Section 249.663

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY

Chapter 249

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   

  249.663.  Dissolution of district when obligations paid — disposition of assets. — 1.  Any sewer district heretofore or hereafter created by the county commission of any county of the first class not having a charter form of government, the obligations of which district have been paid or payment therefor having been duly provided, may by order of the county commission be dissolved, and upon such dissolution all unexpended assessments and taxes in the operation and maintenance account of said district shall be paid into the county treasury, and all unexpended assessments, taxes, funds and deposits in the revenue and general obligation bond fund shall be applied toward the payment of the obligations of said district.

  2.  The county commission of any such county may, upon dissolution of any sewer district, lease, sell, transfer or convey any or all of its sanitary sewage system, treatment plant, facilities and appurtenances thereto, including both land and rights-of-way, and main and submain sewers in or for any sewer or joint sewer district to any municipality or other political subdivision, and, in such event, such municipality or other political subdivision shall have all of the powers and authority with respect to any bonds or obligations of such sewer district, or otherwise, as are conferred by chapters 249 and 250 for such time as such bonds or obligations remain outstanding.

  3.  Any sewer district organized under the provisions of sections 249.430 through 249.665, except sewer districts organized in counties of the first class, may, if all obligations of the district have been paid or the payment thereof has been provided, be dissolved by order of the county commission.  Upon dissolution the land, rights-of-way, treatment plant, main and submain sewers, and all appurtenances of the sewer district may be transferred or conveyed to a municipality or other political subdivision.  Upon the transfer all unexpended assessments, taxes, deposits, or other funds held by the district shall be transferred to the municipality for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the facilities of the district, except that all unexpended assessments, taxes, funds and deposits in the revenue and general obligation bond fund shall be held by the municipality for the payment of the obligations of the district.

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(L. 1961 p. 449 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1963 p. 395)