Section 468.269 - Special assessment - merged land1. In addition to assessments imposed pursuant to sections 468.49 and 468.50, the surviving board of a merged drainage or levee district may impose a special assessment on land situated in the merged district which was a participating servient district prior to the merger.2. The special assessment shall apply to costs of improvements made within the participating dominant district prior to the merger for not longer than five years prior to the date that the joint order was filed with the county auditor by the surviving board for the participating dominant district pursuant to section 468.267.3. In order to impose a special assessment under this section all of the following must apply: a. The board must approve a report by an engineer appointed by the board as provided in part 1 stating those improvements directly benefiting land situated in the participating servient district were made within the five-year period provided in subsection 2.b. The notice for a public hearing required in section 468.265 must have stated that the board may impose a special assessment under this section.4. The board shall not impose the special assessment under this section on land that was annexed as part of the merger. However, such land is subject to a special assessment pursuant to sections 468.119 through 468.121. 2014 Acts, ch 1075, § 8; 2015 Acts, ch 30, § 149
Amended by 2015 Iowa, ch 30,s 149, eff. 7/1/2015.Added by 2014 Iowa, ch 1075, s 8, eff. 7/1/2014.Referred to in §468.265, 468.268