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MO Rev Stat § 243.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.350 - Apportionment of annual installments — drainage tax book, form — taxes due, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   243.350. Apportionment of annual installments — drainage tax book, form — taxes due, when. — 1. Each year the county clerk shall apportion the amount of the annual installment, or the aggregate of the installments which the commission has provided shall become due and payable in that year and the maintenance taxes, if any, against the land and other property in the drainage district in proportion to the benefits assessed.  2. The said annual installment and maintenance taxes when so apportioned shall be extended by the clerk in a well-bound book which shall be designated and endorsed "Drainage Tax Book of Drainage District Number ______ of ______ County, or ______ Township of ______ County, Missouri, for the year 20______", which endorsement shall also be written or printed at the top of each page. There shall be set out in properly ruled columns of said book the following:  (1) The names of the present owners of said land and other property so far as now known;  (2) Description of the land and other property;  (3) Amount of said installment or installments of tax levied on the corresponding tract of land or other property;  (4) Amount of maintenance tax, if any, levied against said tract of land or other property;  (5) A blank column in which the collector shall record the several amounts as collected by him;  (6) A blank column in which the collector shall record the date of payment of the different sums;  (7) A blank column in which the collector shall record the names of the person or persons paying the several amounts, if other than the person whose name appears in column one hereof.  3. The county clerk shall prepare and deliver the said drainage tax book to the collector of the revenue of the county, or township, not later than September thirtieth of each year in which the installment and maintenance taxes, if any, are due and payable, and the said taxes shall become due and be collected during said year at the same time that state and county taxes are due and collected. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12415, A.L. 1953 p. 538, A.L. 2017 S.B. 112)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10826; 1919 § 4494; 1909 § 5602
MO Rev Stat § 243.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.360 - Drainage tax — collector to furnish bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   243.360. Drainage tax — collector to furnish bond. — 1. It shall be the duty of the collector of revenue of each county in which lands or other property of any drainage district organized under this chapter are situate, to receive the drainage tax book each year and he shall promptly and faithfully collect the tax therein set out and to exercise all due diligence in so doing.  2. He shall demand and collect such taxes at the same time that he demands and collects state and county taxes due on the same lands and other properties. Where any tract or part thereof has been divided and sold or transferred, the collector shall receive taxes on any part of any tract, piece or parcel of land or other property, charged with such taxes and give his receipt accordingly. The drainage tax book shall be the warrant and authority of the collector for making such demand and collection. The collector shall pay over and account for all moneys collected thereon each year to the county treasurer at the time he pays over state and county taxes.  3. The collector shall give bond payable to the drainage district for the probable amount of all drainage taxes to be collected in any one year conditioned for the faithful performance of all his duties in accordance with this chapter. Such bond shall be signed by at least two residents of the county or by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state. The bond shall be approved by the county commission and the premium, if any, may be paid out of any funds belonging to the district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12416, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10827; 1919 § 4495; 1909 § 5635
MO Rev Stat § 243.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.380 - Surplus funds, how used.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.380. Surplus funds, how used. — When the improvements of a district have been completed and paid for, and all costs and expenses of the district paid, if there remains on hand to the credit of such district any funds not needed, the county commission may prorate back to the taxpayers all or any part of such funds not needed or may use the same for maintenance in lieu of the maintenance taxes. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12432)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10842; 1919 § 4510
MO Rev Stat § 243.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.400 - County commission authorized to pledge bonds — manner.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.400. County commission authorized to pledge bonds — manner. — 1. Bonds issued under the authority of section 243.390 or refunding bonds issued to refund any or all such bonds may be pledged by the county commission to any corporation, commission or agency created or authorized by congress or the state of Missouri to accept a pledge of such bonds, and the county commission is authorized to pledge the bonds of any drainage district created under this chapter in a manner to conform to the requirements, rules and/or regulations of any such corporation, commission or agency.  2. Upon a pledge of any such bonds as by this section authorized, funds shall be provided to redeem said bonds and interest thereon from the terms of such pledge in the same manner as if said bonds had been sold, and the lien of pledged bonds and interest thereon shall be enforced in the same manner as provided in this chapter for bonds sold.  3. Funds derived from a pledge of any such bonds shall be deposited, accounted for and expended in the same manner as if such bonds had been sold or as may be provided by the requirements, rules and/or regulations of the corporation, commission or agency accepting a pledge of such bonds and advancing funds thereon. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12419)
MO Rev Stat § 243.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.410 - County treasurer to be custodian of district funds — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   243.410. County treasurer to be custodian of district funds — duties. — 1. The treasurer of the county in which a drainage district is located shall act as treasurer of the district and shall be the custodian of the funds of the district, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.  2. He shall receive and receipt for all such funds and shall enter into a separate bond for each district in the county in a sum to be fixed by the county commission, not less than the probable amount of funds of said district to be in his possession at any one time. Such bond shall be payable to the district, shall be approved by the county commission, shall be signed by two or more residents of the county or by a surety company authorized to transact business in the state and shall be conditioned for the faithful and prompt disbursement according to law of all such funds as shall from time to time be in his possession. The premium on such bond may be paid by the district.  3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the treasurer shall keep all district funds received by him deposited in a bank or banks selected in the same manner and at the same time that the depositary for county funds is selected. All interest accruing on district funds shall be credited to the district and any premium on a surety bond may be paid by the district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12422, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10832; 1919 § 4500; 1909 § 5634
