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 court in the last proceedings to construct or reconstruct the ditch and drain. The drainage commissioners shall by resolution fix that percent as the assessment rate for the ensuing year, subject to the following:
(A) The assessment rate may not be greater than fifty percent (50%) of the last assessment.
(B) If, in a year there is an unencumbered balance in the drainage maintenance fund equal to or greater than four (4) times the estimated annual cost of the drainage maintenance, the annual assessment shall be omitted for that year.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-21-5(b).]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 27. Levees, Dams, and Drainage
14-27-8-1. Applicability of Chapter
14-27-8-3. "Ditch" or "Drain" Defined
14-27-8-4. Petition to Establish District; Filing
14-27-8-5. Petition to Establish District; Contents
14-27-8-6. Petition to Establish District; Signature
14-27-8-7. Petition to Establish District; Hearing
14-27-8-8. Petition to Establish District; Notice of Hearing to Resident Landowners
14-27-8-9. Petition to Establish District; Notice of Hearing to Nonresident Landowners
14-27-8-10. Petition to Establish District; Court Proceedings
14-27-8-11. Drainage Commissioners; Appointment; Qualifications
14-27-8-12. Drainage Commissioners; Terms
14-27-8-13. Drainage Commissioners; Oath
14-27-8-14. Drainage Commissioners; Chairman; Secretary
14-27-8-15. Drainage Commissioners; Quorum
14-27-8-16. Drainage Commissioners; Filling of Vacancies; Removal
14-27-8-17. Drainage Commissioners; per Diem Compensation and Traveling Expenses
14-27-8-18. Maintenance of Ditches and Drains; Labor and Materials
14-27-8-19. Records of Expenses; Warrants
14-27-8-20. Fixing of Assessment Rate
14-27-8-21. Itemized Statement of Costs of Petitioners
14-27-8-22. Collection of Assessments
14-27-8-23. Carryover of Balance in Drainage Maintenance Fund