Title XV — LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY

247.010. Formation of public corporations. — Sections 247.010 to 247.220 are intended to make possible, through public corporations, conveniences in the use of water, ample in quantity for all needful purposes and pure and wholesome in quality, furnished from common sources of su…

247.020. Districts to be political corporations, numbered. — The districts to be formed under sections 247.010 to 247.220 shall be known as public water supply districts of the counties in which districts are located, and shall be political corporations of the state of Missouri. …

247.030. Territory included in district, contiguous — boundaries of districts, how changed — extension or enlargement of district, how. — 1. Territory that may be included in a district sought to be incorporated or enlarged may be wholly within one or in more than one county, may…

247.031. Detachment from district, when — procedure — costs — petition form. — 1. Territory included in a district that is not being served by such district may be detached from such district provided that there are no outstanding general obligation or special obligation bonds an…

247.035. Sewer treatment facilities, construction and operation, when — procedure. — 1. The board of directors of any public water supply district may petition the circuit court of the county containing the major part of the acreage in the district for an amended decree of incorp…

247.040. Formation of public water supply district — procedure. — 1. Proceedings for the formation of a public water supply district shall be substantially as follows: a petition in duplicate describing the proposed boundaries of the district sought to be formed, accompanied by a…

247.050. Powers of public water supply districts. — The following powers are hereby conferred upon public water supply districts organized under the provisions of sections 247.010 to 247.220: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To purchase or otherwise acquire water for the necessities o…

247.060. Board of directors — powers, qualifications, appointment, terms, vacancies, how filled — elections held, when, procedure — attendance fee — suspension of members, when. — 1. The management of the business and affairs of the district is hereby vested in a board of directo…

247.070. Organization of board, when. — Within thirty days after appointment or election of the board, or on the date of the first regular meeting after appointment or election of the board, whichever is earlier, the board shall meet and organize, selecting one of its number pres…

247.080. Board — further powers. — 1. The exercise of the powers conferred upon the district by sections 247.010 to 247.220 shall be by its board of directors, acting as a board. 2. The board shall have power and it shall be its duty to employ necessary help and to contract for s…

247.085. Board may contract for water supply with city, when — publication of notice — sale of property, use of funds. — 1. The board of directors of any public water supply district shall have power to sell and convey part or all of the property of the district to any city, owni…

[Repealed or reserved.]

247.100. Duties of officers of board. — 1. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all board meetings, to act as official head of the district, to execute all contracts required to be executed by the district and the board. In the absence or disability of the presiden…

247.110. Board to fix rates and charges — delinquencies to create lien, when — procedure. — 1. Subject to such regulation and control as may now exist in or may hereafter be conferred upon the public service commission of the state of Missouri, the fixing of rates or charges for …

247.120. Board — estimation of tax levy — county commission to levy tax. — 1. For the period and subject to the limitations contained in sections 247.010 to 247.220, the board of directors of any district organized hereunder shall, on or before the tenth day of May of each year, …

247.130. Power of districts — bond elections. — 1. Any district organized hereunder shall have power to borrow money for any of the purposes provided for in sections 247.010 to 247.220, and to issue bonds therefor. In such event the board of directors shall proceed substantially …

247.140. Issuance of current revenue bonds, when. — During the period of time given the board to levy a tax on property within the district for incidental expenses as that term is used in sections 247.010 to 247.220, the board may issue and sell current revenue bonds to bear inte…

247.150. Bonded indebtedness, how refunded — refunding bonds, conditions imposed. — 1. Any public water supply district now or hereafter organized under the laws of this state is hereby authorized, without an election, to refund all or any part of the bonded indebtedness of such …

247.160. Mains and equipment conveyed to city, when — conditions. — 1. Whenever all or any part of the territory of any public water supply district organized under sections 247.010 to 247.220 is or has been included by annexation within the corporate limits of a municipality, th…

247.165. Water service to annexed territory, agreement may be developed, procedure. — 1. Whenever all or any part of a territory located within a public water supply district organized pursuant to sections 247.010 to 247.220 is included by annexation within the corporate limits o…

247.170. Detachment of part of district included in city — conditions — procedure — election. — 1. Whenever any city owning a waterworks or water supply system extends its corporate limits to include any part of the area in a public water supply district, and the city and the boa…

247.171. Proportion of sum of all outstanding bonds and debts, calculation. — The proportion of the sum of all outstanding bonds and debt, with interest thereon, that is required to be paid to the water supply district, pursuant to subsection 1 of section 247.031, and subdivision…

247.172. Written territorial agreements for sale and distribution of water — commission may designate boundaries — approval of commission, hearings — rights of suppliers not a party to agreement — complaints, hearings, authority of commission — fees. — 1. Competition to sell and …

247.180. Elections in district, when, procedure — not required, when — vacant post, how filled. — 1. Regular elections and elections held for the purposes of section 247.130 shall be called annually by the board of directors on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April. S…

247.200. Rights of districts. — The district shall have the right to lay its mains in public highways, roads, streets and alleys included in the district, but the same shall be done under reasonable rules and regulations of governmental bodies having jurisdiction of such public p…

