Effective - 28 Aug 1993
243.550. Petition for reassessment of benefits, form — procedure for maintenance levy or for a new tax to pay costs of plan for reclamation. — Whenever the owners of twenty-five percent or more of the acreage of the lands in the district shall file a petition with the county commission stating that there has been a material change in the values of the property in the district since the last previous assessment of benefits or readjustment of the assessment of benefits and praying for a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose of making a more equitable basis for the levy of the maintenance tax or for the purpose of levying a new tax to pay the costs of the completion of the proposed works and improvements as shown in any supplemental plan for reclamation, or for both of the aforesaid purposes, the county commission shall give notice of the filing and hearing of the petition by posting such notice in a prominent place in the court house and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for at least four consecutive weeks, the last insertion to be at least fifteen days prior to the hearing of the petition. The notice may be in the following form:
Upon hearing of the petition if the county commission finds that there has been a material change in the values of property in the district since the last previous assessment of benefits, the county commission shall order that there be made a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose of providing a basis upon which to levy the maintenance tax of the district or for the purpose of levying a new tax to pay the costs of the completion of the proposed works and improvements as shown in any supplemental plan for reclamation, or for both of the aforesaid purposes.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.550 subsec. 1)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply
Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission
Section 243.010 - Definitions.
Section 243.020 - County commission authorized to organize drainage districts.
Section 243.030 - Petition to be filed — bond required.
Section 243.040 - County commission to appoint counsel.
Section 243.050 - County commission to appoint engineer and viewers — qualifications and duties.
Section 243.060 - Time of hearing to be published — form of notice.
Section 243.070 - Remonstrance may be filed — judgment, effect.
Section 243.075 - Dissolution of district, when, how.
Section 243.080 - Location of improvement — report to contain data as to cost.
Section 243.090 - Report to be filed, when — landowners may be heard — vacancies, how filled.
Section 243.100 - Limitations for assessment of benefits.
Section 243.110 - Notice of filing of report to be published — form.
Section 243.130 - Condemnation of additional land.
Section 243.140 - Lands lying outside district may be annexed, when — proceedings.
Section 243.150 - Taxes to be levied against county-owned swamplands, how paid.
Section 243.160 - Authority to complete improvements in county commission — powers of procedure.
Section 243.170 - District engineer to be appointed — duties — bond required.
Section 243.210 - Provisions of this chapter applicable to old channels or sloughs.
Section 243.230 - County commission procedure after hearing.
Section 243.240 - County commissions to maintain efficiency and have management and control.
Section 243.250 - Lateral ditches — drains — may be connected — provisions — penalty for violation.
Section 243.260 - Districts may contract with other districts for outlets — costs determined, how.
Section 243.270 - Drainage district may contract to furnish drainage for cities and towns.
Section 243.280 - Equipment may be leased or rented — provisions.
Section 243.290 - County commission to levy tax to pay preliminary expense.
Section 243.310 - Permanent drainage tax record shall be kept — method — additional levies.
Section 243.320 - Public roads and railroads to pay benefits.
Section 243.340 - Privilege to pay drainage tax in full.
Section 243.350 - Apportionment of annual installments — drainage tax book, form — taxes due, when.
Section 243.360 - Drainage tax — collector to furnish bond.
Section 243.380 - Surplus funds, how used.
Section 243.390 - Drainage district bonds — provisions for issuance.
Section 243.400 - County commission authorized to pledge bonds — manner.
Section 243.410 - County treasurer to be custodian of district funds — duties.
Section 243.420 - Fees for services.
Section 243.430 - Claims for fees, how paid.
Section 243.440 - Drainage proceedings to be recorded — method.
Section 243.460 - Notice to be published — form — jurisdiction of circuit court.
Section 243.470 - Objections to petition for consolidation may be filed — proceedings.
Section 243.480 - Failure or refusal of official to perform duty — penalty.
Section 243.490 - County collector liable, when — penalty.
Section 243.500 - Validity of bonds issued unquestionable.
Section 243.510 - Suits to be brought in name of state.
Section 243.520 - Appeals — procedure.
Section 243.530 - Chapter declared remedial in character and purpose.
Section 243.540 - Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter.