§ 69-6-147. Assessments for Maintenance
It is the duty of the board of directors to properly maintain any project constructed and operated within the district. The board, or landowners owning five percent (5%) of the acreage affected by any project, may petition the court in which such plan or project was approved to levy additional assessments for the proper maintenance […]
§ 69-6-148. Dissolution of District
A watershed district may be dissolved in the same way and manner as provided for general welfare and nonprofit corporations as set out in title 48, Chapters 51 68. The watershed district shall file a true and correct copy of the dissolution with the state soil conservation committee. In addition, the watershed district shall be […]
§ 69-6-149. Provisions Supplemental
This chapter is deemed to be supplemental to existing laws relating to drainage districts, flood control, irrigation, soil conservation, and related matters.
§ 69-6-146. Right of Entry on Private Property
The board of directors, its representatives and employees, including engineers and contractors and their employees, have the right and authority to enter upon private lands within or without the boundaries of the district for the purpose of conducting tests, surveys and other work incidental to the preparation of plans, maps, profiles and reports in connection […]
§ 69-6-136. Appeal
Any person aggrieved may appeal from the decision or the decree of the court in making or levying the assessment or refusing to make or levy the assessment. The appeal is made in the same manner as the appeal of any other case in such court or as provided in chapter 5 of this title.
§ 69-6-137. Enforcement of Assessments — Issuance of Bonds
The assessment made or levied for watershed improvement shall be a lien on the respective tracts of land upon which it is assessed, and this lien shall be enforced in the same manner as provided for the enforcement of the lien for drainage assessment under chapter 5 of this title, which is incorporated in this […]
§ 69-6-138. Assessment Book — Certification to Trustees
As soon as the assessment has been made, the court will fix the date or dates upon which such assessment and/or the annual installments of the same shall be payable. Whereupon, the county clerk shall make out an assessment list or book for the trustee of each county in which are located lands so assessed […]
§ 69-6-139. Collection of Assessments — Quarterly Settlement — Commission
The trustee of each county in which lands so assessed are located shall collect such assessments upon the dates designated by the court and shall make settlement quarterly with the treasurer of the district for such collections. The trustee shall be entitled to a commission of one percent (1%) of such collections for such trustee’s […]
§ 69-6-140. Delinquent Assessments
In the event assessments become delinquent, §§ 69-5-817 — 69-5-829 shall be applied, and the same are incorporated in this section by reference as fully and completely as if copied.
§ 69-6-141. Treasurer’s Bond
In the event of special assessments, the treasurer of the district shall be bonded at the expense of the district by a reputable and responsible corporate surety in an amount determined by the court, or as otherwise provided by law.