Article 35.--WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS
19-3540.Costs and expenses; tax levies; bonds; special or other
reasonable assessment plan; notice and hearing; limitation on actions.
All the cost and expenses of the work provided for in this act shall be
assessed against the lots and pieces of ground contained within the
district in which the same is situated (exclusive of improvements) and
shall be levied and collected as one tax, in addition to the other taxes
and assessments, and shall be by the county clerk, when so ordered by
the board, placed upon the tax roll for collection in the same manner as
other taxes: Provided, The board may, in its discretion, provide
for the payment of the costs thereof by installments instead of levying
the entire tax or special assessment for such cost at one time and may
issue and sell improvement bonds, which shall be issued in accordance
with the provisions of the general bond law except as herein otherwise
provided. Any bonds issued for such purposes shall be in addition to and
may exceed the limits of bonds for any other purpose as provided for by
law: Provided, If the board shall find that all of the property
benefited by said improvements is benefited equally, the cost thereof
may be assessed against such property on an area basis and notice of
such finding and of said assessment shall be given by publishing the
resolution fixing the assessments once a week for two (2) consecutive
weeks in the official county paper: Provided further, That the
board of county commissioners may determine and fix said cost thereof on
the basis of any other reasonable assessment plan which will result in
imposing substantially equal burdens or shares of the cost upon property
similarly benefited, and in such event, notice of such assessment shall
be given by publishing the resolution fixing the assessments once a week
for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official county paper. Said
resolution shall also fix a date for a hearing at which any property
owner may object to the assessment made against his property, and after
said hearing, the board may change said assessments or confirm the same.
Whenever the board shall have determined the cost of such
improvements and apportioned such costs to the various lots or parcels
of land in the district, it shall fix a date on or prior to which the
assessments against such lots or parcels of land may be paid in full
without interest, and if the assessment is paid in full as to any such
lot or parcel of land, then each lot or parcel of land shall be relieved
from any further liability for the cost of such improvement or for
payment of any bonds thereafter issued in payment therefor. No suit to
set aside the specific special assessments herein provided for, or to
enjoin the making of the same, shall be brought, nor any defense to the
validity thereof be allowed after the expiration of thirty (30) days
from the time when the amount due on each lot or piece of ground liable
for such assessment is ascertained and assessed.
History: L. 1961, ch. 472, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 186, §
1; April 16.
Article 35.--WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS
19-3540.Costs and expenses; tax levies; bonds; special or other
reasonable assessment plan; notice and hearing; limitation on actions.
All the cost and expenses of the work provided for in this act shall be
assessed against the lots and pieces of ground contained within the
district in which the same is situated (exclusive of improvements) and
shall be levied and collected as one tax, in addition to the other taxes
and assessments, and shall be by the county clerk, when so ordered by
the board, placed upon the tax roll for collection in the same manner as
other taxes: Provided, The board may, in its discretion, provide
for the payment of the costs thereof by installments instead of levying
the entire tax or special assessment for such cost at one time and may
issue and sell improvement bonds, which shall be issued in accordance
with the provisions of the general bond law except as herein otherwise
provided. Any bonds issued for such purposes shall be in addition to and
may exceed the limits of bonds for any other purpose as provided for by
law: Provided, If the board shall find that all of the property
benefited by said improvements is benefited equally, the cost thereof
may be assessed against such property on an area basis and notice of
such finding and of said assessment shall be given by publishing the
resolution fixing the assessments once a week for two (2) consecutive
weeks in the official county paper: Provided further, That the
board of county commissioners may determine and fix said cost thereof on
the basis of any other reasonable assessment plan which will result in
imposing substantially equal burdens or shares of the cost upon property
similarly benefited, and in such event, notice of such assessment shall
be given by publishing the resolution fixing the assessments once a week
for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official county paper. Said
resolution shall also fix a date for a hearing at which any property
owner may object to the assessment made against his property, and after
said hearing, the board may change said assessments or confirm the same.
Whenever the board shall have determined the cost of such
improvements and apportioned such costs to the various lots or parcels
of land in the district, it shall fix a date on or prior to which the
assessments against such lots or parcels of land may be paid in full
without interest, and if the assessment is paid in full as to any such
lot or parcel of land, then each lot or parcel of land shall be relieved
from any further liability for the cost of such improvement or for
payment of any bonds thereafter issued in payment therefor. No suit to
set aside the specific special assessments herein provided for, or to
enjoin the making of the same, shall be brought, nor any defense to the
validity thereof be allowed after the expiration of thirty (30) days
from the time when the amount due on each lot or piece of ground liable
for such assessment is ascertained and assessed.
History: L. 1961, ch. 472, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 186, §
1; April 16.
Article 35.--WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS
19-3540.Costs and expenses; tax levies; bonds; special or other
reasonable assessment plan; notice and hearing; limitation on actions.
All the cost and expenses of the work provided for in this act shall be
assessed against the lots and pieces of ground contained within the
district in which the same is situated (exclusive of improvements) and
shall be levied and collected as one tax, in addition to the other taxes
and assessments, and shall be by the county clerk, when so ordered by
the board, placed upon the tax roll for collection in the same manner as
other taxes: Provided, The board may, in its discretion, provide
for the payment of the costs thereof by installments instead of levying
the entire tax or special assessment for such cost at one time and may
issue and sell improvement bonds, which shall be issued in accordance
with the provisions of the general bond law except as herein otherwise
provided. Any bonds issued for such purposes shall be in addition to and
may exceed the limits of bonds for any other purpose as provided for by
law: Provided, If the board shall find that all of the property
benefited by said improvements is benefited equally, the cost thereof
may be assessed against such property on an area basis and notice of
such finding and of said assessment shall be given by publishing the
resolution fixing the assessments once a week for two (2) consecutive
weeks in the official county paper: Provided further, That the
board of county commissioners may determine and fix said cost thereof on
the basis of any other reasonable assessment plan which will result in
imposing substantially equal burdens or shares of the cost upon property
similarly benefited, and in such event, notice of such assessment shall
be given by publishing the resolution fixing the assessments once a week
for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official county paper. Said
resolution shall also fix a date for a hearing at which any property
owner may object to the assessment made against his property, and after
said hearing, the board may change said assessments or confirm the same.
Whenever the board shall have determined the cost of such
improvements and apportioned such costs to the various lots or parcels
of land in the district, it shall fix a date on or prior to which the
assessments against such lots or parcels of land may be paid in full
without interest, and if the assessment is paid in full as to any such
lot or parcel of land, then each lot or parcel of land shall be relieved
from any further liability for the cost of such improvement or for
payment of any bonds thereafter issued in payment therefor. No suit to
set aside the specific special assessments herein provided for, or to
enjoin the making of the same, shall be brought, nor any defense to the
validity thereof be allowed after the expiration of thirty (30) days
from the time when the amount due on each lot or piece of ground liable
for such assessment is ascertained and assessed.
History: L. 1961, ch. 472, § 5; L. 1965, ch. 186, §
1; April 16.