§ 36-9-39-23 — Hearing on assessments; findings; modification of preliminary or primary assessments

(a) At the hearing fixed under section 22 of
this chapter, owners of assessed property may appear before the
municipal works board and file remonstrances against the assessments.
The works board may continue proceedings from day to day, as
necessary to hear the evidence concerning the assessments.
(b) The works board shall determine at the hearing whether the
several lots and parcels of land primarily assessed are specially
benefited in the amounts respectively assessed against the lots and
parcels of land in the preliminary or primary assessment.
(c) The works board shall sustain or modify, in whole or in part, the
preliminary assessment as indicated on the assessment roll, by
confirming, increasing, or reducing the preliminary or primary
assessment against all or part of the property described in the
assessment roll. The decision of the works board must be based on the
works board's findings concerning the special benefits received on
account of the sewage works.
(d) The works board shall also determine at the hearing what part,
if any, of the benefits resulting from the sewage works accrue to the
municipality and shall be assessed against the municipality on the
assessment roll.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.10.