§ 14-91-1105 - Plans exceeding cost limit.
14-91-1105. Plans exceeding cost limit.
(a) (1) If the estimate of cost in any improvement district on any revised or changed plans shall exceed the amount limited by statute in force at the time the second or majority petition is filed with the city clerk, or the amount limited by the second or majority petition, the commissioners shall not proceed with the improvements according to the changed plans unless, within one (1) year after the changed plans are filed with the city clerk signed by a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district as shown by the last assessment for state and county taxes and a hearing is had thereon after notice by publication has been given for the time and in the manner required for such hearings on second or majority petitions in improvement districts in cities and towns, the city council finds that the petition contains the consent of a majority in value of the owners of real property in the district, as provided for in this section.
(2) The finding of the city council on the petition shall be conclusive, subject to attack in the chancery court within thirty (30) days after the finding is made, and not thereafter.
(3) The petition of the property owners provided for in this section shall state that the petitioners consent to the making and completion of the improvements in the district according to the changed plans and that the cost thereof be assessed against the real property in the district.
(b) (1) If the city council shall find that a majority of the landowners in the improvement district have petitioned for the making and completion of the improvements according to the revised plans, as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, the assessors shall, as soon as possible, make a reassessment of the benefits to be derived from the making and completion of the improvements according to the changed plans.
(2) The reassessment shall be filed, notice thereof given by publication, and shall be heard by the council for the time and in the manner provided by law on the original assessment in the district, with the right of any property owner to appeal to the chancery court within the time, after the passage of the ordinance levying the installments of the reassessment of benefits, provided by law for appeals from assessments of benefits in improvement districts in cities and towns, and not thereafter.