Hallsville State of Missouri Service Connection Fee ordinance (§ 710.240)
Chapter 710: Sewer System · Article III. Sewer Rates
In short: Sewer customers will see a state-required annual service connection fee on their July bill. The city sends 95% of the fees to the State of Missouri by September 1 each year and keeps 5% to cover its billing and collection costs.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. In accordance with Section 644.052(10), RSMo., the City shall collect for the State of Missouri an annual service connection fee from each customer of the City's public sewer system. For purposes of establishing an appropriate billing procedure and schedule, the City shall follow the following guidelines, to wit:
1. The service connection fee required by State Statutes shall be included on each customer's bill during the month of July of each year beginning in July 2012.
2. The billing clerk shall segregate such service connection fee and remit to the State of Missouri ninety-five percent (95%) of such service connection fees annually no later than September 1 of each year, beginning September 1, 2012.
3. The billing clerk shall remit the remaining five percent (5%) of the service connection fees to the appropriate fund of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, as and for the allowed administrative fee to offset the City's costs in billing and collecting these fees for the State of Missouri.
Official source: City of Hallsville official Code of Ordinances (online), § 710.240
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.