Missouri Laws 249.136 – Indebtedness authorized — limitations — election required
1. Any sewer district organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420, or whose boundaries have been extended as provided, shall have the power to incur further indebtedness of the district and issue bonds of the district therefor for the purpose of providing a sewer system for the district, as provided by sections 249.010 to 249.420, or for enlarging, replacing, repairing, modifying, improving or extending the same, to make an effective and complete sewer system or to provide funds to pay any obligation incurred or which may be incurred by contract with any other district or municipality or other public agency for the construction, use or maintenance of common or joint sewers, drains, outlets and disposal plants, provided such indebtedness together with all existing indebtedness of such district shall not exceed in the aggregate five percent of the value of all taxable tangible property in such district to be ascertained by the last completed assessment of property for state and county purposes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness, and provided further that the constitutionally required percentage of the voters of such district voting on the proposition to incur such indebtedness shall assent thereto.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the ______ sewer district issue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars payable from taxes?
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 249.136
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. Any bonds issued as provided herein shall be issued in accordance with the provisions relating to the original issuance of bonds hereunder; provided, however, the amount of bonds to be so issued shall be determined by the board of trustees and in determining the amount the board of trustees shall not be limited by any estimate of costs herein provided to be made by the engineer at the time of the incorporation of such district or the extension of its boundaries.