Relating to drainage and levee districts, by providing for notices to interested persons including landowners in the district, and for repairs that require a report by an engineer or soil and water conservation district conservationist

45 requiring a county board of supervisors, joint boards of supervisors, or board of trustees (board) to provide notice of a hearing regarding a report to classify tracts of land within a drainage or levee district (district) as established or proposed to be established by the board. The notice is required to be delivered to each owner of land within the district and also by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the district is located. The bill provides that the newspaper publication is not required to include a statement listing the amount of the assessment of costs and expenses of construction of improvements as apportioned to each owner if it is posted in the office of the county auditor and on the county’s internet site. The county auditor must provide a copy of the statement upon request.126 by providing for required reports on repairs made to a district as ordered by a board managing the district. The bill requires a board to order a report from a civil or drainage engineer or soil and water conservation district conservationist regarding a proposed repair if the repair’s estimated cost exceeds $50,000 or the adjusted competitive bid threshold, whichever is more. The report must be presented at the hearing of landowners.