Section 280.556 – Water Management Commission; Petitions, Review; Notice of First Meeting.
280.556 Water management commission; petitions, review; notice of first meeting. Sec. 556. Within 30 days following receipt of a petition as provided in section 552 of this act, the director of agriculture shall review the petition for sufficiency and accuracy, shall make a preliminary finding of the counties which in his opinion include public corporations […]
Section 280.541 – River, Creek, or Watercourse; Petition to Inclusion in Jurisdiction.
280.541 River, creek, or watercourse; petition to inclusion in jurisdiction. Sec. 541. 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 280.557 – Water Management Commission; Temporary Secretary, By-Laws, Tentative Determination, Amendment of Petition, Notice of Adjourned Meeting; Dismissal of Petition; Name of District; Board; Tentative Determination; Preliminary Plans.
280.557 Water management commission; temporary secretary, by-laws, tentative determination, amendment of petition, notice of adjourned meeting; dismissal of petition; name of district; board; tentative determination; preliminary plans. Sec. 557. The commission shall elect a temporary secretary, and may adopt rules of procedure or by-laws, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall […]
Section 280.542 – River, Creek, or Watercourse; Petition; Content, Deposit to Pay Costs, Filing; Drainage Board, Hearing and Notice.
280.542 River, creek, or watercourse; petition; content, deposit to pay costs, filing; drainage board, hearing and notice. Sec. 542. The petitioners named in a petition filed pursuant to section 541, 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 […]
Section 280.558 – Water Management Board; Hearing of Objections; Notice of Hearing; Preliminary Order of Determination; Eliminating or Adding Public Corporation.
280.558 Water management board; hearing of objections; notice of hearing; preliminary order of determination; eliminating or adding public corporation. Sec. 558. The water management board shall fix a time, date, and place it will meet to hear objections to the proposed project, the petition for the project, and to the assessments of costs as contained […]
Section 280.543 – River, Creek, or Watercourse; Board Determination, Final Order, Contents, Recording, Effect.
280.543 River, creek, or watercourse; board determination, final order, contents, recording, effect. Sec. 543. After the hearing, the augmented drainage board shall determine whether or not it will assume such 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”. […]
Section 280.544 – River, Creek, or Watercourse; Final Order of Determination; Recording Effect on Private Rights.
280.544 River, creek, or watercourse; final order of determination; recording effect on private rights. Sec. 544. The recording of the description does not appropriate, terminate or lessen any private rights in property, real or personal, except such as shall be voluntarily released by written agreement or conveyance or as shall be condemned as provided in […]
Section 280.530 – Drainage Board; Continuation; Responsibility; Expenses; Relinquishment; Moneys, Disposition; Consent.
280.530 Drainage board; continuation; responsibility; expenses; relinquishment; moneys, disposition; consent. Sec. 530. (1) The drainage board for each project shall continue in existence with changes in personnel that result from changes in the offices of director of the department of agriculture and rural development and drain commissioners. The drainage board is responsible for the operation […]
Section 280.531 – Advances by Corporations; Reimbursement.
280.531 Advances by corporations; reimbursement. Sec. 531. 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 280.532 – Venue of Actions; Appointment of Circuit Judge.
280.532 Venue of actions; appointment of circuit judge. Sec. 532. Any action arising from the provisions of this chapter except such actions as may be brought directly in the supreme court may be brought in the circuit court of any county in which any part of the intercounty drain involved is located: Provided, That on […]