§ 61-16.1-26 — Reassessment of benefits

North Dakota § 61-16.1-26

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 61: Waters
• Ch. 61-16.1: Operation of Water Resource Districts

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A water resource board may hold at any time or, upon petition of any affected landowner or
assessed political subdivision after a project has been in existence for at least one year, shall
hold a hearing to determine the benefits of the project to each tract of land affected. Notice of
the hearing must be given by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks,
beginning at least thirty days before the hearing, in the newspaper having general circulation in
the district and in the official county newspaper of each county in which the benefited lands are
located and by mailing notice of the hearing in an envelope clearly marked "ASSESSMENT
NOTICE" to each owner of land in the assessed district at the landowner's address as shown by
the tax rolls of the counties in which the affected property is located. The provisions of this
chapter governing the original determination of benefits and assessment of costs apply to any

reassessment of benefits carried out under this section. Regardless of the number of petitions
received, the board is not required to conduct a reassessment more than once every ten years.
An assessment or balance supporting a project fund may not be reduced or impaired by
reassessment or otherwise so long as bonds payable out of the fund remain unpaid and
moneys are not available in the fund to pay all the bonds in full, with interest. Costs of
maintenance must be prorated in accordance with any adopted plan for reassessment of
benefits.