Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 245 - Levee Districts
Section 245.295 - Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body.

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply

Chapter 245 - Levee Districts

Section 245.010 - Definitions.

Section 245.015 - Owners may form levee district, where — articles of incorporation to be filed in circuit court.

Section 245.020 - Circuit clerk to give notice by publication — form of notice — mailing required.

Section 245.025 - Objections to incorporation heard — court decree filed with secretary of state and county recorder.

Section 245.030 - Adjacent districts may consolidate — petition, hearing and decree.

Section 245.035 - Time of corporate existence may be extended.

Section 245.040 - Districts may reorganize.

Section 245.045 - Districts reorganized to receive all benefits — reorganization articles of association to be filed with circuit court.

Section 245.050 - Notice of reorganization hearing.

Section 245.055 - Procedure.

Section 245.060 - Election of board of supervisors — term of office.

Section 245.065 - Improper election of board of supervisors — court to declare vacancies — new election called.

Section 245.070 - Board of supervisors to call annual meeting and election — owners of land benefitted entitled to vote.

Section 245.075 - Supervisors to take oath.

Section 245.080 - Organization of board — to make annual report — compensation.

Section 245.085 - County clerk and treasurer to deliver records and moneys of district to secretary of board.

Section 245.090 - Secretary of board to be ex officio treasurer — board to audit books annually and publish financial statement.

Section 245.095 - Powers and duties of supervisors.

Section 245.100 - Chief engineer appointed — duties.

Section 245.105 - Chief engineer to make report — supervisors to adopt plans and supplemental plans for reclamation.

Section 245.110 - Secretary of board to file copy of plan with circuit clerk — commissioners appointed.

Section 245.115 - Organization of board of commissioners.

Section 245.120 - Commissioners to inspect district and assess benefits and damages — report to be filed.

Section 245.125 - Property owners notified of commissioners' report by publication — form of notice — mailing required.

Section 245.130 - Exceptions to commissioners' report heard and determined.

Section 245.135 - Court to declare corporation dissolved if costs exceed benefits.

Section 245.140 - Plan of reclamation may be changed — procedure.

Section 245.145 - Damages assessed must be paid before appropriating land.

Section 245.150 - Board to construct works — may let contracts for construction.

Section 245.155 - Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to district levee.

Section 245.160 - Board to employ attorney.

Section 245.165 - Board to keep record of proceedings — open to inspection.

Section 245.170 - Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers.

Section 245.175 - Board to levy tax to pay cost of organization.

Section 245.180 - Board to levy tax, when — new tax authorized, when — tax, how levied — secretary to prepare levee tax record.

Section 245.181 - Additional bonds authorized, when — meeting, votes how cast — form of notice — notice, how given.

Section 245.185 - Annual installment of tax to be levied — when due — form of certificate of tax.

Section 245.190 - Board may make additional levy of tax.

Section 245.195 - Board may levy maintenance tax — unprotected lands not taxable.

Section 245.196 - Annual benefit fee, how levied, amount.

Section 245.197 - Readjustment of benefits, when — levy of new tax for carrying out supplemental plan — notice, how given — form of notice — lists, where filed.

Section 245.198 - Tax levy, when — emergency levy of ten percent.

Section 245.199 - Additional bonds authorized when — how issued.

Section 245.200 - County collector of revenue to collect levee tax — to give bond to board of supervisors.

Section 245.205 - Secretary of board to extend and certify levee tax to collector-treasurers — duties of collector-treasurer — county collector-treasurer to collect delinquent taxes.

Section 245.210 - Levee tax delinquent December thirty-first — penalty.

Section 245.215 - Levee tax to constitute a lien — how evidenced — acquisition of lands, duty to satisfy outstanding liens, limitation.

Section 245.220 - Tax book to be prima facie evidence — suits for taxes brought in circuit court.

Section 245.225 - Suits and notices to be filed in recorder's office against last record owners.

Section 245.230 - Board may issue bonds — how funds are to be used.

Section 245.235 - Unpaid warrants to draw interest.

Section 245.240 - Surety bonds to be made payable to district.

Section 245.245 - Board to appoint inspectors — duties and powers of inspectors.

Section 245.250 - County collectors — penalty for failure to pay over tax, fee for collection of tax.

Section 245.255 - Change of venue.

Section 245.260 - Action not to abate by reason of death of party.

Section 245.265 - Appeal not to act as supersedeas.

Section 245.270 - Liability of reorganized district.

Section 245.275 - Procedure in dissolving levee district.

Section 245.280 - Sections construed — existing rights not to be affected.

Section 245.285 - Defining the term levee districts — applicable to districts now organized or which may be organized.

Section 245.290 - County commissions may establish levee districts.

Section 245.295 - Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body.

Section 245.300 - Notice to be given — mailing required.

Section 245.305 - Lands subject to overflow may be included in levee district.

Section 245.310 - Extending levees and levee districts.

Section 245.315 - Existing levee districts may organize under this law.

Section 245.320 - Change of organization to be submitted to an election.

Section 245.325 - Simple majority to decide election.

Section 245.330 - Effect of reorganization of old districts.

Section 245.335 - Board of directors of levees appointed by county commission.

Section 245.340 - Oath of directors.

Section 245.345 - Board to organize.

Section 245.350 - Majority of board a quorum.

Section 245.355 - Duties of president and secretary.

Section 245.360 - Pay of directors.

Section 245.365 - Board to determine what work is necessary.

Section 245.370 - Work to be let to lowest bidder.

Section 245.375 - Contractors to give bond.

Section 245.380 - Board to supervise work.

Section 245.385 - Board to secure right-of-way.

Section 245.390 - Board to act with United States agencies.

Section 245.395 - Board to publish statement of work done.

Section 245.400 - Board may change location of levee.

Section 245.405 - Levees may be used as roadbeds and roadbeds may be used as levees.

Section 245.410 - Duty of railroads, when levee passes along embankment.

Section 245.415 - Railroads to continue levee.

Section 245.420 - Landowner may continue levee to railroad grade and recover costs — notice to be given.

Section 245.430 - Private roadways to have approaches.

Section 245.445 - Board to assess levee fund tax.

Section 245.450 - Assessment of overflowed lands.

Section 245.455 - Lands to be entered on book for that purpose.

Section 245.460 - Levee assessment books returned to whom — meeting of landowners.

Section 245.465 - County board of equalization to have jurisdiction over lands.

Section 245.470 - Landowners to determine work to be done.

Section 245.475 - Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments.

Section 245.480 - Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee.

Section 245.483 - Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — procedure — costs, how paid.

Section 245.485 - Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates.

Section 245.490 - Board may borrow money.

Section 245.495 - Board may issue warrants.

Section 245.500 - Form of warrants.

Section 245.505 - Sinking fund moneys may be invested.

Section 245.515 - County treasurer to be treasurer of board.

Section 245.520 - Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees.

Section 245.525 - Herding livestock on levee prohibited.

Section 245.530 - Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair.

Section 245.540 - Commissions may appropriate swamplands.

Section 245.545 - Circuit judge to give penal sections in charge to grand jury.