257.120. Costs, how paid and taxed, counties reimbursed, when.
Costs, how paid and taxed, counties reimbursed, when.
257.120. Upon a vote approving the establishment of thedistrict, the court shall order payment of the official costs ofthe proceedings, including the costs of election. The costsshall be paid out of the contingent funds of the county in whichthe petition is pending, if the county commission of that countyhas been a petitioner, otherwise the costs shall be defrayed fromsums donated or advanced by the petitioners. In case thedistrict is established, any costs advanced shall be repaid tothe county or petitioners out of the first funds received fromannual levies as provided for such purpose in this chapter. Ifthe district is not organized or established, then the cost shallbe collected from the county treasurer on voucher of the countycommission, the petitioners or their bondsmen.
(L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 12)