Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 27. Levees, Dams, and Drainage

14-27-1-1. General Duties of Department - Sec. 1. The department shall do the following: (1) Investigate,...

14-27-1-2. Notices Required to Be Made to Department - Sec. 2. Within five (5) days after: (1) an order...

14-27-1-3. Contents of Notices - Sec. 3. The letter required by section 2 of this...

14-27-1-4. Collection of Data, Statistics, or Information - Sec. 4. Upon the receipt of notice under section 2...

14-27-1-5. Designation of Technical Advisor - Sec. 5. The department may, upon the receipt of a...

14-27-1-6. Duties of Technical Advisor - Sec. 6. The department may direct the technical advisor designated...

Chapter 2. Levees; Miscellaneous Provisions

14-27-2-1. Acquisition of Property by Purchase or Eminent Domain - Sec. 1. A person, an officer, a corporation, a limited...

14-27-2-2. Riding or Driving on Levee Prohibited - Sec. 2. A person who knowingly rides or drives upon...

Chapter 3. Control of Levees

14-27-3-1. Duties of Superintendent of Construction - Sec. 1. (a) The superintendent of construction of the work...

14-27-3-2. Laborer's and Materialman's Liens - Sec. 2. (a) All laborers and other persons who perform...

14-27-3-3. Pro Rata Distribution of Excess Money - Sec. 3. If money remains after the payment of the...

14-27-3-4. Assessments; Defect in Proceedings Not Defeating Collection - Sec. 4. The collection of assessments is not defeated by...

14-27-3-5. Assessments; Petition for Additional Assessments - Sec. 5. (a) If it appears that the assessment of...

14-27-3-6. Assessments; Supplemental Petitions - Sec. 6. (a) The superintendent of construction or a person...

14-27-3-7. Levee Repair and Maintenance; Records; Warrants - Sec. 7. (a) The committee placed in charge of the...

14-27-3-8. Apportionment and Assessment of Costs of Repairs - Sec. 8. (a) To raise the necessary money to reimburse...

14-27-3-8.5. Appointed Levee Committee Members - Sec. 8.5. (a) The county council and county executive shall...

14-27-3-9. Notice of Assessments - Sec. 9. (a) The committee shall, within five (5) days...

14-27-3-10. Appeal of Assessment; Bond; Summons; Pleadings - Sec. 10. (a) A person assessed may appeal the assessment...

14-27-3-11. Appeal of Assessment; Proceedings - Sec. 11. (a) The appeal shall be tried by the...

14-27-3-12. Appeal of Assessment; Costs - Sec. 12. (a) If the court reduces the assessment against...

14-27-3-13. Assessments; Certified Copy; Placement on Tax Duplicate; Applicability of Statutes - Sec. 13. (a) The: (1) clerk of the court, when...

14-27-3-14. Preservation and Protection of Levee - Sec. 14. (a) The committee in charge of a levee...

14-27-3-15. Additions to or Protection of Levee Upon Petition of Landowners - Sec. 15. If requested by a petition signed by a...

14-27-3-16. Pumping or Removal of Water Upon Petition of Landowners - Sec. 16. If requested in writing by a majority of...

14-27-3-17. Applicability of Statutes Regarding Assessments - Sec. 17. All of the provisions of sections 7 through...

14-27-3-18. Minimum Annual Assessment - Sec. 18. Notwithstanding the percent of benefit assessment determined by...

14-27-3-19. Effect of Recodification - Sec. 19. A levee district or association that was created...

Chapter 4. Levee Associations; Merged

14-27-4-1. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a levee association or...

14-27-4-2. Effect of Repeal on Surviving Corporation - Sec. 2. A surviving corporation: (1) may continue and possesses...

14-27-4-3. Effect on Rights and Obligations of Surviving Corporation - Sec. 3. A surviving corporation has all the specific rights,...

Chapter 5. Levee Associations; Federal Loans

14-27-5-1. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following: (1) A...

14-27-5-2. Application for Loan - Sec. 2. The board of directors of an association described...

14-27-5-3. Evidence and Security of Loan - Sec. 3. A loan may be: (1) evidenced by one...

14-27-5-4. Terms of Loan Subject to Agreement and Federal Law - Sec. 4. The following are subject to the agreement of...

14-27-5-5. Petition for Approval of Loan - Sec. 5. Before making financial commitments described in this chapter...

14-27-5-6. Hearing on Petition for Approval of Loan - Sec. 6. The court shall do the following: (1) Set...

14-27-5-7. Court Approval of Loan - Sec. 7. If at the hearing the court finds that:...

14-27-5-8. Levy of Special Assessment Upon Court Approval - Sec. 8. Upon approval by the court, the board of...

