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IN Code § 13-21-3-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-11. Citizen Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee; Membership; Functions

Sec. 11. (a) The board of each district shall appoint and convene a solid waste management advisory committee of citizens not later than thirty (30) days after the board has been established. The committee must include the following:(1) Representatives of the solid waste management industry operating in the district.(2) Representatives of the environmental community and other citizens who are:(A) knowledgeable about and interested in environmental issues; and(B) not employed directly or indirectly by the solid waste management industry.(b) At least fifty percent (50%) of the members of an advisory committee must be made up of the representatives of the environmental community and other citizens. All members of the committee must be residents of the district.(c) In the resolution establishing an advisory committee, the board shall specify the terms of the members and the purposes of the committee. Each advisory committee shall do the following:(1) Study the subjects and problems specified by the board and recommend to the board additional problems in need of study and discussion.(2) If invited by the board to do so, participate, without the right to vote, in the deliberations of the board.(d) An advisory committee shall report only to the board. Reports of the committee must:(1) accompany a final district plan when the plan is submitted to the commissioner under IC 13-21-5; and(2) be made available to members of the public.(e) An advisory committee may choose to study and report on matters that are not specified by the board if the committee determines a study is warranted.(f) An advisory committee and board shall conduct at least two (2) joint meetings each year to discuss current and future issues. The advisory committee shall submit into the record at the next meeting of the board advice on the topics discussed at the joint meeting.(g) An advisory committee shall do the following:(1) Meet after the first publication of the district's proposed annual budget.(2) Submit written comments concerning the proposed budget at a public hearing that is held to review the proposed budget.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-10.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.
IN Code § 13-21-3-12.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-12.2. Additional Powers of Certain Counties

Sec. 12.2. (a) This section applies to a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) but less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).(b) In addition to the powers granted to a district under section 12 of this chapter, a district may make grants or loans of money, property, or services to a public or private program to plant or maintain trees in an area of the district that is a right-of-way, public property, or vacant property.As added by P.L.98-2000, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.170-2002, SEC.89; P.L.119-2012, SEC.115.
IN Code § 13-21-3-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-13. Powers of Board

Sec. 13. (a) A board may do the following:(1) Enter into agreements concerning and acquire by any lawful means real property or interests in real and personal property needed for the purposes of this section or IC 13-21-9.(2) Enter into financing agreements to purchase, lease as lessee, construct, remodel, rebuild, enlarge, or substantially improve facilities.(3) Lease facilities to users or developers with or without an option to purchase.(4) Sell facilities to users or developers for consideration, which may be paid in installments or otherwise.(5) Make direct loans to users or developers for the cost of acquisition, construction, or installation of facilities, including real property, machinery, or equipment. If loans are made, the development bonds must be secured by the pledge of one (1) or more bonds or other secured or unsecured debt obligations of the users or developers.(6) Enter into agreements with users or developers to allow the users or developers to wholly or partially acquire, construct, or modify facilities to be acquired by the district.(7) Issue waste management development bonds under IC 13-21-9 to do the following:(A) Accomplish the purposes of this section and IC 13-21-9.(B) Secure payment of the development bonds as provided in IC 13-21-9.(b) This section or IC 13-21-9 does not authorize the district's financing of facilities for a developer unless any agreement that exists between a developer and a user is fully disclosed to and approved by the board.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-9-5(a), (b).]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.
IN Code § 13-21-3-13.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-13.5. Reports on Funds

Sec. 13.5. (a) At the end of each year the district shall prepare, on a form designed by the department of local government finance, a report that is accessible through the computer gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and that provides the following information:(1) For each fund that contains district money:(A) the cash balance at the end of the year;(B) a list of all encumbrances on the fund that the district is legally obligated to pay;(C) a copy of documentation that supports each encumbrance listed in clause (B);(D) the fund balance obtained by subtracting the amount under clause (B) from the amount under clause (A);(E) the total expenditures from the fund for the year; and(F) any other financial information required by the department.(2) The total of all fund balances calculated under subdivision (1)(D).(3) The total of all fund expenditures reported under subdivision (1)(E).(4) Any programmatic information required by the department.(5) The total amount of expenditures by the district for the year.(6) The per capita expenditures by the district for the year.(7) The amount of expenditures by the district for the year for personnel costs.(8) The amount of expenditures by the district for the year for program costs (excluding personnel costs).(9) The total amount of solid waste (in tons) disposed of in the district for the year for which the district is directly responsible.(10) The total amount of recycling (in tons) carried out in the district in the year for which the district is directly responsible.(b) The district shall provide the report prepared under subsection (a):(1) to the department and to the department of local government finance in a format prescribed by the department; and(2) to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6;by March 1 of the year following the year for which the report is made.(c) The district shall publish the annual report prepared under subsection (a) on an Internet web site maintained by the district or on the Internet web sites maintained by the counties that are members of the district.As added by P.L.45-1997, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.368; P.L.37-2012, SEC.52; P.L.257-2013, SEC.35.
IN Code § 13-21-3-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-14. Powers of District; Exclusions

