Chapter 547
Drainage Districts

Sections

547.005
Authority to form drainage district Section
547.010
Petition to form district Section
547.015
Verification and filing of petition Section
547.020
Fixing time and place of hearing Section
547.025
Filing of objections Section
547.030
Evidence at hearing Section
547.040
Application of Act of 1915 and amendments to districts organized under earlier laws Section
547.045
Public lands within district Section
547.050
Signing of petition by Governor Section
547.055
Attack on validity or boundaries of district Section
547.057
Drainage district activity as urban service Section
547.060
Scope of Drainage District Act Section
547.063
Definitions Section
547.065
Public hearing required Section
547.067
Powers of drainage district Section
547.069
Formation of drainage district by owners of certain lands permitted Section
547.071
Powers of drainage district officers and employees Section
547.073
Powers of board of supervisors Section
547.075
Contracts with federal government permitted Section
547.077
Powers of boards of supervisors west of the Cascade Mountains Section
547.079
Clogged or obstructed conditions Section
547.081
Repair of clogged or obstructed condition Section
547.083
Owner or occupant liable for repair expense Section
547.105
Election of supervisors Section
547.110
Annual meeting Section
547.112
Change in number of supervisors Section
547.115
Supervisor’s oath of office Section
547.120
Board of supervisors Section
547.125
Secretary as treasurer Section
547.130
Record of meetings, proceedings, certificates, bonds, acts Section
547.135
Removal of employees Section
547.140
Uniform charge to pay expenses of organizing district, surveys, assessing benefits and damages Section
547.150
Payment of claims Section
547.205
Appointment of engineer Section
547.210
Engineer’s report Section
547.215
Commissioners Section
547.220
Notice of appointment of commissioners Section
547.225
Assessment of benefits and damages by commissioners Section
547.230
Notice of report of commissioners Section
547.235
Exceptions to report or assessment Section
547.240
Dissolution of district if cost exceeds benefits Section
547.245
Reassessment of benefits Section
547.250
Changes in plan for reclamation Section
547.255
Objections to petition Section
547.260
Appointment of commissioners when plan amended Section
547.265
Amendment of plan where works or charge insufficient Section
547.305
Entry on land Section
547.310
Board authority regarding reclamation works Section
547.315
Connecting existing improvements Section
547.320
Powers of districts regarding irrigation works Section
547.325
Powers of districts under 1,000 acres regarding domestic water supply Section
547.355
Contracts with United States for reclamation by drainage or irrigation authorized Section
547.360
Payment of amounts due Section
547.405
Districts west of Cascades Section
547.410
Maintaining improvements Section
547.415
Failure of owner or occupant to act Section
547.420
Liability for cost of work Section
547.425
Prohibited practices Section
547.430
Civil liability for expense of removal of filth or obstruction Section
547.455
Annual charge or assessment Section
547.460
County, city and town lands subject to taxation, assessment or charges Section
547.465
Assessment or charge of low lands used for growing crops Section
547.470
Extra assessment or charge for lake drainage Section
547.475
List of assessments and apportionments Section
547.480
Collection of tax Section
547.482
Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue Section
547.485
Governing body of county to make assessment and levy upon failure of supervisors to do so Section
547.490
Waiver of penalty or interest by certain districts Section
547.492
Alternative charge or assessment method Section
547.495
Crops bound by lien Section
547.500
Notice or claim of crop lien Section
547.505
Recording of crop lien claim by clerk Section
547.510
Form of crop lien claim Section
547.515
Removal of crops to another county Section
547.555
Bonds Section
547.560
Sale of bonds Section
547.565
Payment of bonds from assessments Section
547.570
Bond proceeds Section
547.575
Bond fund account Section
547.580
Retirement of bonds before maturity Section
547.605
Funding and refunding of debt Section
547.610
Sale or exchange of bonds Section
547.615
Tax for payment of interest and principal Section
547.620
Retirement of outstanding bonds Section
547.655
Authority to adopt alternative procedure Section
547.660
Exchange of refunding bonds for outstanding indebtedness Section
547.665
Numbering Section
547.670
Offer by holders of indebtedness to surrender evidences thereof or accept proportional payment Section
547.675
Lien on land assessed for bond payment Section
547.680
Emergency fund Section
547.685
Retirement of bonds before maturity Section
547.690
Judicial confirmation Section
547.695
Sale of lands for delinquent charges Section
547.697
Bond fund separate from district general fund Section
547.755
Part of district annexed to city to be withdrawn from district only by consent of voters Section
547.990
Penalties Section