SCS HB 1612 -- COMMON SEWER DISTRICTS

This bill changes the laws regarding common sewer districts.  In
its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Allows a majority of the remaining members in office of the
board of trustees of a common sewer district to fill a vacancy on
the board if the county governing body fails to fill it within 60
days of receiving written notice of the vacancy.  The trustees of
a common sewer district may also appoint a member to a sewer
subdistrict's advisory board if a vacancy is not filled by a
county or political subdivision within 60 days of receiving a
written request (Sections 204.300.1 and 204.571, RSMo);

(2)  Increases, from eight to 10, the number of members on the
sewer district boards of trustees in the counties of Cass and
Jackson.  Each board will consist of the county executive, mayors
of the five largest-user cities, mayors of three other cities who
are members of the sewer district advisory board, and one member
of the county legislature.  In the event the district extends its
boundaries into a bordering county, the presiding commissioner or
county executive of the bordering county will become the eleventh
member of the board (Section 204.300.2);

(3)  Authorizes a sewer district in a third classification county
to develop an agreement with a city to provide sewer service in
annexed areas of the district that were not receiving sewer
service at the time of annexation.  Currently, the City of Poplar
Bluff and sewer districts in Butler County are authorized to
develop agreements to provide sewer services (Section 204.472);

(4)  Allows a board member to serve in more than one capacity on
a common sewer subdistrict advisory board if the board consists
of less than three members (Section 204.571); and

(5)  Authorizes a sewer district to establish and collect charges
for sewer services, including tap-on fees, and requires a private
water company or public water supply district to provide water
service data at a reasonable charge upon a reasonable request to
a sewer district in order to calculate the rates for service.
Currently, water supply districts are required to provide this
data to cities, towns, and villages (Section 250.233).

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:11 pm