§ 61-24.8-17 — Assessment list to be published - Notice of hearing - Alteration of assessments - Confirmation of assessment list - Filing

North Dakota § 61-24.8-17

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 61: Waters
• Ch. 61-24.8: Garrison Diversion Conservancy District Irrigation Special Assessments

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assessments - Confirmation of assessment list - Filing.
After entering an order establishing the project, the board shall cause the assessment list to
be published once each week for two successive weeks in the official county newspaper of each
county in which the benefited lands are located and in local newspapers of general circulation in
the area of the affected lands. The publication must include a notice of the time and place the
board will meet to hear objections to any assessment by any interested party or an agent or
attorney for that party. Publication of the assessment list is not required if the board mails the
assessment list and the time and place of the hearing to each affected landowner. The date set
for the hearing must be not less than fourteen days after the mailing or first publication of the
notice. At the hearing, the board may make such alterations in the assessments as in its opinion
may be just and necessary to correct any error in the assessment but must make the aggregate
of all assessments equal to the total amount required to pay the entire cost of the work for which
the assessments are made or the part of the cost to be paid by special assessment. An
assessment may not exceed the benefit as determined by the board to the parcel of land
assessed. The hearing is not required if the board receives written consent from each affected
landowner to the levy of assessments. The board then shall confirm the assessment list and the
secretary shall attach to the list a certificate that it is correct as confirmed by the board. The list
must be filed in the office of the district secretary.