the taxable property within the district, which tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due and also to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof within twenty years from the date of contracting the same, such tax to be levied and collected as provided for in section 249.130.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12645, 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 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.110 - Tax levy to be authorized by voters — election expenses, how paid.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
249.110. Tax levy to be authorized by voters — election expenses, how paid. —
The board of trustees shall have no power to levy or collect any taxes for the payment of any indebtedness incurred by said district unless and until the voters of the district shall have authorized the incurring of indebtedness at an election, but all such expenses and indebtedness incurred by said district may be paid out of funds which may be received by said district from the sale of bonds authorized by the voters at any such election.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12647, 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 249.120 - Bonds — denominations — interest — registry — deposit of funds.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.120. Bonds — denominations — interest — registry — deposit of funds. —
1. Such bonds shall be issued in denominations of one hundred dollars or some multiple thereof; shall be payable to bearer, not later than twenty years from their date; shall bear interest from their date at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually; such interest payments to be evidenced by annexed coupons, and said bonds shall not be sold for less than ninety-five percent of the face value thereof and together with existing indebtedness of the said district, if any, shall not exceed in the aggregate five percent of the value of all of the taxable property in the district to be ascertained by the assessment next before the last assessment for state and county purposes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
2. Such bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of trustees and attested by the signature of the secretary of the board of trustees with the seal of the district affixed thereto. The interest coupons may be executed by affixing thereon the facsimile signature of the secretary of said district. Said bonds may be sold under the same conditions as are provided for the sale of county road bonds.
3. All bonds issued under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall be registered in the office of the state auditor as provided by law for the registration of bonds of cities and in the office of the secretary of the board of trustees of the district in a book kept for that purpose for registry, shall show the number, date, amount, date of sale, name of the purchaser and the amount for which the bond was sold. The moneys of the district shall be deposited by the treasurer of the district in such bank or banks as shall be designated by order of the board of trustees and the secretary of the district shall charge the treasurer therewith and the said moneys shall be drawn from the said treasury upon warrant issued by the district for the purposes for which the bonds were issued.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12648)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.130 - Taxes levied, when and how.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
249.130. Taxes levied, when and how. —
1. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board of trustees of the incorporated sewer district on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year to certify to the county commission of the county wherein such incorporated district is situate the amount of money that will be required during the next succeeding year to pay interest falling due on bonds issued and the principal of bonds maturing in such year, and the amount necessary to cover the estimated expenses of maintaining such sewer system in good condition, or renting or leasing of existing sewer facilities and of maintaining the district corporation with its necessary expenses.
2. On receipt of such certificate it shall be the duty of the county commission at the time it makes the levy for the state, county, school and other taxes to, by order made, levy such a rate of taxes upon all the taxable property in the said incorporated sewer district as will produce a sum of money sufficient for the purposes aforesaid; provided, that the county commission shall have no authority to levy such tax until the voters of said sewer district shall have voted to incur an indebtedness under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420.
3. On such order being made it shall be the duty of the county commission to cause such rate of taxation to be extended upon the tax books against all the taxable property in said incorporated sewer district and the same shall be collected and remitted to the board of trustees of the said sewer district by the collector of the revenue of said county at the time, in the manner, and by the same means as state, county, school and other taxes are collected and remitted. All of the laws, rights and remedies provided by the laws of this state for the collection of state, county, school and other taxes, shall be applicable to the collection of taxes herein authorized to be collected.
