Section 242.280 – Exceptions heard and determined by circuit court — procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.280. Exceptions heard and determined by circuit court — procedure. — 1. The drainage district or any owner of land or other property in said district, may file exceptions to said report or to any assessment for either benefits or damages, within ten days after the last day of publication […]
Section 242.290 – Court to declare corporation dissolved — costs not to exceed benefits.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.290. Court to declare corporation dissolved — costs not to exceed benefits. — If, after determining the objections made to the commissioners’ report, the court shall find that the estimated costs of works and improvements as reported by the board of commissioners, or as amended by the court, exceed the […]
Section 242.300 – Decree or order of court may be amended or changed.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 242.300. Decree or order of court may be amended or changed. — 1. Any decree or order of the court organizing any drainage district, confirming the report of commissioners, extending or changing the boundary lines of the district, reorganizing a district or otherwise pertaining to any procedure of the district […]
Section 242.150 – Election of board of supervisors.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.150. Election of board of supervisors. — Within thirty days after any drainage district shall have been organized and incorporated under the provisions of section 242.040 the circuit clerk of the county in which the articles of association have been filed shall, upon giving notice by causing publication to be […]
Section 242.160 – Election of supervisors — electors.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.160. Election of supervisors — electors. — In the same month of each year after the election of the first board of supervisors, the board of supervisors shall call a meeting of the owners of land and other property in the district, in the same manner as is provided for […]
Section 242.170 – Vacancy resulting from void election — how filled.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 242.170. Vacancy resulting from void election — how filled. — The provisions of section 245.065 relating to vacancies in office of members of the board of supervisors of levee districts resulting from improper election shall apply, insofar as practicable to drainage districts organized under the provisions of sections 242.010 to […]
Section 242.180 – Supervisors to take oath.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.180. Supervisors to take oath. — Each supervisor before entering upon his official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties devolving upon him in office as supervisor of the drainage […]
Section 242.190 – Supervisors — powers and duties.
Effective – 28 Aug 1969 242.190. Supervisors — powers and duties. — 1. In order to effect the drainage, protection and reclamation of the land and other property in the district subject to tax, the board of supervisors is authorized and empowered to clean out, straighten, widen, change the course and flow, alter or deepen […]
Section 242.200 – Board to elect president and secretary — report — compensation.
Effective – 28 Aug 2002 242.200. Board to elect president and secretary — report — compensation. — 1. The board of supervisors immediately after their election shall choose one of their number president of the board, and elect some suitable person secretary, who shall serve until the secretary’s successor is elected and qualified, and who […]
Section 242.210 – Secretary-treasurer of board — annual audit — warrants, form.
Effective – 28 Aug 2002 242.210. Secretary-treasurer of board — annual audit — warrants, form. — 1. The secretary of the board of supervisors in any drainage district shall hold the office of treasurer of such district, except as otherwise provided herein, and the treasurer shall receive and receipt for all the drainage taxes collected […]