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out in accordance with current technical and expert opinions and plans as designated by the State Commissioner of Agriculture. . E. In addition the owner may poison or have poisoned the stumps of trees diseased with oak wilt and shall debark or have debarked to the ground line the stumps of trees diseased with Dutch ehn disease in such manner as may be approved by the forester. Subd. II Abatement by City. In the event the owner fails or refuses to abate the nuisances as so required, then the forester shall upon orders from the Council, abate the nuisance by cutting down diseased shade trees and removing all parts, branches and brush thereof, together with any diseased wood of any diseased shade trees located on the premises, from the premises to an authorized disposal or chipping site. The cost of the City's abating the nuisance shall be billed to the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the nuisances existed. Subd. 12 Assessment for Nuisance Abatement. If the owner or occupant fails to pay the bill, as . provided for in Subd. 9, within thirty (30) days of the date thereof, the Council may then assess the amount due, plus interest, against the property as a special assessment under M.S. Ch. 429.1 0, as amended from time to time, installments of which assessment shall in no event be payable over a period exceeding five (5) years from the date thc same have been levied. On or before October 1 of each year, the city administrator shall list the total unpaid charges for each such abatement against each separate lot or parcel to which the same is attributable. Thereafter, the charges may then be spread by the Council as a special assessment against the property benefited by the abatement, and the assessment certified to the county as provided by law. Subd. 13 Request for Laboratory Testing. Any owner of real estate in the City who receives a notice as provided in Subd. 7 to the effect that shade trees or wood, or both as the case may be, . on his or her property harbor shade tree disease and must be removed within the time specified in the notice, may request the forester to obtain a laboratory test of one or more of the trees. The 8