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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 4301. Declaration of policy. - It is declared that the removal of accumulated sediment from...
§ 4302. Purpose. - It is the purpose of this chapter in carrying out...
§ 4303. Definitions. - For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise specifically defined,...
Subchapter II. Boards of Lagoon Management Commissioners
§ 4304. Lagoon management commissioners; membership; qualifications; term; vacancies; secretary. - (a) A board of lagoon management commissioners consisting of 3...
§ 4305. Disqualification of members. - In those cases where any member of the board of...
§ 4306. Chairperson; quorum; voting. - A chairperson of each board of lagoon management commissioners shall...
§ 4307. Compensation; expenses and reimbursement. - (a) The lagoon management commissioners shall be entitled to receive...
§ 4308. Employment of qualified personnel. - The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control shall employ...
§ 4309. Employment of personnel; purchase of supplies and equipment. - The Department may employ such personnel and obtain by purchase...
Subchapter III. Formation of Tax Lagoon; Procedure
§ 4310. Nature of a tax lagoon. - A tax lagoon organized under this chapter shall constitute a...
§ 4311. Petition for formation of a tax lagoon; assistance by Division of Watershed Stewardship. - (a) Whenever 1 or more of the owners of any...
§ 4312. Form of petition. - A petition for the formation of a tax lagoon shall...
§ 4313. Name of tax lagoon. - The name of any tax lagoon established under this chapter...
§ 4314. Deposit upon filing of petitions for tax lagoon. - (a) The Division of Watershed Stewardship shall require that a...
§ 4315. Duties of the Division of Watershed Stewardship upon receipt of petition. - The board of supervisors of the county soil conservation district,...
§ 4316. Investigation; hearing. - The Division of Watershed Stewardship shall cause an investigation to...
§ 4317. Filing of petition and report; action by district when formation is found to be not practicable and feasible. - (a) If the Division of Watershed Stewardship determines that the...
§ 4318. Determinations to be made by board of lagoon management commissioners. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition for the formation...
§ 4319. Existing works of improvement; compensation for work done thereon. - The board of lagoon management commissioners may deem adequate any...
§ 4320. Factors in determination of cost. - (a) In determining the total cost of the proposed tax...
§ 4321. Assessment list. - After determining the basis for distribution of costs among the...
§ 4322. Proposed report of board of lagoon management commissioners. - The board of lagoon management commissioners, with the assistance of...
§ 4323. Notice of hearing on establishment of tax lagoon. - Upon completion of the proposed report required by § 4322...
§ 4324. Hearing; adoption of proposed report; right to adjourn hearing; referendum. - At the time and place designated in the notice, the...
§ 4325. Contents of report; filing. - After holding the hearing and supervising the referendum provided for...
§ 4326. Signing of lagoon management commissioners' report; dissent. - The report of the board of lagoon management commissioners, including...
§ 4327. Waiving of lagoon management commissioners' hearing and referendum. - In those cases when all of the landowners involved indicate...
§ 4328. Action by Superior Court; notice of final hearing. - (a) After the report and statement of the board of...
§ 4329. Final hearing; lagoon order. - At least 10 days prior to the date set for...
§ 4330. Right to jury trial; procedure. - When objections to the report of the board of lagoon...
§ 4331. Defense of contested lagoon orders; Attorney General. - If the lagoon order is contested, the board of lagoon...
§ 4332. Notice of final action on lagoon order. - When the lagoon order has become effective because no objection...
§ 4333. Permanent court record. - The lagoon order, together with any amendment thereto, shall be...
§ 4334. Employment of private engineer by landowners. - If the board of supervisors of the county soil conservation...
§ 4335. Exclusive procedure for determination of damages. - The determination, assessment or award of damages or other compensation...
Subchapter IV. Powers of Tax Lagoon
§ 4341. Meeting to organize tax lagoon; notice. - (a) The Division of Watershed Stewardship, at its earliest convenience...
