HCS HB 825 -- METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT STORM WATER
MANAGEMENT FEES

SPONSOR:  Jones (89)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Special Committee on
General Laws by a vote of 9 to 4.

This substitute prohibits the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District from assessing a district property owner any fee,
charge, or tax for storm water management services if the
district does not directly provide sanitary sewer services to the
property and the storm water runoff from the property does not
flow, is not conveyed to a sewer maintained by the district, or
is not planned to flow to a district sewer within 18 months of
the assessment.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2010, FY 2011, and
FY 2012.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill is necessary to prevent
the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District from charging a new
impervious area fee to areas that it provides few services to and
that do not make use of the sewer system.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Jones (89); and Mary
Winter.

OPPONENTS:  Those who oppose the bill say that the sewer district
does provide regulatory services to the entire area and that
funding is necessary to comply with the federal Clean Water Act.

Testifying against the bill was Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:25 am