2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 269 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AS TO DITCHES, DRAINAGE, AND RECLAMATION 269.150 Tax notice -- Form -- Complaint -- Hearing on assessment.
269.150 Tax notice -- Form -- Complaint -- Hearing on assessment.
(1) The board of commissioners shall cause to be published pursuant to KRS Chapter
424, a notice substantially as follows:
"The .... company's tax notice.
"All holders and persons interested in land within the boundary of the .... company
are hereby notified that the board of commissioners appointed by the county <br>judge/executive under KRS 269.120 has reported an assessment and apportionment upon <br>the land, and on the .... day of .... (insert date) it was filed with the clerk of the Circuit <br>Court. Any person having any complaint to make of excessive or unjust assessment or <br>apportionments shall file such complaint in writing with the clerk of the Circuit Court <br>within thirty days after the filing of said report. As soon as practicable after the expiration <br>of such thirty days, the clerk will set it to a day for hearing. <br> Signed (insert name). <br> Signed (insert name). <br> Signed (insert name). <br> Board of Commissioners." <br>The board of commissioners shall also post copies of the notice at six (6) prominent <br>places within the boundary, within seven (7) days after the filing of the report. <br>(2) Any person interested, including the corporation, may, within thirty (30) days from
the filing of the report, file a complaint in writing with the clerk of the Circuit <br>Court, specifying the parcel of land and alleged deficiency or partiality. The clerk <br>shall assign the hearing of the complaints to the first day convenient to the Circuit <br>Court at which the corporation and complainants may be heard. The court may pass <br>upon the justice and fairness of the complaint summarily, and receive evidence if <br>necessary, orally or in writing.
(3) The Circuit Court shall approve, reduce or increase the assessment, within the limits
fixed by law. As to those lands with reference to which no complaint has been filed <br>within thirty (30) days, the court shall confirm and approve the report. When all <br>complaints have been determined, the court shall order the report as a whole <br>approved and confirmed, and the assessments and apportionments shall be deemed <br>conclusive and binding upon all parties. The court may correct any error in the <br>report, or, if necessary, recommit it, or any part of it, to the board of commissioners <br>at any time before confirmation.
Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 425, effective June 17, 1978. --
Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 195. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, <br>sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2417a-5.
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