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

249.1150. District authorized, opt out procedure, powers — resolution may be adopted by county commission for service by district — board of trustees, members, terms — maintenance plan required, when — property tax levy, ballot form — termination of tax, procedure (Barry, Christi…

249.1155. Septic systems to be maintained or pumped every five years — proof submitted — fee. — After August 28, 2004, any county within a watershed improvement district may require that all septic systems be maintained or pumped every five years by a licensed provider. In the ev…

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 …

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 s…

249.132. Extension of district boundaries, procedure — sanitary engineer appointed — report of findings. — 1. Whenever any sewer district shall have been organized as provided by sections 249.010 to 249.420, and it shall appear necessary, convenient or advisable to extend the bou…

249.134. Hearings on proposed extension, notice — election, when ordered — decree of extension entered. — 1. Immediately after the report of the engineer has been filed, the court shall fix a time at which it will hear such petition or any objections thereto and it shall be the d…

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 d…

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 …

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…

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 ever…

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 …

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 th…

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 ag…

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 wit…

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…

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 recorde…

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…

249.230. Trustees to employ an attorney. — The board of trustees shall within thirty days after organizing, employ an attorney to act for the district and to advise such board. Such employment shall be evidenced by an agreement, in writing, which shall, as far as possible, specif…

249.240. Trustees to provide for payment of salaries, fees. — The board of trustees, except where otherwise provided, shall by resolution, at the time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expenses incurred by any officer, engineer, att…

249.250. Unpaid warrants to draw interest. — Whenever any warrant issued under sections 249.010 to 249.420 is not paid when presented to the president of the board of trustees of the district, because of lack of funds in the treasury, such fact shall be endorsed on the back of su…

249.255. Public sewer district lien for unpaid charges — disconnection of services. — 1. Should a public sewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority place a lien upon a customer's property for unpaid sewer charges, the lien, once properl…

249.260. Trustees to appoint engineer — adoption of sewer plan. — 1. Within thirty days after organizing, the board of trustees may appoint a competent sanitary engineer as chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation, and who shall engage such assistant…

249.270. Purchase of maps. — Should the board of trustees purchase any existing surveys, maps, profiles and/or plans from any sewer district in liquidation they shall pay to the person or persons liquidating said district the agreed price therefor and said amount shall be distrib…

249.290. Board may construct and maintain system — not limited to plan on estimates of engineer. — In order to provide a sewer system for the lands and other property and improvements in the district, the board of trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maint…

249.300. Sewage disposal plants. — The authority of sanitary sewer districts to construct a system or systems of sanitary sewers as provided in sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall include the authority to construct sewerage disposal plant or plants for the disposal of sewage, and t…

249.310. Trustees charged with maintenance of system. — It shall be the duty of such board of trustees to supervise the maintenance of such sewer system constructed under its supervision, or as may hereafter under proper authority be placed under its supervision, and to see that …

249.320. Appropriation of land. — The board of trustees of sewer districts organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall not have the right to enter upon or appropriate any lands for rights-of-way or other works of the district except by contract with the owner or owners, unt…

249.330. Bids for improvement contracts. — 1. The board of trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to construct the works and improvements provided for in the plan adopted, by letting a contract or contracts for such works and improvements either as a whole or in sections, an…

249.340. Contractual procedure and work specifications. — 1. Whenever it shall be ordered by the board of trustees of the sewer district that any sewer or system of sewers in the incorporated sewer district be constructed in accordance with the provisions of sections 249.010 to 2…

249.350. Payments on contract — inspection of work. — 1. The board of trustees shall order such amounts paid on the contract as may be certified by the chief engineer, and as may be provided in the contract covering such work, but full payment for any work to be performed by the …

249.360. Subdivision of district. — The board shall subdivide the district into convenient subdistricts not larger than one thousand acres in extent, and prescribe the boundaries thereof within which the sewers and drains necessary to complete the drainage shall be constructed at…

249.370. Powers of board of trustees after adoption of plans. — When the plans referred to in section 249.360 with reference to subdistricts have been adopted by the board of trustees and the resolution of adoption published as provided therein, the board of trustees shall have t…

249.380. Detailed plans of lateral system made and filed by engineer. — If such petition be filed as provided in section 249.370, the board of trustees shall, by resolution, declare the subdistrict to be formed and shall cause to be promptly made by the chief engineer of the dist…

249.390. Election in subdistrict for issuance of bonds. — When such report is filed, the question shall be submitted of whether the board of trustees shall have authority to issue bonds for the purpose of anticipating the revenues of said subdistrict for the cost of construction …

249.395. Funding or refunding bonds authorized — how paid. — Any sewer district which may be organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420 is hereby authorized to fund or refund any part or all of its bonded indebtedness, including bonded indebtedness incurred on behalf of any subd…

249.400. Rental charges from abutting property owners. — For the purpose of raising funds for the payment of interest on and principal of such bonds and for the maintenance and repairs of said lateral sewers, the board of trustees shall have the power to impose and collect an ann…

249.410. Delinquent rental charges to bear interest. — 1. Delinquent rental charges shall bear interest at the rate of one-half percent per month, until paid, and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes levied under the authority of sections 249.010 to 249.420 for the paym…

249.420. Additional lateral sewers in subdistrict. — If, in any such subdistrict, the board of trustees, under the other provisions hereof, shall construct sewers to serve only a part of any such subdistrict and shall thereafter determine that any other part or parts of such subd…

249.422. Fee imposed to repair lateral sewer service lines for certain residential property and in certain counties — condominiums responsible for proportionate share — ballot form — special account established for fees collected. — 1. If approved by a majority of the voters voti…

249.423. Collector may add fees for repair of sewer lines to tax bills of property owners — powers and duties. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the collector in any city, town, village or county that adopts an ordinance pursuant to section 249.422,…

249.424. Lateral sewer line repair, annual fee authorized — submitted to voters, ballot language — fee may be added to general tax levy bills. — 1. If approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposal, and upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority of the sewer dis…

249.425. Metropolitan sewer district, design-build contracts authorized, procedure — exemption. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Design-build", a project for which the design and construction services are furnished under one contract; (2) "Design-build…

249.430. Definitions. — For the purpose of sections 249.430 to 249.660, the following definitions will apply: (1) "Lateral sewer district" shall mean all of the area served by a lateral area; (2) "Main sewer district" shall include all of the area in, and including the watershed,…

249.440. Incorporation of sewer districts by county commission — powers of county commission. — The county commission of any county in this state, in which is located an unincorporated village or district in which main and submain sewers have already been constructed or hereafter…

249.450. Number of petitioners required — district created by county commission, corporate powers. — 1. In any county having not less than five hundred thousand and not more than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, in any county which adjoins or which contains a portion of a city…

249.451. Certain counties may assign operation of sewer district to any common sewer district which lies totally or partially in county, procedure (Jackson, Cass, St. Louis and all first classification counties). — A county commission serving as the governing body of any sewer di…