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Title XXI - Drainage
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Chapter 298 - Drainage and Water Control
Chapter 298 - Drainage and Water Control
298.001 - Districts Designated as “Water Control” Districts.
298.005 - Definitions.
298.01 - Formation of Water Control District.
298.11 - Landowners’ Meetings; Election of Board of Supervisors; Duties of Department of Environmental Protection.
298.12 - Annual Election of Supervisors; Term of Office; Vacancy.
298.13 - Supervisor’s Oath of Office.
298.14 - Organization of Board; Annual Reports to Landowners; Compensation of Members of Board.
298.15 - Record of Proceedings.
298.16 - Appointment of District Engineer; Engineer’s Duties.
298.17 - Appointment and Duties of Treasurer of District; Appointment of Deputies; Bond of Treasurer; Audit of Books; Disbursements by Warrant; Form of Warrant.
298.18 - Supervisors to Employ Attorney for District; Duty of Attorney.
298.19 - Appointment and Duties of Superintendent of Plant and Operations and Overseers.
298.20 - Supervisors to Fix Compensation for Work and Employees.
298.21 - Supervisors May Remove Officers and Employees.
298.22 - Powers of Supervisors.
298.225 - Water Control Plan; Plan Development and Amendment.
298.23 - Supervisors Authorized to Take Land for Rights-of-Way, etc.; Payment.
298.24 - Bridge Construction.
298.25 - Type of Bridges Over Drains in Large Counties.
298.26 - District Engineer to Make Annual Reports to Supervisors; Approval of Reports; Water Control Plan.
298.28 - Watercourses to Be Connected With Drainage of District; Connecting Drains After Completion of Plan of Drainage.
298.301 - District Water Control Plan Adoption; District Boundary Modification; Plan Amendment; Notice Forms; Objections; Hearings; Assessments.
298.305 - Assessing Land for Development; Apportionment of Assessment.
298.329 - When Works Insufficient, Supervisors Have Power to Make a New or Amended Plan; Additional Levy; Issuance of Bonds; Procedure.
298.333 - Assessments and Costs; a Lien on Land Against Which Levied.
298.341 - When Unpaid Assessments Delinquent; Penalty.
298.345 - Enforcement of Non-Ad Valorem Assessments.
298.349 - Uniform Initial Acreage Assessment for Payment of Expenses.
298.353 - Unit Development; Powers of Board of Supervisors to Designate Units of District; Financing Assessments for Each Unit.
298.36 - Lands Belonging to State Assessed; Drainage Tax Record.
298.365 - Collection of Annual Installment Tax; Lien.
298.366 - Delinquent Taxes; Penalties.
298.401 - Property Appraisers and Tax Collectors; Compensation; Characterization of Services.
298.41 - Taxes and Costs a Lien on Land Against Which Taxes Levied; Subdistricts.
298.465 - District Taxes; Delinquent; Discounts.
298.47 - Supervisors May Issue Bonds.
298.48 - Sale of Bonds and Disposition of Proceeds.
298.49 - Interest Upon Matured Bonds.
298.50 - Levy of Tax to Pay Bonds, Sinking Fund.
298.51 - Defaults, Receivership for District.
298.52 - Refunding and Extending Bonds.
298.54 - Maintenance Tax.
298.56 - Bonds Issued Secured by Lien on Lands Benefited; Assessment and Collection of Taxes May Be Enforced.
298.57 - Landowner in District May Construct Drains Across Land of Intervening Landowner; Proceedings.
298.59 - Supervisors Authorized to Obtain Consent of United States.
298.60 - Unpaid Warrants Issued by District to Draw Interest.
298.61 - Sureties on Bonds; Penalties Payable to District; Bonds Cover Defaults of Specified Persons.
298.62 - Lands May Be Acquired for Rights-of-Way and Other Purposes.
298.63 - Bonds to Secure Loans From Secretary of Interior.
298.66 - Obstruction of Public Drainage Canals, etc., Prohibited; Damages; Penalties.
298.70 - Department of Environmental Protection Authorized to Borrow Money.
298.71 - Department May Issue Notes; Suit by Holder; Judgment.
298.72 - Department May Use Proceeds of Drainage Tax to Pay Loans.
298.73 - Matured Written Obligations Receivable in Payment of Taxes.
298.74 - Drainage of Lakes.
298.76 - Special or Local Legislation; Effect.
298.77 - Readjustment of Assessments; Procedure, Notice, Hearings.
298.78 - Lien; Release.