4. All taxes levied under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall be based upon the assessed valuation of lands and other property in the said incorporated sewer district in accordance with the current record of the assessed valuations of all taxable property within said incorporated sewer district as may be determined by the records in the assessor's office of the county and such tax shall be prorated and an equal amount levied upon each one hundred dollars assessed valuation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12649, A.L. 1953 H.B. 543)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.136 - Indebtedness authorized — limitations — election required.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
249.136. Indebtedness authorized — limitations — election required. —
1. Any sewer district organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420, or whose boundaries have been extended as provided, shall have the power to incur further indebtedness of the district and issue bonds of the district therefor for the purpose of providing a sewer system for the district, as provided by sections 249.010 to 249.420, or for enlarging, replacing, repairing, modifying, improving or extending the same, to make an effective and complete sewer system or to provide funds to pay any obligation incurred or which may be incurred by contract with any other district or municipality or other public agency for the construction, use or maintenance of common or joint sewers, drains, outlets and disposal plants, provided such indebtedness together with all existing indebtedness of such district shall not exceed in the aggregate five percent of the value of all taxable tangible property in such district to be ascertained by the last completed assessment of property for state and county purposes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness, and provided further that the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of such district voting on the proposition to incur such indebtedness shall assent thereto.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the ______ sewer district issue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars payable from taxes?
3. Any bonds issued as provided herein shall be issued in accordance with the provisions relating to the original issuance of bonds hereunder; provided, however, the amount of bonds to be so issued shall be determined by the board of trustees and in determining the amount the board of trustees shall not be limited by any estimate of costs herein provided to be made by the engineer at the time of the incorporation of such district or the extension of its boundaries.
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(L. 1951 p. 627 § 249.102, 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 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.138 - Resubmission of indebtedness question after rejection — second resubmission on order of court.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
249.138. Resubmission of indebtedness question after rejection — second resubmission on order of court. —
1. In the event that any proposition for the incurring of indebtedness fails of adoption in the election provided in section 249.070 or provided in section 249.136, then, at any time not less than six months thereafter, and subsequently at intervals of not less than six months, upon a resolution of the board of trustees of such district providing therefor, the proposition of incurring such indebtedness may be again submitted to the voters of such district at an election to be called and held and the results thereof declared by the board of trustees as provided in section 249.136.
2. If at the election called by the circuit court pursuant to section 249.070 hereof, a proposition for the incurrence of an indebtedness by the district shall have been submitted and shall have failed of adoption and further if substantially the same proposition shall have been again submitted at an election called pursuant to this section and shall have again failed, the circuit court of the county in which such district was organized shall have the power, upon motion of the board of trustees of such district therefor or upon petition therefor signed by twenty-five or more persons residing within such district and owning property therein which would be liable for taxes for sewers constructed therein, to enter a decree declaring such district to be disincorporated. A certified copy of such decree shall be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of such county and with the secretary of state.
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(L. 1951 p. 627 §§ 249.103, 249.105)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.140 - Trustees, qualifications, election, term.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
249.140. Trustees, qualifications, election, term. —
1. Any candidate for the office of trustee in the district shall be an American citizen over the age of twenty-five years and shall have been a resident within the county within which the district is situated for more than four whole years next before the date of the election at which he is a candidate and shall be a voter of the district. Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of trustee at the election held on the original incorporation of the district, as provided in section 249.070, shall file with the county commission or with the election commissioners a statement, under oath, that he possesses the qualifications required by sections 249.010 to 249.420 for trustee and shall pay a filing fee of five dollars, whereupon his name shall be placed on the ballot as candidate for trustee. Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of trustee in any subsequent election shall file such statement, under oath, with and pay such filing fee to the secretary of the board of trustees, whereupon his name shall be placed on the ballot as candidate for the office of trustee.
2. At such initial election the candidate who receives the highest number of votes shall be elected for a six-year term as trustee; the candidate who receives the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a four-year term as trustee; the candidate who receives the third highest number of votes shall be elected for a two-year term as trustee.
