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MO Rev Stat § 243.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.160 - Authority to complete improvements in county commission — powers of procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.160. Authority to complete improvements in county commission — powers of procedure. — 1. The county commission for and on behalf of a drainage district shall have full power and authority to build, construct, excavate and complete all or any works and improvements which may be needed to complete the improvements located, described and set forth in the duly confirmed report of the viewers and engineer.  2. To accomplish that end the said county commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ men and teams and to rent or purchase machinery, employ men to operate same and directly have charge of and construct the works and improvements, or by the use of other or more efficient means than provided for in the plans adopted.  3. They may, in their discretion, let the contract for such works and improvements either as a whole or in sections. The county commission shall fix the time and place of letting contracts for the construction of the improvements, and cause notice thereof, containing a description of the work to be let, to be given by the clerk of the county commission, by publication in three consecutive issues of some weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in the county, and by at least one insertion in some suitable contractor's or trade journal, the last insertion to be at least ten days before the day of letting. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12423)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10833; 1919 § 4501; 1909 § 5595
MO Rev Stat § 243.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.170 - District engineer to be appointed — duties — bond required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   243.170. District engineer to be appointed — duties — bond required. — 1. Within sixty days after the confirmation of the report of the viewers and engineer assessing the benefits and damages, the county commission shall appoint a competent civil and drainage engineer as district engineer, who may be an individual, copartnership or corporation, and who shall engage such assistants as the county commission may approve.  2. The district engineer shall have control of the engineering work in the district and with the approval of the county commission he may employ a consulting engineer. The district engineer shall also be the superintendent of the construction of all the works and improvements and shall, whenever required, and at least once a year, make a full report to the county commission of all work done and improvements made and make such suggestions and recommendations to the commission as he may deem proper.  3. The district engineer shall give bond in the sum of not less than one thousand dollars or as much greater amount as the county commission may fix, for the faithful performance of his duties as engineer of such district. Such bond shall be signed by at least two residents of the county in which such district has been organized or by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, and shall be made to such district and preserved in the office of the county clerk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12424, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10834; 1919 § 4502
MO Rev Stat § 243.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.180 - Engineer to let work — bidders to give bond — county commission to approve — contractor liable in default.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.180. Engineer to let work — bidders to give bond — county commission to approve — contractor liable in default. — 1. The district engineer shall let or offer to let the job or labor of constructing the working sections, as directed in the order of the county commission, announcing the terms upon and the time within which the work shall be done.  2. All successful bidders shall forthwith execute and deliver to the engineer a bond payable to the drainage district, in at least twenty percent of the amount of the bid, with sufficient like sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of the work let, in the manner and within the time specified in the contract; the engineer shall, within fifteen days after the day bids are received, return all contracts and bonds to and file report of his proceedings in the premises, in the office of the county clerk.  3. The county commission shall approve or reject all contracts and bonds and cause to be spread upon its record an entry of its action thereon and give notice thereof to the contractors. All bonds and a duplicate of all contracts shall be filed in the office of the county clerk, and when approved they shall be recorded upon the drainage record. The county commission may, in its discretion, for good cause, extend the time specified in the contract for completing the construction of the ditch or other improvement, but such extension shall not be construed or deemed to have the effect of impairing the contract, or the contractor's bond, or releasing the sureties thereon.  4. If the work provided for by any contract be not performed in the manner or within the time therein fixed, or within such additional time as may have been granted to the contractor, the county commission may, in the same manner as original contracts are let, relet such portion of such work as may not have been performed by the contractor; provided, that the contracts shall not be let a second time to the same person. The defaulting contractor shall be liable on his bond for all damages, costs and expenses occasioned by his default. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12425)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10835; 1919 § 4503
MO Rev Stat § 243.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.190 - Engineer to issue certificate of acceptance, when — provisions for payment of claim.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.190. Engineer to issue certificate of acceptance, when — provisions for payment of claim. — It shall be the duty of the district engineer, on being notified by a contractor that the work, or any installment thereof, provided for in his contract, is completed, to examine the same, and if he finds that it is completed according to the specifications of the report of the engineer and viewers, as confirmed, as provided in this chapter, he shall accept the same, and give to such contractor a certificate of acceptance, stating that such installment or contract is completed according to such specifications, and file a duplicate thereof in the office of the clerk of the county commission, and on presentation by any contractor of claim for payment for work performed, or any installment thereof, as provided by his contract, accompanied by such engineer's certificate, the county commission shall audit the claim, and if the same is in accordance with such claimant's contract and the work has been performed within the time therein specified, it shall draw a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount thereof, payable out of the funds of the district available for the payment of such charges. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12426)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10836; 1919 § 4504
