Fla. Stat. 157.20
Appointment of committee to view work and make assessments; report to commissioners; form of assessment

Whenever it shall become necessary to raise money for any of the purposes set out in ss. 157.07 and 157.19 the board of county commissioners shall appoint three competent and disinterested persons who are citizens of the county who shall view the work and all lands benefited by said drain or auxiliaries thereto, both those lands lying immediately along said drain or auxiliaries and those adjacent thereto, and shall assess against each parcel of land according and in proportion as each shall be benefited, its proportionate share of such additional cost of such drain or auxiliary above the estimated cost thereof, which said assessment shall be reported to the county commissioners at a regular meeting of said board, which said assessment shall show each parcel of land so assessed, the amount of said assessment and the names of the several owners, unless the said owners by diligent inquiry cannot be ascertained, when the names shall be given as unknown.

Source: Section 157.20 — Appointment of committee to view work and make assessments; report to commissioners; form of assessment, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0157.­20 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

157.01
Public ditch, drain or canal 157.02
Action on petition by county commissioners 157.03
Commissioners to appoint committee 157.04
Bond required before letting contract 157.05
Work done under supervision of committee 157.06
Committee to view land before letting contract 157.07
Where cost of construction exceeds estimated cost commissioners to assess difference 157.08
Assessments 157.09
Compensation of committee 157.10
Application to lateral ditches 157.11
Lateral drains may be established 157.12
Duty of bond trustees to borrow money to pay interest on bonds until collection of first assessment 157.13
Use of surplus of bond proceeds 157.14
Owner may pay whole tax in one sum 157.15
County commissioners may issue bonds to pay scrip 157.16
Enlarging drains and assessing cost 157.17
Assessment to maintain drains 157.18
Awarding contract for enlarging or repairing drains 157.19
Where actual cost exceeds estimated cost 157.20
Appointment of committee to view work and make assessments 157.21
Enlargement of drains 157.22
Repairing drains 157.23
Objections to report of committee fixing assessments 157.24
Commissioners may issue interest-bearing scrip against land to borrow money or pay for work 157.25
Compensation of committee 157.26
Repair and maintenance of drains under supervision of county commissioners 157.27
Proceedings for making repair to drains, etc 157.28
Awarding contracts for repair 157.29
Levy of tax for maintaining and repairing drains 157.30
Reassessment of lands where attempt to establish ditch or canal irregular 157.31
Notice of reassessment for drainage 157.32
Reviewing complaints and making assessment against property benefited 157.33
Issuance of scrip to take up former scrip or bonds 157.34
Reassessments to have effect as original assessment 157.35
Assessments conclusive after lapse of 6 months 157.36
Adjustment of drainage tax liens

Current through Fall 2025

§ 157.20. Appointment of committee to view work & make assessments; report to commissioners; form of assessment's source at flsenate​.gov