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Statutes > Missouri > T25 > C393 > 393_015Sewer company may contract with water company to terminate waterservices for nonpayment of sewer bill--procedure--immunity--costs,reimbursement.
393.015. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to thecontrary, any sewer corporation, municipality or sewer district establishedunder the provisions of chapter 249 or 250, RSMo, or sections 204.250 to204.470, RSMo, or any sewer district created and organized pursuant toconstitutional authority, may contract with any water corporation toterminate water services to any customer premises for nonpayment of a sewerbill. No such termination of water service may occur until thirty daysafter the sewer corporation, municipality or statutory sewer district orsewer district created and organized pursuant to constitutional authoritysends a written notice to the customer by certified mail, except that ifthe water corporation is performing a combined water and sewer billingservice for the sewer corporation, municipality or sewer district, noadditional notice or any additional waiting period shall be required otherthan the notice and waiting period already used by the water corporation todisconnect water service for nonpayment of the water bill. Acting pursuantto a contract, the water corporation shall discontinue water service untilsuch time as the sewer charges and all related costs of termination andreestablishment of sewer and water services are paid by the customer.
2. A water corporation acting pursuant to a contract with a sewercorporation, municipality or sewer district as provided in subsection 1 ofthis section shall not be liable for damages related to termination ofwater services unless such damage is caused by the negligence of such watercorporation, in which case the water corporation shall be indemnified bythe sewer corporation, municipality or sewer district. Unless otherwisespecified in the contract, all costs related to the termination andreestablishment of services by the water corporation shall be reimbursed bythe sewer corporation, municipality, sewer district or sewer districtcreated and organized pursuant to constitutional authority.
(L. 1993 H.B. 453, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
