§ 61-35-65 — Reassessment of benefits

North Dakota § 61-35-65

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 61: Waters
• Ch. 61-35: Water Districts

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The district board may hold at any time or, upon petition of any affected landowner or
political subdivision which has been assessed after a project has been in existence for at least
one year, shall hold a hearing for the purpose of determining the benefits of the project to each
tract of land affected. At least ten days' notice of the hearing must be given by publication in the
newspaper or newspapers 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 by
ordinary mail to each owner of land whose assessment is proposed to be raised as determined
by the records of the recorder or county treasurer. 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. The board may not be forced to make a reassessment
more than once every ten years. Any assessment or balance of an assessment supporting a

project fund may not be reduced or impaired by reassessment or otherwise so long as bonds
payable out of such fund remain unpaid and moneys are not available in such fund to pay all
such bonds in full, with interest. Costs of maintenance must be prorated in accordance with any
plan for reassessment of benefits that has been adopted.