Title 14, Local Government

(a) Before passing the ordinance, the city council shall cause the city clerk to give notice by publication one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which the city may lie, advising the property owners within the proposed district that on a …

(a) If, within ninety (90) days after the publication of the ordinance creating and establishing the district, persons claiming to be a majority in value of the owners of real property within the district shall present to the city council a petition that the plants and systems be…

(a) If the city council shall determine after notice and hearing, as provided in § 14-218-106, that the signers of the petition constitute a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district, then the city council shall at once appoint three (3) persons owners of r…

(a) (1) After their qualification, the board shall form plans for the improvements within the consolidated district.(2) These plans shall include the existing water plant and system and the existing light plant and system owned and constructed by the separate water and light dist…

(a) As soon as the board of improvement shall have filed the plans and the estimated cost of the improvement, the city council shall appoint three (3) electors of the city who shall constitute a board of assessment of the benefits to be received by each lot or block, or other sub…

(a) The assessors shall at once proceed to inscribe in a book to be used for that purpose the description of each of the lots, blocks, or parcels of land, and railroad tracks and rights-of-way and shall assess the value of the benefit to accrue to each of the lots, blocks, or par…

Immediately on filing of the assessment, the city clerk shall insert the following notice in a newspaper published in the county in which the city lies: “The assessment of consolidated water and light district of . . . . . . was filed in my office on the . . . . . . day of . . . …

(a) At any time within ten (10) days from the giving of the notice, anyone whose real estate is embraced in the assessment may file with the city clerk, in writing, his notice of appeal from the action of the board in making the assessment of his property. (b) The appeal shall be…

(a) It shall be provided by ordinance that the local assessment of benefits shall be paid in successive annual installments so that no annual installment shall in any one (1) year exceed twelve and one-half percent (12½%) of the assessed benefits accruing to the real property. (b…

(a) The ordinance may be in the following form: “Whereas the majority in value of the property holders owning property adjoining the locality to be affected and situated in Consolidated Water & Light District of . . . . . ., organized pursuant to Act No.. . . . . . of the Acts of…

(a) Within thirty (30) days after the passage of the ordinance mentioned in § 14-218-114, the city clerk shall publish a copy of it in a newspaper published in the town or city. (b) All persons who shall fail to begin legal proceedings within thirty (30) days after such publicati…

(a) Within forty (40) days after the passage of the ordinance, unless the time is extended by the city council, the city clerk shall deliver to the city collector a copy of the assessment of benefits, containing a description of the blocks, lots, and parcels of land in the distri…

The collector shall immediately, upon the receipt of the tax list, cause to be published in a newspaper published in the city a notice, which may be in the following form: “The tax books for the collection of the special assessment upon the real property in Consolidated Water & L…

The property of the public school districts within the limits of a district shall be subject to assessment for the local improvements made by a consolidated district beneficial thereto. The president or secretary of the district may sign the petition for making of the improvement…

(a) As soon as the ordinance levying the assessment is passed, the title to the water system and plant, the title to the electric light system and plant theretofore acquired or constructed by separate water and light districts in the city, and the title to all other property of e…

(a) Upon the passage of the ordinance levying the assessment of the consolidated district, it shall be the duty of the board of improvement of the separate water district and the duty of the board of improvement of the separate light district in the city to execute and deliver pr…

(a) The board of improvement of the consolidated district is authorized to pay any notes or bonds given by either of the separate districts before the notes or bonds become due including accrued interest on the notes or bonds up until the date of payment. (b) In order to facilita…

(a) The board of assessors of a consolidated district shall annually revise and readjust the assessment of property made by them for the district. (b) The annual readjustment shall be made, and the list showing it filed with the city clerk at least ninety (90) days before the dat…

(a) Immediately after making the annual readjustment and revision, the board of assessors shall file with the city clerk a list of the tracts, lots, and parcels of land upon which the assessment has been charged by them. This list shall show the name of the owner of each tract, l…

(a) Any owner of real estate located in the district, at any time within five (5) days from the giving of the notice, may appeal from the action of the board of assessors in readjusting or refusing to readjust the assessment against his property by filing with the clerk, in writi…

The annual tax or installment shall be computed and extended upon the assessment as readjusted and revised as hereinbefore provided by the clerk without further ordinance or levy by the council.

(a) If any assessment made under this chapter shall not be paid within the time mentioned in the notice published by the collector, the collector shall add thereto a penalty of twenty percent (20%) and shall at once return a list of the property on which the assessments have not …

(a) The city in which the consolidated district is located, through its proper officers, shall have full power and authority to operate the consolidated plant and system acquired and improved by the consolidated district instead of the board of improvement of the consolidated dis…

It shall be lawful for money raised by assessment in the district to be expended in the purchase of lands or erection of houses, reservoirs, or other improvements outside of the limits of the city in which the district is located, which may be necessary for the proper constructio…

(a) The board of improvement shall have control of the construction of improvements of the district. (b) The board may:(1) Advertise for proposals for doing any work by contracts and may accept or reject any proposals;(2) Appoint all necessary agents and engineers for carrying on…

All contractors shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of such contracts as may be awarded them, with good and sufficient securities, in an amount equal to the amount of the contract work. The board shall not remit or excuse the penalty or forfeiture of the b…

(a) In order to hasten the work provided for in the original or any additional or supplementary plans and to pay the indebtedness owed by any separate district whose plant or system is acquired by such consolidated district, the board may borrow money at a rate or rates of intere…

(a) If the assessment first levied shall be insufficient to complete the improvement and pay the debts of the district, additional assessments may be levied and collected from time to time. (b) (1) The total assessment against any piece of property shall never exceed the benefits…

(a) The right of eminent domain is conferred upon any consolidated district for the purpose of securing any lands or rights-of-way needed in making an improvement. (b) Suits brought by the board for condemnation of lands or rights-of-way shall be deemed cases of public interest a…