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MO Rev Stat § 257.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.020 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   257.020. Definitions. — Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this chapter the following terms mean:  (1) "Court", the circuit court wherein the petition for the organization of the district was filed and granted;  (2) "Person", person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation;  (3) "Public corporation", counties, townships, cities, towns, villages, all special districts, and all other governmental agencies;  (4) "River":  (a) The main stream and its tributaries of a primary drainage basin;  (b) The main stream and its tributaries of a secondary drainage basin;  (c) The principal stream of a tributary drainage area and its tributaries;  (d) The stream or streams of an unnamed drainage area, the specific delineation of which is otherwise provided for herein;  (5) "River basin":  (a) A primary drainage basin; and including all of the area of a primary drainage basin above the point where the main stream of such basin flows out of the state of Missouri;  (b) A secondary drainage basin;  (c) A tributary drainage area, the principal stream of which drains directly into the main stream of a primary or secondary drainage basin; or  (d) The unnamed drainage areas not within any primary drainage basin and including those areas which border and drain directly into the Mississippi, Missouri, or Des Moines Rivers; all such basins and areas, and the streams thereof, being those delineated on the Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Drainage Map of 1927 as prepared and drawn under authorization of Laws of Missouri, 1921, page 88, and which drainage map was accordingly made of record in the bureau's biennial report of the state geologist transmitted to the 54th general assembly in 1927. Such delineation of basins and areas shall be understood to define their general locations and names, if any, and to be not definitive of their exact boundaries. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 257.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.030 - Organization — proceedings in circuit court — disqualification of judge.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.030. Organization — proceedings in circuit court — disqualification of judge. — 1. Jurisdiction over proceedings for the organization of a river basin conservancy district lies with the circuit court of the county in which more of the lands of the proposed district are situated than in any other county. The court in which the proceedings are initiated shall thereafter, for all purposes of this chapter, except as hereinafter otherwise provided, maintain and have exclusive original jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of the district and of lands and other property within or affected by the district, without regard to the usual limits of jurisdiction of the court.  2. No change of venue shall be allowed in any proceedings by and under the court as provided in this chapter except in condemnation cases and except where the judge of the court shall be disqualified under the laws of this state relating to the change of venue in civil cases. In such situation the following shall apply:  (1) If the judge of the court is disqualified, or is charged, by a party of interest to any proceedings, with being disqualified, the judge shall take action under the change of venue law for civil cases to secure a judge from another judicial circuit of this state to sit, hear the proceedings, and render a decision in the same manner as the regular judge has authority to do. The judge secured from another judicial circuit shall retain jurisdiction until the disqualification of the regular judge of the court is removed.  (2) The expenses of the judge secured from another judicial circuit shall be paid in such amount and manner as provided by the laws of the state relating to circuit courts. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 257.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.050 - Bond for expenses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.050. Bond for expenses. — At the time of filing the petition, or at any time subsequent thereto and prior to the time of publication of notice of the hearing thereon, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the court, sufficient to pay the expenses connected with the proceeding prior to a formal decree of the court establishing the district. If at any time during the proceedings the court is satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed, to be not less than ten days, and upon failure of the petitioners to execute the same, the petition shall be dismissed. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 257.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.060 - Secondary or tributary drainage area, recommendation of state agency.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.060. Secondary or tributary drainage area, recommendation of state agency. — When the petition proposes the organization of a district for a river basin which is a secondary drainage basin, a tributary drainage area, or an unnamed drainage area, the court shall proceed as follows: Request an official recommendation from the state agency officially designated by the governor to review plans of a river basin conservancy district as hereinafter provided, which agency shall approve or disapprove, or recommend changes with respect to, the extent and purpose of the proposed district as described in the petition, shall include in its recommendation the most properly descriptive name for the proposed district, and shall forward the recommendation to the court within thirty days after receiving the request from the court. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 257.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.090 - Court to call election — contents of call.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   257.090. Court to call election — contents of call. — 1. Upon designation of the election districts the court shall call for the referendum and board election accordingly.  2. The call for the referendum and first board election shall specify also at least the following:  (1) The purpose of the district as organized by the court;  (2) The general area of the district;  (3) The qualification of voters;  (4) The vote required for passage of the referendum;  (5) The basis of representation provided herein for the election of trustees, and the filing time for candidates for the board of trustees. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 9, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 257.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.100 - Form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   257.100. Form of ballot. — The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall a ______ Conservancy District be established? ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 10, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 257.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.110 - Vote required to approve district.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   257.110. Vote required to approve district. — A majority vote of those voting in the referendum shall constitute approval of establishment of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 11, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 257.