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

248.010. Establishment of sanitary drainage districts — petition, by whom made — petition contents. — 1. Whenever the construction and maintenance of a common outlet or channel or of a system of drains or sewers for the drainage of any area in the state of Missouri shall become n…

248.020. Sanitary district — commission to determine boundaries, general provisions. — 1. The circuit court or courts so petitioned are hereby authorized to appoint three disinterested persons, one of whom shall be a civil engineer or surveyor, as commissioners to lay out and def…

248.030. Report of commissioners. — The commissioners shall make their report, accompanied by a map or plan showing the boundaries of the proposed district, in relation to the property lines intersected or followed by them, also in relation to city or county boundaries, to the co…

248.040. Election on organization of sanitary district. — 1. It shall then be the duty of said mayor and county commission or courts to submit to the voters of the proposed district the question of the organization and incorporation of the proposed sanitary district, with boundar…

248.050. General powers of district — judicial notice — costs of proceedings. — 1. When the board of trustees provided for in section 248.070 shall be appointed and organized, such sanitary district shall be considered in law and equity a body corporate and politic, known by the …

248.060. Procedure where drainage area is in two counties — what court has jurisdiction. — When a natural drainage area includes territory lying in part in a county and in part in a city exercising the functions of a county, or in two or more counties, then the proceedings herein…

248.070. Trustees — appointment — removal — employees. — 1. The board of trustees for the sanitary district shall be constituted as follows: The county commission shall appoint one; the mayor of the city, with the approval of the higher branch of the legislative department of the…

248.080. Powers of board. — Said board of trustees shall have power to pass all necessary rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of said board of trustees, and of said corporation, and for the carrying into effect the objects for which such sa…

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 …

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…

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 th…

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 situat…

248.130. Issuance of bonds — sinking fund — appeal. — 1. If, in the judgment of the board of trustees, the construction of the whole or any part of the general plan adopted is an urgent sanitary measure, and the means provided under section 248.120 are insufficient to do the work…

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 tre…

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 drai…

248.160. Sanitary drainage of subdistrict — special tax bills. — 1. When sewers are needed for the complete or sanitary drainage of a subdistrict, being a part of a sanitary district not exceeding one thousand acres in area, such sewers may be built by the board of trustees creat…

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…

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 …

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 …

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…