14-27-5-9. Purposes of Loan - Sec. 9. The board of directors may secure part or...

14-27-5-10. Offer of Bond Issue for Sale to Federal Agency - Sec. 10. If the board of directors: (1) decides not...

14-27-5-11. Repayment of Loan by Levy of Special Assessment - Sec. 11. A loan made under this chapter or under...

Chapter 6. Levee Authority in Vanderburgh County

14-27-6-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following: (1) A...

14-27-6-2. "Board" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to...

14-27-6-3. "Gate" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "gate" means any...

14-27-6-4. "Levee" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "levee" means any...

14-27-6-5. "Pumping Station" Defined - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "pumping station" means...

14-27-6-6. Ordinance Establishing Levee Authority - Sec. 6. The: (1) city fiscal body; or (2) city...

14-27-6-7. Board; Executive and Legislative Powers - Sec. 7. The board shall exercise the executive and legislative...

14-27-6-8. Board; Members - Sec. 8. (a) The board consists of three (3) members...

14-27-6-9. Board; Eligibility of Members - Sec. 9. To be eligible to be appointed as a...

14-27-6-10. Board; Appointment of Members; First Meeting - Sec. 10. As soon as possible after the adoption of...

14-27-6-11. Board; Terms of First Members - Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...

14-27-6-12. Board; Filling of Vacancy Upon Expiration of Term - Sec. 12. Upon the expiration of a term, the city...

14-27-6-13. Board; Filling of Vacancy Upon Resignation - Sec. 13. If a vacancy occurs on the board by...

14-27-6-14. Board; Terms of Members - Sec. 14. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,...

14-27-6-15. Board; Restrictions on Members - Sec. 15. (a) A member of the board is ineligible...

14-27-6-16. Board; Compensation of Members - Sec. 16. The members of the board are entitled to...

14-27-6-17. Board; Officers - Sec. 17. The board shall, at the board's first regular...

14-27-6-18. Board; Office and Records - Sec. 18. The board shall have a suitable office where...

14-27-6-19. Board; Meetings - Sec. 19. (a) The board shall by rule provide for...

14-27-6-20. Board; Quorum - Sec. 20. A majority of the members of the board...

14-27-6-21. Board; Record of Proceedings - Sec. 21. The board shall have a written record of...

14-27-6-22. Board; Rules of Procedure - Sec. 22. The board shall adopt a system of rules...

14-27-6-23. Board; Supervision of Internal Affairs - Sec. 23. The board may supervise the board's internal affairs...

14-27-6-24. Proposed Drafts of Ordinances - Sec. 24. (a) A member of the board may introduce...

14-27-6-25. Notice of Pending Action on Proposed Drafts - Sec. 25. (a) Not: (1) more than seven (7) days...

14-27-6-26. Meetings to Take Action on Proposed Drafts - Sec. 26. At a meeting for which notice has been...

14-27-6-27. Public Meeting Required - Sec. 27. The board may adopt a draft of an...

14-27-6-28. Effective Dates of Ordinances - Sec. 28. Whenever the board adopts an ordinance, the board...

14-27-6-29. Copies of Ordinances - Sec. 29. (a) The board shall have copies of each...

14-27-6-30. General Powers of Board - Sec. 30. The board may perform all acts necessary or...

14-27-6-31. Letting of Contracts; Bidding - Sec. 31. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in...

14-27-6-32. Recovery of Damages or Possession of Property - Sec. 32. The board may take action the board considers...

14-27-6-33. Eminent Domain Powers; Generally - Sec. 33. (a) The board may do the following: (1)...

14-27-6-34. Eminent Domain Powers; Land Already in Public Use - Sec. 34. (a) This section applies to land or the...

14-27-6-35. Eminent Domain Powers; Rights of Board and Landowners - Sec. 35. (a) In a proceeding prosecuted by the board...

14-27-6-36. Eminent Domain Powers; Taking Possession; Abandonment; Acquisition of Other Land - Sec. 36. (a) Notwithstanding this or any other statute, the...

14-27-6-37. Eminent Domain Powers; Description of Land; Statement of Purpose - Sec. 37. Within sixty (60) days after land or interests...

14-27-6-38. General Obligation Bonds; Issuance - Sec. 38. (a) The board may issue general obligation bonds...

14-27-6-39. General Obligation Bonds; Sale - Sec. 39. (a) The levee superintendent shall manage and supervise...

14-27-6-40. General Obligation Bonds; Applicability of Ic 5-1 and Ic 6-1.1-20 - Sec. 40. The provisions of IC 5-1 and IC 6-1.1-20...

14-27-6-41. General Obligation Bonds; Payment; Tax Exemption - Sec. 41. (a) All bonds issued under this chapter or...

