§ 54-12-317. Contractor’s Failure to Perform on Contract Forfeits Cash Deposit or Gives Recovery on Bond
If any person to whom the work, or any portion of the work, in the improvement district has been let fails to perform the work according to the terms specified in the contract, then the cash deposit shall be forfeited for the benefit of the district and be paid into its fund; or if bond […]
§ 54-12-318. Road Overseer Employed for Protection of District — Compensation — Discharge and Employment of Another
After the main improvement in any road improvement district has been completed, the board of directors, if it deems necessary for the protection of the district, and for the proper maintenance of the efficiency of the improvement, may employ a competent person to look after and take care of the improvement. The person so employed […]
§ 54-12-319. Special Assessment for a Special Fund for Maintenance — Basis
At any time after the main improvement or improvements in any road improvement district have been completed, it shall be made to appear to the monthly county court, by the petition of the board of directors of the district, supported by satisfactory proof, that a special fund is needed for the purpose of maintaining the […]
§ 54-12-306. Contracts for Improvements Not to Be Made Until After Inspection, Classifications, Apportionment, and Assessment of Benefits
No contracts for improvements to be done in the road improvement district shall be made until after the commissioners provided for by part 2 of this chapter have made their inspection, classifications, and apportionment as directed in part 2 of this chapter, nor until the questions of classification and apportionment and assessment of benefits have […]
§ 54-12-307. Publication of Notice of Letting Work of Construction or Improvement
Before entering into any contract for improvements, the board of directors of the improvement district shall cause notice to be given once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county in which the improvement is located, and additional publication elsewhere as the board may direct at the time and […]
§ 54-12-308. Contracts for Sections of Work or the Whole May Be Let to the Lowest Bidder — Rejection of Bids and Readvertisement
The board of directors shall award a contract or contracts for each section of the work to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders, or may award the contract as a whole to the lowest responsible bidder, exercising its own discretion as to the letting of the work as a whole or in sections, and reserving […]
§ 54-12-309. Deposit of Bidders Required
Each person bidding for the work shall deposit with the treasurer of the board of directors in cash or certified check a sum equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid, not in any event, however, to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). The deposit shall be returned to the bidder if the […]
§ 54-12-310. Bond or Cash Deposit Required of Successful Bidders
The successful bidder shall be required to execute a bond, with sufficient sureties, payable to the county, for the use and benefit of the improvement district, in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the estimated cost of the work, so let or that amount may be deposited in cash with the treasurer of […]
§ 54-12-311. Engineer Employed to Supervise Construction of Improvement Work — Compensation — Removal, and Contract With Another
The board of directors shall employ a competent engineer to have charge and supervision of the construction of the improvement work, contract for compensation for the engineer’s services in a sum or at a rate that may be agreed upon, and to be paid as other expenses of the district. The directors may remove the […]
§ 54-12-312. Bond Required of Engineer
The board of directors shall require the engineer to give bond in a sum that it deems proper for the faithful performance of the engineer’s duties, the bond to be payable to the county or state, for the use of the improvement district, and filed with the county clerk and recorded in the road improvement […]