Missouri SB 558: Modifies provisions relating to common sewer districts

Bill Text

EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 558
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BRATTIN.
2530S.02I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 204.569, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to common
sewer districts.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 204.569, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 204.569, 2
to read as follows:3
204.569. When an unincorporated sewer subdistrict of a 1
common sewer district has been formed pursuant to sections 2
204.565 to 204.573, the board of trustees of the common 3
sewer district shall have the same powers with regard to the 4
subdistrict as for the common sewer district as a whole, 5
plus the following additional powers: 6
(1) To enter into agreements to accept, take title to, 7
or otherwise acquire, and to operate such sewers, sewer 8
systems, treatment and disposal facilities, and other 9
property, both real and personal, of the political 10
subdivisions included in the subdistrict as the board 11
determines to be in the interest of the common sewer 12
district to acquire or operate, according to such terms and 13
conditions as the board finds reasonable, provided that such 14
authority shall be in addition to the powers of the board of 15
trustees pursuant to section 204.340; 16
(2) To provide for the construction, extension, 17
improvement, and operation of such sewers, sewer systems, 18

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and treatment and disposal facilities, as the board 19
determines necessary for the preservation of public health 20
and maintenance of sanitary conditions in the subdistrict; 21
(3) For the purpose of meeting the costs of activities 22
undertaken pursuant to the authority granted in this 23
section, to issue bonds in anticipation of revenues of the 24
subdistrict in the same manner as set out in sections 25
204.360 to 204.450, for other bonds of the common sewer 26
district. Issuance of such bonds for the subdistrict shall 27
require the assent only of four-sevenths of the voters of 28
the subdistrict voting on the question[, and] except that, 29
as an alternative to such a vote, if the subdistrict is a 30
part of a common sewer district located in whole or in part 31
in any county of the first classification without a charter 32
form of government adjacent to a county of the first 33
classification with a charter form of government and a 34
population of at least six hundred thousand and not more 35
than seven hundred fifty thousand, bonds may be issued for 36
such subdistrict if the question receives the written assent 37
of three-quarters of the customers of the subdistrict in a 38
manner consistent with section 204.370, where "customer", as 39
used in this subdivision, means any political subdivision 40
within the subdistrict that has a service or user agreement 41
with the common sewer district. The principal and interest 42
of such bonds shall be payable only from the revenues of the 43
subdistrict and not from any revenues of the common sewer 44
district as a whole; 45
(4) To charge the costs of the common sewer district 46
for operation and maintenance attributable to the 47
subdistrict, plus a proportionate share of the common sewer 48
district's costs of administration to revenues of the 49
subdistrict and to consider such costs in determining 50

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reasonable charges to impose within the subdistrict under 51
section 204.440; 52
(5) With prior concurrence of the subdistrict's 53
advisory board, to provide for the treatment and disposal of 54
sewage from the subdistrict in or by means of facilities of 55
the common sewer district not located within the 56
subdistrict, in which case the board of trustees shall also 57
have authority to charge a proportionate share of the costs 58
of the common sewer district for operation and maintenance 59
to revenues of the subdistrict and to consider such costs in 60
determining reasonable charges to impose within the 61
subdistrict under section 204.440. 62
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