§ 242.010 Owner defined — delegation of representation and voting rights
§ 242.020 Formation of drainage districts
§ 242.030 Notice of application — form
§ 242.040 Objections — procedure
§ 242.050 Annexation of land to organize district
§ 242.060 Consolidation of adjacent districts
§ 242.070 Reorganization of districts
§ 242.080 Reorganized districts — articles of association
§ 242.090 Notice of reorganization hearing — form
§ 242.100 Procedure after notice of reorganization
§ 242.110 Records and funds delivered to secretary of board
§ 242.120 Liability of reorganized district — consolidation
§ 242.130 Extending time of corporate existence
§ 242.140 Drainage district may be dissolved, when
§ 242.150 Election of board of supervisors
§ 242.160 Election of supervisors — electors
§ 242.170 Vacancy resulting from void election — how filled
§ 242.180 Supervisors to take oath
§ 242.190 Supervisors — powers and duties
§ 242.200 Board to elect president and secretary — report — compensation
§ 242.210 Secretary-treasurer of board — annual audit — warrants, form
§ 242.220 Chief engineer and assistants — appointment — duties
§ 242.230 Engineer’s annual report — adoption of plan for reclamation — supplemental ..
§ 242.240 Filing of reclamation report — appointment of commissioners
§ 242.250 Organization of commissioners — duties of secretary of board of supervisors
§ 242.260 Commissioners to inspect district and assess benefits and damages — file report
§ 242.270 Notice of commissioners’ report — form — publication
§ 242.280 Exceptions heard and determined by circuit court — procedure
§ 242.290 Court to declare corporation dissolved — costs not to exceed benefits
§ 242.300 Decree or order of court may be amended or changed
§ 242.310 Amendment of plan of reclamation procedure — appointment of commissioners
§ 242.320 Assessed damages paid before appropriating land
§ 242.330 Board of supervisors — powers, contracts — duties of chief engineer — state ..
§ 242.335 District may contract with political subdivisions or other districts for ..
§ 242.340 Board of supervisors may amend plan for reclamation — limitations
§ 242.350 Bridges over drainage works — how built or enlarged
§ 242.360 Embankments to be raised at expense of owner
§ 242.370 Existing drains may be connected
§ 242.380 Board may appoint overseers — duties
§ 242.390 Board of supervisors to employ attorney — duties
§ 242.400 Board to provide for compensation of employees and fees of officers
§ 242.410 Board may remove any officer or employee
§ 242.420 Board to keep record of proceedings
§ 242.430 Tax levied by board for cost of organization
§ 242.440 Cost of organization, how paid
§ 242.450 Organization of commissioners — duties of secretary of board of supervisors ..
§ 242.460 Levy of annual installment of tax — form of tax certificate
§ 242.470 Additional drainage tax levy, when
§ 242.480 Issuance and payment of bonds — treasurer, duties
§ 242.485 Additional bond issue authorized, when — form of ballot
§ 242.490 Levy of maintenance tax — procedure
§ 242.492 Processing fee authorized for certain assessed tracts, amount
§ 242.500 Petition for reassessment of benefits — appointment of commissioners
§ 242.502 Supervisors to levy tax on readjusted benefits — levy, how determined
§ 242.504 Supervisors may issue bonds, limitation on
§ 242.506 Supervisors may levy new tax — procedure
§ 242.510 Districts organized prior to April 8, 1905 — tax levy
§ 242.520 Districts organized prior to April 8, 1905 — limitation on indebtedness
§ 242.530 Districts formed prior to April 8, 1905, may proceed as heretofore
§ 242.540 Collection of drainage tax
§ 242.550 Collector — failure to pay tax, penalty
§ 242.560 Current and delinquent taxes — collection — procedure
§ 242.570 Payment of drainage tax — procedure
§ 242.580 Drainage tax, when delinquent — penalty
§ 242.590 Drainage tax to constitute a lien — certification of drainage tax record
§ 242.600 Suits for taxes — evidence — procedure
§ 242.610 Action instituted against whom — notice filed, effect
§ 242.620 Protection of drainage district lien
§ 242.630 Unpaid warrants to draw interest
§ 242.640 Surety bonds payable to district
§ 242.650 Change of venue limitation
§ 242.660 Action not to abate by reason of death of party
§ 242.670 Limited appeal from assessments
§ 242.680 Existing rights not affected by sections 242.010 to 242.690
§ 242.690 Prior remedies not impaired by sections 242.010 to 242.690
§ 242.692 Major district and minor district defined
§ 242.694 Petition for annexation by minor district — service
§ 242.696 Acceptance or rejection of petition — notice — objections, hearing, decree ..
§ 242.698 Appeal
§ 242.699 Construction — applicability
§ 242.700 Drainage district may be formed on land containing mineral deposits
§ 242.710 Reclamation of mineralized lands
§ 242.720 Survey and reclamation plan — how made — exceptions
§ 242.730 Pumping tax — levy, collection and use — contracts with landowners
§ 242.740 Issuance and registration of bonds
§ 242.750 Credit for additional pumping operations

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
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  • 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.
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  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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