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<br />Minnesota Statutes 2003, 429.051 <br /> <br />Minnesota Statutes 2003 Table of Chapters <br /> <br />Table of contents for Chapter 429 <br /> <br />429.051 Apportionment of CQst. <br /> <br />The cost of any improvement, or any part thereof, may be <br />assessed upon property benefited by the improvement, based upon <br />the benefits received, whether or not the property abuts on the <br />improvement and whether or not any part of the cost of the <br />improvement is paid from the county state-aid highway fund, the <br />municipal state-aid street fund, or the trunk highway fund. The <br />area assessed may be less than but may not exceed the area <br />proposed to be assessed as stated in the notice of hearing on <br />the improvement, except as provided below. The municipality may <br />pay such portion of the cost of the improvement as the council <br />may determine from general ad valorem tax levies or from other <br />revenues or funds of the municipality available for the <br />purpose. The municipality may subsequently reimburse itself for <br />all or ~ny of the portion of the cost of a water, storm sewer, <br />or sanitary sewer improvement so paid by levying additional <br />assessments upon any properties abutting on but not previously <br />assessed for the improvement, on notice and hearing as provided <br />for the assessments initially made. To the extent that such an <br />improvement benefits nonabutting properties which may be served <br />by the improvement when one or more later extensions or <br />_*,::i:mprovemen-cs-.;:::::a-re;__mac;ie__but___Wh:1:Ch:--:-a-I:e=-::n~;P-:::-~Il1;~.:L-q.L.J;. Y._..c:l.s)?E:;~~,~q._ <br />therefor, tne municipality may also reimburse itself by adding <br />all or any of the portion of the cost so paid to the assessments <br />levied for any of such later extensions or improvements, <br />provided that notice that such additional amount will be <br />assessed is included in the notice of hearing on the making of <br />such extensions or improvements. The additional assessments <br />herein authorized may be made whether or not the properties <br />assessed were included in the area described in the notice of <br />hearing on the making of the original improvement. <br /> <br />In any city of the fourth class electing to proceed under a <br />home rule charter as provided in this chapter, which charter <br />provides for a board of water commdssioners and authorizes such <br />board to assess a water frontage tax to defray the cost of <br />construction of water mains, such board may assess the tax based <br />upon the benefits received and without regard to any charter <br />limitation on the amount that may be assessed for each lineal <br />foot of property abutting on the water main. The water frontage <br />tax shall be imposed according to the procedure and, except as <br />herein provided, subject to the limitations of the charter of <br />the city. <br /> <br />HrST: 1953 c 398 s 5; 1955 c 842 s 1; 1957 c 40 s 1; 1959 c <br />490 s 1; 1961 c 286 s 1 <br /> <br />Copyright 2003 by the Office of Revisor of statutes, State of M2nnesota. <br /> <br />http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.uslstats/429/051.html <br /> <br />Page 1 ofl <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />61112004 <br />