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MO Rev Stat § 243.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.540 - Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.540. Penalty for violation of provisions of chapter. — Any person, corporation, member of the county commission or municipal corporation, convicted of a misdemeanor as defined by this chapter shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and if such violation of said chapter as the conviction is for shall not be abated by the party so convicted within thirty days after such conviction, then the continuance of such obstruction or other violation of the provisions of this chapter after said period of thirty days shall for each and every day the same is continued constitute a separate offense, for which, on conviction thereof, the party so offending shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12444)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10854; 1919 § 4521; 1909 § 5630
MO Rev Stat § 243.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.550 - Petition for reassessment of benefits, form — procedure for maintenance levy or for a new tax to pay costs of plan for reclamation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   243.550. Petition for reassessment of benefits, form — procedure for maintenance levy or for a new tax to pay costs of plan for reclamation. — Whenever the owners of twenty-five percent or more of the acreage of the lands in the district shall file a petition with the county commission stating that there has been a material change in the values of the property in the district since the last previous assessment of benefits or readjustment of the assessment of benefits and praying for a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose of making a more equitable basis for the levy of the maintenance tax or for the purpose of levying a new tax to pay the costs of the completion of the proposed works and improvements as shown in any supplemental plan for reclamation, or for both of the aforesaid purposes, the county commission shall give notice of the filing and hearing of the petition by posting such notice in a prominent place in the court house and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for at least four consecutive weeks, the last insertion to be at least fifteen days prior to the hearing of the petition. The notice may be in the following form:   Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the lands and property included within the ______ district that a petition has been filed in the office of the county commission of ______ County, ______, praying for a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose(s) of. ______, and that the petition will be heard by the county commission on the ______ day of ______, 20______.     __________________     Clerk of ______ County   ­­Upon hearing of the petition if the county commission finds that there has been a material change in the values of property in the district since the last previous assessment of benefits, the county commission shall order that there be made a readjustment of the assessment of benefits for the purpose of providing a basis upon which to levy the maintenance tax of the district or for the purpose of levying a new tax to pay the costs of the completion of the proposed works and improvements as shown in any supplemental plan for reclamation, or for both of the aforesaid purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.550 subsec. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 243.551 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.551 - County commission to appoint three viewers, qualifications, duties — report, procedure — readjustment of benefits limited to once a year — payment may be by installments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   243.551. County commission to appoint three viewers, qualifications, duties — report, procedure — readjustment of benefits limited to once a year — payment may be by installments. — Thereupon the county commission shall appoint three viewers, possessing the qualifications of viewers appointed under section 243.050 to make such readjustment of assessments in the manner provided in section 243.050 and the viewers shall make their report, and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, as nearly as may be, as are herein provided for the assessment of benefits accruing for original construction; provided, that in making the readjustment of the assessment of benefits, the viewers shall not be limited to the aggregate amount of the original or any readjustment of the assessment of benefits and may assess the amount of benefits that will accrue from carrying out and putting into effect any supplemental plan for reclamation. After the making of such readjustment, the limitation of twenty percent of the annual maintenance tax which may be levied shall apply to the amount of benefits as readjusted, and the limitation of the tax which may be levied for payment of the costs of the completion of the proposed works and improvements shown in any supplemental plan for reclamation shall apply to the amount of the benefits as readjusted. There shall be no such readjustment of benefits more often than once in a year. The list of lands, and other property, with the readjusted assessed benefits and the order of the county commission, shall be filed in the office of the county recorder. The petition for reassessment of benefits may request that the cost of the improvement be payable in more than one installment and if the county commission agrees in its order of assessment, the assessment shall be payable in the number of installments, not exceeding fifteen, so found to be desired, which installments shall be equal, and each tract of land in the district shall be charged with interest which shall be apportioned against the lands in the district by the same rule of apportionment as the principal assessment. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.550 subsec. 2)
