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 Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY

 Chapter 245 Levee Districts (with repealers and transfers)
LEVEE DISTRICTS ORGANIZED BY CIRCUIT COURT
245.010   Definitions. (1/2/1979)
245.015   Owners may form levee district, where — articles of incorporation to be ... (8/28/2004)
245.020   Circuit clerk to give notice by publication — form of notice — mailing required. (8/28/2008)
245.025   Objections to incorporation heard — court decree filed with secretary of ... (7/12/1994)
245.030   Adjacent districts may consolidate — petition, hearing and decree. (7/12/1994)
245.035   Time of corporate existence may be extended. (8/28/1939)
245.040   Districts may reorganize. (8/28/1939)
245.045   Districts reorganized to receive all benefits — reorganization articles of ... (8/28/1939)
245.050   Notice of reorganization hearing. (1/2/1979)
245.055   Procedure. (8/28/1939)
245.060   Election of board of supervisors — term of office. (8/28/2004)
245.065   Improper election of board of supervisors — court to declare vacancies — ... (8/28/1939)
245.070   Board of supervisors to call annual meeting and election — owners of land ... (8/28/1939)
245.075   Supervisors to take oath. (8/28/1939)
245.080   Organization of board — to make annual report — compensation. (8/28/1981)
245.085   County clerk and treasurer to deliver records and moneys of district to ... (8/28/1939)
245.090   Secretary of board to be ex officio treasurer — board to audit books ... (8/28/1939)
245.095   Powers and duties of supervisors. (8/28/2004)
245.100   Chief engineer appointed — duties. (8/28/1947)
245.105   Chief engineer to make report — supervisors to adopt plans and supplemental ... (8/28/2008)
245.110   Secretary of board to file copy of plan with circuit clerk — commissioners ... (8/28/1990)
245.115   Organization of board of commissioners. (8/28/1939)
245.120   Commissioners to inspect district and assess benefits and damages — report ... (7/12/1994)
245.125   Property owners notified of commissioners' report by publication — form of ... (7/12/1994)
245.130   Exceptions to commissioners' report heard and determined. (8/28/1939)
245.135   Court to declare corporation dissolved if costs exceed benefits. (8/28/1939)
245.140   Plan of reclamation may be changed — procedure. (1/2/1979)
245.145   Damages assessed must be paid before appropriating land. (8/28/1939)
245.150   Board to construct works — may let contracts for construction. (8/28/1947)
245.155   Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to ... (8/28/1939)
245.160   Board to employ attorney. (8/28/1939)
245.165   Board to keep record of proceedings — open to inspection. (8/28/1939)
245.170   Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers. (8/28/1939)
245.175   Board to levy tax to pay cost of organization. (8/28/2008)
245.180   Board to levy tax, when — new tax authorized, when — tax, how levied — ... (7/12/1994)
245.181   Additional bonds authorized, when — meeting, votes how cast — form of ... (8/28/1977)
245.185   Annual installment of tax to be levied — when due — form of certificate of tax. (8/28/2017)
245.190   Board may make additional levy of tax. (8/28/1939)
245.195   Board may levy maintenance tax — unprotected lands not taxable. (7/12/1994)
245.196   Annual benefit fee, how levied, amount. (7/12/1994)
245.197   Readjustment of benefits, when — levy of new tax for carrying out ... (8/28/2008)
245.198   Tax levy, when — emergency levy of ten percent. (8/28/1977)
245.199   Additional bonds authorized when — how issued. (8/28/1977)
245.200   County collector of revenue to collect levee tax — to give bond to board of ... (8/28/1939)
245.205   Secretary of board to extend and certify levee tax to collector-treasurers ... (8/28/2005)
245.210   Levee tax delinquent December thirty-first — penalty. (8/28/1939)
245.215   Levee tax to constitute a lien — how evidenced — acquisition of lands, duty ... (7/12/1994)
245.220   Tax book to be prima facie evidence — suits for taxes brought in circuit court. (8/28/1939)
245.225   Suits and notices to be filed in recorder's office against last record owners. (8/28/1941)
245.230   Board may issue bonds — how funds are to be used. (8/28/1939)
245.235   Unpaid warrants to draw interest. (8/28/1985)
245.240   Surety bonds to be made payable to district. (8/28/1939)
245.245   Board to appoint inspectors — duties and powers of inspectors. (8/28/1939)
