14-27-8-16. Drainage Commissioners; Filling of Vacancies; Removal
Sec. 16. (a) Upon the death or removal from the county of a drainage commissioner, the board of commissioners of the county shall appoint a successor. (b) A drainage commissioner is subject to removal for cause upon written charges filed against the drainage commissioner in the circuit court, superior court, or probate court. [Pre-1995 Recodification […]
14-27-8-17. Drainage Commissioners; per Diem Compensation and Traveling Expenses
Sec. 17. (a) A drainage commissioner serves without salary, but is entitled to be paid from the drainage maintenance fund twenty-five dollars ($25) per day, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) annually, for every day the drainage commissioner is actively and necessarily employed in the following: (1) Going over the district for the purpose […]
14-27-8-18. Maintenance of Ditches and Drains; Labor and Materials
Sec. 18. (a) The drainage commissioners: (1) shall at all times keep and maintain the dredge ditch and drain in proper condition; and (2) may, subject to subsection (b), hire all labor, purchase all material, and do all acts that are necessary and incident to maintaining the ditch and drain. (b) An obligation may not […]
14-27-8-19. Records of Expenses; Warrants
Sec. 19. (a) The drainage commissioners shall do the following: (1) Keep a complete record of their proceedings and note in the record all expenses incurred in the maintenance and repair of the ditch and drain. (2) File with the county auditor an itemized statement showing the costs and expenses of the maintenance, and specifying […]
14-27-8-20. Fixing of Assessment Rate
Sec. 20. To raise the drainage maintenance fund, the drainage commissioners shall meet annually to do the following: (1) Estimate the amount of money necessary to properly maintain the ditch and drain for the ensuing year. (2) Determine what percent that amount is of the total of the last assessments made and confirmed by the […]
14-27-8-21. Itemized Statement of Costs of Petitioners
Sec. 21. The petitioners for the district shall present an itemized statement of all costs incurred by the petitioners in petitioning for the establishment of the district. If the drainage commissioners find the statement to be true and the expenses to be reasonable, the drainage commissioners shall include the expenses in the first assessment and […]
14-27-8-22. Collection of Assessments
Sec. 22. (a) The drainage commissioners shall, before November 1 of each year, file with the county auditor a certified copy of the resolution fixing the assessment rate. (b) The county auditor shall do the following: (1) Prepare an assessment duplicate assessing each tract of land with an amount determined by multiplying the last assessment […]
14-27-8-23. Carryover of Balance in Drainage Maintenance Fund
Sec. 23. A balance remaining in the drainage maintenance fund at the end of a year shall be carried forward into the drainage maintenance fund for the ensuing year. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-21-5(e).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.
14-27-8-24. Dissolution of District; Authority
Sec. 24. A district established under this chapter or under IC 13-2-21 (before its repeal) may be dissolved by order of the court that established the district in accordance with: (1) IC 36-9-27-27; or (2) section 25 of this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-21-7(a).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.
14-27-8-25. Dissolution of District; Petition
Sec. 25. (a) The court shall dissolve the district if it is shown that a petition for dissolution contains either of the following: (1) The names of a majority of the drainage commissioners. (2) The names of: (A) the owners of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the acreage described within the district; and (B) the […]