Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

204.616. Powers of the board — industrial user defined. — 1. The board of trustees of any reorganized common sewer district shall have power to pass all necessary rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board of trustees and the district…

204.618. Surveys and general plan for construction, duty of the board — agreements authorized — contracts permitted — additional powers. — 1. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of a reorganized common sewer district to make the necessary surveys and to lay out and defi…

204.620. Acquisition of real and personal property — use of public grounds, when. — 1. The board of trustees may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation or may lease or rent any real or personal property, and when condemnation is used, shall follow the procedure that is provid…

204.622. Treatment plants, contracts for — agreements for professional services. — 1. The board of trustees for the reorganized common sewer district shall let contracts for the construction of sewers and sewage treatment plants that will cost more than twenty-five thousand dolla…

204.624. Costs, how met. — The cost of any reorganized common sewer district to acquire, construct, improve, or extend a sewerage system may be met: (1) Through the expenditures by the common sewer district of any funds available for that purpose, including temporary or interim f…

204.626. Issuance of revenue bonds, procedure. — 1. A reorganized common sewer district may issue revenue bonds authorized by authority of a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the reorganized common sewer district unless, in addition, the decree or amended decree of i…

204.628. Fees or charges levied, when due. — Any user fees or charges, connection fees, or other charges levied by the reorganized common sewer district to fund its general or special operations, maintenance, or payment of bonded indebtedness or other indebtedness shall be due at…

204.630. Revenue bonds, duties of district. — It shall be the mandatory duty of any reorganized common sewer district issuing any general or special revenue bonds under sections 204.600 to 204.640 to: (1) Fix and maintain rates and make and collect charges for the use and service…

204.632. Revenue bonds, net revenues to be pledged. — 1. Whenever any reorganized common sewer district authorizes and issues revenue bonds under sections 204.600 to 204.640, an amount sufficient for the purpose of the net revenues of the sewerage system for the benefit of which …

204.634. Resolution authorizing revenue bonds — accounts. — 1. The resolution of the board of trustees of the reorganized common sewer district authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds under the authority of sections 204.600 to 204.640 may provide that periodic allocations of th…

204.636. Issuance of refunding bonds, when. — For the purpose of refunding, extending, and unifying the whole or any part of any valid outstanding bonded indebtedness payable from the revenues of a sewerage system, any reorganized common sewer district may issue refunding bonds n…

204.638. Grants or funds from state or federal government, trustees to accept. — The board of trustees of the reorganized common sewer district may apply for and accept grants or funds and material or labor from the state and federal government in the construction of a sewerage s…

204.640. Courts and officers of political subdivisions to cooperate with district. — It shall be the duty of the mayors of cities, the circuit court, the governing bodies of counties, all political subdivisions, and all assessors, sheriffs, collectors, treasurers, and other offic…

204.650. Citation of law — definitions. — Sections 204.650 to 204.672 shall be known and may be cited as the "Sanitary Sewer Improvement Area Act", and the following words and terms, as used in these sections, mean: (1) "Acquire", the acquisition of property or interests in prope…

204.652. Improvements may be made — issuance of revenue bonds — assessments. — As an alternative to all other methods provided by law or charter, the governing body of any sewer district or reorganized sewer district organized and operated under this chapter or chapter 249 or any…

204.654. Establishment of area, procedure. — 1. To establish a sanitary sewer improvement area, the governing body of the sewer district shall comply with the following procedure: the governing body of the district may create a sanitary sewer improvement area when a proper petiti…

204.656. Costs apportioned against property. — The portion of the cost of any improvement to be assessed or imposed against the real property in a sanitary sewer improvement area shall be apportioned against such property in accordance with the benefits accruing by reason of such…

[Repealed or reserved.]

204.660. Hearing, procedure — notice to property owners — special assessments. — 1. At the hearing to consider the proposed improvements and assessments, the governing body shall hear and pass upon all objections to the proposed improvements and proposed assessments, if any, and …

204.662. Court action, limitation. — No suit to set aside the assessments made under sections 204.680 to 204.730*, or to otherwise question the validity of the proceedings, shall be brought after the expiration of ninety days from the date the notice is mailed to the last known o…

204.664. Supplemental or additional assessments permitted, when — reassessment or new assessment required, when. — 1. To correct omissions, errors, or mistakes in the original assessment that relate to the total cost of an improvement, the governing body of the district may, with…

204.666. Assessment to constitute a lien, when. — An assessment authorized under sections 204.650 to 204.672, once determined and imposed, shall constitute a lien against such property until paid in full and shall not be affected by the existence or enforcement of any other liens…

204.668. Temporary notes authorized, when. — After an improvement has been authorized under sections 204.650 to 204.672, the governing body of the district may issue temporary notes of the district to pay the costs of such improvement in an amount not to exceed the estimated cost…

204.670. Funds required. — A separate fund or account shall be created by the district for each improvement project, and each such fund or account shall be identified by a suitable title. The proceeds from the sale of bonds and temporary notes and any other moneys appropriated th…

204.672. Cooperative agreements authorized, when. — Any public sanitary sewer district or reorganized sewer district organized and operated under this chapter or chapter 249 and any metropolitan sewer district organized under the constitution of this state, may enter into a coope…

204.674. Inapplicability. — The provisions of sections 204.600 to 204.672 shall not apply to the provisions in section 204.472, any city not within a county and any county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants, any sewer district created and…

204.700. No fee, charge, or tax to be assessed, when. — No person who owns real property that is used for residential purposes within the boundaries of any district created under Section 30 of Article VI of the Missouri Constitution shall be assessed any fee, charge, or tax for s…