MO Rev Stat § 243.553 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.553 - Installments payable, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   243.553. Installments payable, when. — The payments of such installments, and such interest charge and the payments thereof, shall be as follows:  (1) If such order is made on or after the first day of January and before the first day of November of any year, the first installment shall be payable on the thirty-first day of December following the date of such order, with interest on the principal, at the rate of six percent per annum, from the date of such order until the first day of April after the date such installment becomes payable, and one installment shall become payable on the thirty-first day of each December thereafter with interest at such rate on the portion of the principal then unpaid, from the thirty-first day of the previous December until the first day of the following April, until the entire assessment is paid.  (2) If such order is made on or after the first day of November of any year, the first installment of such special assessment shall be payable on the thirty-first day of December of the next year after the date of such order, with interest at such rate on the principal from the date of such order until the first day of April after the date such first installment becomes payable, and thereafter an installment shall be payable on the thirty-first day of each December, with interest at such rate on the principal then unpaid, from the thirty-first day of the previous December to the first day of the following April, until the entire principal of the assessment is paid. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.550 subsec. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 243.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.560 - Bond issues authorized, amount — rate — payable when — county treasurer to sell — cost, not obligation of county.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   243.560. Bond issues authorized, amount — rate — payable when — county treasurer to sell — cost, not obligation of county. — 1. The county commission may, on behalf of the district, issue bonds not to exceed ninety percent of the total amount of the assessments levied under the provisions of sections 243.550 to 243.553, in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, bearing interest from date at a rate not to exceed six percent per annum, payable semiannually, to mature at annual intervals within twenty years, commencing after a period of years, not later than five years, to be determined by the county commission, both principal and interest payable at some convenient banking hours or trust company's office to be named in the bonds, which bonds shall be signed by the presiding commissioner, attested by the signature of the county clerk.  2. All of said bonds shall be executed and delivered to the county treasurer, who shall sell the same in such quantities and at such dates as the county commission may deem necessary to meet the payments for the works and improvements in the district. The bonds shall not be sold for less than ninety-five cents on the dollar, with accrued interest, shall show on their face the purpose for which they are issued, and shall be payable out of money derived from the assessment levied under the provisions of sections 243.550 to 243.553. The bonds shall not be payable out of funds of the county and are not obligations of the county. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.560 subsecs. 1, 2)
MO Rev Stat § 243.561 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.561 - County commission to appropriate money to pay principal and interest on bonds — money collected to be deposited in separate fund, purpose.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   243.561. County commission to appropriate money to pay principal and interest on bonds — money collected to be deposited in separate fund, purpose. — A sufficient amount of the assessment levied under the provisions of sections 243.550 to 243.553 shall be appropriated by the county commissioners for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of the bonds and the same shall, when collected, be preserved in a separate fund for that purpose and no other. All bonds and coupons not paid at maturity shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annum from maturity until paid, or until sufficient funds have been deposited at the place of payment, and the interest shall be appropriated by the county commission out of the penalties and interest collected on delinquent assessment or any other available funds of the district. Any expense incurred in paying the bonds and interest thereon, and a reasonable compensation to the bank or trust company for paying same, shall be paid out of other funds of the district collected for the purpose of meeting the expenses of administration. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.560 subsec. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 243.563 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.563 - Proceeds of assessment insufficient to pay principal and interest on bonds, procedure — funds derived from bond sale, purpose.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   243.563. Proceeds of assessment insufficient to pay principal and interest on bonds, procedure — funds derived from bond sale, purpose. — 1. It shall be the duty of the county commission in making assessments, as provided in this chapter, to take into account the maturing bonds and interest on all bonds, and to make ample provisions in advance for the payment thereof. In case the proceeds of the assessment made under the provisions of sections 243.550 to 243.553 are not sufficient to pay the principal and interest of all bonds issued, then the county commission shall make such additional levy or levies upon benefits assessed as are necessary for this purpose, and under no circumstances shall any assessment be made that will in any manner or to any extent impair the security of the bonds or the fund available for the payment of the principal and interest of the same.  2. The funds derived from the sale of the bonds or any of them shall be used for the purpose of paying the cost of the drainage works and improvements and such costs, expenses, fees and salaries as may be authorized by law and used for no other purpose. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 56 § 243.560 subsecs. 4, 5)
