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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 247.020 (2026)

Districts to be political corporations, numbered

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  247.020.  Districts to be political corporations, numbered. — The districts to be formed under sections 247.010 to 247.220 shall be known as public water supply districts of the counties in which districts are located, and shall be political corporations of the state of Missouri.  Each district shall carry with it a number, which shall not be the same as any existing district of the county, and, when incorporated and organized as herein provided, shall have and be invested with all the powers conferred upon them by the provisions of sections 247.010 to 247.220 and no other.

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(RSMo 1939 § 12621)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1963–2015 · leading case: Staff of The Missouri Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Consol. Pub. Water Supply Dist. C-1 of Jefferson Cnty., 474 S.W.3d 643 (Mo. Ct. App. 2015).
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Staff of The Missouri Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Consol. Pub. Water Supply Dist. C-1 of Jefferson Cnty., 474 S.W.3d 643 (Mo. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” The Commission argues that Pevely and CPWSD are “corporations” because section 79.”
Larison v. Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 1, 998 S.W.2d 192 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999). “§§ 247.020, 537.600 RSMo 1994. A public entity is generally immune from tort liability under sovereign immunity.”
Jackson Cnty. Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 1 v. State High. Comm'n, 365 S.W.2d 553 (Mo. 1963). “010; a “political corporation [s] of the state of Missouri,” § 247.020. It is incorporated by decree of the circuit court under the procedure prescribed in § 247.”
Camden Cnty. Pub. Water Supply Dist. 4 v. Vill. of Sunrise Beach, 281 S.W.3d 893 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “Section 247.020 provides that *895 ''districts to be formed under sections 247.”
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