§ 54-12-304. Organization of Board — Bond of Treasurer
The county mayor shall be chair of the board of directors. The board shall elect one (1) of the other directors secretary and treasurer of the board, and as the treasurer shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) faithfully to account for all money received as treasurer. The bond shall be […]
§ 54-12-305. Compensation and Expenses of Directors
The members of the board of directors shall receive as compensation for their services, in attending to their duties as directors, fifty cents (50¢) per hour for the time actually consumed in attending to their duties, but not to exceed twenty-five (25) hours in any one (1) month. They shall also receive their actual expenses […]
§ 54-12-221. Appellant From Order Fixing Assessment of Benefits Shall Give Appeal Bond, and Not Pauper’s Oath
Any landowner, tenant, or encumbrancer who appeals from the order fixing the assessment of benefits shall execute bond, with security, for cost and damages. The oath provided by law for poor persons shall not be allowed in lieu of the bonds.
§ 54-12-211. Determination of All Objections to Report and Questions of Apportionment and Assessments — Failure to Benefit Cannot Be Shown
When the day set for hearing has arrived, and the hearing is not continued by the court for good reason, as it may be, and when the hearing is had, the monthly county court shall proceed to hear and determine all objections made and filed to the report, and may increase, diminish, annul, or affirm […]
§ 54-12-212. Additional Assessments, if First Insufficient
If the first assessment made by the monthly county court for the original cost of any improvement as provided in this part and part 1 of this chapter is insufficient, the court may make an additional assessment in the same ratio as the first.
§ 54-12-213. New Report Ordered and New Commissioners When Report Annulled or Set Aside
If for any reason the monthly county court annuls in toto or sets aside the report of the commissioners, it shall order them to make a new report, or shall remove them and appoint new commissioners to act as in the first instance, if desired by the parties concerned.
§ 54-12-214. Levy of Assessments — Collected as Other Taxes — Paid Out on County Warrant
The assessments shall be levied upon the lands of the owners so benefited in the ratio mentioned in § 54-12-204, and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes for county purposes, except as specifically provided in this part. The funds collected shall be kept as a separate fund, and shall be paid out […]
§ 54-12-215. Special Assessment to Pay Costs and Expenses
If, after the district has been created and the commissioners for the assessment of benefits have made their report, the report has been acted upon and confirmed by the monthly county court, the time for an appeal from the confirmation has elapsed and no appeal has been taken, and it appears to the court that […]
§ 54-12-216. Special Assessment, Collection — Delinquencies — Compensation of Trustee
The assessment shall be made and collected in the same manner, and the delinquencies, if any, shall be collected and enforced in the same manner as provided in §§ 54-12-412 — 54-12-421, and by law. The compensation of a trustee for collecting and paying over the assessment shall be the same as is provided by […]
§ 54-12-217. Fund for Payment of Costs and Expenses
When the assessment is collected, it shall constitute a fund for the payment of the costs and expenses.