Section 204.256

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 204

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   

  204.256.  Powers of board of trustees of common sewer district after creation of subdistrict. — When a sewer subdistrict of a common sewer district has been formed pursuant to the alternative method of creation prescribed in subsections 3 to 7 of section 204.250, the board of trustees of the common sewer district shall have the same powers with regard to the subdistrict as for the common sewer district as a whole, plus the following additional powers:

  (1)  To provide for the construction, extension, improvement, and operation of such sewers, sewer systems, and treatment and disposal facilities, as the board determines necessary for the preservation of public health and maintenance of sanitary conditions in the subdistrict;

  (2)  For the purpose of meeting the costs of activities undertaken pursuant to the authority granted in this section, to issue bonds in anticipation of revenues of the subdistrict in the same manner as set out in sections 204.360 to 204.450, for other bonds of the common sewer district.  Issuance of such bonds for the subdistrict shall require the assent only of four-sevenths of the voters voting on the question;

  (3)  To charge the costs of the common sewer district for operation and maintenance attributable to the subdistrict, plus a proportionate share of the common sewer district's costs of administration to revenues of the subdistrict and to consider such costs in determining reasonable charges to impose within the subdistrict under section 204.440;

  (4)  To provide for the treatment and disposal of sewage from the subdistrict in or by means of facilities of the common sewer district not located within the subdistrict with the concurrence of the subdistrict advisory board, in which case the board of trustees shall also have authority to charge a proportionate share of the costs of the common sewer district for operation and maintenance to revenues of the subdistrict and to consider such costs in determining reasonable charges^* to impose within the subdistrict under section 204.440;

  (5)  To add contiguous property to the subdistrict with the approval of at least two-thirds of the landowners within such contiguous territory.

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(L. 1992 H.B. 1803 § 6, A.L. 1993 S.B. 80, et al.)

*Word "changes" appears in original rolls, an apparent typographical error.