Title 14, Local Government

(a) When twenty-five (25) or more owners of real property within a proposed district shall petition the circuit court of the county in which the largest portion of the lands of the proposed district are situated to establish a bridge district to construct, maintain, and operate a…

(a) The circuit clerk shall thereupon give notice by publication for two (2) weeks in some newspaper published and having a general circulation in the counties within which the lands of the proposed district are situated, calling upon all persons owning property therein to appear…

(a) The board of commissioners shall proceed to assess the lands within the district and shall inscribe in a book the description of each tract, piece, and parcel of land and assess the benefits to accrue to each tract, piece, and parcel of land by reason of such improvement and …

(a) When the assessment of benefits is completed, the board of commissioners shall subscribe the assessment and file it with the circuit clerk where it shall be kept and preserved as a public record. (b) Upon the filing of the assessment of benefits, the circuit clerk shall give …

(a) When the assessment of benefits has been made and filed, as provided herein, the property owner shall have the right to pay such assessment of benefits in full within sixty (60) days thereafter, but, if he does not avail himself of this privilege, the assessment of benefits s…

(a) The circuit court, in determining the question of whether the cost of the improvement exceeds the benefits, shall be required to take into consideration only the amount that the district will be required to pay for the cost of the improvement. It shall credit against the tota…

(a) (1) The circuit court shall, at the time the assessment of benefits is filed or at any subsequent time when called upon by the commissioners of the district, enter upon its records an order which shall have the force of a judgment, providing that there shall be assessed upon …

(a) The amount of taxes provided for in this chapter shall be annually extended upon the tax books of the county by the county clerk. The tax shall be collected by the collector of the county along with other taxes. For his services in making the collection, the collector shall r…

If the tax first levied shall prove insufficient to complete the improvement or to pay the bonds, both principal and interest, issued by the board of commissioners for the improvement, as provided in this chapter, as the principal and interest shall become due and payable, then t…

In order to carry out the purposes for which the district is organized and created, the board of commissioners may borrow money at a rate of interest not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum and issue negotiable bonds therefor signed by the chairman or vice chairman and secretary…

(a) All bonds issued by the board of commissioners shall be secured by a lien on all lands, railroads, and tramroads in the district. The board of commissioners shall be required to levy a tax annually and to collect the tax under the provisions of this chapter so long as it is n…

(a) If the board of commissioners shall have ascertained that the construction, maintenance, and operation of the interstate bridge can be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of revenue bonds payable from the tolls so charged and collected, then the board of commissioner…

All interstate bridges shall be constructed under the terms and provisions of the “General Bridge Act of 1946” and any act amendatory thereto.

(a) The board of commissioners is granted the right and power to construct, operate, and maintain the bridge as a toll bridge. It shall have the power to fix and determine, subject to the terms and provisions of the General Bridge Act, the tolls to be charged for transit over the…

(a) For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this chapter, the board of commissioners shall have full power and authority to:(1) Negotiate and enter into contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, the State Highway Commission, or the …

(a) The board of commissioners acting for and on behalf of the district shall have the right, power, and authority to purchase, hold, and possess real estate necessary for the purposes for which the district was organized. In addition thereto, the district organized under this ch…