204.569. Board of trustees, powers in unincorporated sewer subdistrict--additional powers. - Missouri Statutes

Board of trustees, powers in unincorporated sewersubdistrict--additional powers.

204.569. When an unincorporated sewer subdistrict of acommon sewer district has been formed pursuant to sections204.565 to 204.573, the board of trustees of the common sewerdistrict shall have the same powers with regard to thesubdistrict as for the common sewer district as a whole, plus thefollowing additional powers:

(1) To enter into agreements to accept, take title to, orotherwise acquire, and to operate such sewers, sewer systems,treatment and disposal facilities, and other property, both realand personal, of the political subdivisions included in thesubdistrict as the board determines to be in the interest of thecommon sewer district to acquire or operate, according to suchterms and conditions as the board finds reasonable, provided thatsuch authority shall be in addition to the powers of the board oftrustees pursuant to section 204.340;

(2) To provide for the construction, extension,improvement, and operation of such sewers, sewer systems, andtreatment and disposal facilities, as the board determinesnecessary for the preservation of public health and maintenanceof sanitary conditions in the subdistrict;

(3) For the purpose of meeting the costs of activitiesundertaken pursuant to the authority granted in this section, toissue bonds in anticipation of revenues of the subdistrict in thesame manner as set out in sections 204.360 to 204.450, for otherbonds of the common sewer district. Issuance of such bonds forthe subdistrict shall require the assent only of four-sevenths ofthe voters of the subdistrict voting on the question, and theprincipal and interest of such bonds shall be payable only fromthe revenues of the subdistrict and not from any revenues of thecommon sewer district as a whole;

(4) To charge the costs of the common sewer district foroperation and maintenance attributable to the subdistrict, plus aproportionate share of the common sewer district's costs ofadministration to revenues of the subdistrict and to considersuch costs in determining reasonable charges to impose within thesubdistrict under section 204.440;

(5) With prior concurrence of the subdistrict's advisoryboard, to provide for the treatment and disposal of sewage fromthe subdistrict in or by means of facilities of the common sewerdistrict not located within the subdistrict, in which case theboard of trustees shall also have authority to charge aproportionate share of the costs of the common sewer district foroperation and maintenance to revenues of the subdistrict and toconsider such costs in determining reasonable charges to imposewithin the subdistrict under section 204.440.

(L. 1992 H.B. 948 § 3)

Effective 2-18-92