Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts
Section 257.210 - Board and agents may enter lands for surveys — interference, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959
257.210. Board and agents may enter lands for surveys — interference, penalty. — The board of trustees of a district, or their employees or agents, including contractors and their employees, may enter upon lands or premises within or without the district in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary purposes of the district, or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done, but no unnecessary damage shall be done. Any person preventing such entrance is guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 21)

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development

Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts

Section 257.020 - Definitions.

Section 257.030 - Organization — proceedings in circuit court — disqualification of judge.

Section 257.040 - Petition for organization, number of signers, contents — consolidation of petitions.

Section 257.050 - Bond for expenses.

Section 257.060 - Secondary or tributary drainage area, recommendation of state agency.

Section 257.070 - Survey of district made, when — notice, objections, disposition — order of court, appeal.

Section 257.080 - Election district commission, creation, how composed — functions — expenses paid, how.

Section 257.090 - Court to call election — contents of call.

Section 257.100 - Form of ballot.

Section 257.110 - Vote required to approve district.

Section 257.120 - Costs, how paid and taxed, counties reimbursed, when.

Section 257.130 - District established, when — status and powers.

Section 257.140 - Order establishing district not subject to collateral attack, when — contest of vote authorized.

Section 257.150 - Copies of decree recorded, where, sent to agency designated by governor.

Section 257.160 - Regular elections of trustees, when held — number of trustees, how selected, terms, qualifications, vacancies filled, how — removal.

Section 257.170 - Election of trustees, procedure.

Section 257.180 - Oath of trustees — organization — seal, records, meetings, quorum.

Section 257.190 - Secretary, duties — chief engineer and employees, duties, compensation — bonds — compensation of trustees — audits.

Section 257.200 - Powers of board, limits.

Section 257.210 - Board and agents may enter lands for surveys — interference, penalty.

Section 257.220 - Condemnation of land by board.

Section 257.230 - Cemetery lands, procedure on taking or damaging.

Section 257.240 - Board to make regulations, violation, misdemeanor, enforcement by civil process.

Section 257.250 - Contracts, procedure for letting — concessions, how granted.

Section 257.260 - Concessions to be reappraised each twenty years.

Section 257.270 - Board to employ guards to enforce regulations, powers.

Section 257.280 - Use resulting in damage prevented — liability — willful damage, penalty — local option as to stock law unchanged.

Section 257.290 - Plans of district, adoption, state agency designated by governor to approve.

Section 257.300 - Preliminary plan, notice — objections, adoption — objections to official plan, trial by court order — state agency to be informed.

Section 257.310 - Creation of district for primary drainage basin including previously formed district, procedure — establishment of subdistricts — officers, employees, powers — disincorporation of such district.

Section 257.320 - Existing improvement districts not deprived of rights — cooperative contracts — approval of future plans.

Section 257.330 - Funds of district, how kept — cost of plans, how paid — use of surplus.

Section 257.340 - Use of money received as aid from public agency.

Section 257.350 - Organization tax — pledge of anticipated revenues.

Section 257.360 - Levy and collection of taxes generally, rates — increase to be voted at election, limit.

Section 257.370 - General obligation bonds authorized, limits, terms, form — election required — vote required — levy and collection of tax to pay.

Section 257.380 - Form of ballot.

Section 257.390 - Public sale of bonds, minimum price — use of proceeds.

Section 257.400 - Tax lien not affected by disincorporation or failure of action — enforcement.

Section 257.410 - Failure to collect taxes, penalty.

Section 257.430 - Profiting by officer from district contracts or moneys, penalty — liability.

Section 257.440 - Performance of duties compelled by mandamus.

Section 257.450 - Disincorporation, procedure — approval at election — appointment of receiver, duties.

Section 257.460 - Defective notice of any proceeding, effect.

Section 257.470 - District liable for negligence.

Section 257.480 - Law not applicable to metropolitan areas.

Section 257.490 - Liberal construction required.