MO Rev Stat § 244.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 244 - Private Drainage Rights|Section 244.010 - Drainage for agricultural or sanitary purposes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   244.010. Drainage for agricultural or sanitary purposes. — The owner or owners of all or any part of any tract or parcel of swamp, wet, flat or overflowed land in this state, situated within or without any drainage or levee district organized under any laws of this state, shall have the right, under the provisions of this chapter, to drain or protect such land for sanitary or agricultural purposes, without forming such land into a district, by constructing an open ditch, laying tile or building a levee, and such ditch, tile or levee may be constructed through or across any tract or parcel of land situate between such land to be drained or protected and any lake, bayou, hollow, creek, artificial drainage ditch, river, depression or other outlet into which the waters from such swamp, wet, flat or overflowed land can be drained, provided the owner or owners of the land through or upon which such ditch, tile or levee must be built be paid a sum equal to the value of land, if any, consumed in constructing such works and the amount of damages, if any, that will be sustained by such land from the construction and maintenance of the improvement. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12455)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10865; 1919 § 4560; 1909 § 5662  CROSS REFERENCE:  County planning commission, class one counties, approval of improvements, 64.010 to 64.205
MO Rev Stat § 244.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 244 - Private Drainage Rights|Section 244.020 - Disagreement on drainage methods — petition circuit court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   244.020. Disagreement on drainage methods — petition circuit court. — 1. When the owner or owners of the land to be drained or protected and the owner or owners of the land through or across which such improvements are to be built or constructed fail to agree as to the location of the ditch, tile or levee or as to the value of land, if any, to be used, or the amount of damages, if any, that will result from constructing the improvements, the owner or owners of the land desired to be drained or protected shall have the right to file with the circuit clerk their petition, which shall state the method of drainage or protection desired, the name or names of the owner or owners of the land to be drained or protected with a description of the land owned by each, and the name or names of the owner or owners of the land through or upon which such drain or levee must pass, with a description of land owned by each, and that the owners are unable to agree as to the best method to adopt for the drainage or protection of the swamp, wet, flat or overflowed land, the value of the land, if any, to be used for any ditch, tile or levee, or the amount of damages, if any, that should be paid the owner or owners of the land through or upon which the proposed improvements must be constructed. Said petition shall pray the circuit court that commissioners be appointed to consider any and all matters not agreed upon by the landowners and to make a report and recommendations for the adjustment of such disagreements.  2. A rough plat of all land that will in any way be affected by the proposed improvements and indicating the approximate location and course of the ditch, tile or levee, shall be filed with said petition, but such plat need not be made by an engineer; provided, that before any such owner or owners shall have the right to file any such petition he or they shall first tender in writing to the owner or owners of the land through or upon which such ditch, tile or levee is to be constructed, a sum of money equal to the amount of the value of the land, if any, that will be used in constructing the ditch, tile or levee, plus the damages, if any, that will accrue to the land and the cost of the crossings, if any are needed, which said amount, in the estimation of the owner or owners of the land to be drained or protected, seems just compensation for the total cost of such items, and the fact of said tender having been made and the amount of the same shall be stated in the foregoing petition. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12456, A.L. 1945 p. 852)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10866; 1919 § 4561; 1909 § 5665
MO Rev Stat § 244.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 244 - Private Drainage Rights|Section 244.030 - Filing of objections — hearing by court — appointment of commissioners.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   244.030. Filing of objections — hearing by court — appointment of commissioners. — 1. Such petition, as soon as so signed, shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk of the county in which is situate the land that will be affected by the proposed improvements; each person not having signed such petition, owning land that will be either damaged or benefitted by the construction of the ditch, tile or levee shall be named as a party defendant in such action and served with a summons and a copy of the petition, as in ordinary civil actions. If such owner or owners of land be nonresidents of the state, then such service shall be had as provided in the civil code of Missouri.  2. The court shall set a date to hear objections, which such date shall be named in a notice accompanying such petition and given each owner of land and which hearing shall not be more than twenty days from the return date; such notice shall state the purpose sought as set out in the petition and that the person receiving such notice shall have the right to file objections to the petition. Any person whose land will be affected in any manner by the proposed ditch, tile or levee shall have the right to file his objection on or before the date set for such hearing and before the hour of such hearing. Such objection or objections shall be limited to a denial of the allegations as contained in the petition.  3. The circuit court shall hear such objections without unnecessary delay and if such objections be overruled it shall appoint three disinterested residents of the county, not of kin within the second degree of consanguinity to any person owning land to be affected, as commissioners, who before entering upon their duties shall be sworn to faithfully and impartially perform the duties imposed upon them by this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12457, A.L. 1945 p. 852, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10867; 1919 § 4562  (1959) Circuit court of county in which lands sought to be subjected to an easement are located had jurisdiction of proceeding under this chapter notwithstanding such lands were included in district organized under chapter 242 by circuit court of adjoining county. Dillen v. Remley (A.), 327 S.W.2d 931.