14-27-6-42. Tax Anticipation Loans - Sec. 42. (a) The board may authorize and make temporary...

14-27-6-43. Treasurer; Appointment, Powers, and Duties - Sec. 43. (a) The board shall appoint a person to...

14-27-6-44. Treasurer; Report of Accounts - Sec. 44. The treasurer shall submit to the board annually,...

14-27-6-45. Audits - Sec. 45. The treasurer shall submit annually, and more often...

14-27-6-46. Budgets; Tax Levies - Sec. 46. (a) The board shall do the following: (1)...

14-27-6-47. Assessment and Collection of Tax Levies - Sec. 47. The county treasurer shall assess and collect the...

14-27-6-48. Cumulative Building Fund - Sec. 48. (a) The board may provide a cumulative building...

14-27-6-49. Board of Finance - Sec. 49. The board shall act as a board of...

14-27-6-50. Public Purpose - Sec. 50. The acquiring, establishment, construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance, control,...

14-27-6-51. Expenses - Sec. 51. All expenses incurred by the board necessary to...

14-27-6-52. Repealed - [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-31-31.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20. Repealed...

Chapter 7. Regulation of Levees, Dikes, and Floodwalls

14-27-7-1. "Owner" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "owner" means an...

14-27-7-2. Maintenance and Repair - Sec. 2. The owner of a levee, dike, or floodwall...

14-27-7-3. Powers and Duties of Department - Sec. 3. The department: (1) has, on behalf of the...

14-27-7-4. Engineering Inspections - Sec. 4. (a) The department shall make an engineering inspection...

14-27-7-5. Notice of Violation - Sec. 5. If the department finds that a dike, floodwall,...

14-27-7-6. Emergency Measures to Protect Life and Property - Sec. 6. (a) If at any time the condition of...

14-27-7-7. Violations - Sec. 7. An owner who knowingly fails to effect the...

14-27-7-8. Right of Entry Upon Premises - Sec. 8. The department and the department's agents, engineers, and...

14-27-7-9. Exemption of Department From Liability - Sec. 9. This chapter does not create a liability for...

Chapter 7.3. Low Head Dams

14-27-7.3-1. Applicability - Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a dam...

14-27-7.3-2. "Low Head Dam" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "low head dam"...

14-27-7.3-3. "Roster" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "roster" refers to...

14-27-7.3-4. Duties of Commission - Sec. 4. (a) Not later than July 1, 2021, the...

14-27-7.3-5. Duties of Department - Sec. 5. The department shall do the following: (1) Establish...

14-27-7.3-6. Duties of Owner - Sec. 6. A person who owns a low head dam...

14-27-7.3-7. Exemption for Certain Owners - Sec. 7. A person who owns at least two (2)...

14-27-7.3-8. Damage or Breach; Duty to Notify; Inspections; Right of Entry Upon Premises - Sec. 8. (a) The owner of a low head dam...

14-27-7.3-9. Prohibited Acts - Sec. 9. (a) A person may not access a low...

14-27-7.3-10. Title Searches by Department - Sec. 10. The department may use funds appropriated to the...

14-27-7.3-11. Department Immunity From Liability - Sec. 11. (a) The state is not liable for any...

14-27-7.3-12. Adoption of Rules - Sec. 12. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...

14-27-7.3-13. Violations - Sec. 13. A person who violates this chapter commits a...

14-27-7.3-14. Appeal of Administrative Decision or Penalty - Sec. 14. (a) A person may appeal an administrative decision...

Chapter 7.5. Regulation of Dams

14-27-7.5-1. Applicability; Exception - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter does not apply to the...

14-27-7.5-2. "Hazard Classification System" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "hazard classification system"...

14-27-7.5-3. "Height" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "height" means the...

14-27-7.5-4. "Owner" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "owner" means an...

14-27-7.5-5. "Structure" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "structure" means a...

14-27-7.5-6. "Volume" - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "volume" means the...

14-27-7.5-7. Maintenance, Repair, and Sale; Duties of Owner - Sec. 7. (a) The owner of a structure shall maintain...

14-27-7.5-8. Powers and Duties of Department; Hazard Classifications; Notice - Sec. 8. (a) The department: (1) has, on behalf of...

14-27-7.5-9. High Hazard Structures; Inspections; Report; Duty to Make Repairs or Alterations; Notice of Violation - Sec. 9. (a) The owner of a high hazard structure...

14-27-7.5-10. Significant and Low Hazard Structures; Inspections; Reports; Fees - Sec. 10. (a) The department shall make an engineering inspection...

14-27-7.5-11. Notice of Violation - Sec. 11. If the department finds that a structure is:...

14-27-7.5-12. Emergency Measures to Protect Life and Property - Sec. 12. (a) If at any time the condition of...

