§ 267.010 Definitions
§ 267.015 Compliance with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090
§ 267.020 Creation of drainage district
§ 267.090 Drainage directors — Election
§ 267.100 Board of drainage commissioners created — Powers
§ 267.110 Officers of board
§ 267.120 Meetings — Office — Records — Reports — Expenses
§ 267.130 Drainage engineer — Powers — Duties — Assistants — Survey — Map — Report
§ 267.140 Conference as to place and method of crossing railroad right-of-way
§ 267.150 Adoption of engineer’s report — Action of county judge/executive, clerk and viewers
§ 267.160 Viewers’ classification of land for assessment — Rate of assessment
§ 267.170 Report of viewers on classification — Estimate of cost of improvement
§ 267.180 Cost of construction and assessment of benefits when improvement crosses highway
§ 267.190 Railroad property benefited shall be assessed
§ 267.200 Viewers shall assess damages
§ 267.210 Viewers’ final report — Notice — Hearing
§ 267.220 Court shall refer proceeding to board
§ 267.230 Drainage record — Copy filed in any county affected
§ 267.240 Construction contract — Bond — Board may construct
§ 267.250 Payment for work in installments — Warrants
§ 267.260 Contractor’s right of access — Obstructions
§ 267.270 Method of construction when improvement crosses railroad property — Cost
§ 267.280 Condemnation of land not affected by drainage
§ 267.290 Assessment roll and statement of cost — What to include
§ 267.300 Hearing on assessment roll and statement — Notice — Appeal — Filing approved roll
§ 267.310 Payment and collection of assessments when average below twenty-five cents ($0.25) per acre
§ 267.320 Bonds authorized when average assessment exceeds twenty-five cents ($0.25) per acre — Failure to pay assessment is consent to bonds
§ 267.330 Issuance and sale of bonds — Collection of assessment installments
§ 267.340 Refunding bonds
§ 267.350 Board or court may change assessment — Relevy
§ 267.360 Liability of successor in title — Contribution between several owners
§ 267.370 Lien of assessments — Enforcement
§ 267.380 Validity of proceeding — Irregularities — Remedies — Releases
§ 267.390 Maintenance of improvements — Maintenance assessments
§ 267.400 Superintendent of drainage — Duties — Bond — Compensation
§ 267.410 Attorney for board — Agreement — Duties
§ 267.420 Fees — Costs — Expenses — Compensation of employees and viewers
§ 267.430 Expenses apportioned among districts
§ 267.440 County treasurer’s duties as treasurer of district — Compensation
§ 267.450 Landowner’s right to use improvement as an outlet
§ 267.460 Natural drain may become public ditch
§ 267.470 Obstructions — Landowner liable for damage caused by him
§ 267.480 Damage or obstruction of improvement
§ 267.490 Drainage commissioner and board of supervisors in counties having seventy-five or more districts or operating under KRS 267.495
§ 267.495 Board may elect for county to be subject to provisions of KRS 267.390(3)(b) and 267.490
§ 267.510 Board for separate district — Election — Term — Vacancies
§ 267.520 Powers and duties of district board
§ 267.530 Amendment of order establishing district
§ 267.540 Enlargement of district
§ 267.550 Fiscal court to control improvements made by general taxation — Use
§ 267.560 Appropriations to aid district
§ 267.570 Discontinuance of improvements
§ 267.990 Penalties
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 267 - Drainage and Reclamation Act of 1912

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Board: means the county board of drainage commissioners, or, in counties having seventy-five (75) or more separate drainage districts, or in counties availing themselves of the provisions of KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 267.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • District: means drainage or levee district. See Kentucky Statutes 267.010
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Improvement: means the construction, reconstruction, straightening, widening or deepening of any ditch, drain, canal, creek, levee or watercourse. See Kentucky Statutes 267.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Sheriff: includes any collecting officer. See Kentucky Statutes 267.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Viewers: means the board of viewers appointed by the county judge/executive. See Kentucky Statutes 267.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010