LD 982, Page 16 - 122th Legislature, FIRST REGULAR Session

is made. The clerk of the district shall record that information

in a book kept for that purpose. Within 10 days after the filing,

each person assessed must be notified of the assessment by having

an authentic copy of the assessment, with an order of notice signed

by the clerk of the district, stating the time and place for a

hearing upon the subject matter of the assessments, given to each

person so assessed or left at the person's usual place of abode in

the district. If the person has no place of abode in the district,

then the notice must be given or left at the abode of the person's

tenant or lessee if the person has one in the district. If the

person has no tenant or lessee in the district, then notice must be

posted in some conspicuous place in the vicinity of the lot or

parcel of land so assessed at least 30 days before the hearing.

The notice may be given by publishing it once a week for 3

successive weeks in any newspaper of general circulation in the

district, the first publication to be at least 30 days before the

hearing. A return made upon a copy of the notice by a constable in

a municipality within the district or by a sheriff or deputy

sheriff or the production of the newspaper containing the notice is

conclusive evidence that the notice has been given. At the

hearing, the trustees have the authority to revise, increase or

diminish any of the assessments, and all revisions, increases or

diminutions must be in writing and recorded by the clerk of the

district.

Sec. 19. Appeal on assessment. A person aggrieved by a decision of
the trustees as it relates to an assessment for sewer
construction has the same rights of appeal as are provided in the
case of laying out town ways.

Sec. 20. Lien for unpaid assessments. All assessments create a lien upon
each lot or parcel of land so assessed and the buildings upon the
same. The lien takes effect when the trustees file with the
clerk of the district the completed assessment and continues for
one year thereafter. Within 10 days after the date of hearing on
the assessment, the clerk of the district shall make out a list
of all assessments, the amount of each and the names of the
persons against whom those assessments are assessed, and the
clerk shall certify the list and deliver it to the treasurer of
the district. If the assessments are not paid within 3 months
from the date of notice, the treasurer may bring a civil action
for the collection of the assessments in the name of the district
against the persons against whom the assessments are made and for
the enforcement of the liens. The complaint in an action must
contain a statement of the assessment, a description of the real
estate against which the assessment is made and an allegation
that a lien is claimed on the real estate to secure the payment
of the assessment. If no service is made upon the defendant or
it appears that another person is

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