Florida Statutes
Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations
Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties

157.01 - Public Ditch, Drain or Canal. - History.—s. 1, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 950; s. 1, ch....

157.02 - Action on Petition by County Commissioners. - History.—s. 2, ch. 5035, 1901, GS 951; s. 2, ch....

157.03 - Commissioners to Appoint Committee; Report of Plans and Estimate; Letting Contract; Right-of-Way for Drains. - History.—s. 3, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 952; s. 3, ch....

157.04 - Bond Required Before Letting Contract. - History.—s. 4, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 953; s. 4, ch....

157.05 - Work Done Under Supervision of Committee; When Completed, Report to Commissioners; Payments. - History.—s. 5, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 954; s. 5, ch....

157.06 - Committee to View Land Before Letting Contract; Assessment; Hearing Complaints; Collection of Tax. - History.—s. 6, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 955; s. 6, ch....

157.07 - Where Cost of Construction Exceeds Estimated Cost Commissioners to Assess Difference. - History.—s. 1, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1740; CGL 2791.

157.08 - Assessments; Validation. - History.—s. 7, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 956; s. 7, ch....

157.09 - Compensation of Committee. - History.—s. 9, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 958; s. 8, ch....

157.10 - Application to Lateral Ditches. - History.—s. 12, ch. 5201, 1903; GS 959; RGS 1744; CGL...

157.11 - Lateral Drains May Be Established; Commissioners May Enlarge District or Widen Any Drain; Cost; Proviso. - History.—s. 13, ch. 5035, 1901; GS 960; s. 9, ch....

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. - History.—s. 10, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 4, ch. 6958, 1915;...

157.13 - Use of Surplus of Bond Proceeds. - History.—s. 11, ch. 6457, 1913; RGS 1747; CGL 2798.

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. - History.—s. 12, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 5, ch. 6958, 1915;...

157.15 - County Commissioners May Issue Bonds to Pay Scrip; Decrease of Assessment. - History.—s. 13, ch. 6457, 1913; s. 6, ch. 6958, 1915;...

157.16 - Enlarging Drains and Assessing Cost. - History.—s. 2, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1753; CGL 2804.

157.17 - Assessment to Maintain Drains. - History.—s. 3, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1754; CGL 2805.

157.18 - Awarding Contract for Enlarging or Repairing Drains. - History.—s. 4, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1755; CGL 2806.

157.19 - Where Actual Cost Exceeds Estimated Cost; Additional Work; Assessment for Same. - History.—s. 5, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1756; CGL 2807.

157.20 - Appointment of Committee to View Work and Make Assessments; Report to Commissioners; Form of Assessment. - History.—s. 6, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1757; CGL 2808.

157.21 - Enlargement of Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Letting Contract; Contractor’s Bond; Payments; Assessment. - History.—s. 7, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1758; CGL 2809.

157.22 - Repairing Drains; Appointment of Committee; Report to Commissioners; Contract; Bond; Assessment. - History.—s. 8, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1759; CGL 2810.

157.23 - Objections to Report of Committee Fixing Assessments; Notice; Hearing; Equalization; Assessments; Collection by Tax Collector. - History.—s. 9, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1760; CGL 2811; s....

157.24 - Commissioners May Issue Interest-Bearing Scrip Against Land to Borrow Money or Pay for Work; Lien on Land Assessed. - History.—s. 10, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1761; CGL 2812; s....

157.25 - Compensation of Committee; Irregular Assessment Corrected. - History.—s. 12, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1763; CGL 2814.

157.26 - Repair and Maintenance of Drains Under Supervision of County Commissioners. - History.—s. 1, ch. 6190, 1911; RGS 1764; CGL 2815.

157.27 - Proceedings for Making Repair to Drains, Etc. - History.—s. 2, ch. 6190, 1911; RGS 1765; CGL 2816.

157.28 - Awarding Contracts for Repair; Approval. - History.—s. 3, ch. 6190, 1911; RGS 1766; CGL 2817; s....

157.29 - Levy of Tax for Maintaining and Repairing Drains; Assessment and Collection of Tax; Sale of Land for Unpaid Taxes. - History.—s. 4, ch. 6190, 1911; RGS 1767; CGL 2818.

157.30 - Reassessment of Lands Where Attempt to Establish Ditch or Canal Irregular. - History.—s. 1, ch. 6963, 1915; RGS 1768; s. 1, ch....

157.31 - Notice of Reassessment for Drainage. - Notice of Reassessment for Drainage Whereas, it has been discovered...

157.32 - Reviewing Complaints and Making Assessment Against Property Benefited. - History.—s. 3, ch. 6963, 1915; RGS 1770; CGL 2821.

157.33 - Issuance of Scrip to Take Up Former Scrip or Bonds. - History.—s. 4, ch. 6963, 1915; RGS 1771; CGL 2822; s....

157.34 - Reassessments to Have Effect as Original Assessment. - History.—s. 5, ch. 6963, 1915; RGS 1772; CGL 2823.

157.35 - Assessments Conclusive After Lapse of 6 Months. - History.—s. 6, ch. 6963, 1915; RGS 1773; CGL 2824.

157.36 - Adjustment of Drainage Tax Liens. - History.—s. 1, ch. 17458, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 2824(1).