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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.220. Chief engineer and assistants — appointment — duties. — 1. Within sixty days after organizing the board of supervisors shall appoint a competent civil engineer as chief engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation, and who shall engage such assistants as the board of supervisors may approve. […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2008 242.230. Engineer’s annual report — adoption of plan for reclamation — supplemental plans authorized. — The chief engineer shall make a report in writing to the board of supervisors once every twelve months and more often if said board shall so require. Upon receipt of the final report of said […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1990 242.240. Filing of reclamation report — appointment of commissioners. — 1. Within twenty days after the adoption of the plan of reclamation the secretary of the board of supervisors shall prepare and transmit a certified copy thereof to the circuit clerk of the court organizing the drainage district, and at […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.250. Organization of commissioners — duties of secretary of board of supervisors. — 1. 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 he shall state the time and place […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1985 242.260. Commissioners to inspect district and assess benefits and damages — file report. — 1. Within thirty days after qualifying, as provided for in section 242.250, the commissioners shall begin their duties. They may at any time call upon the attorney of the district for legal advice and information relative […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.270. Notice of commissioners’ report — form — publication. — 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 a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper, published in each county in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 242.310. Amendment of plan of reclamation procedure — appointment of commissioners. — 1. The board of supervisors for and in behalf of any drainage district, organized under sections 242.010 to 242.690, may file a petition in the office of the clerk of the court organizing said district, asking permission to […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.320. Assessed damages paid before appropriating land. — 1. The board of supervisors of drainage districts organized under sections 242.010 to 242.690 shall not have the right to enter upon or appropriate any land for rights-of-way, holding basins or other works of the districts, until the prices awarded to the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1976 242.330. Board of supervisors — powers, contracts — duties of chief engineer — state or federal aid. — 1. 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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1971 242.335. District may contract with political subdivisions or other districts for outlets — costs determined, how. — Drainage districts organized or incorporated under this chapter may contract with each other, and with any political subdivision of this or any other state, and with districts organized or incorporated under any other […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.340. Board of supervisors may amend plan for reclamation — limitations. — 1. Whenever it shall appear to the board of supervisors, after the plan for reclamation has been filed with the clerk of the court organizing said district and work has progressed thereunder, that some of the ditches or […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 242.350. Bridges over drainage works — how built or enlarged. — 1. All bridges contemplated by sections 242.010 to 242.690 and all enlargements of bridges already in existence shall be built and enlarged according to and in compliance with the plans, specifications and orders made or approved by the chief […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.360. Embankments to be raised at expense of owner. — When any right-of-way has been obtained under sections 242.010 to 242.690, over any embankment belonging to any person, railroad, tramway or other corporation, it shall be the duty of the owner of such embankment to so raise at the expense […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.370. Existing drains may be connected. — 1. At the time of the construction, in any district incorporated under sections 242.010 to 242.690, of the plan for reclamation herein referred to, all ditches or systems of drainage already constructed in said district and all watercourses shall, if necessary to the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.380. Board may appoint overseers — duties. — 1. For the purpose of preserving any ditch, drain, dike, levee or other work constructed or erected under the provisions of sections 242.010 to 242.690, the board of supervisors shall have power to appoint an overseer or overseers of the district, who […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 242.390. Board of supervisors to employ attorney — duties. — The board of supervisors within sixty days after organizing 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 […]
