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

249.730. Court costs not taxed, when. — In the event of any suit at law or in equity hereafter filed against any delinquent taxpayer for the purpose of enforcing collection of any tax levied by any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state, and in the event the pet…

249.740. Court costs may be abated, remitted or not taxed. — Whenever any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state shall sue any delinquent taxpayer on account of any tax levied by such sewer district, and if such sewer district be exempt by law from securing or p…

249.750. Suits dismissed, when — winding up affairs, discharge of liquidator. — 1. Whenever the expense of collecting the tax bills, in suits, in any sewer district, is greater than the receipts that might be collected in such suits, then the liquidator shall dismiss said suits. …

249.761. Definitions. — For the purposes of sections 249.761 to 249.810, the following words and terms mean: (1) "Owner", for real property, the individual or individuals or entity or entities who own a fee interest in real property that is located within the sewer district and s…

249.763. Incorporation of district — petition — bond. — Any contiguous area lying within a second classification county or any contiguous area lying within a county of the second classification, together with a contiguous area not presently served by a public sewage system within…

249.765. Notice of proceedings. — 1. Immediately after the petition has been filed, the clerk in whose office the petition has been filed shall give notice by causing publication to be made once a week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which …

249.767. Objections, who may file, disposition — filing and recording decree of incorporation. — 1. Any voter who may not have signed the petition, objecting to the organization and incorporation of the sewer district, shall, on or before the first day of the term of court at whi…

249.770. First election of supervisors — terms. — Within one year after any sewer district has been organized and incorporated under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 there shall be elected a board of five supervisors, to be composed of voters in the district and the …

249.773. Election of supervisors — terms — vacancies, how filled. — On each municipal election day, the voters of the district shall elect one supervisor who shall hold his office for five years or until his successor is elected and qualified. Should a vacancy occur, the supervis…

249.774. Board members for sewer districts, appointment, terms, vacancies. — Following establishment of a sewer district with an appointed board, the chief executive officer of the city shall appoint two members and the county commission shall appoint three members to the sewer d…

249.775. Oath of supervisors. — Each supervisor before entering upon his official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him in offi…

249.777. Rights and powers of district — board of supervisors to manage — treatment system violation, period to comply — failure to comply, penalty. — 1. A sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.763 to 249.810 is a political subdivision of the state and as …

249.780. Organization of board, quorum, monthly meetings — officers and employees — annual audits. — 1. Within four days after the appointment or election, the board shall meet and organize by choosing one of its members as chairman and one as secretary. The chairman and secretar…

249.783. Duties of officers. — 1. The chairman of the board shall preside at all meetings, and execute all contracts into which the district may enter. In the absence of the chairman the secretary shall assume his duties. 2. The secretary shall keep the official records of the me…

249.785. Charges for sewage disposal — delinquency — interest due when — lien on land authorized. — 1. The board of supervisors may establish rates or charges for sewage disposal based upon the sums needed to retire the outstanding revenue bonded debt and pay the interest on thes…

249.787. Estimate of expenses — tax levy, how collected. — 1. Before the tenth day of May of each year the board of supervisors of any district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 shall make an estimate of the amounts required to defray the expenses of t…

249.790. Debt may be incurred, procedure. — 1. The board of supervisors of a sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may borrow money either through the issuance of bonds or through other arrangements. In this event the board of supervisors sh…

249.793. Board may issue current revenue bonds. — The board may issue and sell current revenue bonds to meet the current expenses of the district incurred in advance of the revenue to be derived from the property tax levy and to be paid out of the current revenue when accrued. Th…

249.795. Refunding bonds, how issued. — 1. Any sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 is authorized to refund all or any part of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district including interest, without an election. 2. When the bonds be…

249.797. Revenue bonds, issuance — effect on fees and charges. — 1. A sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may in the manner hereinafter provided authorize and issue sewerage system revenue bonds of the district. The bonds shall be payable …

249.800. Revenue bonds may be issued without election, when, notice, procedure — election required, when. — The board of any district contemplating the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may give notice of its intention to issue the bond…

249.803. Owner and occupant both liable for sewerage charges. — Sewerage services furnished by a sewer district created under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 shall be deemed to be furnished to both the occupant and owner of the premises receiving the services and th…

