9-48-15. Assessment of property for proportionate share of sewer previously constructed--Apportionment among persons paying cost.
If either a main, trunk, or service sewer has been constructed and the cost has not been apportioned against property that may benefit as provided by this chapter or chapter 9-43, the governing body may require the owner of the property to pay the owner's proportionate share of the cost of the construction, without interest, according to the benefits to accrue to the property before the property may be platted, replatted, or served by the facilities, as determined by the governing body. The governing body shall investigate and determine the amount to be paid. The amount shall be apportioned by the governing body among the persons, including the municipality, paying the appropriate cost.
Source: SDC 1939, §45.1824 as enacted by SL 1965, ch 214; SL 2012, ch 57, §112; SL 2016, ch 52, §3.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 9 - Municipal Government
Section 9-48-1 - Classification of sewers.
Section 9-48-2 - Authority to establish, construct, and maintain sewer systems--Separate fund.
Section 9-48-3 - Real property in adjoining state.
Section 9-48-4 - Sewer pipes on private property--Discharge of sewage into stream.
Section 9-48-5 - Acquisition of sewer mains in newly annexed area.
Section 9-48-6 - General obligation bonds for financing of sewers.
Section 9-48-7 - Connections from sewers to lot line.
Section 9-48-16 - Municipal purchase of private sewers.
Section 9-48-18 - Property owners' protest against purchase of private sewer.
Section 9-48-20 - Minimum distance between sewer connections.
Section 9-48-27 - Factors considered in establishing sewer charges--Collection with water rentals.
Section 9-48-30 - Special contract powers unimpaired.
Section 9-48-31 - Revenue bond authority unimpaired by provisions as to sewer charges and rentals.