468.133 - COMMISSIONERS TO APPORTION BENEFITS -- INTEREST PROHIBITED. - Iowa Statutes

468.133 COMMISSIONERS TO APPORTION BENEFITS -- INTEREST PROHIBITED. For the purpose of ascertaining the proportionate benefits, the board shall appoint commissioners having the qualifications of benefit commissioners, one of whom shall be an engineer. Such commissioners appointed shall not be residents of any of the districts affected, nor shall any member thereof have any interest in land in any districts affected by the contemplated work. Such commission shall determine the percentage of benefits and the sum total to be assessed to each district for the improvement. In the event that one of the districts to be assessed under this statute shall have any improvement such as a settling basin which reduces the quality and quantity of flow or sediment, such commission may give consideration to the existence of such an improvement when they determine the percentage of benefits and the sum total to be assessed to each district for the improvement.          Section History: Early Form [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7564; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455.143]          Section History: Recent Form 89 Acts, ch 126, § 2 CS89, § 468.133 Referred to in § 468.135