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Chapter 257

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 257

Water Conservancy Districts

257.020Definitions 257.030Organization — proceedings in circuit court — disqualification of judge 257.040Petition for organization, number of signers, contents — consolidation of petitions 257.050Bond for expenses 257.060Secondary or tributary drainage area, recommendation of state agency 257.070Survey of district made, when — notice, objections, disposition — order of court, appeal 257.080Election district commission, creation, how composed — functions — expenses paid, how 257.090Court to call election — contents of call 257.100Form of ballot 257.110Vote required to approve district 257.120Costs, how paid and taxed, counties reimbursed, when 257.130District established, when — status and powers 257.140Order establishing district not subject to collateral attack, when — contest of vote authorized 257.150Copies of decree recorded, where, sent to agency designated by governor 257.160Regular elections of trustees, when held — number of trustees, how selected, terms, qualifications, vacancies filled, how — removal 257.170Election of trustees, procedure 257.180Oath of trustees — organization — seal, records, meetings, quorum 257.190Secretary, duties — chief engineer and employees, duties, compensation — bonds — compensation of trustees — audits 257.200Powers of board, limits 257.210Board and agents may enter lands for surveys — interference, penalty 257.220Condemnation of land by board 257.230Cemetery lands, procedure on taking or damaging 257.240Board to make regulations, violation, misdemeanor, enforcement by civil process 257.250Contracts, procedure for letting — concessions, how granted 257.260Concessions to be reappraised each twenty years 257.270Board to employ guards to enforce regulations, powers 257.280Use resulting in damage prevented — liability — willful damage, penalty — local option as to stock law unchanged 257.290Plans of district, adoption, state agency designated by governor to approve 257.300Preliminary plan, notice — objections, adoption — objections to official plan, trial by court order — state agency to be informed 257.310Creation of district for primary drainage basin including previously formed district, procedure — establishment of subdistricts — officers, employees, powers — disincorporation of such district 257.320Existing improvement districts not deprived of rights — cooperative contracts — approval of future plans 257.330Funds of district, how kept — cost of plans, how paid — use of surplus 257.340Use of money received as aid from public agency 257.350Organization tax — pledge of anticipated revenues 257.360Levy and collection of taxes generally, rates — increase to be voted at election, limit 257.370General obligation bonds authorized, limits, terms, form — election required — vote required — levy and collection of tax to pay 257.380Form of ballot 257.390Public sale of bonds, minimum price — use of proceeds 257.400Tax lien not affected by disincorporation or failure of action — enforcement 257.410Failure to collect taxes, penalty 257.430Profiting by officer from district contracts or moneys, penalty — liability 257.440Performance of duties compelled by mandamus 257.450Disincorporation, procedure — approval at election — appointment of receiver, duties 257.460Defective notice of any proceeding, effect 257.470District liable for negligence 257.480Law not applicable to metropolitan areas 257.490Liberal construction required