All or portions of districts may reorganize and consolidate under sections ...
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.450
in effect243.450. All or portions of districts may reorganize and consolidate under sections 242.010 to 242.690. — 1. Two or more districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may come within, and operate under sections 242.010 to 242.690 , and portions of two or more districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may come together and operate under sections 242.010 to 242.690 whenever the owners of one-fourth of the acres of land in the proposed consolidated district sign and present a petition to the circuit court of the county in which there lies the greatest acreage of land in the proposed consolidated district, stating therein:
(1) The numbers or corporate name or names of such district or districts to be included in whole or in part;
(2) The boundaries of each district or portion of district separately;
(3) The boundary lines of the proposed consolidated district;
(4) The approximate number of acres of land in each district or portion of district;
(5) The approximate number of acres of land in the proposed consolidated district;
(6) The approximate amount of the benefits reported and apportioned by the viewers and confirmed by the county commission in each district or portion of district;
(7) The aggregate amount of such benefits as ascertained, apportioned and confirmed;
(8) The amount of bonds issued, by each district, giving the amount, dates, numbers, denominations, maturities, rate of interest, and where payable;
(9) The aggregate amount thereof; and
(10) The number of years it is to continue.
2. In such petition it shall be asked that the court adjudge such districts or portions of districts to be a body corporate, for a number of years not exceeding the time named in the petition, and under the name of "Consolidated Drainage District No. ______ of ______ County, Missouri".
(RSMo 1939 § 12446, A.L. 1963 p. 394, A.L. 1986 S.B. 488) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10856; 1919 § 4523
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