Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.115. Organization of board of commissioners. — Said circuit clerk upon the filing of said order of appointment shall notify each of said commissioners of his appointment by written or printed notice, and in the same notice he shall state the time and place for the first meeting of said […]
Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.120. Commissioners to inspect district and assess benefits and damages — report to be filed. — 1. Within thirty days after qualifying, as provided for in section 245.115, the commissioners shall begin their duties. They may at any time call upon the attorney of the district for legal advice and […]
Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.125. Property owners notified of commissioners’ report by publication — form of notice — mailing required. — Upon the filing of the report of the commissioners, the clerk of said circuit court shall give notice thereof by causing publication to be made once in some newspaper published in each county […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.130. Exceptions to commissioners’ report heard and determined. — 1. The levee 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 of the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.135. Court to declare corporation dissolved if costs 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 estimated benefits, […]
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 245.140. Plan of reclamation may be changed — procedure. — 1. The board of supervisors for and in behalf of any levee district organized under the provisions of sections 245.010 to 245.280, or the owners of land adjacent to such district, shall have the right to file a petition in […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.145. Damages assessed must be paid before appropriating land. — The board of supervisors of levee districts organized under sections 245.010 to 245.280 shall not have the right to enter upon or appropriate any land for rights-of-way, or other works of the districts, until the price awarded to the owners […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1947 245.150. Board to construct works — may let contracts for construction. — The board of supervisors of said district shall have full power and authority to build, construct, excavate and complete all or any works and improvements which may be needed to carry out, maintain and protect the plan for […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.155. Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to district levee. — When any right-of-way has been obtained under sections 245.010 to 245.280, over any embankment belonging to any person, railroad, tramway or other corporation, it shall be the duty of the owner of such […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.160. Board to employ attorney. — The board of supervisors shall employ an attorney to act for the district and to advise said board. Such employment shall be evidenced by an agreement in writing, which, as far as possible, shall specify the exact amount to be paid to said attorney […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.165. Board to keep record of proceedings — open to inspection. — The board of supervisors of any district organized under sections 245.010 to 245.280 shall cause to be kept a well-bound book, entitled “Record of board of supervisors of ______ district”, in which shall be recorded minutes of all […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.170. Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers. — The board of supervisors, except where otherwise provided, shall, by resolution, at time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expense incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney or other employee and […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2008 245.175. Board to levy tax to pay cost of organization. — 1. The board of supervisors of any levee district organized under the provisions of sections 245.010 to 245.280 shall levy a uniform tax of not more than eight dollars per acre upon each acre of land and each mile […]
Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.180. Board to levy tax, when — new tax authorized, when — tax, how levied — secretary to prepare levee tax record. — 1. After the lists of lands and other property, with the assessed benefits and the decree and judgment of court, have been filed in the office of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1977 245.181. Additional bonds authorized, when — meeting, votes how cast — form of notice — notice, how given. — 1. The board of supervisors may, if in their judgment it seems best, issue additional bonds which do not exceed ninety-one percent of the amount of new taxes levied pursuant to […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories 245.185. Annual installment of tax to be levied — when due — form of certificate of tax. — 1. The said board of supervisors shall each year thereafter determine, order and levy the amount of the annual installment of the total taxes levied under section 245.180, which shall […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.190. Board may make additional levy of tax. — Where the works set out in the plan for reclamation of any levee district is found insufficient to reclaim in whole or in part any or all of the land and other property of the district the board of supervisors shall […]
Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.195. Board may levy maintenance tax — unprotected lands not taxable. — 1. To maintain and preserve the levees or other improvements made pursuant to sections 245.010 to 245.280 and to strengthen, repair, replace and restore the same, when needed, and for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of […]
Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.196. Annual benefit fee, how levied, amount. — In addition to any tax which may be levied pursuant to the provisions of section 245.180 or any other provision of sections 245.010 to 245.280, the board of supervisors may levy an annual benefit fee on nonpublic improvements on certain tracts of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2008 245.197. Readjustment of benefits, when — levy of new tax for carrying out supplemental plan — notice, how given — form of notice — lists, where filed. — 1. Whenever the board of supervisors of any district now existing or hereafter organized pursuant to sections 245.010 to 245.280, for and […]