MO Rev Stat § 243.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.420 - Fees for services.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   243.420. Fees for services. — 1. The fees allowed by county commissions for services actually rendered drainage districts organized under the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by the county commission.  2. The county commission shall have power to contract for any of the aforesaid services. All expense accounts shall be accompanied by vouchers showing the items actually paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12450, A.L. 1983 H.B. 236)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10860; 1919 § 4527; 1909 § 5618
MO Rev Stat § 243.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.430 - Claims for fees, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.430. Claims for fees, how paid. — Until the proceeds of taxes or bonds are available, all fees under this chapter shall be paid out of the county treasury when claims therefor are allowed by the county commission, and the general county fund shall be reimbursed out of the money realized from the sale of bonds or collection of taxes. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12451)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10861; 1919 § 4528; 1909 § 5619
MO Rev Stat § 243.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.440 - Drainage proceedings to be recorded — method.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.440. Drainage proceedings to be recorded — method. — A complete record of all proceedings under this chapter shall be kept by the county clerk in a separate book to be secured for that purpose. The book shall be designated as the "Drainage Record of ______ County, Missouri", and shall also have recorded therein all papers, documents, bonds and plats filed in any drainage proceeding in that county. It shall be the duty of the county commission to have the accounts of each drainage district audited each year and the auditor's report shall be recorded in the drainage record. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12421)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10831; 1919 § 4499
MO Rev Stat § 243.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.450 - All or portions of districts may reorganize and consolidate under sections 242.010 to 242.690.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   243.450. All or portions of districts may reorganize and consolidate under sections 242.010 to 242.690. — 1. Two or more districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may come within, and operate under sections 242.010 to 242.690, and portions of two or more districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may come together and operate under sections 242.010 to 242.690 whenever the owners of one-fourth of the acres of land in the proposed consolidated district sign and present a petition to the circuit court of the county in which there lies the greatest acreage of land in the proposed consolidated district, stating therein:  (1) The numbers or corporate name or names of such district or districts to be included in whole or in part;  (2) The boundaries of each district or portion of district separately;  (3) The boundary lines of the proposed consolidated district;  (4) The approximate number of acres of land in each district or portion of district;  (5) The approximate number of acres of land in the proposed consolidated district;  (6) The approximate amount of the benefits reported and apportioned by the viewers and confirmed by the county commission in each district or portion of district;  (7) The aggregate amount of such benefits as ascertained, apportioned and confirmed;  (8) The amount of bonds issued, by each district, giving the amount, dates, numbers, denominations, maturities, rate of interest, and where payable;  (9) The aggregate amount thereof; and  (10) The number of years it is to continue.  2. In such petition it shall be asked that the court adjudge such districts or portions of districts to be a body corporate, for a number of years not exceeding the time named in the petition, and under the name of "Consolidated Drainage District No. ______ of ______ County, Missouri". ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12446, A.L. 1963 p. 394, A.L. 1986 S.B. 488)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10856; 1919 § 4523
MO Rev Stat § 243.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.460 - Notice to be published — form — jurisdiction of circuit court.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   243.460. Notice to be published — form — jurisdiction of circuit court. — 1. When such petition shall have been filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county wherein lies the greatest number of acres in the proposed consolidated district, the clerk shall immediately cause to be published in some newspaper in each county having lands in the proposed district three consecutive weeks, three times, a notice, substantially in the following form:   To all persons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districts numbered ______, ______ County, Missouri:   Notice is hereby given to all persons owning or interested in any lands in drainage districts Nos. ______, ______ County, Missouri, that a petition has been filed in my office asking that the aforesaid districts be consolidated into one district, and adjudged a public corporation to continue as such for a term of ______ years, under the name of "Consolidated Drainage District No. ______ of ______ County, Missouri", and that said petition will be heard on the ______ day of ______, 20______.      __________________     Clerk of the circuit court of ______ County, Missouri.    2. The circuit court of the county in which said petition has been filed shall thereafter, for all purposes of this chapter, have and maintain original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of said district without regard to county lines. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12447, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10857; 1919 § 4524  Effective 1-2-79
MO Rev Stat § 243.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.470 - Objections to petition for consolidation may be filed — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.470. Objections to petition for consolidation may be filed — proceedings. — 1. Any owner of real estate or other property in said proposed district objecting to the organization and incorporation of said drainage district, who did not sign the petition, shall, on or before the first day of the term of court at which the cause is to be heard, file his objection or objections to the organization and incorporation of any consolidated drainage district.  