3. After his election each trustee shall take and subscribe his oath or affirmation before the clerk of the circuit court to the effect that he is qualified to act as trustee under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 and that he will perform his duties as such trustee to the best of his ability and impartially in the interest of the whole district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12651, A.L. 1951 p. 627, 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 249.150 - Biennial elections.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1951
249.150. Biennial elections. —
On the first Tuesday in April after the expiration of two years from the date of the election of the first board of trustees for respective terms of two, four and six years each, an election shall be called and held by the board of trustees and every two years thereafter shall be so called and held for the purpose of electing a trustee who shall serve for a term of six years and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified to fill the office of the trustee whose term may then expire and any vacancy then existing in the membership of said board shall be filled at such election.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12652, 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 249.160 - Organization of board of trustees.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.160. Organization of board of trustees. —
The trustees within five days after their election and qualification shall meet and organize the board by selection from among their number one to act as president of the board, one to act as treasurer of the board, and one to act as secretary of the board. The officers so selected shall hold office until the next election of trustee or trustees and until a newly constituted board of trustees after an election shall have selected their successors.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12650)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.170 - Two trustees may make decision.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.170. Two trustees may make decision. —
In all proceedings under sections 249.010 to 249.420 at all meetings of the board of trustees the vote of two of the trustees shall be sufficient and all lawful actions in pursuance of a vote of two trustees shall be deemed the act of the sewer district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12679)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.180 - Vacancies, how filled.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.180. Vacancies, how filled. —
In the event of any vacancy in the office of trustee caused by death, resignation, refusal to act or in any wise, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining trustee or trustees. In the event the remaining trustees cannot agree upon such appointment within thirty days after such vacancy may have occurred then such vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of the circuit court, and the trustees so appointed shall possess the qualifications for a trustee elected under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 and shall subscribe his oath or affirmation as if he had been elected. The trustee or trustees so appointed shall serve until the next election for trustee at which time a trustee shall be elected to fill such vacancy.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12653)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.190 - Failure of trustee to qualify — compensation of trustees.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.190. Failure of trustee to qualify — compensation of trustees. —
1. In the event that any trustee elected or appointed under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall fail to qualify as such trustee or fail to take and subscribe his oath or affirmation of office within fifteen days after his election or appointment, then the office of said trustee shall be considered vacant and the vacancy filled as provided in section 249.180.
2. Each trustee elected under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall be compensated by warrant drawn upon the treasurer of the sewer district corporation in the sum of twenty-five dollars per month for each month that he shall serve after his election and during the period of the construction of sewers. After sewers have been constructed in accordance with original plan and during any period of more than thirty days that the construction of sewers may be delayed or deferred each trustee shall be compensated in the sum of ten dollars per month for his services.
3. If the proposition to incur indebtedness, as provided for in section 249.070, fails of adoption the trustees shall receive no compensation. All necessary expenses of the board of trustees or any member of said board incurred in the performance of its or his respective duty or duties under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall, upon the certificate of the treasurer, filed with the board of trustees, be paid by warrant drawn as aforesaid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12654)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.200 - Trustees to furnish bonds.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.200. Trustees to furnish bonds. —
All trustees elected for any sewer district formed under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall furnish bond with good and sufficient sureties in favor of the district for the faithful accounting for all funds under their control. Said bond to be satisfactory to and to be approved by the circuit court; such bond shall be in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars for each trustee. Each treasurer of a board of trustees of any district under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall, before taking custody of any funds of the district also furnish a bond with good and sufficient sureties in favor of the district in such sum as may be determined from time to time by the board of trustees, depending upon the amount in the custody of the treasurer; such bond shall be satisfactory to and approved by the circuit court; such treasurer shall not expend or pay out any sum of money belonging to the district except upon warrants drawn and authorized by the board of trustees. The premiums on bonds above required shall be paid out of funds in the hands of the board of trustees and shall be regarded as expense of said board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12673)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.210 - Trustees shall maintain record of proceedings.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.210. Trustees shall maintain record of proceedings. —
The board of trustees of any district corporation incorporated under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall cause to be kept a well-bound book entitled "Record of Board of Trustees of ______ District", in which shall be recorded the minutes of all meetings, proceedings, certificates, bonds, contracts and all corporate acts of the board in connection with the operation of such district, which record, or records, shall be a public record and be at all reasonable times open to the inspection of anyone interested.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12672)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply › Chapter 249 - Sewer Districts in Certain Counties › Section 249.220 - Trustees may promulgate rules and regulations.

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Chapter 249
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
249.220. Trustees may promulgate rules and regulations. —
The sewer district through its board of trustees may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations concerning the construction, maintenance and use of the sewer system or systems constructed and/or maintained by the district.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12670)