41-10-115. Annual determination by board of amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation; fixing annual tax levy; certification of rate fixed and determined to county commissioners and clerks.

To levy and collect taxes, the board shall determine, in each year, the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy, which, when levied upon every dollar of assessed valuation of taxable property within the district, and together with other revenues, will raise the amount required by the district annually to supply funds for paying expenses of organization and the costs of acquiring, operating and maintaining the works and equipment of the district, and promptly to pay in full, when due, all interest on and principal of general obligation bonds and other such obligations of the district, and in the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, an additional levy may be made as provided in section 16. The secretary of the district pursuant to resolution of the board shall on or before the fourth Monday in May of each year, certify to the board of county commissioners of each county within the district, or having a portion of its territory within the district, and file with the county clerk thereof, the rate so fixed with directions that at the time and in the manner required by law for levying taxes for county purposes, such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the assessed valuation of all taxable property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such board of county commissioners at the rate so fixed and determined.