2. Such objection or objections shall be limited to a denial of the statements in the petition, and shall be heard by the court in a summary manner, without unnecessary delay, and if the petition is signed by the owners of a majority of the acreage of land in the proposed consolidated district, then it will be the duty of the court to grant the prayer of the petition and organize and incorporate the district as in the case of organizing and incorporating a district in the first instance under sections 242.010 to 242.690. But if such petition shall be signed only by the owners of less than one-half of the acres of land in such district or districts, then it shall be discretionary with the court whether the prayer of the petition be or be not granted. If the said petition be verified by one or more signers, it shall be prima facie evidence of the statements and allegations therein contained. Any person having signed the petition shall have no right to have said proceedings dismissed as to him without the written consent of the majority in acreage of the owners who signed the petition. The petition may be amended as any other pleading.  3. Within sixty days after the said district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk thereof shall transmit to the secretary of state a certified copy of the findings and decree of the court incorporating said district, and the same shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general law concerning corporations. A copy of said findings and decree, together with a plat of the district, shall also be filed in the office of the county recorder in each of the counties having lands and other property in said district, where the same shall become a permanent record, and each such recorder shall receive a fee of one dollar for filing and preserving the same.  4. Thereafter such proceedings shall be had as is provided by sections 242.010 to 242.690. This chapter shall not be construed to be repugnant to, in conflict with, or as repealing any other law or laws of this state relating to the organization or incorporation of levee or drainage districts; but shall be held and construed to be cumulative thereto. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12448)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10858; 1919 § 4525
MO Rev Stat § 243.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.480 - Failure or refusal of official to perform duty — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.480. Failure or refusal of official to perform duty — penalty. — If any engineer or county commission or clerk of the circuit court or other official shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty imposed by the provisions of this chapter, he shall forfeit and pay a fine of one hundred dollars for every such refusal, to be recovered by proper process. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12438)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10848; 1919 § 4515; 1909 § 5616
MO Rev Stat § 243.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.490 - County collector liable, when — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.490. County collector liable, when — penalty. — If any county collector of the revenue refuses, fails or neglects to make prompt payment of the tax or any part thereof collected under this chapter to the county treasurer as provided in said chapter, then he shall pay a penalty of ten percent on the amount of his delinquency; such penalty shall at once become due and payable and both he and the sureties on his bond shall be liable therefor on his aforesaid bond. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12439)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10849; 1919 § 4516
MO Rev Stat § 243.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.500 - Validity of bonds issued unquestionable.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.500. Validity of bonds issued unquestionable. — Hereafter when any bonds issued by any drainage district organized or incorporated under the laws of this state are sold for a sum or price allowed by law, and the proceeds of the sale thereof paid to the proper officer of the district, then except for the power to issue the bonds, neither the validity of them nor the tax levied to pay them shall thereafter be questioned in any court of law or equity. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12420)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10830; 1919 § 4498
MO Rev Stat § 243.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.510 - Suits to be brought in name of state.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.510. Suits to be brought in name of state. — Suits on bonds for costs and the performance and completion of work on contract shall be brought in the name of the state of Missouri at the relation and to the use of the drainage district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12440)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10850; 1919 § 4517; 1909 § 5621
MO Rev Stat § 243.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.520 - Appeals — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.520. Appeals — procedure. — The clerk of the circuit court shall docket any appeal, styling the appellant the plaintiff and the drainage district the defendant, and the cause shall stand for trial and be tried as other appeal cases are tried in the circuit court. After the trial and judgment in the circuit court, the clerk of that court shall retain the transcript of the proceedings in the county commission and retransmit to the county clerk all of the original papers filed in his office by the county clerk, together with a transcript of the proceedings had in the circuit court, including a certified copy of the finding or verdict and the judgment of the said court; the clerk of the circuit court shall also certify an itemized statement of the cost accruing on the appeal, and such costs shall be paid as provided in this chapter. After a transcript of the proceedings had in the circuit court is filed in the office of the county clerk, the county commission shall cause such entries to be made on its record as may be necessary to give effect to the judgment of the circuit court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12410)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10821; 1919 § 4489; 1909 § 5593
MO Rev Stat § 243.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply|Chapter 243 - Drainage Districts Organized in County Commission|Section 243.530 - Chapter declared remedial in character and purpose.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   243.530. Chapter declared remedial in character and purpose. — 1. The repeal of article 4, chapter 41, RSMo 1909, shall not have the effect of suspending, abating, abridging, impairing, vitiating, or nullifying any right, power, remedy, or lien heretofore given, created or conferred upon any drainage district heretofore organized or in process of organization at the time of passage of this chapter, under any law of this state, but all such rights, powers, remedies and liens are hereby directly preserved to all such drainage districts; nor shall the repealing of existing laws have the effect of suspending, abridging, abating or nullifying any proceeding or proceedings now pending in any court of this state or of the United States; nor shall the repealing of existing laws have the effect of impairing, invalidating, discharging, changing, modifying or destroying any obligation, contract or undertaking, entered into by, or with any drainage district now organized and existing under any law in this state, but all such obligations, contracts and undertakings so entered into shall be and remain inviolate.  2. All rights, powers, liens and remedies now existing in behalf of any drainage district of this state may be enforced and made available under the provisions of this chapter, if applicable, at the election of the drainage district. This chapter is hereby declared to be remedial in character and purposes, and shall be liberally construed by the courts in carrying out this legislative intent and purpose. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12454)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 10864; 1919 § 4531