§16-13B-14. Method of Paying for Cost of Project; How Assessments May Be Evidenced
The board shall determine and provide in the resolution laying the assessments, adopted in accordance with section ten of this article, the method of financing the cost of a project, for the cost of which assessments are levied as in this article provided, and such method may include the receipt of gifts, grants from any […]
§16-13B-15. Assessment Certificates; Assignments; Designation of Registrar for Assessment Certificates
(a) All assessments levied under this article shall be evidenced by assessment certificates issued by the assessment district in accordance with this section. The board may issue assessment certificates to any person or governmental agency financing the cost of a project, and may also issue assessment certificates in the name of the assessment district, on […]
§16-13B-16. No Liability of State, County, Municipality and Assessment District
Neither the state nor any county or municipality shall be liable on notes or other evidences of indebtedness of an assessment district or for the payment of any assessment fees evidenced by any assessment certificate, and such notes or other evidences of indebtedness and assessment certificates shall not be a debt of the state or […]
§16-13B-17. Payment of Assessment Fees; Releases
(a) Payments of assessment fees or any installment thereof shall be made to the sheriff of the county in which the assessment district is located, who shall hold and disburse all such fees as agent for the assessment district in accordance with this section. The sheriff shall promptly deposit all assessment fees upon receipt thereof […]
§16-13B-8. Assessment District to Be a Public Corporation and Political Subdivision; Powers Thereof; Community Improvement Boards
(a) From and after the date of the adoption or enactment of the order or ordinance creating an assessment district, it shall thereafter be a public corporation and political subdivision of this state, but without any power to levy or collect ad valorem taxes. Each assessment district is hereby empowered and authorized, in addition to […]
§16-13B-3. Power and Authority of Counties and Municipalities Relating to Flood Relief, Wastewater and Water Projects
(a) Every county and municipality is hereby empowered and authorized, in addition to any other rights, powers and authority conferred upon it elsewhere in this code, to: (1) Create, modify and expand assessment districts in the manner hereinafter set forth in such county or municipality, and to develop, construct, extend or improve, or assist in […]
§16-13B-4. Determination of Need and Feasibility of Creating an Assessment District
(a) The governing body of any county or municipality, on its own motion or upon the receipt of a petition signed by at least twenty-five percent of the total number of persons owning property located within the boundaries of an area described in the petition, by metes and bounds or otherwise in a manner sufficient […]
§16-13B-5. Notice to Property Owners Before Creation of Assessment District and Construction of Project; Form of Notice; Affidavit of Publication
(a) Before the adoption or enactment of an order or ordinance creating an assessment district, the governing body shall cause notice to be given to the owners of property abutting a proposed wastewater or water project, or to the owners of property to be protected by a proposed flood relief project, that such ordinance or […]
§16-13B-6. Petition of Property Owners for Creation of Assessment District
(a) After the meeting described in section five of this article, and before the governing body may adopt or enact an order or ordinance creating an assessment district, the governing body shall receive, within ninety days after the meeting, a petition in writing of (1) persons owning, in the case of a wastewater or water […]
§16-13B-7. Receipt of Petition of Property Owners; Ordinance or Order Authorizing Creation of Assessment District and Construction of Project
Upon receipt of the petition required under section six of this article and, solely in the case of a flood relief project as defined in subparagraph (1) or (2), subsection (g), section two of this article, not earlier than the expiration of the election period required under section six of this article, the governing body, […]