249.805. Refunding of revenue bonds. — For the purpose of refunding, extending or unifying the whole or any part of any outstanding revenue bonds of the district, any district may issue its refunding revenue bonds not exceeding in amount the principal of the outstanding revenue b…

249.807. Extension of boundaries of district, procedure. — 1. The boundaries of any sewer district formed under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 may be extended from time to time by filing a petition with the clerk of the circuit court having jurisdiction, signed by …

249.810. Dissolution of district, procedure. — 1. The incorporation of every district, heretofore or hereafter incorporated under and by virtue of the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810, shall be dissolved if, at any time before bonds are issued and negotiated to construct…

249.820. Certain municipalities may adopt ordinances necessary for compliance with law — enforceability — industrial user, defined. — 1. All municipalities with a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants located entirely within a county of the first classification…

249.822. Agreements as to location and manner of discharge — refusal to receive waste — operation and maintenance of facilities, powers — procedural remedies — false statements, penalty. — 1. The municipality may enter into agreements with other municipalities, subdistricts, priv…

249.900. Sewer district may by amended decree construct, maintain and operate a public water supply, requirement, procedure. — 1. The board of directors of any sewer district incorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may petition the circuit court of the county cont…

[Repealed or reserved.]

249.927. Sewage or storm water facility improvement district, certain city and counties may issue general obligation bonds, purpose — issue assessment against property to pay for improvements. — The governing body of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or m…

249.929. Sewage or storm water facility improvement district, procedure to establish — election, ballot form — governing body to adopt resolution, content. — 1. To establish a sewage or storm water facility improvement district, the governing body of any city with a population of…

249.931. Boundaries of district, how set. — The boundaries of the proposed sewage or storm water facility improvement district shall be described by metes and bounds, streets or other sufficiently specific description. The area of the sewage or storm water facility improvement di…

249.933. Maintenance costs, assessment may be levied and collected after period for assessment of property has expired. — A sewage or storm water facility improvement district assessment may be levied and collected after the original period approved for assessment of property wit…

249.935. Assessment for cost of improvement, how calculated — governing bodies may establish by resolution methods for assessing benefits. — The portion of the cost of any improvement to be assessed against the property in a sewage or storm water facility improvement district sha…

249.937. Plans and specifications, acceptance by governing body, resolution ordering assessment against property benefitted by improvement. — After the governing body of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than o…

249.939. Plans, specification and assessment role filed with city or county clerk — notice — publication, content — hearing to be held — notice mailed to assessed property owners. — The plans and specifications for the improvement and the proposed assessment roll shall be filed w…

249.941. Hearing held to consider proposals, plan may be amended — governing body may order, by resolution, improvement project. — At the hearing to consider the proposed improvements and assessments, the governing body of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousan…

249.943. Construction of improvement completed, final cost computed — governing body to assess final cost or amount of general obligation bonds. — After construction of the improvement has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor, the governing body…

249.945. City or county clerk's duty to mail notice to property owners of assessment — payment may be made in installments — first payment due, when — interest rate, limitation — how collected. — 1. After the passage or adoption of the resolution assessing the assessments, the ci…

249.947. Cause of action to set aside assessment, time limitation. — No cause of action to set aside the assessments made under sections 249.925 to 249.955 or to otherwise question the validity of the proceedings relating thereto shall be brought after the expiration of ninety da…

249.949. Assessment to be a lien on property. — An assessment authorized under the provisions of sections 249.925 to 249.955 shall be a lien, from the date of the assessment, on the property against which it is assessed on behalf of the city or county assessing the same to the sa…

249.951. Temporary notes may be issued by governing body to pay cost of improvements — general obligation bond shall be issued to pay off notes. — After an improvement has been authorized pursuant to sections 249.929 to 249.933, the governing body of any city with a population of…

249.953. Separate account created for each project — balance in fund after project paid for, effect — refund to property owner, when — assessment reduced, when. — A separate fund or account shall be created in the city or county treasury for each improvement project and each such…

249.955. Amount of bonds and temporary notes, limitation not to exceed ten percent of assessed valuation of taxable tangible property. — The total amount of city or county general obligation bond indebtedness incurred for improvements under sections 249.925 to 249.955, including …

249.957. Tax and special tax bills in certain sections applicable to sewer and storm water facility improvement districts. — The tax and special tax bills provided for in sections 249.430, 249.520, 249.530 and 249.580 to* 249.650 shall be applicable to the assessments detailed in…