Sec. 4. (a) A petition requesting the establishment of a drainage maintenance and repair district under this chapter may not be filed after June 30, 2001.
(b) Twenty percent (20%) of the owners of the real property assessed for a ditch or drain who:
(1) would benefit by the construction of the ditch or drain; and
(2) own not less than twenty percent (20%) of the land in acreage that is assessed for the ditch or drain;
may file, in the office of the clerk of a circuit or superior court having jurisdiction in the county in which is located the greatest acreage of the land as last assessed with benefits for the construction or reconstruction of the ditch, a petition requesting the establishment of a drainage maintenance and repair district.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-21-2 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.276-2001, SEC.4.
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