Sec. 33. (a) On the date fixed under section 32 of this chapter, the works board shall receive and hear all remonstrances from the owners of property described in the notice or the representatives of the owners.

     (b) After the hearing, the works board shall sustain or modify the presumptive assessment as indicated on the assessment roll by confirming, increasing, or reducing the presumptive assessment against all or part of the property described in the roll. The works board’s decision must be based on the works board’s findings concerning the special benefits that the property has received or will receive on account of the improvement.

     (c) If any property liable for assessment is initially omitted from the assessment roll or a presumptive assessment has not been made against the property, the works board may place on the assessment roll any special benefit that the omitted property has sustained or will sustain by the improvement.

     (d) The aggregate amount of assessments approved by the works board under this section may not exceed the cost of the improvement and must be equal to the aggregate amount of special benefits determined by the board under section 10 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.