MO Rev Stat § 244.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 244 - Private Drainage Rights|Section 244.040 - Duties of commissioners.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   244.040. Duties of commissioners. — Within twenty days after so qualifying, unless prevented by sickness or some other good cause, said commissioners shall proceed to view the premises and perform their duties. They shall be furnished by the clerk of the circuit court a copy of the plat of the land and proposed improvements filed with the petition under the provisions of section 244.020. They shall mark out the most practical route and location of the ditch, tile or levee, and they shall assess the benefits and damages, if any, that will accrue to each tract or parcel of land, according to ownership, because of the proposed works; they shall specify the number of crossings, if any, that will be needed for the use and convenience of the public or owners of the land to be affected by the proposed works, and they shall make such recommendations as they may consider necessary for the use of the circuit court in deciding the cause. They shall make out their report in writing and after the same shall have been signed by at least two of said commissioners, it shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk. Said commissioners may employ an engineer or surveyor to run levels, make measurements and obtain such other information as said commissioners may deem necessary to assist them in their work. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12458, A.L. 1945 p. 852)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10868; 1919 § 4563
MO Rev Stat § 244.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 244 - Private Drainage Rights|Section 244.050 - Notification of commissioners' report — filing of objections.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   244.050. Notification of commissioners' report — filing of objections. — Within ten days after the filing of the commissioners' report the clerk of the circuit court shall give notice of such filing to each landowner, and said notice shall state the hour and date at which the circuit court, provided there be not less than five days between the serving of such notice and the date of hearing, will hear objections to said report. Any person whose land will be affected by the improvements as shown by said commissioners' report, shall have the right, on or before the date set for hearing of said report and before the hour set for said hearing, to file his objections to said report. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12459, A.L. 1945 p. 852)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10869; 1919 § 4564
MO Rev Stat § 244.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 244 - Private Drainage Rights|Section 244.060 - Confirmation or rejection of report — payment of costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   244.060. Confirmation or rejection of report — payment of costs. — Said circuit court shall hear all such objections in a summary manner and without unnecessary delay, and should it find that no objection should be sustained, the court shall approve and confirm said report, but if the court shall find that any or all of the exceptions or objections should be sustained, it shall render its decree accordingly. All additional costs incurred by hearing and determining such objections shall be apportioned by the circuit court to the landowners in proportion to the objections sustained or overruled. If the report of the commissioners as confirmed, or as modified, shows that the damages and cost of necessary crossings exceed the amount tendered, under the provisions of section 244.020, to the owner or owners of the land traversed by the works, the total court cost of the case, including fees and expenses of commissioners, shall be paid by the petitioner or petitioners, but if the amount of such items be not greater than the tendered amount the cost shall be paid by the objectors. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12460, A.L. 1945 p. 852)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10870; 1919 § 4565