Section 245.465 – County board of equalization to have jurisdiction over lands.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 245.465. County board of equalization to have jurisdiction over lands. — The county board of equalization shall have and receive the same jurisdiction over the lands taxed for the purposes in sections 245.285 to 245.545, specified, as conferred by the general laws of the state in the assessment of property […]
Section 245.470 – Landowners to determine work to be done.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.470. Landowners to determine work to be done. — At such meeting the reports and estimates of the engineer and the assessment of the assessors shall be laid before the landowners present estimating the probable cost of said work, and the probable rate percent therefor on the valuation of the […]
Section 245.475 – Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.475. Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments. — If it shall be decided to do the said work, it shall be competent for the directors to order the rate percent agreed upon for the cost of said work, to be paid in annual installments, in […]
Section 245.480 – Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.480. Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee. — Whenever the board of directors of any levee district shall ascertain that the levees constructed by said district are insufficient, from any cause, to afford complete protection from overflows, to the lands in said district, they may by resolution entered upon […]
Section 245.483 – Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — procedure — costs, how paid.
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 245.483. Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — procedure — costs, how paid. — Whenever the board of directors of any district organized under sections 245.285 to 245.545 shall determine that the levees constructed by the district are insufficient from any cause to afford complete […]
Section 245.485 – Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.485. Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates. — If it is found, by the county commission, after examining the expenditures of the levee district, that the cost of constructing the work will exceed the estimates made by the engineer, the commission may call a meeting of the […]
Section 245.490 – Board may borrow money.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.490. Board may borrow money. — The directors may borrow money, not exceeding in amount the assessments or annual installments unpaid at the time of borrowing, for the construction of any work which they may be authorized to construct, or for the payment of any indebtedness that they may have […]
Section 245.495 – Board may issue warrants.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.495. Board may issue warrants. — The board of directors may, at its option, in lieu of bonds, issue warrants on the county treasurer, payable out of the fund of the levee district, in payment of any indebtedness incurred, including the entire expenses of constructing the levee, repairing or extending […]
Section 245.420 – Landowner may continue levee to railroad grade and recover costs — notice to be given.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.420. Landowner may continue levee to railroad grade and recover costs — notice to be given. — In case any person or corporation owning or operating any such railroad as mentioned in section 245.415 shall fail to continue and connect any such levee constructed by the abutting landowner within ninety […]
Section 245.430 – Private roadways to have approaches.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.430. Private roadways to have approaches. — No private road shall be permitted to cross any levee built under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545, until the persons interested in and benefitted by said road shall build sufficient approaches on each side of said levee to permit the travel […]