Tennessee § 69-5-722 - Collection of assessments — Separate fund.
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§ 69-5-722. Collection of assessments — Separate fund.
The assessment shall be collected by the county trustee as county taxes are collected, except as provided in this section, and the funds so collected shall be kept as a separate fund, and shall be paid out only for purposes properly connected with such improvement on the order or warrant of the county mayor; provided, that such assessments may be collected in chancery, as provided in part 8 of this chapter, and no personal property of the owner of land so assessed shall be liable or distrained for such assessment, but the land so assessed only shall be liable for such assessment. Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 24; Shan., § 3871a104; Code 1932, § 4332; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1229; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2; T.C.A. § 69-6-722 . Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated. Cross-References. Compensation for collecting and paying out assessments and for certified statements, § 69-5-835 .
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