North Dakota § 61-16.1-48 Assessment of costs of cleaning and repairing drains

North Dakota Statutes

§ 61-16.1-48 — Assessment of costs of cleaning and repairing drains

North Dakota § 61-16.1-48

Title 61Waters

Ch. 61-16.1Operation of Water Resource Districts

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N.D. Cent. Code § 61-16.1-48 (2026).

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The cost of cleaning out and repairing an assessment drain or a drainage structure
constructed by any governmental entity for which no continuing funds for maintenance are
available must be assessed pro rata against the lands benefited in the same proportion as the
original assessment of the costs in establishing such drain, or in accordance with any
reassessment of benefits if there has been a reassessment of benefits under the provisions of
section 61-16.1-26. If no assessment for construction costs or reassessment of benefits has
been made, the water resource board shall make assessments for the cost of cleaning and
repairing such drain or drainage structure constructed by any governmental entity for which no
continuing funds for maintenance are available in accordance with the provisio

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The cost of cleaning out and repairing an assessment drain or a drainage structure
constructed by any governmental entity for which no continuing funds for maintenance are
available must be assessed pro rata against the lands benefited in the same proportion as the
original assessment of the costs in establishing such drain, or in accordance with any
reassessment of benefits if there has been a reassessment of benefits under the provisions of
section 61-16.1-26. If no assessment for construction costs or reassessment of benefits has
been made, the water resource board shall make assessments for the cost of cleaning and
repairing such drain or drainage structure constructed by any governmental entity for which no
continuing funds for maintenance are available in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
for the establishment of a new project. The governing body of any incorporated city, by
agreement with the board, is authorized to contribute to the cost of cleaning out, repairing, and
maintaining a drain in excess of the amount assessed under this section, and such excess
contribution may be expended for such purposes by the board.