245.250   County collectors — penalty for failure to pay over tax, fee for collection ... (1/1/1988)
245.255   Change of venue. (8/28/1947)
245.260   Action not to abate by reason of death of party. (8/28/1939)
245.265   Appeal not to act as supersedeas. (8/28/1939)
245.270   Liability of reorganized district. (8/28/1939)
245.275   Procedure in dissolving levee district. (8/28/1939)
245.280   Sections construed — existing rights not to be affected. (8/28/1939)
LEVEE DISTRICTS ORGANIZED BY COUNTY COMMISSION
245.285   Defining the term levee districts — applicable to districts now organized ... (8/28/1939)
245.290   County commissions may establish levee districts. (8/28/1939)
245.295   Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body. (7/12/1994)
245.300   Notice to be given — mailing required. (7/12/1994)
245.305   Lands subject to overflow may be included in levee district. (7/12/1994)
245.310   Extending levees and levee districts. (8/28/1939)
245.315   Existing levee districts may organize under this law. (8/28/1939)
245.320   Change of organization to be submitted to an election. (8/28/1939)
245.325   Simple majority to decide election. (8/28/1939)
245.330   Effect of reorganization of old districts. (8/28/1939)
245.335   Board of directors of levees appointed by county commission. (8/28/1939)
245.340   Oath of directors. (8/28/1939)
245.345   Board to organize. (8/28/1939)
245.350   Majority of board a quorum. (8/28/1939)
245.355   Duties of president and secretary. (8/28/1939)
245.360   Pay of directors. (8/28/1986)
245.365   Board to determine what work is necessary. (8/28/1939)
245.370   Work to be let to lowest bidder. (8/28/1939)
245.375   Contractors to give bond. (8/28/1939)
245.380   Board to supervise work. (8/28/1939)
245.385   Board to secure right-of-way. (8/28/1939)
245.390   Board to act with United States agencies. (8/28/1939)
245.395   Board to publish statement of work done. (8/28/1939)
245.400   Board may change location of levee. (8/28/1939)
245.405   Levees may be used as roadbeds and roadbeds may be used as levees. (8/28/1939)
245.410   Duty of railroads, when levee passes along embankment. (8/28/1939)
245.415   Railroads to continue levee. (8/28/1939)
245.420   Landowner may continue levee to railroad grade and recover costs — notice ... (8/28/1939)
245.425   (Repealed L. 1994 S.B. 633 § A) (7/12/1994)
245.430   Private roadways to have approaches. (8/28/1939)
245.435   (Repealed L. 1994 S.B. 633 § A) (7/12/1994)
245.440   (Repealed L. 1994 S.B. 633 § A) (7/12/1995)
245.445   Board to assess levee fund tax. (7/12/1994)
245.450   Assessment of overflowed lands. (8/28/1939)
245.455   Lands to be entered on book for that purpose. (8/28/1939)
245.460   Levee assessment books returned to whom — meeting of landowners. (7/12/1994)
245.465   County board of equalization to have jurisdiction over lands. (8/28/1949)
245.470   Landowners to determine work to be done. (8/28/1939)
245.475   Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments. (8/28/1939)
245.480   Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee. (8/28/1939)
245.483   Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — ... (8/28/1957)
245.485   Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates. (8/28/1939)
245.490   Board may borrow money. (8/28/1939)
245.495   Board may issue warrants. (8/28/1939)
245.500   Form of warrants. (8/28/1939)
245.505   Sinking fund moneys may be invested. (8/28/1939)
245.510   "(Repealed L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al. § D)" (1/1/1988)
245.515   County treasurer to be treasurer of board. (8/28/1990)
245.520   Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees. (8/28/1939)
245.525   Herding livestock on levee prohibited. (8/28/1939)
245.530   Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair. (8/28/1939)
245.535   (Repealed L. 1977 S.B. 60 § 1) (1/1/1979)
245.540   Commissions may appropriate swamplands. (8/28/1939)
245.545   Circuit judge to give penal sections in charge to grand jury. (8/28/1939)
 - Cross References
Flood plain management, levee districts subject to, when, 49.600, 64.001
Levee district having lien on land may redeem same from tax sale, when, 140.380
Political subdivisions may contract with each other for common services or facilities, 70.210 to 70.320
Provisions relating to all drainage and levee districts, Chap. 246

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