Section 280.490 – Land Especially Benefited by Drain Project; Special Assessment; Resolution; Preparation of Special Assessment Roll; Conduct of Proceedings; Objections; Hearing in Lieu of Meeting; Use of Special Assessment Collections; Reduction of Annual Levy; Charges.
280.490 Land especially benefited by drain project; special assessment; resolution; preparation of special assessment roll; conduct of proceedings; objections; hearing in lieu of meeting; use of special assessment collections; reduction of annual levy; charges. Sec. 490. (1) Subject to the requirements of section 489a, if the legislative body of a public corporation, which has been […]
Section 280.517 – Preliminary Finding; First Meeting of Boards, Time and Place, Notice, Selection of Secretary.
280.517 Preliminary finding; first meeting of boards, time and place, notice, selection of secretary. Sec. 517. Upon receipt of a petition as hereinbefore provided, the director of agriculture shall make a preliminary finding of the counties which, in his opinion, include public corporations that should be assessed under the provisions of this chapter for the […]
Section 280.491 – River, Creek or Watercourse; Petition for Inclusion Within Jurisdiction.
280.491 River, creek or watercourse; petition for inclusion within jurisdiction. Sec. 491. A petition meeting the requirements of this chapter as to petitioners, execution and filing may request, for reasons of public health, that jurisdiction be assumed over all or a specified part of the bed, tributaries, banks and flood plains of a river, creek […]
Section 280.518 – Meetings of Drainage Board or Augmented Drainage Board; Notice; Quorum; Action by Board; Signing of Orders.
280.518 Meetings of drainage board or augmented drainage board; notice; quorum; action by board; signing of orders. Sec. 518. Meetings of the drainage board, or of the augmented drainage board, may be called by the chairperson or 2 members of the board, on notice sent by registered mail to each member. The notice shall be […]
Section 280.492 – Petition; Content, Deposit to Pay Cost; Drainage Board Hearing and Notice.
280.492 Petition; content, deposit to pay cost; drainage board hearing and notice. Sec. 492. The petitioners named in a petition filed pursuant to section 491, shall include therein an agreement to pay the amount of, or shall accompany the petition with a deposit in the amount of, the estimated cost of the planning and engineering […]
Section 280.519 – Augmented Drainage Board; Tentative Determinations; Naming Drain and Drainage District; Composition of District; Resolution; New Meeting; Objections; Notice of Hearing; Final Order of Determination; Eliminating or Adding Public Corporation; Further Action by Drainage Board; Correction or Addition to Proceedings.
280.519 Augmented drainage board; tentative determinations; naming drain and drainage district; composition of district; resolution; new meeting; objections; notice of hearing; final order of determination; eliminating or adding public corporation; further action by drainage board; correction or addition to proceedings. Sec. 519. The augmented drainage board, at its first meeting, shall consider the petition for […]
Section 280.493 – Final Order of Determination; Contents, Recording, Effect.
280.493 Final order of determination; contents, recording, effect. Sec. 493. After the hearing, the drainage board shall determine whether or not it will assume jurisdiction and perform the work proposed, if any, and shall issue its order accordingly, which order shall be known as the “final order of determination”. The final order of determination shall […]
Section 280.479 – Advancements by Corporations; Reimbursement.
280.479 Advancements by corporations; reimbursement. Sec. 479. Any public or private corporation, firm, or individual may advance money for the payment of any part of the cost of a project under this act, in which event it shall be reimbursed by the drainage district, with or without interest as may be agreed, when funds are […]
Section 280.480 – Costs; Items.
280.480 Costs; items. Sec. 480. The cost of any drain project shall include (1) the cost of constructing or acquiring the facilities, structures, devices and equipment required to locate, establish and construct the drain or to improve or supplement the same, including bridges and culverts and any lands or rights of way necessary thereto; (2) […]
Section 280.481 – Assessments Against Townships and Villages.
280.481 Assessments against townships and villages. Sec. 481. Unless otherwise provided by the drainage board, assessments against a township shall be against the township as a whole, including any incorporated village, but the drainage board may determine to assess separately or exclude a village, in which case the assessment against the township shall be exclusive […]