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2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply
Chapter 245 - Levee Districts
LEVEE DISTRICTS ORGANIZED BY CIRCUIT COURT
- Section 245.010 Definitions. (1/2/1979)
- Section 245.015 Owners may form levee district, where — articles of incorporation to be filed in circuit court. (8/28/2004)
- Section 245.020 Circuit clerk to give notice by publication — form of notice — mailing required. (8/28/2008)
- Section 245.025 Objections to incorporation heard — court decree filed with secretary of state and county recorder. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.030 Adjacent districts may consolidate — petition, hearing and decree. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.035 Time of corporate existence may be extended. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.040 Districts may reorganize. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.045 Districts reorganized to receive all benefits — reorganization articles of association to be filed with circuit court. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.050 Notice of reorganization hearing. (1/2/1979)
- Section 245.055 Procedure. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.060 Election of board of supervisors — term of office. (8/28/2004)
- Section 245.065 Improper election of board of supervisors — court to declare vacancies — new election called. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.070 Board of supervisors to call annual meeting and election — owners of land benefitted entitled to vote. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.075 Supervisors to take oath. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.080 Organization of board — to make annual report — compensation. (8/28/1981)
- Section 245.085 County clerk and treasurer to deliver records and moneys of district to secretary of board. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.090 Secretary of board to be ex officio treasurer — board to audit books annually and publish financial statement. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.095 Powers and duties of supervisors. (8/28/2004)
- Section 245.100 Chief engineer appointed — duties. (8/28/1947)
- Section 245.105 Chief engineer to make report — supervisors to adopt plans and supplemental plans for reclamation. (8/28/2008)
- Section 245.110 Secretary of board to file copy of plan with circuit clerk — commissioners appointed. (8/28/1990)
- Section 245.115 Organization of board of commissioners. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.120 Commissioners to inspect district and assess benefits and damages — report to be filed. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.125 Property owners notified of commissioners' report by publication — form of notice — mailing required. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.130 Exceptions to commissioners' report heard and determined. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.135 Court to declare corporation dissolved if costs exceed benefits. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.140 Plan of reclamation may be changed — procedure. (1/2/1979)
- Section 245.145 Damages assessed must be paid before appropriating land. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.150 Board to construct works — may let contracts for construction. (8/28/1947)
- Section 245.155 Embankments on right-of-way to be raised at expense of owner to conform to district levee. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.160 Board to employ attorney. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.165 Board to keep record of proceedings — open to inspection. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.170 Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.175 Board to levy tax to pay cost of organization. (8/28/2008)
- Section 245.180 Board to levy tax, when — new tax authorized, when — tax, how levied — secretary to prepare levee tax record. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.181 Additional bonds authorized, when — meeting, votes how cast — form of notice — notice, how given. (8/28/1977)
- Section 245.185 Annual installment of tax to be levied — when due — form of certificate of tax. (8/28/2017)
- Section 245.190 Board may make additional levy of tax. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.195 Board may levy maintenance tax — unprotected lands not taxable. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.196 Annual benefit fee, how levied, amount. (7/12/1994)
- 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. (8/28/2008)
- Section 245.198 Tax levy, when — emergency levy of ten percent. (8/28/1977)
- Section 245.199 Additional bonds authorized when — how issued. (8/28/1977)
- Section 245.200 County collector of revenue to collect levee tax — to give bond to board of supervisors. (8/28/1939)
- 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. (8/28/2005)
- Section 245.210 Levee tax delinquent December thirty-first — penalty. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.215 Levee tax to constitute a lien — how evidenced — acquisition of lands, duty to satisfy outstanding liens, limitation. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.220 Tax book to be prima facie evidence — suits for taxes brought in circuit court. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.225 Suits and notices to be filed in recorder's office against last record owners. (8/28/1941)
- Section 245.230 Board may issue bonds — how funds are to be used. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.235 Unpaid warrants to draw interest. (8/28/1985)
- Section 245.240 Surety bonds to be made payable to district. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.245 Board to appoint inspectors — duties and powers of inspectors. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.250 County collectors — penalty for failure to pay over tax, fee for collection of tax. (1/1/1988)
- Section 245.255 Change of venue. (8/28/1947)
- Section 245.260 Action not to abate by reason of death of party. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.265 Appeal not to act as supersedeas. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.270 Liability of reorganized district. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.275 Procedure in dissolving levee district. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.280 Sections construed — existing rights not to be affected. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.285 Defining the term levee districts — applicable to districts now organized or which may be organized. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.290 County commissions may establish levee districts. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.295 Districts may be formed at regular meetings of governing body. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.300 Notice to be given — mailing required. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.305 Lands subject to overflow may be included in levee district. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.310 Extending levees and levee districts. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.315 Existing levee districts may organize under this law. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.320 Change of organization to be submitted to an election. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.325 Simple majority to decide election. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.330 Effect of reorganization of old districts. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.335 Board of directors of levees appointed by county commission. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.340 Oath of directors. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.345 Board to organize. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.350 Majority of board a quorum. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.355 Duties of president and secretary. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.360 Pay of directors. (8/28/1986)
- Section 245.365 Board to determine what work is necessary. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.370 Work to be let to lowest bidder. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.375 Contractors to give bond. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.380 Board to supervise work. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.385 Board to secure right-of-way. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.390 Board to act with United States agencies. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.395 Board to publish statement of work done. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.400 Board may change location of levee. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.405 Levees may be used as roadbeds and roadbeds may be used as levees. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.410 Duty of railroads, when levee passes along embankment. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.415 Railroads to continue levee. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.420 Landowner may continue levee to railroad grade and recover costs — notice to be given. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.430 Private roadways to have approaches. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.445 Board to assess levee fund tax. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.450 Assessment of overflowed lands. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.455 Lands to be entered on book for that purpose. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.460 Levee assessment books returned to whom — meeting of landowners. (7/12/1994)
- Section 245.465 County board of equalization to have jurisdiction over lands. (8/28/1949)
- Section 245.470 Landowners to determine work to be done. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.475 Board to order rate percent levee assessment — annual installment payments. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.480 Additional taxes for enlarging and strengthening levee. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.483 Construction or improvement of levees to protect lands in other districts — procedure — costs, how paid. (8/28/1957)
- Section 245.485 Additional tax may be ordered when costs exceed estimates. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.490 Board may borrow money. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.495 Board may issue warrants. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.500 Form of warrants. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.505 Sinking fund moneys may be invested. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.515 County treasurer to be treasurer of board. (8/28/1990)
- Section 245.520 Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.525 Herding livestock on levee prohibited. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.530 Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.540 Commissions may appropriate swamplands. (8/28/1939)
- Section 245.545 Circuit judge to give penal sections in charge to grand jury. (8/28/1939)
CHAPTER 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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