Section 88.46. Reassessment of benefits.

 

(1)  At any time after the expiration of 5 years from the order of the board assessing benefits in a drainage district, owners of land in the district may petition the drainage board for a reassessment of benefits on the ground that the original assessment of benefits is inequitable and unjust. The petition shall be signed by at least one-tenth of the owners of land within the district or by the owners of at least one-tenth of the lands within the district.

(2)  Upon receipt of a petition meeting the requirements of sub. (1) , the board shall either schedule a hearing on the matter to be held within 60 days after receiving the petition or issue an order denying the petition within 60 days after receiving the petition. If it appears to the board that the original assessment of benefits throughout the drainage district was uniformly low or substantially so, by reason of the application of a substandard evaluation or other cause, the board shall issue an order adjusting all benefits in the district so as to correct the inequities and injustices.

(4)  A reassessment under this section supersedes all prior assessments of benefits, subject in every case to s. 88.02 .

1979 c. 110 s. 60 (11) ; 1993 a. 456 .