Chapter 547 Drainage Districts

Organization Of Drainage Districts; Scope Of Law

§ 547.005		Authority to form drainage district
§ 547.010		Petition to form district
§ 547.015		Verification and filing of petition
§ 547.020		Fixing time and place of hearing
§ 547.025		Filing of objections
§ 547.030		Evidence at hearing
§ 547.040		Application of Act of 1915 and amendments to districts organized under earlier laws
§ 547.045		State lands within district

Board Of Supervisors; Administration; Surety Bonds; Warrants

§ 547.105		Election of supervisors
§ 547.110		Annual meeting
§ 547.112		Change in number of supervisors
§ 547.115		Supervisors oath of office
§ 547.120		Board of supervisors
§ 547.125		Secretary as treasurer
§ 547.130		Record of meetings, proceedings, certificates, bonds, acts
§ 547.135		Removal of employees

Engineer; Plan For Reclamation; Commissioners; Assessment Of Benefits

§ 547.205		Appointment of engineer
§ 547.210		Engineers report
§ 547.215		Commissioners
§ 547.220		Notice of appointment of commissioners
§ 547.225		Assessment of benefits and damages by commissioners
§ 547.230		Notice of report of commissioners
§ 547.235		Exceptions to report or assessment
§ 547.240		Dissolution of district if cost exceeds benefits

Works And Improvements Of District

§ 547.305		Entry on land
§ 547.310		Board authority regarding reclamation works
§ 547.315		Connecting existing improvements
§ 547.320		Powers of districts regarding irrigation works
§ 547.325		Powers of districts under 1,000 acres regarding domestic water supply

Contracts With United States For Reclamation

§ 547.355		Contracts with United States for reclamation by drainage or irrigation authorized
§ 547.360		Payment of amounts due

Districts West Of Cascades; Construction And Maintenance Of Ditches

§ 547.405		Districts west of Cascades
§ 547.410		Maintaining improvements
§ 547.415		Failure of owner or occupant to act
§ 547.420		Liability for cost of work
§ 547.425		Prohibited practices
§ 547.430		Civil liability for expense of removal of filth or obstruction

Assessments, Charges And Taxes

§ 547.455		Annual charge or assessment
§ 547.460		County, city and town lands subject to taxation, assessment or charges
§ 547.465		Assessment or charge of low lands used for growing crops
§ 547.470		Extra assessment or charge for lake drainage
§ 547.475		List of assessments and apportionments
§ 547.480		Collection of tax
§ 547.482		Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue
§ 547.485		Governing body of county to make assessment and levy upon failure of supervisors to do so

Bonds Of District

§ 547.555		Bonds
§ 547.560		Sale of bonds
§ 547.565		Payment of bonds from assessments
§ 547.570		Bond proceeds
§ 547.575		Bond fund account
§ 547.580		Retirement of bonds before maturity

Funding And Refunding Of Debt Under 1909 Act

§ 547.605		Funding and refunding of debt
§ 547.610		Sale or exchange of bonds
§ 547.615		Tax for payment of interest and principal
§ 547.620		Retirement of outstanding bonds

Alternative Method Of Refunding Indebtedness Or Issuing Bonds

§ 547.655		Authority to adopt alternative procedure
§ 547.660		Exchange of refunding bonds for outstanding indebtedness
§ 547.665		Numbering
§ 547.670		Offer by holders of indebtedness to surrender evidences thereof or accept proportional payment
§ 547.675		Lien on land assessed for bond payment
§ 547.680		Emergency fund
§ 547.685		Retirement of bonds before maturity
§ 547.690		Judicial confirmation

Withdrawal

Part of district annexed to city to be withdrawn from district only by consent of voters

Penalties