Okla. Stat. tit. 82, § 82-637
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Maintenance assessment - Apportionment - To be additional
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tax.
To maintain, operate and preserve the reservoirs, ditches,
drains, dams, levees, canals or other improvements made pursuant to
this act and to strengthen, repair and restore the same, when
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needed, and for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of the
district, the board of directors may upon the substantial completion
of said improvements and on or before the first day of October in
each year thereafter, levy an assessment upon each tract or parcel
of land and other property, upon corporate property, within the
district subject to assessments under this act, to be known as a
"Conservancy Maintenance Assessment". Said maintenance assessment
shall be apportioned upon the basis of the total appraisal of
benefits accruing for the original and subsequent construction,
shall not exceed one percent (1%) thereof in any one year unless the
court shall by its order find a necessity exists and authorize an
assessment of a larger percentage, and shall be certified in
duplicate to the county clerk of each county in which lands of said
district are situated, said maintenance assessment shall be entered
in the same book as general assessments but in a separate column, or
in a separate book kept for the purpose of maintenance assessments
and if in a separate book, it shall be entered in like manner and at
the same time as the annual installment special assessment is
entered. Said county clerk shall certify the same to the treasurer
of the county at the same time that he certified the annual
installment of the bond fund, and make return thereof and shall be
liable for the same penalties for failure or neglect so to do, as
may be provided herein for the annual installment of the assessment.
The amount of the maintenance tax paid by any parcel of land shall
not be credited against the benefits assessed against such parcel of
land; but the maintenance special assessment shall be in addition to
any special assessment that has been or can be levied against the
benefit appraisal.
To maintain, operate and preserve the reservoirs, ditches,
drains, dams, levees, canals or other improvements made pursuant to
this act and to strengthen, repair and restore the same, when
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 82. Waters and Water Rights Page 112
needed, and for the purpose of defraying the current expenses of the
district, the board of directors may upon the substantial completion
of said improvements and on or before the first day of October in
each year thereafter, levy an assessment upon each tract or parcel
of land and other property, upon corporate property, within the
district subject to assessments under this act, to be known as a
"Conservancy Maintenance Assessment". Said maintenance assessment
shall be apportioned upon the basis of the total appraisal of
benefits accruing for the original and subsequent construction,
shall not exceed one percent (1%) thereof in any one year unless the
court shall by its order find a necessity exists and authorize an
assessment of a larger percentage, and shall be certified in
duplicate to the county clerk of each county in which lands of said
district are situated, said maintenance assessment shall be entered
in the same book as general assessments but in a separate column, or
in a separate book kept for the purpose of maintenance assessments
and if in a separate book, it shall be entered in like manner and at
the same time as the annual installment special assessment is
entered. Said county clerk shall certify the same to the treasurer
of the county at the same time that he certified the annual
installment of the bond fund, and make return thereof and shall be
liable for the same penalties for failure or neglect so to do, as
may be provided herein for the annual installment of the assessment.
The amount of the maintenance tax paid by any parcel of land shall
not be credited against the benefits assessed against such parcel of
land; but the maintenance special assessment shall be in addition to
any special assessment that has been or can be levied against the
benefit appraisal.
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