MO Rev Stat § 243.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.200 - Provisions for necessary construction or enlargement — when owned by corporation other than county — bridge to become part of highway, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.200. Provisions for necessary construction or enlargement — when owned by corporation other than county — bridge to become part of highway, when. — 1. The county commission may, when the same is necessary for the public health, convenience or welfare, cause to be constructed or enlarged any bridge or culvert made necessary by the crossing of any ditch constructed by a district organized under the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that if such bridge or culvert shall belong to any corporation other than the county, the county clerk shall give such corporation notice by delivering to its agent the order of the commission declaring the necessity for constructing or enlarging such bridge or culvert. A failure to construct or enlarge such bridge or culvert within the time specified shall be taken as a refusal to do said work, and thereupon the county commission shall proceed to let the work of constructing or enlarging the same, and assess the corporation with the cost thereof, and the county clerk shall place such assessment on the tax book against said corporation, and it shall be a lien upon the property of the corporation, to be collected as taxes. But before the county commission shall let such work, they shall give to the agent of such corporation at least twenty days' actual notice of the time and place of letting such work.  2. When a bridge has been constructed across a drainage ditch that crosses any public highway in this state, that shall be adjudged sufficiently by the county commission of the county in which said drainage district is organized, such bridge shall become a part of such highway and shall thereafterwards be maintained, repaired or replaced by the authority authorized by law to maintain the road of which it becomes a part. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12427)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10837; 1919 § 4505; 1909 § 5611
MO Rev Stat § 243.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.210 - Provisions of this chapter applicable to old channels or sloughs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.210. Provisions of this chapter applicable to old channels or sloughs. — Where lateral ditches constructed by a district organized under this chapter have outlets in an old channel or slough, all the provisions of this chapter shall apply to and govern these channels or sloughs the same as though they had in fact been constructed by the district from the outlet of the lateral ditch to the outlet of the old channel or slough. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12429)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10839; 1919 § 4507
MO Rev Stat § 243.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.240 - County commissions to maintain efficiency and have management and control.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.240. County commissions to maintain efficiency and have management and control. — 1. It shall be the duty of the several county commissions of this state to maintain the efficiency of the drainage districts now or hereafter organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of this chapter and such commissions are vested with the continuous management and control of said districts with the duty and power of maintaining, preserving, restoring, repairing, strengthening and replacing the drains, ditches and levees thereof.  2. For the purpose of maintaining said ditches, drains and levees, all of the drainage districts in a county on a petition filed by a majority of the landowners owning the majority of the acres of land in each district of such county, may be treated and administered as a unit for such purpose in conformity with all the provisions of sections 243.220 to 243.240, 243.280, 243.330, and 243.380. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12433)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10843; 1919 § 4511
MO Rev Stat § 243.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.250 - Lateral ditches — drains — may be connected — provisions — penalty for violation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.250. Lateral ditches — drains — may be connected — provisions — penalty for violation. — 1. Any person, persons or corporation shall be permitted to construct lateral ditches or drains for the purpose of draining water into any of the ditches, drains, or watercourses constructed by a district organized under the provisions of this chapter, provided that such lateral ditch or drain shall enter such ditches, drains or watercourses through boxes or tiling to be placed at the intersection of such lateral ditches or drains with the ditches, drains or watercourses constructed by a district organized under the provisions of this chapter. Such tiling or boxes shall be as large as the lateral ditch constructed and at least fifteen feet in length.  2. All persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12442)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10852; 1919 § 4519; 1909 § 5625  (1958) To allow surface water collected by a private levee on owner's land to enter district watercourse, already receiving water from lateral No. 17 by means of steel tubing installed in road-levee, was not an unlawful change in the adopted plan of reclamation nor an expenditure of public funds for a private purpose. Rice v. Stoddard (A.), 312 S.W.2d 374.
MO Rev Stat § 243.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.260 - Districts may contract with other districts for outlets — costs determined, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   243.260. Districts may contract with other districts for outlets — costs determined, how. — Drainage districts organized or incorporated under this chapter may contract with each other, and with districts organized and incorporated under any other law of this state or under the laws of other states, for such outlet or outlets as the one may need and the other can furnish on such terms as may be deemed to be just and fair. The cost of obtaining such outlet or outlets to be paid as other expenses of the district for making improvements. If the districts cannot agree upon the compensation to be paid for the outlet, the district supplying the outlet, by action in the circuit court of the county wherein the district for which the outlet is supplied is organized, may recover from such district fair and just compensation for supplying the outlet. Any compensation received by the district shall be applied to improving its ditches or levees or reducing taxation or indebtedness. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12431, A.L. 1959 S.B. 182)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10841; 1919 § 4509; 1909 § 5628  CROSS REFERENCE:  Political subdivisions may contract for common sewers and facilities, 70.210 to 70.320
MO Rev Stat § 243.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.270 - Drainage district may contract to furnish drainage for cities and towns.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.270. Drainage district may contract to furnish drainage for cities and towns. — A drainage district may contract with any city, town or village to furnish an outlet for the drainage of such city, town or village, through any ditch, drain or watercourse constructed, or to be constructed by the drainage district, for such compensation to be paid by such city, town or village as may be agreed upon, which compensation shall inure to the benefit of such drainage district, either in improving its ditches, or in diminishing the original cost thereof, or in retiring bonds of the district, or in such way as the county commission shall determine to be just and fair; and thereafter said city, town or village, and the inhabitants thereof, shall have and enjoy all the rights of said drainage that other property owners may have and enjoy. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12428)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10838; 1919 § 4506; 1909 § 5627
