HB 478 -- Watershed Improvement Districts

Sponsor:  Wood

This bill changes the laws regarding the Upper White River Basin
Watershed Improvement District and the establishment of a
watershed improvement district in any county of the third
classification.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Changes from 20% to 50% the number of property owners within
a proposed district who can establish the district by petitioning
the county's governing body;

(2)  Allows counties within the district to require septic system
maintenance and proof thereof every five years only for septic
systems on property benefitted by the district.  Currently,
maintenance can be required on all septic systems within the
county;

(3)  Requires private laboratories performing wastewater analyses
to be licensed by the Department of Natural Resources;

(4)  Defines "resident of the county" for purposes of who may
make a sewage complaint to the Department of Health and Senior
Services; and

(5)  Repeals the authority of counties to designate groundwater
depletion areas within watershed improvement districts.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:19 pm