24.28 - HEARING ON PROTEST.
24.28 HEARING ON PROTEST.
The state board, within a reasonable time, shall fix a date for an
initial hearing on the protest and may designate a deputy to hold the
hearing, which shall be held in the county or in one of the counties
in which the municipality is located. Notice of the time and place
of the hearing shall be given by certified mail to the appropriate
officials of the local government and to the first ten property
owners whose names appear upon the protest, at least five days before
the date fixed for the hearing. At all hearings, the burden shall be
upon the objectors with reference to any proposed item in the budget
which was included in the budget of the previous year and which the
objectors propose should be reduced or excluded; but the burden shall
be upon the certifying board or the levying board, as the case may
be, to show that any new item in the budget, or any increase in any
item in the budget, is necessary, reasonable, and in the interest of
the public welfare. Section History: Early Form
[C39, § 390.3; C46, 50, 54, § 24.27; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75,
77, 79, 81, § 24.28; 82 Acts, ch 1079, § 3]
Referred to in § 24.9, 24.29, 331.436