Drainage in One or More Counties | MidpageDrainage in One or More Counties
24-601Formation of drainage district by owners of swamp or overflowed lands; articles of association24-601aInclusion of land located in other benefit districts24-602Summons to owners of real estate24-603Objections of landowners heard by district court; finding of fact; exclusion of land not benefited24-604Record of proceedings24-605Elections, supervisors and bonds and no-fund warrant issues; vacancies24-606aAnnual election of supervisors; notice24-607Oath of supervisors24-608Organization of board of supervisors; district treasurer; county treasurer's duties24-609Topographical survey; classification and basis for assessment of benefits; maps and profile; engineer24-610Drain commissioner; term; duties; bond; oath24-611Annexation of land to district; procedures; limitations24-611aAgreements to allow drainage from land located outside district24-612Rights of way and removal of obstructions in streams; eminent domain proceedings24-613Hearing of objections to report of engineer; notice; filing of report24-614Who may file objections to report; adjournments of hearings24-615Powers and duties of board upon hearing objections to report; no appeal, when; board may modify decision24-616Hearings to objections to engineer report; costs; fees24-617Appeal from decision of board; bond; transcript; procedure24-618Tax levies; installments; correction of assessments; certification of levies24-619Supplemental assessments24-620Expenses apportioned to street, highway or railroad; collection24-621Issuance of bonds; levy to pay bonds; temporary loan24-622Resolution for bond issue24-623Lien of assessments; sinking fund24-624Sale of bonds; use of proceeds; deposit of money24-625Powers and duties of board; works affecting highway, railroad or state property24-626Letting of contracts for improvements; bond of contractor; work under direction of drain commissioner24-627Scope of act24-628Outlet or discharge of more than one district into stream; apportionment of cost24-629Outlet for lateral drains24-630Subdistrict where land separated from drainage; petition24-632Warrants24-633Compensation and expenses of officers and employees24-634Levy upon lands for repair of improvements; assessment of costs where repair made necessary by negligence of landowner24-635Overseers; appointment; powers and duties24-636Civil liability for obstructing or injuring property; penalty24-637Construction of act; defects in assessments; modification of assessments24-638Contest of assessments24-639District to be body politic and corporate; corporate name; general powers24-640Construction of act; petition required, when24-640aPerpetual succession24-641Legalizing drainage districts created by district court or board of county commissioners24-641aSame; special election of officers, when24-642Same; boundaries legalized24-643Same; bond issues legalized24-644Same; tax levies and assessments legalized24-645Same; acts done in conformity to law legalized24-646Same; application of act24-647Disorganization of drainage district; petition; nature of hearing; resolution; board of trustees24-648Same; duties of trustees24-649Same; how funds secured by trustees; tax levy24-650Same; notice of disorganization; filing of claims24-651Same; funds for payment of claims24-652Same; care and sale of property24-653Same; final report and discharge of trustees24-654Renewal, extension and restoration of articles of incorporation; petition to court; record24-655Same; validation of prior acts; vesting of property rights and credits; liabilities24-656Drainage districts organized with territory in two or more counties; definitions24-657Same; authorization24-658Same; petition by verified landowners; county clerk to furnish record of ownership, when24-658aInclusion of land located in other benefit districts24-659Same; contents of petition; form; map24-660Same; circulation of counterpart of petition; city territory included, when; copies of petitions filed with county clerk and secretary of state; findings and endorsement by secretary of state; notice to steering committee24-661Same; certification to chief engineer; investigation, report and approval or disapproval; approval required, when; transmittal of approval to secretary of state and to chairman of steering committee24-662Same; meeting of steering committee, notice; committee constitutes initial board of directors; election of officers; election on organization of district; certification of results to secretary of state; certificate of incorporation, issuance and recording; action attacking incorporation, limitation24-663Same; payment of costs and expenses when proposed district not approved; tax levies; disposition of funds24-664Same; district as body politic and corporate; powers; designation of home office24-665Same; no-fund warrants to pay initial organization and administrative expenses; limitation; tax levy to pay; annual ascertainment and certification of valuation in joint district24-665aSame; annual meeting; notice; elections24-666Same; act supplemental to existing laws24-667Extension of territory of joint district; petition; approval of secretary of state and chief engineer24-668Dissolution of portion of joint district; petition, contents; hearing; findings; report; certificate of dissolution; powers and duties of chief engineer