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.120 - Costs, how paid and taxed, counties reimbursed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.120. Costs, how paid and taxed, counties reimbursed, when. — Upon a vote approving the establishment of the district, the court shall order payment of the official costs of the proceedings, including the costs of election. The costs shall be paid out of the contingent funds of the county in which the petition is pending, if the county commission of that county has been a petitioner, otherwise the costs shall be defrayed from sums donated or advanced by the petitioners. In case the district is established, any costs advanced shall be repaid to the county or petitioners out of the first funds received from annual levies as provided for such purpose in this chapter. If the district is not organized or established, then the cost shall be collected from the county treasurer on voucher of the county commission, the petitioners or their bondsmen. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 257.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.130 - District established, when — status and powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.130. District established, when — status and powers. — Upon payment of the costs, a vote approving the establishment of the district, and qualification of the trustees, the district shall be established as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state of Missouri, shall have perpetual existence except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and may do and perform all acts herein expressly authorized and all other acts necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purposes for which the district was created and for executing the powers with which it is invested. The court shall issue an order and decree accordingly. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 13)
MO Rev Stat § 257.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.140 - Order establishing district not subject to collateral attack, when — contest of vote authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   257.140. Order establishing district not subject to collateral attack, when — contest of vote authorized. — Whenever an order is entered establishing the district, the order shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization and establishment of the district against all persons except the state of Missouri upon suit commenced by the attorney general within three months after the decree declaring the district established. The organization and establishment of the district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action or proceeding except as herein expressly authorized. This provision is understood not to apply to an election contest of the referendum, first board election, or any other election provided for in this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 14, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 257.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.150 - Copies of decree recorded, where, sent to agency designated by governor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.150. Copies of decree recorded, where, sent to agency designated by governor. — Within thirty days after the district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall take the following action:  (1) Transmit to the secretary of state copies of the findings and decree, the same to be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed and recorded under the general law concerning corporations. The secretary of state shall receive for filing and recording the copies such fees as now are or hereafter may be provided by law for like services in similar cases.  (2) Transmit to the county recorder of deeds in each of the counties having lands in the district, copies of the findings, decree, and surveyor's map of the district, the same to be filed in the office of the county recorder of deeds, where they shall become permanent records. The recorder of deeds in each county shall receive a fee of five dollars for filing and preserving the same.  (3) Transmit to the state agency designated by the governor to review plans of conservancy districts copies of the findings, decree, and surveyor's map of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 257.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.170 - Election of trustees, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   257.170. Election of trustees, procedure. — 1. Candidates for election to the board of trustees shall file their declarations of candidacy with the secretary of the board of trustees or in the case of the first election, the filing shall be in like manner with the secretary of the election authority. The declaration of candidacy shall set forth the candidate's qualifications as provided herein.  2. The ballots shall not designate the candidates' parties.  3. At least a majority of the then qualified members of the board of trustees or of the election district commission, as the case might be, shall jointly tabulate the results received and shall certify the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for the respective terms of office and until their successors have been elected and qualified. In the case of the election district commission executing its duties hereunder, the secretary thereof shall forthwith send to the court, by registered mail, one complete copy of all returns. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 17, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 257.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.180 - Oath of trustees — organization — seal, records, meetings, quorum.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.180. Oath of trustees — organization — seal, records, meetings, quorum. — 1. Each trustee, before entering upon his official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath before a suitable officer that he will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office, and that he will not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract let by the district, which oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in the original case.  2. The board of trustees shall choose one of their number president of the board, and shall elect some suitable person secretary, who may be a member of the board or a paid employee.  3. The board shall adopt a seal, and shall keep a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all corporate acts, which shall be open to the inspection of all interested parties.  4. The trustees shall hold their meetings at such place and times as they may designate within the district. A majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority of those present in any matter within their duties shall be sufficient for its determination. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 257.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.190 - Secretary, duties — chief engineer and employees, duties, compensation — bonds — compensation of trustees — audits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.190. Secretary, duties — chief engineer and employees, duties, compensation — bonds — compensation of trustees — audits. — 1. The secretary shall be the custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal and shall assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties. The secretary shall serve also as treasurer of the district, unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board. The board shall also employ or retain a registered, professional engineer as chief engineer, and such other agents and persons as are needful; and may provide for their compensation, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost of administration, of various improvements or facilities or the cost of maintaining or operating same. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works, improvements and facilities, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or oftener if required, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as he deems proper. Such authority in the chief engineer shall not exclude the board from delegating the authority to an acting chief engineer, who is also a registered, professional engineer, when the chief engineer is not able or present to assume his duties. Neither shall the board be excluded from the assignment of administrative and business responsibilities to other personnel.  2. The board shall require and pay for an adequate bond for the secretary-treasurer, or secretary and treasurer, and such other employees whose duties may require the bond.  3. The members of the board shall receive, for attending to the business for and on behalf of the district, actual travel expenses; and shall further receive not to exceed fifteen dollars per day for each day that the board sits in meeting.  4. A certified public accountant shall audit the books of the district at the end of each fiscal year and report thereof to the board which shall, by publication, issue the statement within thirty days thereafter. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 19)
MO Rev Stat § 257.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.200 - Powers of board, limits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.200. Powers of board, limits. — 1. In order to accomplish the purposes of the conservancy district, the board of trustees may:  (1) Sue and be sued by its corporate name.  (2) Clean out, straighten, widen, alter, deepen or change the course or terminus of any ditch, drain, sewer, river, watercourse, pond, lake, creek or natural stream within the district; fill up any abandoned or altered watercourse; concentrate, divert or divide the flow of water within said district.  (3) Purchase, acquire, hold, sell, convey, encumber, lease, control, or use such land and personal property as may, by the board of trustees, be deemed necessary or convenient to enable it to properly carry out the purpose for which organized.  (4) Construct or contract for the construction of, and operate, maintain, preserve or supervise, engineering works and other works, improvements and facilities.  (5) Remove or change the location of any building, facility or structures which interfere with such improvements within the district.  (6) Acquire any easement, riparian or other right, or cemetery within the district for right-of-way, holding basin or for any necessary purpose.  (7) Replat or subdivide land, open new roads, streets and alleys, or change the course of an existing one.  (8) Charge fees consistent with the purposes and services of the district.  (9) Levy taxes, issue bonds and incur indebtedness within the limitations prescribed by this chapter.  (10) Enter into contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any part thereof, with the state government or any part thereof, with public corporations of this state or another, or with persons, for cooperation, financial aid or other assistance in constructing, maintaining, using and operating the works or facilities of the district or the waters thereof, or in any other way in furthering the purposes of the district under this chapter; and jointly or severally may purchase, lease or acquire land or other property in order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter or further the interests of the district.  (11) Select a residence of home office for the district, which shall be at a place designated by the board of trustees.  2. The objects and powers enumerated in this chapter shall not be construed to exclude other objects and powers necessary to effectuate the general purposes of the district, but there shall be excluded from such purposes, objects and powers the construction, operation or holding by the district of permanent structures for lodging, and the ownership or holding by the district of land for such a use, excepting such residential accommodations as may be necessary for personnel concerned with the operation and maintenance of the works, improvements, facilities, and other property of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 20)
MO Rev Stat § 257.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.210 - Board and agents may enter lands for surveys — interference, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.210. Board and agents may enter lands for surveys — interference, penalty. — The board of trustees of a district, or their employees or agents, including contractors and their employees, may enter upon lands or premises within or without the district in order to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary purposes of the district, or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done, but no unnecessary damage shall be done. Any person preventing such entrance is guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding fifty dollars. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 21)
MO Rev Stat § 257.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.220 - Condemnation of land by board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.220. Condemnation of land by board. — The board may condemn for the use of the district, any land or property within the district not previously acquired or condemned by order or judgment of the court, according to the procedure provided by law for the appropriation of land or other property as provided in chapter 523, for the condemnation of property for public use, except that:  (1) The original jurisdiction for such condemnation shall rest in the court as such court is defined in this chapter, and  (2) Any provisions of chapter 523 which conflict with the provisions of this chapter do not apply herein. Whenever the constitution of the state permits, the board shall have the right to exercise the power of excess condemnation on such property as the court decrees as reasonable and desirable for the district to acquire. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 22)
MO Rev Stat § 257.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 257 - Water Conservancy Districts|Section 257.230 - Cemetery lands, procedure on taking or damaging.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   257.230. Cemetery lands, procedure on taking or damaging. — Whenever it is necessary for the purposes of a district to take or damage any cemetery, the district shall appraise the cost of such taking or easement in the same manner as appraisals are made for other property. The board of trustees in the case of the removal of a cemetery may agree for such removal with the persons or authorities owning or controlling the cemetery; and in case of agreement, the board of trustees may purchase the necessary land, and remove or contract for the removal of those buried, together with all monuments. They may also contract for an easement therein if removal is not desired. In case condemnation proceedings are necessary, they shall be instituted and conducted under the provisions therefor in this chapter. Compensation granted for taking any cemetery shall include the cost of removal of those buried and their monuments. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 23)