When it appears that any tract of land within any drainage district has been assessed with fifteen percent (15%) or more excess acreage, the owner of any such tract of land may by bill filed against the district and directors have the mistake corrected and the assessment changed, and the chancery court shall in the decree correcting the mistake determine whether it is necessary for the district to levy a special assessment to meet the deficiency caused by the correction of the mistake. If a special assessment is needed, the chancery court shall determine its amount, and the directors are authorized to, and shall, as soon as any such cause is determined, proceed to levy such special assessment, and it shall be spread upon the tax books and collected as other assessments.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 69 - Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
Chapter 5 - Drainage and Levee Districts
Part 8 - Levy and Collection of Assessments
§ 69-5-801. Special Assessment Made After Creation of District
§ 69-5-803. Collected Assessment a Fund for Costs and Expenses
§ 69-5-804. Fund to Be Paid Out Under Orders
§ 69-5-805. Bonds of Trustee and County Clerk
§ 69-5-806. Provisions Applicable if District Contains More Than One County
§ 69-5-807. Appeal From Order Fixing Assessments and Benefits
§ 69-5-809. Employment of Counsel — Payment of Fee
§ 69-5-811. Unenforceable Assessments
§ 69-5-812. Correction of Failure to Bring Landowner Before Court or to Report Land
§ 69-5-813. Drainage Assessment Book — Due Date of Assessments
§ 69-5-814. Vendee to Report Sale of Tract — Collections Made Accordingly
§ 69-5-815. Sale of Part of Tract
§ 69-5-816. Sale for Collection of Assessments Certified to Clerk and Trustee
§ 69-5-817. Trustee to Collect Assessments — Notice to Delinquents — Penalty
§ 69-5-818. Date Assessments Become Delinquent — Penalty and Interest
§ 69-5-819. Assessments Become Liens on Lands
§ 69-5-820. Suits in Chancery for Collection of Assessments — Exceptions
§ 69-5-821. Bills in Name of County Against Owners of All Assessed Lands
§ 69-5-822. Delinquent List Is Prima Facie Evidence
§ 69-5-823. Chancery Procedure — Hearing as to One or More Defendants
§ 69-5-824. Tax Assessment of Tracts Partly Outside District Limits
§ 69-5-825. Taxes to Be Reported and First Paid Out of Proceeds of Sales
§ 69-5-826. Vestiture of Title Subject to Other Assessments — Writ of Possession
§ 69-5-828. Attorney's Fee Fixed and Charged on Land
§ 69-5-829. Decree Upon Redemption — Writ of Possession
§ 69-5-830. Redemption After Restoration of Competency
§ 69-5-831. Proceedings in Accordance With Chancery Procedure
§ 69-5-832. Assessments Collectible Out of Assessed Lands Only
§ 69-5-833. Excessive Assessments of Acreage — Correction
§ 69-5-834. Fiscal Agent — Purchase by District of Lands Sold for Delinquency