Apportionment of levy.

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(1) On or before July 1 in each year, the board of directors shall determine the amount of money required to meet the current expenses of the district for the coming year, including the cost of construction, maintenance, including maintenance of drainage works, operating expenses, and any deficiencies in the payment of expenses already incurred, and bond interest unpaid, and also the amount of bonded indebtedness and the principal or interest which will fall due during the coming year and, by resolution, shall order such an amount of money to be raised by special assessment upon the lands of the district as may be necessary to raise the sum of money so determined, and such amount shall be apportioned among the several tracts in the name of the owner, when known, according to the acreage of each at its figure or classification on the graduated scale so that each tract may bear its equal burden proportionate to benefits.

(2) The secretary of the district shall make out a special assessment roll, hereinafter designated "assessment list", setting down in opposite columns the owners, names when known, and when unknown stating unknown, a description of the land, and the number denoting the classification of the assessment, which is current expenses and which is bonded indebtedness and interest thereon in separate columns.

Source: L. 35: p. 959, § 5. CSA: C. 138, § 33. CRS 53: § 149-5-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 154-4-17.


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