14-27-7.5-13. Violations - Sec. 13. An owner who knowingly fails to effect the...

14-27-7.5-14. Right of Entry Upon Premises; Notice - Sec. 14. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the department and...

14-27-7.5-15. Exemption of Department From Liability - Sec. 15. This chapter does not create a liability for...

14-27-7.5-16. Request to Have Structure Declared High Hazard; Notice - Sec. 16. (a) A property owner, the owner's representative, or...

14-27-7.5-17. Prior Law; Expiration - Sec. 17. (a) Notwithstanding sections 9 and 10 of this...

14-27-7.5-18. Emergency Action Plans - Sec. 18. (a) A property owner of property that contains...

Chapter 7.7. Lease of Williams Dam

14-27-7.7-1. Long Term Lease for Williams Dam - Sec. 1. The director may enter into a long term...

14-27-7.7-2. Lease Requirements - Sec. 2. A lease executed under this chapter must meet...

14-27-7.7-3. Lease Renewal - Sec. 3. A lease executed under this chapter may provide...

14-27-7.7-4. Lease Limitations and Restrictions - Sec. 4. A lease executed under this chapter may include...

14-27-7.7-5. Disposition of Lease Revenues - Sec. 5. Revenue from a lease under this chapter shall...

Chapter 8. Drainage Districts

14-27-8-1. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies if a public ditch or...

14-27-8-2. "District" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "district" refers to...

14-27-8-3. "Ditch" or "Drain" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "ditch" or "drain"...

14-27-8-4. Petition to Establish District; Filing - Sec. 4. (a) A petition requesting the establishment of a...

14-27-8-5. Petition to Establish District; Contents - Sec. 5. A petition filed under section 4 of this...

14-27-8-6. Petition to Establish District; Signature - Sec. 6. If the proposed district includes a city, town,...

14-27-8-7. Petition to Establish District; Hearing - Sec. 7. (a) Upon the filing of a petition described...

14-27-8-8. Petition to Establish District; Notice of Hearing to Resident Landowners - Sec. 8. Notice given under section 7 of this chapter...

14-27-8-9. Petition to Establish District; Notice of Hearing to Nonresident Landowners - Sec. 9. (a) If a landowner in the proposed district...

14-27-8-10. Petition to Establish District; Court Proceedings - Sec. 10. (a) Upon the hearing of a petition filed...

14-27-8-11. Drainage Commissioners; Appointment; Qualifications - Sec. 11. (a) The board of commissioners of the county...

14-27-8-12. Drainage Commissioners; Terms - Sec. 12. (a) The initial drainage commissioners serve for terms...

14-27-8-13. Drainage Commissioners; Oath - Sec. 13. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties,...

14-27-8-14. Drainage Commissioners; Chairman; Secretary - Sec. 14. The drainage commissioners: (1) shall elect one (1)...

14-27-8-15. Drainage Commissioners; Quorum - Sec. 15. A majority of the drainage commissioners constitutes a...

14-27-8-16. Drainage Commissioners; Filling of Vacancies; Removal - Sec. 16. (a) Upon the death or removal from the...

14-27-8-17. Drainage Commissioners; per Diem Compensation and Traveling Expenses - Sec. 17. (a) A drainage commissioner serves without salary, but...

14-27-8-18. Maintenance of Ditches and Drains; Labor and Materials - Sec. 18. (a) The drainage commissioners: (1) shall at all...

14-27-8-19. Records of Expenses; Warrants - Sec. 19. (a) The drainage commissioners shall do the following:...

14-27-8-20. Fixing of Assessment Rate - Sec. 20. To raise the drainage maintenance fund, the drainage...

14-27-8-21. Itemized Statement of Costs of Petitioners - Sec. 21. The petitioners for the district shall present an...

14-27-8-22. Collection of Assessments - Sec. 22. (a) The drainage commissioners shall, before November 1...

14-27-8-23. Carryover of Balance in Drainage Maintenance Fund - Sec. 23. A balance remaining in the drainage maintenance fund...

14-27-8-24. Dissolution of District; Authority - Sec. 24. A district established under this chapter or under...

14-27-8-25. Dissolution of District; Petition - Sec. 25. (a) The court shall dissolve the district if...

Chapter 9. Powers of Certain Drainage Corporations

14-27-9-1. Assessments - Sec. 1. (a) If a nonprofit drainage corporation organized under...

14-27-9-2. Objections; Appeals - Sec. 2. (a) The board shall hear an objection offered...

14-27-9-3. Filing of Assessments and Placement on Tax Duplicate - Sec. 3. (a) The board of directors of the corporation...

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Indiana Code Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources Article 27. Levees, Dams, and Drainage

Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 27. Levees, Dams, and Drainage