247.210. Condemnation of property — procedure. — The proceedings for condemnation of property under powers conferred by sections 247.010 to 247.220 shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be the same as proceedings provided for condemnation of property by cities of the fourth cla…

247.215. District which purchases water may convey property to water company — procedure — election — liquidation of district. — 1. The board of directors of any public water supply district which is dependent upon purchases of water to supply its needs may sell and convey part o…

247.217. Consolidation, procedure, petition, notice — subdistricts, how formed — election — directors, terms, eligibility — property, how handled. — 1. Any two or more contiguous public water supply districts organized under the provisions of sections 247.010 to 247.220 may be co…

247.220. Dissolution of district — procedure — election — disposition of property and debts. — 1. Proceedings for the dissolution of a public water supply district shall be substantially the same as proceedings for the formation of such a district, as follows: A petition describi…

247.227. Real estate subdivision with approved installation of water line, certain districts not to refuse water (Jackson County). — Any public water supply district located in a first class county with a charter form of government which contains part of a city with a population …

247.228. Public water supply districts and cities owning a waterworks to be notified of water service inquiries, when, contents. — When an entity considering or proposing the construction of a multiresidential or commercial development, which is located within the city limits of …

247.230. Purpose of law. — The purpose of sections 247.230 to 247.670 is to provide for the establishment of political subdivisions of this state within counties to be known as metropolitan water supply districts, the function of which shall be to secure a source of water on a sc…

247.240. Metropolitan water supply districts, limits. — Metropolitan water supply districts may be of any size and may include all or any part of any county, or of two or more adjoining school districts, cities, towns, villages or public water supply districts or other political …

247.250. Proceeding to incorporate, where filed — power of court. — The proceedings to incorporate a metropolitan water supply district shall be in the circuit court of the county in which the proposed district is located. The circuit court sitting in and for any such county is h…

247.260. Organization of district, procedure. — The organization of a metropolitan water supply district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court vested with jurisdiction as provided in sections 247.230 to 247.670. The petition shall …

247.270. Contents of petition. — The petition shall set forth: (1) The name of the proposed district consisting of a chosen name preceding the words "metropolitan water supply district"; (2) An estimate of the number of inhabitants and of the assessed valuation of the taxable tan…

247.280. Deposit for costs. — There shall be filed with the petition, or petitions, a fee in the amount of one hundred dollars to cover the payment of court costs. ­­-------- (L. 1949 p. 350 § 5)

247.290. Hearing, when — notice by publication. — Immediately after the filing of such petition or any amended petition changing the boundaries the court wherein such petition is filed or the judge thereof in vacation shall by order, fix a time and place not less than thirty days…

247.300. Exclusive jurisdiction of court — property-owning judge not disqualified. — The circuit court shall thereafter for all purposes of sections 247.230 to 247.670, except as herein otherwise provided, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all matters con…

247.310. Petition — effect of defect — amendment — supplemental petition. — No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared null and void on account of alleged defects, but the court may at any time permit the petition to be amended to conform with the facts by correc…

247.320. Protesting petition, where filed, contents. — Any time after the filing of a petition for the organization of a district and before the day fixed for the hearing thereon, a petition may be filed in the office of the circuit clerk, wherein the petition for the organizatio…

247.330. Dismissal of petition, when — costs — no appeal — effect of dismissal. — Upon the said hearing if the court finds that the petition has not been signed, filed and presented in conformity with sections 247.230 to 247.670, or that the material facts are not as set forth in…

247.340. Declaration of district organization. — Upon the said hearing if it shall appear that a petition for the organization of a district has been signed and presented, as herein provided, in conformity with sections 247.230 to 247.670, and that the allegations of the petition…

247.350. Election to approve incorporation — procedure, form of ballot — rate of tax — directors. — 1. The decree of incorporation shall not become final and conclusive until it shall have been submitted to voters of the proposed district and until it shall have been assented to …

247.360. Force of final order. — If a final order be entered establishing the district, such order shall be deemed final and conclusive, and no appeal or writ of error shall lie therefrom, and the entry of such order shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organizati…

247.370. Records relating to incorporation, where and how filed — fees. — Within thirty days after the final order of the circuit court which has declared the district a public corporation, the circuit clerk of said court shall transmit to the secretary of state and to the county…

247.380. Members of board — oath — bond. — Whenever a district has been declared duly and finally organized, the members of the board shall qualify by filing with the circuit clerk their oath of office, which shall be in the form prescribed by the constitution, and such board mem…

247.390. Organization of board — seal. — After taking their oaths and filing their bonds, the board shall choose one of its members as chairman of the board and president of the district, and shall elect a secretary and treasurer of the board and of the district, who may or may n…

247.400. Treasurer — bond — financial statement — fiscal year. — The treasurer shall keep strict and accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the district in permanent records. He shall file with the clerk of the court, at the expense of the d…

247.410. Board — compensation — removal. — Each member of the board shall receive an attendance fee in the amount of five dollars for attending each regularly called board meeting, but shall not be paid for attending more than two in any calendar month. Each member of the board s…