Chapter 157 DRAINAGE BY COUNTIES
- 157.01 Public ditch, drain or canal.
- 157.02 Action on petition by county commissioners.
- 157.03 Commissioners to appoint committee; report of plans and estimate; letting contract; right-of-way for drains.
- 157.04 Bond required before letting contract.
- 157.05 Work done under supervision of committee; when completed, report to commissioners; payments.
- 157.06 Committee to view land before letting contract; assessment; hearing complaints; collection of tax.
- 157.07 Where cost of construction exceeds estimated cost commissioners to assess difference.
- 157.08 Assessments; validation.
- 157.09 Compensation of committee.
- 157.10 Application to lateral ditches.
- 157.11 Lateral drains may be established; commissioners may enlarge district or widen any drain; cost; proviso.
- 157.12 Duty of bond trustees to borrow money to pay interest on bonds until collection of first assessment; may issue notes; notes and bonds lien against lands; committee may issue notes.
- 157.13 Use of surplus of bond proceeds.
- 157.14 Owner may pay whole tax in one sum; county commissioners may make new assessments where former assessments found illegal; time in which assessments may be questioned in collateral proceedings.
- 157.15 County commissioners may issue bonds to pay scrip; decrease of assessment.
- 157.16 Enlarging drains and assessing cost.
- 157.17 Assessment to maintain drains.
- 157.18 Awarding contract for enlarging or repairing drains.
- 157.19 Where actual cost exceeds estimated cost; additional work; assessment for same.
- 157.20 Appointment of committee to view work and make assessments; report to commissioners; form of assessment.
- 157.21 Enlargement of drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; letting contract; contractor’s bond; payments; assessment.
- 157.22 Repairing drains; appointment of committee; report to commissioners; contract; bond; assessment.
- 157.23 Objections to report of committee fixing assessments; notice; hearing; equalization; assessments; collection by tax collector.
- 157.24 Commissioners may issue interest-bearing scrip against land to borrow money or pay for work; lien on land assessed.
- 157.25 Compensation of committee; irregular assessment corrected.
- 157.26 Repair and maintenance of drains under supervision of county commissioners.
- 157.27 Proceedings for making repair to drains, etc.
- 157.28 Awarding contracts for repair; approval.
- 157.29 Levy of tax for maintaining and repairing drains; assessment and collection of tax; sale of land for unpaid taxes.
- 157.30 Reassessment of lands where attempt to establish ditch or canal irregular.
- 157.31 Notice of reassessment for drainage.
- 157.32 Reviewing complaints and making assessment against property benefited.
- 157.33 Issuance of scrip to take up former scrip or bonds.
- 157.34 Reassessments to have effect as original assessment.
- 157.35 Assessments conclusive after lapse of 6 months.
- 157.36 Adjustment of drainage tax liens.