Effective - 28 Aug 2004
278.258. Detachment from watershed subdistrict, procedure — certification by trustees. — 1. After a watershed subdistrict has been organized and the organization tax pursuant to section 278.250 has been levied, any county in the subdistrict which has not adopted the annual tax pursuant to section 278.250 may detach from the subdistrict upon approval of such detachment of a majority of the qualified voters voting on the proposed detachment within such subdistrict in such county; however, before such detachment the watershed district trustees shall make arrangements for the county to pay any outstanding indebtedness for services or works of improvement rendered by the subdistrict in such county.
2. Following the entry in the official minutes of the trustees of the watershed district of the detachment of the county, the watershed district trustees shall certify this fact on a separate form, authentic copies of which shall be recorded with the recorder of deeds in each county in which any portion of the watershed subdistrict lies and with the state soil and water districts commission.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 984 & 985, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1126)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals
Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation
Section 278.060 - Title of law.
Section 278.070 - Definitions.
Section 278.090 - Referendum — how conducted.
Section 278.100 - Establishment of soil and water conservation districts.
Section 278.120 - District shall be body corporate — duties.
Section 278.130 - Soil and water supervisors — limitation of powers.
Section 278.140 - Two or more districts may cooperate.
Section 278.145 - Counties and cities may cooperate and contribute.
Section 278.150 - Disestablishment of soil and water districts — referendum — procedure.
Section 278.155 - Application to existing districts.
Section 278.160 - Subdistricts authorized.
Section 278.170 - Subdistrict, petition to form, requirements.
Section 278.180 - Hearing — notice.
Section 278.190 - Publication of notice.
Section 278.200 - Feasibility determination — election.
Section 278.210 - Regulations, how approved.
Section 278.257 - Consolidation of two or more subdistricts, procedure.
Section 278.258 - Detachment from watershed subdistrict, procedure — certification by trustees.
Section 278.259 - Expansion of subdistrict, procedure.
Section 278.260 - Cooperation with federal programs authorized.
Section 278.290 - Disestablishment of watershed district, procedure.