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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 […]

Section 245.325 – Simple majority to decide election.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.325. Simple majority to decide election. — Should a majority of the votes of those voting upon the proposition be in favor of the change, the proposed change shall be deemed carried and the same shall be made, and the new district named and formed, and directors therefor appointed as […]

Section 245.330 – Effect of reorganization of old districts.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.330. Effect of reorganization of old districts. — The action taken by the county commission in reorganizing an old district under sections 245.285 to 245.545, when such organization shall have been ordered under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545, shall have in all ways and respects the same force […]

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 […]