Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.080

Any county withdrawing from joint participation by proceeding as set forth in section 70.070 shall not be entitled to receive any sum, or sums, of money nor shall it acquire any right, title and interest in and to any property used or purchased jointly by such counties under such plan and the remaining counties originally organized under such plan shall carry on in the same manner as before, without the county withdrawing therefrom; provided that in case the entire district shall be dissolved, the property of the district shall be distributed among the member counties on the basis of their contribution and the governing body of the district, as provided in section 70.060, shall have authority to liquidate the district and distribute the property among the counties.