Sec. 14. (a) This section does not apply to a contract executed before April 1, 1998.(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) and section 14.5 of this chapter, the powers of a district do not include the following:(1) The power of eminent domain.(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), the power to exclusively control the collection or disposal of any solid waste or recyclables within the district by means that include the following:(A) Franchising.(B) Establishing a territory or territories within the district in which a person may provide service.(3) The power to establish the type of service that a person must provide for the collection or disposal of solid waste or recyclables within the district.(4) The power to establish fees that a person must charge for the collection or disposal of solid waste or recyclables within the district.(5) The power to issue permits for an activity that is already permitted by a state agency, except as expressly granted by statute.(6) Except as provided in subsection (e), the power to:(A) register;(B) issue a permit for; or(C) license;a vehicle as a condition of allowing a solid waste hauler to render services within the district.(c) If one (1) or more of the governmental entities in a district, at the time of the formation of the district, is a party to a contract providing that the persons contracted with have the exclusive right to collect or dispose of solid waste within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity, the district may enter into an extension of that contract.(d) Subsection (b) does not apply to activities conducted as part of a household hazardous waste collection and disposal project.(e) A district that was:(1) registering, issuing a permit for, or licensing vehicles as a condition of allowing a solid waste hauler to render services within the district on January 1, 2013:(A) may continue to register, issue a permit for, or license the vehicles until January 1, 2015; and(B) may not register, issue a permit for, or license the vehicles after December 31, 2014; and(2) levying a charge or fee on January 1, 2013, for registering, issuing a permit for, or licensing vehicles as a condition of allowing a solid waste hauler to render services within the district:(A) may continue to levy the charge or fee until January 1, 2015; and(B) may not levy the charge or fee after December 31, 2014.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-11(b), (c).]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.125-1996, SEC.6; P.L.110-1998, SEC.2; P.L.231-2003, SEC.3; P.L.220-2011, SEC.284; P.L.116-2013, SEC.1.
IN Code § 13-21-3-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-15. Appeals

Sec. 15. (a) A district located in a county having a population of more than thirty-three thousand five hundred (33,500) but less than thirty-four thousand (34,000) may appeal to the department of local government finance to have a property tax rate in excess of the rate permitted by section 12 of this chapter. The appeal may be granted if the district establishes that all of the following conditions exist:(1) The district is in the process of constructing a landfill.(2) A higher property tax rate is necessary to pay the fees charged by out of county landfills to dispose of solid waste generated in the district during the design and construction phases of the landfill being established by the district.(b) The procedure applicable to maximum levy appeals under IC 6-1.1-18.5 applies to an appeal under this section. Any additional levy granted under this section may not exceed seven and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0733) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in the district.(c) The department of local government finance shall establish the tax rate if a higher tax rate is permitted.(d) A property tax rate imposed under this section expires not later than December 31, 1997.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-11(d).]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.156; P.L.90-2002, SEC.369; P.L.146-2008, SEC.422; P.L.119-2012, SEC.117.
IN Code § 13-21-3-15.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-15.5. Appeal for Additional Levy

