§ 157.01 Public ditch, drain or canal
§ 157.02 Action on petition by county commissioners
§ 157.03 Commissioners to appoint committee; report of plans and estimate; letting contract; right-of-way for drains
§ 157.04 Bond required before letting contract
§ 157.05 Work done under supervision of committee; when completed, report to commissioners; payments
§ 157.06 Committee to view land before letting contract; assessment; hearing complaints; collection of tax
§ 157.07 Where cost of construction exceeds estimated cost commissioners to assess difference
§ 157.08 Assessments; validation
§ 157.09 Compensation of committee
§ 157.10 Application to lateral ditches
§ 157.11 Lateral drains may be established; commissioners may enlarge district or widen any drain; cost; proviso
§ 157.12 Duty of bond trustees to borrow money to pay interest on bonds until collection of first assessment; may issue notes; notes and bonds lien against lands; committee may issue notes
§ 157.13 Use of surplus of bond proceeds
§ 157.14 Owner may pay whole tax in one sum; county commissioners may make new assessments where former assessments found illegal; time in which assessments may be questioned in collateral proceedings
§ 157.15 County commissioners may issue bonds to pay scrip; decrease of assessment
§ 157.16 Enlarging drains and assessing cost
§ 157.17 Assessment to maintain drains
§ 157.18 Awarding contract for enlarging or repairing drains
§ 157.19 Where actual cost exceeds estimated cost; additional work; assessment for same
§ 157.20 Appointment of committee to view work and make assessments; report to commissioners; form of assessment
§ 157.21 Enlargement of drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; letting contract; contractor’s bond; payments; assessment
§ 157.22 Repairing drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; contract; bond; assessment
§ 157.23 Objections to report of committee fixing assessments; notice; hearing; equalization; assessments; collection by tax collector
§ 157.24 Commissioners may issue interest-bearing scrip against land to borrow money or pay for work; lien on land assessed
§ 157.25 Compensation of committee; irregular assessment corrected
§ 157.26 Repair and maintenance of drains under supervision of county commissioners
§ 157.27 Proceedings for making repair to drains, etc
§ 157.28 Awarding contracts for repair; approval
§ 157.29 Levy of tax for maintaining and repairing drains; assessment and collection of tax; sale of land for unpaid taxes
§ 157.30 Reassessment of lands where attempt to establish ditch or canal irregular
§ 157.31 Notice of reassessment for drainage
§ 157.32 Reviewing complaints and making assessment against property benefited
§ 157.33 Issuance of scrip to take up former scrip or bonds
§ 157.34 Reassessments to have effect as original assessment
§ 157.35 Assessments conclusive after lapse of 6 months
§ 157.36 Adjustment of drainage tax liens

Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 157 - Drainage by Counties

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • oath: includes affirmations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • political subdivision: include counties, cities, towns, villages, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts, and all other districts in this state. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01