{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-266.170","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 266.170","heading":"Board's power to make additional assessments under drainage law","body":"procedure.\n(1) Whenever it is necessary for the board to have sufficient funds to enable it to pay\nthe interest and principal of any bonds, or any liability incurred necessary in the\nreconstruction, repair or maintenance of any public levee constructed under laws\nother than the general laws of the state pertaining to drainage of lands, the board or\nany landowners benefited by the reconstruction, enlargement, repair or maintenance\nof the levee may petition the county judge/executive of the county of the board's\nappointment to have the lands benefited by the reconstruction, enlargement, repair\nor maintenance classified and formed into a district and assessed to pay the interest\nand principal of the bonds or other liability in the same manner as provided in the\ngeneral laws pertaining to drainage of lands.\n(2) A proceeding to have the lands protected by such levee assessed for the repair or\nmaintenance of the levee for the current year shall enable the board to make,\nannually thereafter, an assessment of a like amount aga inst the land in the district\nprotected by the levee, and, in any year thereafter, an assessment of such a lesser\namount as the board considers necessary to repair and maintain the levee. When the\ncost of the reconstruction and enlargement of the levee cannot be paid out of annual\nassessments made for the repair or maintenance of the levee, as hereinbefore set out,\noriginal proceedings may be had to classify the land benefited by the reconstruction\nor enlargement and form the land into a district and make a ssessments against the\nland so benefited for the cost thereof as often as necessary.\n(3) Assessments made under this section shall not be defeated on account of any\nirregularity in the proceedings that does not affect the substantial rights of the party\ncomplaining.","path":["KRS Chapter 266"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12859","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:12Z","sha256":"26c9fd733250b85143c535f43bcfbca98aad6418d5b4831aa81fb2dc78ad7baf","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-266.160","next":"us-ky/krs-266.180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}