Florida Statutes
Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties
157.10 - Application to Lateral Ditches.

Florida Statutes

Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations

Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties

157.01 - Public Ditch, Drain or Canal.

157.02 - Action on Petition by County Commissioners.

157.03 - Commissioners to Appoint Committee; Report of Plans and Estimate; Letting Contract; Right-of-Way for Drains.

157.04 - Bond Required Before Letting Contract.

157.05 - Work Done Under Supervision of Committee; When Completed, Report to Commissioners; Payments.

157.06 - Committee to View Land Before Letting Contract; Assessment; Hearing Complaints; Collection of Tax.

157.07 - Where Cost of Construction Exceeds Estimated Cost Commissioners to Assess Difference.

157.08 - Assessments; Validation.

157.09 - Compensation of Committee.

157.10 - Application to Lateral Ditches.

157.11 - Lateral Drains May Be Established; Commissioners May Enlarge District or Widen Any Drain; Cost; Proviso.

157.12 - Duty of Bond Trustees to Borrow Money to Pay Interest on Bonds Until Collection of First Assessment; May Issue Notes; Notes and Bonds Lien Against Lands; Committee May Issue Notes.

157.13 - Use of Surplus of Bond Proceeds.

157.14 - Owner May Pay Whole Tax in One Sum; County Commissioners May Make New Assessments Where Former Assessments Found Illegal; Time in Which Assessments May Be Questioned in Collateral Proceedings.

157.15 - County Commissioners May Issue Bonds to Pay Scrip; Decrease of Assessment.

157.16 - Enlarging Drains and Assessing Cost.

157.17 - Assessment to Maintain Drains.

157.18 - Awarding Contract for Enlarging or Repairing Drains.

157.19 - Where Actual Cost Exceeds Estimated Cost; Additional Work; Assessment for Same.

157.20 - Appointment of Committee to View Work and Make Assessments; Report to Commissioners; Form of Assessment.

157.21 - Enlargement of Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Letting Contract; Contractor’s Bond; Payments; Assessment.

157.22 - Repairing Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Contract; Bond; Assessment.

157.23 - Objections to Report of Committee Fixing Assessments; Notice; Hearing; Equalization; Assessments; Collection by Tax Collector.

157.24 - Commissioners May Issue Interest-Bearing Scrip Against Land to Borrow Money or Pay for Work; Lien on Land Assessed.

157.25 - Compensation of Committee; Irregular Assessment Corrected.

157.26 - Repair and Maintenance of Drains Under Supervision of County Commissioners.

157.27 - Proceedings for Making Repair to Drains, Etc.

157.28 - Awarding Contracts for Repair; Approval.

157.29 - Levy of Tax for Maintaining and Repairing Drains; Assessment and Collection of Tax; Sale of Land for Unpaid Taxes.

157.30 - Reassessment of Lands Where Attempt to Establish Ditch or Canal Irregular.

157.31 - Notice of Reassessment for Drainage.

157.32 - Reviewing Complaints and Making Assessment Against Property Benefited.

157.33 - Issuance of Scrip to Take Up Former Scrip or Bonds.

157.34 - Reassessments to Have Effect as Original Assessment.

157.35 - Assessments Conclusive After Lapse of 6 Months.

157.36 - Adjustment of Drainage Tax Liens.