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Section 245.335 – Board of directors of levees appointed by county commission.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.335. Board of directors of levees appointed by county commission. — At the term of the county commission at which said levee district may be laid off, or at any subsequent term thereof, the said commission shall appoint three directors of levees, who shall be landholders within the county for […]

Section 245.290 – County commissions may establish levee districts.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.290. County commissions may establish levee districts. — The county commissions of the several counties in this state containing contiguous bodies of lands subject to overflow or inundation or endangered or liable to be endangered by bank erosion or wash from rivers bordering upon or wholly within the state, may […]

Section 245.295 – Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body.

Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.295. Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body. — The county commission, or other legislative body if different from the county commission, of any county in this state forming a levee district wholly within its limits, whether of the whole county or a part of such county, […]

Section 245.300 – Notice to be given — mailing required.

Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.300. Notice to be given — mailing required. — No such levee district shall be formed unless notice of an intention to apply therefor be first given by publication in some newspaper published in each county composing said proposed levee district, published once at least fifteen days before the commencement […]

Section 245.305 – Lands subject to overflow may be included in levee district.

Effective – 12 Jul 1994 245.305. Lands subject to overflow may be included in levee district. — Whenever the board of directors of any levee district shall, by petition, show to the county commission or other legislative body of the county in which said levee district is situated that there are lands in said county […]

Section 245.310 – Extending levees and levee districts.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.310. Extending levees and levee districts. — If at any time it becomes necessary or expedient to extend a levee, not exceeding ten miles, in levee districts already organized, or to enlarge any levee district for the purpose of extending any levee therein to be constructed, in order to better […]

Section 245.315 – Existing levee districts may organize under this law.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.315. Existing levee districts may organize under this law. — Any levee district now organized or existing under the provisions of any other law of this state either general, special or local law, may elect in the manner herein provided to be and become organized under the provisions of sections […]

Section 245.320 – Change of organization to be submitted to an election.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.320. Change of organization to be submitted to an election. — 1. Any such levee district now existing but not organized under sections 245.285 to 245.545 may become organized under sections 245.285 to 245.545, and when so organized hereunder, shall be entitled to the benefit of all of the provisions […]