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Chapter 1. Purposes of Regional Districts
13-26-1-1. Water Supply; Collection, Treatment, Disposal of Sewage, Solid Waste, and Refuse - Sec. 1. Any area may be established as a regional...
13-26-1-2. Petition to Increase Board of Trustees Membership, Add To, Modify, or Abandon Purposes or Plan - Sec. 2. (a) At any time after the creation of...
Chapter 2. Establishment of Regional Districts
13-26-2-1. Petitions to Organize District - Sec. 1. The establishment of a regional district may be...
13-26-2-2. Petitions; Filing - Sec. 2. (a) The petition may be filed by any...
13-26-2-2.5. Petitions; Notice - Sec. 2.5. (a) Before a representative may file a petition...
13-26-2-3. Petitions; Contents - Sec. 3. A petition to establish a district under this...
13-26-2-3.5. Petition Opposing Establishment of Proposed District - Sec. 3.5. Not more than one hundred eighty (180) days...
13-26-2-4. Petitions; Determination of Compliance - Sec. 4. Upon the filing of a petition to establish...
13-26-2-5. Petitions; Hearing Officer; Appointment - Sec. 5. Upon the determination of the department that a...
13-26-2-6. Notice and Hearing - Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in section 9 of...
13-26-2-7. Objection; Opportunity to Be Heard - Sec. 7. A person or an eligible entity that resides...
13-26-2-8. Findings and Recommendations - Sec. 8. (a) After the hearing on the petition for...
13-26-2-9. Waiver of Notice and Hearing Requirement - Sec. 9. (a) If the department of natural resources has...
13-26-2-10. Order - Sec. 10. (a) If the commissioner determines that the findings...
13-26-2-11. Order; Review - Sec. 11. An order for the establishment of a district...
Chapter 3. Districts Established Under Prior Law
13-26-3-1. Effect - Sec. 1. (a) A district established in accordance with IC...
Chapter 4. Board of Trustees of Regional Districts
13-26-4-1. Members - Sec. 1. The board of trustees of a district is...
13-26-4-2. Elections; Vacancies - Sec. 2. An order establishing a district may provide for...
13-26-4-3. Appointments - Sec. 3. Instead of electing the board, an order establishing...
13-26-4-4. Number of Trustees; Appointments by the Governor or Commissioner of the Department of Correction - Sec. 4. (a) If: (1) a district will include territory...
13-26-4-5. Number of Trustees; Sewage Treatment in Cooperation With Municipality - Sec. 5. If a plan also contemplates that sewage treatment...
13-26-4-6. Residency - Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b)(5), an...
13-26-4-6.1. Repealed - As added by P.L.97-2012, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.139-2012, SEC.4. Repealed...
13-26-4-7. Compensation and Expenses of Trustees - Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...
13-26-4-8. Public Meetings or Hearings - Sec. 8. (a) When the board of a district conducts...
Chapter 5. Powers and Duties of Regional Districts
13-26-5-1. Prerequisites to Exercising Rights, Powers, and Duties - Sec. 1. Upon: (1) the declaration of the commissioner organizing...
13-26-5-2. Powers - Sec. 2. A district may do the following: (1) Sue...
13-26-5-2.5. Septic Tank Soil Absorption System Exemption - Sec. 2.5. (a) As used in this section, "septic tank...
13-26-5-2.6. Large Parcel Exemption - Sec. 2.6. A district may not require the owner of...
13-26-5-3. Rules and Resolutions of Board; Legislative and Administrative Acts - Sec. 3. (a) The board may by rules and resolutions...
13-26-5-4. Rules; Establishment and Enforcement - Sec. 4. (a) The board may adopt and enforce rules...
13-26-5-5. Contracts for Purchases of Supplies, Materials, or Labor - Sec. 5. The board or an officer or employee designated...
13-26-5-6. Eminent Domain - Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the...
13-26-5-6.5. Notice; Proposed Extension of Service - Sec. 6.5. A district that intends to extend service within...
13-26-5-7. Contracts for Water Supply, Sewage Treatment, or Solid Waste Disposition; Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 7. (a) Exclusive of building a sewage treatment plant,...
13-26-5-8. Limitations on Contracts - Sec. 8. A district may make contracts or incur obligations...
13-26-5-9. Disbursal of Money for District Purposes; Electronic Funds Transfers; Advance Claim Payments; Board Preapproval and Review Required - Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "electronic funds...
Chapter 6. District Plan
13-26-6-1. Contents - Sec. 1. A district plan for the operation of the...
13-26-6-2. Approval; Authorization to Proceed - Sec. 2. If the department approves a district plan, the...
13-26-6-3. Denial; Revisions - Sec. 3. If the department disapproves a district plan, the...
13-26-6-4. Dissolution of District; Distribution of Assets - Sec. 4. If: (1) the department determines that the project...
Chapter 7. Payment of District Expenses
13-26-7-1. Records - Sec. 1. Each district must keep proper records showing the...
13-26-7-2. Advancement of Money - Sec. 2. A local, state, or federal agency or person...
13-26-7-3. Repayment of Money - Sec. 3. When a district receives revenue for its operations...
13-26-7-4. Dissolution of District; Interest in Assets; Limitations - Sec. 4. If the commissioner orders a district dissolved as...
13-26-7-5. Service Areas; Loans - Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to any...
Chapter 8. Addition of Territory to Regional Districts
13-26-8-1. Applications by Eligible Entities to Be Included in District; Procedure - Sec. 1. After the establishment of a district, an eligible...
13-26-8-2. Approval of Application - Sec. 2. If an application is approved by a majority...
