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Drainage Projects

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Jurisdiction of circuit courts to establish projects

Section
21-292.1

"District" means "project."

Drainage considered essential

Establishment considered public improvement

Form of petition; bond; summons of landowners not on petition

Circulation of duplicate originals of petition

Service and return of summons; appointment of board of viewers

Repealed

Notice to viewers of appointment

Filling vacancies on board

Compensation of viewers

Petition based on widening, deepening, etc., of natural streams

Withdrawal of persons signing petition

All landowners need not be listed in petition; amendments

Tile system of drainage

Compensation of engineer, assistants and viewers

Publication against unknown owners

Appointment of representative of unknown owner

Subsequent appearance of unknown owners

Guardian ad litem for infants and incapacitated adults

Recordation of petition and orders

Examination; preliminary report

Repealed

Notice of consideration of preliminary report

Hearing objections to preliminary report

Exclusion of land not affected by drainage

Changing boundaries to include land affected

Determining efficiency of drainage; changes

Board of viewers to attend hearing

Repealed

Preliminary establishment of district

Land excluded from district but located within boundaries

Condemnation of land

Right of appeal

Complete survey

Assistance in making survey

Courses, distances and levels

Bench marks

Other levels

Drainage map

Profile of each levee, etc.; estimate of costs; rights-of-way

Adoption of surveys already made

Assessment of damages

Classification of land; benefits; assessments

Cost of survey

Delay; extension of time

Final report; notice of hearing

Duty of viewers to review report and make changes

Approval by court

Power of court to reopen after approval

Dismissal of proceedings when cost exceeds benefit

Appeal

Payments into court

Payment of total costs and expenses

Assessment of lands benefited not theretofore included

Drainage record

Board of viewers to operate, manage and administer project

Superintendent of construction

Notice of time and place of letting contract; bids

Bond to accompany bid

Rejection of bid

Contract and bond of successful bidder

Superintendent and engineer to act as advisors

Basis of contract; inspection

Opening bids

Correction of report

Monthly estimates

Failure of contractor

Highway affected

Railroad; damage

Assessment of benefits to railroads

Notice to railroad

Manner of crossing right-of-way; cost

Control and repairs; penalty for injury to construction

Outlet for lateral drains

Certification and record of total cost

Preparation and contents of drainage tax lists

Assessment rolls to provide for bond interest payments

Amount of tax levied

Application of surplus to reduce assessment for following year

Assessment rolls to show time collectible; amount of assessment to depend on benefits

Signing rolls

Disposition of rolls

Assessment shall have effect of judgment and constitute lien

When assessment due and payable; when delinquent

Interest from delinquency; penalty

Notice of sale of delinquent land

Place of sale when land lies in more than one county

Time of sale of delinquent lands

Redemption of delinquent lands sold

Sufficiency of bids at delinquent sales

Rights of board of viewers at sale

Who may redeem

Board of viewers to pay treasurer

Effect when board of viewers acquires land at sale

Sale and collection according to general law

Deed to purchaser

Duty of treasurer to make payments of interest and principal of bonds

Change of assessment rolls on change of ownership of lands

Law governing sales

Notice of redemption

Repayment to purchasers on redemption; deed on failure to redeem

Notice of issuance of bonds

Payment of full amount by landowner

Defense; waiver

Issuing bonds; amount

Interest and maturity of bonds

Sale of bonds and disposition of proceeds

Same; records

Right of holders on default

Section
21-400.1

Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed

Exemption of bonds from taxation

Changing assessments to conform to judgment

Ratio of relevy

Payment of assessments from proceeds of sale of land

Procedure when value of land not equal to future assessments

Surplus in hands of treasurer

Impairment or destruction of work during construction

Default by contractor

When additional bonds may be issued

Procedure for issuance of additional bonds

Amount, interest and maturity of additional bonds

When refunding bonds may be issued

Maturity, interest and registration of refunding bonds

Sale or exchange of refunding bonds

How refunding bonds sold

Collection of assessments on retired bonds

Additional assessments to pay principal and interest on refunding bonds

Cancellation of assessments for retired bonds

Preparation of assessment rolls when additional assessments made

How additional assessments made

Law applicable to original bonds applies to refunding bonds

Contracts with United States as to refunding

Compensation and expenses

Defects in the proceedings; construction of chapter

Removal of engineers, viewers, etc.

Appropriation of county funds