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West Virginia Code
Chapter 8
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Assessments to Improve Streets, Sidewalks and Sewers; Sewer Connections and Board of Health; Enforcement of Duty to Pay for Service.
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8-18-1
Power and authority of municipalities relating to street, sidewalk, sewer and other permanent improvements.
8-18-2
Petition of abutting property owners for improvement; improvements without petition.
8-18-3
Notice to abutting owners before authorizing improvements; form of notice; affidavit of publication.
8-18-4
Ordinance or resolution authorizing improvements; approval of plans, specifications and estimates; provisions for advertisement of bids and payment of cost; default.
8-18-5
Report on completion; notice to abutting owners of assessments; hearings; correcting and laying assessments.
8-18-6
Construction of sewers and sewer systems; assessments; corner lots, etc.
8-18-7
What total cost to include.
8-18-8
Apportionment and assessment of cost.
8-18-9
Assessment against property of public, charitable, eleemosynary, educational or religious institutions; duty of those in charge to cause assessments to be paid.
8-18-10
Liens; recording notice of liens; suit for enforcement; priority.
8-18-11
How assessments may be evidenced.
8-18-12
How funds of municipality to be repaid if work paid for from unappropriated funds rather than by means of assessment certificates or from the proceeds of bonds.
8-18-13
Assessment certificates.
8-18-14
Issuance of bonds.
8-18-15
Bonds to pay municipality's share of cost of improvements.
8-18-16
Bond issue to be authorized by voters.
8-18-17
Payment of assessments or installments; release.
8-18-18
Reassessment for void, irregular or omitted assessments.
8-18-19
Limitation on additional assessments.
8-18-20
Liberal construction of article; validity and enforcement of assessments when bond issue for same improvements.
8-18-21
Cumulative authority.
8-18-22
Connection to sewers; board of health; penalty.
8-18-23
Authority to require discontinuance of water service by provider utility for nonpayment of sewer service rates and charges; lien for delinquent service rates and charges; failure to cure delinquency; civil actions; deferral of filing fees and costs in magistrate court action; limitations with respect to foreclosure.