13-26-8-3. Denial of Application; Petition; Procedure - Sec. 3. (a) If an application fails to receive the...
13-26-8-4. Addition of Territory to Regional Sewage or Solid Waste District Other Than at Request of Eligible Entity - Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to the addition of...
Chapter 9. Territorial Authority of Sewage Disposal Companies
13-26-9-1. Effect of Chapter - Sec. 1. This article does not limit the following: (1)...
13-26-9-2. Certificates; Conditions - Sec. 2. The granting of a certificate of territorial authority...
13-26-9-3. Exemption From Certain Ordinances and Rules - Sec. 3. A sewage disposal company that is subject to...
Chapter 10. Bonds
13-26-10-1. Issuance of Revenue Bonds - Sec. 1. A district may obtain money for the payment...
13-26-10-2. Loans From Federal Government - Sec. 2. A district obtaining a loan from the federal...
13-26-10-3. Revenue Bonds - Sec. 3. Revenue bonds may: (1) bear interest, at a...
13-26-10-4. Revenue Bonds; Principal and Interest - Sec. 4. The principal and interest of revenue bonds may...
13-26-10-5. Revenue Bonds; Terms - Sec. 5. (a) The revenue bonds must contain a statement...
13-26-10-6. Execution and Attestation of Bonds - Sec. 6. The: (1) president of the board shall execute;...
13-26-10-7. Revenue Bonds; Sale Procedure - Sec. 7. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the treasurer of...
13-26-10-8. Revenue Bonds; Disposition of Proceeds - Sec. 8. (a) A surplus of revenue bond proceeds over...
13-26-10-9. Temporary Revenue Bonds - Sec. 9. Before the preparation of the definite revenue bonds,...
13-26-10-10. Loans From Federal or State Agency - Sec. 10. The fund to finance the construction of any...
13-26-10-11. Action to Contest Validity of Bonds - Sec. 11. An action to contest the validity of bonds...
13-26-10-12. Issuance of Additional Bonds - Sec. 12. Subject to an ordinance or trust indenture pertaining...
13-26-10-13. Trust Indenture to Secure Bonds - Sec. 13. The board may secure the revenue bonds by...
13-26-10-14. Contents of Ordinance Authorizing Revenue Bonds - Sec. 14. The ordinance authorizing the revenue bonds and fixing...
13-26-10-15. Ordinance Authorizing Revenue Bonds - Sec. 15. The ordinance may also provide that the works...
13-26-10-16. Trust Indenture; Rights and Remedies of Bondholder and Trustee - Sec. 16. The trust indenture may set forth the rights...
13-26-10-17. Payment of Bond Sale Proceeds and Revenue of Works - Sec. 17. Unless this article otherwise provides, the board may...
13-26-10-18. Sinking Fund for Payment of Bonds - Sec. 18. (a) At or before the time of issuance...
13-26-10-19. Rights of Revenue Bondholders - Sec. 19. (a) The holder of revenue bonds or attached...
Chapter 11. Rates and Charges
13-26-11-1. Waterworks - Sec. 1. The rates and charges for a waterworks may...
13-26-11-2. Sewage Works; Campgrounds; Youth Camps - Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...
13-26-11-2.1. Campground Rates; Appeal to Utility Regulatory Commission - Sec. 2.1. (a) As used in this section, "commission" refers...
13-26-11-3. Solid Waste Disposal - Sec. 3. The rates or charges for solid waste disposal...
13-26-11-4. Services of Water, Sewer, or Solid Waste Disposal - Sec. 4. The rates and charges for services of a...
13-26-11-5. Billing and Collection - Sec. 5. A district may bill and collect rates and...
13-26-11-6. Sewage Works Beneficial to Lots, Land, or Buildings - Sec. 6. Unless the board finds and directs otherwise, the...
13-26-11-7. Connection Charges; Liens - Sec. 7. (a) If a district constructs sewers or water...
13-26-11-8. Rates and Charges - Sec. 8. (a) The board shall, by ordinance, establish just...
13-26-11-9. Just and Equitable Rates and Charges; Rates and Charges Unlawful if Too Low; When Initial Rates and Charges Are Prima Facie Just and Equitable; District Authority Examination - Sec. 9. (a) Just and equitable rates and charges are...
13-26-11-10. Revenue of Works - Sec. 10. Revenue collected under sections 8 through 14 of...
13-26-11-11. Public Hearing - Sec. 11. The initial rates or charges may be established...
13-26-11-12. Notice - Sec. 12. After introduction of the ordinance initially fixing rates...
13-26-11-13. Ordinance Establishing Rates and Charges; Schedule; Notice; Objections; Hearing; Appeal - Sec. 13. (a) The ordinance establishing the initial rates or...
13-26-11-14. Extension of Rates and Charges to Cover Additional Premises; Changes or Readjustments - Sec. 14. (a) The rates or charges established for a...
13-26-11-15. Regional Sewage District Authority; Membership; Notice of Rate Increase; Objecting Petition; Public Hearing; Order and Appeal - Sec. 15. (a) A district authority is established in each...
Chapter 12. Repealed - [Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.131-2005, SEC.9.
Chapter 13. Repealed - [Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.131-2005, SEC.9.
Chapter 14. Foreclosure of Liens
13-26-14-1. Additional or Alternative Remedy for Collection of Rates or Charges - Sec. 1. A district may, as an additional or alternative...
13-26-14-2. Recovery by District - Sec. 2. (a) In all actions brought to foreclose the...
13-26-14-3. Applicability of Other Rights and Laws - Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided by this article, in...
13-26-14-4. Liens for Unpaid Rates, Fees, or Charges - Sec. 4. Rates, fees, or charges made, assessed, or established...