§ 4342. Distribution of lagoon order and this chapter; filing of assessment list. - (a) At the organization meeting of the tax lagoon, the...
§ 4343. Voting rights. - At all meetings, each landowner shall be entitled to the...
§ 4344. Voting by proxy. - Any person entitled to vote pursuant to § 4343 of...
§ 4345. Election of lagoon managers and a secretary-treasurer; terms of office; vacancies. - (a) At the first meeting the taxables shall elect from...
§ 4346. Chairperson of lagoon managers; duties. - Immediately after they are elected, the lagoon managers shall designate...
§ 4347. Compensation of lagoon managers and secretary-treasurer. - Tax lagoon managers and the secretary-treasurer may be entitled to...
§ 4348. Annual and other meetings of taxables; notice of meetings. - At the first meeting the taxables shall set a date...
§ 4349. Meetings of lagoon managers; quorum. - The lagoon managers shall meet as often as necessary to...
§ 4350. Powers of a tax lagoon. - A tax lagoon organized under this chapter, being a governmental...
§ 4351. Duties of lagoon managers. - In addition to the duties specified in other sections of...
§ 4352. Duties of secretary-treasurer of tax lagoon. - In addition to any powers and duties set forth elsewhere...
§ 4353. Bond of secretary-treasurer. - The secretary-treasurer shall, before assuming the duties of office and...
§ 4354. Failure of lagoon officer to perform duties; remedy; removal. - If any officer of a tax lagoon fails to perform...
§ 4355. Signatures on instruments issued by tax lagoon. - Any note, bond, warrant or other instrument issued by a...
§ 4356. Liability of tax lagoon officers. - No lagoon manager or other officer of a tax lagoon...
§ 4357. Limitation on borrowing power of tax lagoon. - A tax lagoon may borrow money pursuant to this chapter...
Subchapter V. Taxation
§ 4361. Duties of board of assessment; assessment book; assistance by Division of Watershed Stewardship. - (a) For tax lagoons formed under this chapter, the board...
§ 4362. Method of determining tax. - In determining the amount of any taxes to be levied...
§ 4363. Warrants by tax lagoons for collection of taxes. - (a) For tax lagoons formed under this chapter, warrants authorizing...
§ 4364. Warrants by tax lagoons for collection of taxes — Duties of receiver of taxes and county treasurer. - All taxes levied by any tax lagoon organized under this...
§ 4365. Installment payment of taxes for construction; lien; amount of first installment. - (a) The lagoon managers may order the tax levied for...
§ 4366. Taxes as security for loans; notation on tax warrant. - A tax lagoon may secure the payment of any loan...
§ 4367. Special tax. - A special tax to raise the funds necessary to carry...
§ 4368. Lien of taxes; enforcement. - All taxes levied under this chapter shall constitute a first...
§ 4369. Adjustment of maintenance tax. - When in the opinion of the lagoon managers the amount...
§ 4370. Limitation on liability of landowner for taxes. - No landowner shall be liable in any manner for any...
Subchapter VI. General Provisions
§ 4381. Payment of damages and compensation. - The damages and compensation awarded by the terms of the...
§ 4382. Obstruction of or damage to tax lagoon; civil and criminal liability. - (a) If any person wilfully or negligently obstructs or damages...
§ 4383. Right of entry upon lands. - The Division of Watershed Stewardship, engineering personnel hired under §...
§ 4384. Addition of territory to a tax lagoon. - (a) Any landowner who desires that landowner's own lands to...
§ 4385. Alteration of tax lagoons; amendments to lagoon orders. - If it becomes necessary to change any part of a...
§ 4386. Lagoons near highways. - The Department of Transportation shall maintain the highway drainage system...
§ 4387. Dissolution of tax lagoon. - After a duly called meeting of the taxables at which...
§ 4388. Appropriations to Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. - An appropriation to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental...
§ 4389. Notice of right-of-way, or assessment. - (a) The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control shall...