MO Rev Stat § 243.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.280 - Equipment may be leased or rented — provisions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.280. Equipment may be leased or rented — provisions. — Whenever there exists no immediate need for the use of the dredge boat, tools and other machinery authorized to be purchased by section 243.330 by districts contributing to the purchase thereof, then it shall be lawful for the county commission to lease or rent the same to any drainage or levee district for the doing of work in such county, upon such terms and conditions as said county commission shall by order of record impose; provided, however, that such county commission shall not lease or rent the same beyond a reasonable time; and provided further, that at least a reasonable rental value of same, or an amount sufficient to take care of all necessary repairs and depreciations caused and occasioned by the doing of the work contemplated, shall be first agreed upon and such amount paid into the general fund created by section 243.330 for the purchase of such dredge boat, tools and other machinery before same shall be so leased or rented. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12437)  Prior revision: 1929 § 10847
MO Rev Stat § 243.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.290 - County commission to levy tax to pay preliminary expense.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.290. County commission to levy tax to pay preliminary expense. — 1. As soon as any district has been incorporated and established as provided in sections 243.020 to 243.070, the county commission shall, by order entered of record, levy a uniform tax of not more than fifty cents per acre upon each acre of land and other property within the district, to be used for the purpose of paying expenses incurred or to be incurred in organizing said district, making surveys of the same and assessing benefits and damages and paying the other expenses necessary to be incurred before said commission shall be empowered to levy taxes or issue bonds and thereby provide funds to pay the total cost of the improvements of the district. Said tax shall be due and payable as soon as assessed and shall become delinquent if not paid by December thirty-first of the year in which it has been levied. It shall become a lien on the land and other property against which it is levied and shall be collected in the same manner as the annual installment of the drainage tax.  2. In case the sum received from such tax exceeds the total cost of items for which the same has been levied, the surplus shall be placed in the general fund of the district and used to pay cost of construction; provided, that if the report of the viewers assessing benefits and damages to the property, as confirmed by the county commission, shows that any tract or tracts of land, on which such uniform tax has been paid, will not be benefitted by the improvement, the county commission shall issue a warrant on the district fund in favor of such landowner or landowners to the amount of the uniform tax already paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12404)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10815; 1919 § 4483
MO Rev Stat § 243.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.310 - Permanent drainage tax record shall be kept — method — additional levies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.310. Permanent drainage tax record shall be kept — method — additional levies. — 1. The list and schedule specified in section 243.300 shall be prepared in the form of a well-bound book which shall be named and endorsed "Drainage Tax Record of Drainage District Number ______ of ______ County, Missouri", which endorsement shall also be printed or written at the top of each page in said book and the same shall be signed by the county clerk, attested by the seal of the county commission and shall hereafter remain a permanent record in the office of said clerk.  2. In case the proceeds of the taxes levied as provided in this chapter are not sufficient to construct the improvements as described in the report of the viewers and engineer as confirmed by the county commission, then the county commission shall make, certify and provide for the collection of such additional tax levies as are necessary to complete the improvement; provided, however, that the aggregate of all such levies, exclusive of taxes levied for interest on bonds, does not exceed the total benefits assessed and confirmed.  3. If any sum be needed to pay any judgment against the district and upon the filing of a certified copy of said judgment with the clerk of the county commission, it shall be the duty of the county commission, at the next term, to levy sufficient taxes to pay the same and to add thereto sufficient taxes to pay the interest on said judgment. The commission shall levy, certify and provide for the collection of said taxes as provided in this chapter and shall apportion the same to the lands or other property in proportion to the original assessment of benefits, but not in excess thereof, and if in excess thereof then in such proportion as will not, with other lawful tax levies, made and collected be in excess of the benefits reported by the viewers and confirmed by the county commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12413)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10824; 1919 § 4492
MO Rev Stat § 243.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.320 - Public roads and railroads to pay benefits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.320. Public roads and railroads to pay benefits. — When any ditch constructed under the provisions of this chapter drains, either in whole or in part, or benefits any public or corporate road or railroad, there shall be apportioned to the county, if a county or state or free turnpike road, or if a corporate road or railroad, to the company owning, operating or controlling the same, the same proportion of the cost of location and construction of the improvement in proportion to the benefits received as to private individuals. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12430)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10840; 1919 § 4508
MO Rev Stat § 243.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.340 - Privilege to pay drainage tax in full.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.340. Privilege to pay drainage tax in full. — The owner of any land or other property taxed for the construction of any improvement under the provisions of this chapter, shall have the privilege of paying such tax to the county treasurer at any time on or before a date to be fixed by the county commission prior to the issuance of bonds payable from said taxes and the amount to be paid shall be the full amount of the tax levied, less any amount added thereto to meet interest. He shall present the treasurer's receipt therefor to the county clerk, who shall enter upon the drainage tax record opposite each tract for which payment is made the words "paid in full" and such tax shall be deemed satisfied. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12414)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10825; 1919 § 4493