Sec. 10. (a) If the works board or other appropriate body of the municipality determines to construct, acquire, or lease any sewage works, the works board or other appropriate body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution or resolutions:
(1) setting forth a brief general description of the works and, if the works are to be constructed, a reference to the plans and specifications prepared and filed by an engineer chosen by the board;
(2) setting forth the cost of the works, as estimated by the engineer, if the works are to be constructed;
(3) ordering the construction, acquisition, or lease of the works;
(4) setting forth an estimate of the fees for the several classes of users or property to be served;
(5) ordering the issuance of revenue bonds of the municipality under this chapter, in the amount necessary to pay the cost of the works, if applicable; and
(6) containing any other necessary provisions.
(b) Unless all or part of the works is being constructed in compliance with an order of the department of environmental management to abate water pollution, notice of the adoption and the purport of the resolution or resolutions shall immediately be given by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-5-6 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.96. Amended by P.L.143-1985, SEC.197; P.L.35-1990, SEC.69; P.L.163-2017, SEC.4.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 9. Transportation and Public Works
Chapter 23. Municipal Sewage Works
36-9-23-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
36-9-23-1. Application of Chapter
36-9-23-3. Supervision and Control
36-9-23-7. Board; Operation of Works
36-9-23-8. Board; Restoration of Works
36-9-23-9. Board; Authority Relating to Employees; Payment of Expenses
36-9-23-12.5. User Moving to New Residence; Forwarding Final Bill
36-9-23-13. Preliminary Expenses; Payment From General Fund; Repayment From Bond Proceeds
36-9-23-15. Acquisition of Property Subject to Lien or Other Encumbrance
36-9-23-19. Bonds; Actions to Contest Validity; Limitations
36-9-23-20. Bonds; Disposition of Proceeds; Lien of Holders or Trustee
36-9-23-21. Bonds; Sinking Fund
36-9-23-22. Bonds; Security by Trust Indenture Permitted; Terms of Indenture
36-9-23-23. Bonds; Enforcement Rights of Holders; Receivership
36-9-23-24. Fees; Municipality Subject to Fees of Sewage Works
36-9-23-26. Fees; Hearing; Notice; Adoption; Readjustment
36-9-23-26.1. Objections to Rates and Charges; Bonds; Hearings
36-9-23-27. Fees; Collection Upon Commencement of Construction; Amount
36-9-23-28.5. Unclaimed Overpayments of Sewer Fees Becoming Property of Municipality
36-9-23-31. Fees; Nonpayment; Delinquency Penalty; Civil Action to Recover
36-9-23-34. Liens; Foreclosure; Attorney's Fees
36-9-23-36. Municipal Powers; Areas Outside Corporate Boundaries