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Levee Districts (Missouri Revised Statutes: Title XV Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply; Chapter 245)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Missouri
Document type
Legislation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Waterworks Flood Hazards Institution Local government Governance Procedural matters Coastal zone management
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Missouri Revised Statutes concerns levee districts. It provides that the owners of a majority of the acreage in any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed land or other property in the nature of individual or corporate franchises in this state, or land subject to overflow, wash or bank erosion, located in one or more counties or in any city, town, or village in this state not located within any county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but less than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, or in any city, town, or village of the third or fourth classification in this state which is located within any county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred fifty thousand but less than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, may form a levee district for the purpose of having such land and other property reclaimed and protected from the effects of overflow and other water, for sanitary or agricultural purposes, or from the effect of wash or bank erosion, or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, or of public utility or benefit, by levee, or otherwise, and for that purpose they may make and sign articles of association.

Full text
English
Website
revisor.mo.gov