Sec. 15.5. (a) A district may appeal to the department of local government finance to have a property tax rate in excess of the rate permitted by section 12 of this chapter. The appeal may be granted if the district with respect to 2001 property taxes payable in 2002:(1) imposed the maximum property tax rate established under section 12 of this chapter; and(2) collected property tax revenue in an amount less than the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy determined for the district under IC 6-1.1-18.5.(b) The procedure applicable to maximum levy appeals under IC 6-1.1-18.5 applies to an appeal under this section.(c) An additional levy granted under this section may not exceed the rate calculated to result in a property tax levy equal to the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy determined for the district under IC 6-1.1-18.5.(d) The department of local government finance shall establish the tax rate if a higher tax rate is permitted.As added by P.L.178-2002, SEC.88. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.423.
IN Code § 13-21-3-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-16. Eligibility to Include in Budget Revenue From Imposed Property Tax

Sec. 16. (a) The requirements of this section:(1) are in addition to the requirements set forth in IC 6-1.1-18.5-7(b); and(2) do not apply to a district that:(A) owns a landfill;(B) will use property tax revenue to:(i) construct a new landfill cell; or(ii) close a landfill cell;at the landfill; and(C) has received approval from the county fiscal body of the county in which the landfill is located to construct or close the landfill cell.(b) To be eligible to include within the district's budget for the following year tax revenue derived from the imposition of a property tax, the first year that a property tax will be imposed and any subsequent year in which the proposed tax levy will increase by five percent (5%) or more, a board must present identical resolutions to each of the county fiscal bodies within the district seeking approval for the use of property tax revenue within the district. The resolution must state the proposed property tax levy and the proposed use of the revenue. The resolution must be stated so that:(1) a "yes" vote indicates approval of the levy and the proposed use of property tax revenue within the district; and(2) a "no" vote indicates disapproval of the levy and the proposed use of property tax revenue within the district.(c) For a resolution described in subsection (b) to be approved by the county fiscal body:(1) the county fiscal body must record the vote taken on the resolution under subsection (b) before May 1 of the year in which the vote was taken; and(2) the recorded vote must indicate approval of the use of property tax revenue within the district.(d) If all of the county fiscal bodies within a district do not record the approval described in subsection (c) before May 1 of the year in which the vote under subsection (b) was taken, the board may not:(1) impose; or(2) include within the budget of the board;a property tax for the year following the year in which the vote was taken.(e) Notwithstanding subsection (d), after the first year a tax is imposed under this section, the resolution required by subsection (b) for a district that is located in more than two (2) counties need only be approved by a majority of the county fiscal bodies for the counties in which the district is located.(f) A district may not issue bonds to be repaid, directly or indirectly, with money or property tax revenue of the district until a majority of the members of each of the county fiscal bodies within a district passes a resolution approving the bond issue.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-11.1.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.129-1996, SEC.1; P.L.189-2005, SEC.4.
IN Code § 13-21-3-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-17. Conferences, Seminars, and Training Sessions; Membership in Planning and Practice Improvement Organizations

Sec. 17. (a) If a board determines that it is desirable or necessary for employees or members of the board or advisory committee to attend a conference, seminar, or training session that concerns solid waste management or related issues, the board may pay:(1) applicable registration fees; and(2) all actual expenses;of the employees or members who attend the conference, seminar, or training session.(b) A board may appropriate money necessary to provide membership for the district in state and national:(1) civic;(2) educational;(3) professional; or(4) governmental;organizations that are concerned with the betterment and improvement of solid waste management planning and practices.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-11.3.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.
IN Code § 13-21-3-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-18. Grants and Loans From Counties and Municipalities

Sec. 18. The executive of a county or municipality located in a district may, with the approval of the fiscal body of the county or municipality:(1) grant or loan public money to the district; and(2) establish procedures:(A) for awarding grants; and(B) for the repayment of loans.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-11.7.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.
IN Code § 13-21-3-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-19. Delegation of Board's Authority; Limitations

Sec. 19. (a) The board of a district may delegate any of the board's authority to any board or legislative body of a municipality by resolution. However:(1) an exercise by a municipality of the taxing power of the district must be ratified by the board of the district; and(2) if the board of a municipality has been delegated authority under this subsection, the legislative body of the municipality must approve an action of the board of the municipality that involves:(A) an exercise of the taxing power of the district;(B) the issuance of bonds under this article or IC 13-9.5 (before its repeal); or(C) the setting of fees, rates, and charges under this article or IC 13-9.5 (before its repeal).(b) The board may delegate authority to the board's officers to carry out the directions of the board.(c) A resolution delegating powers of the board under this section must contain reasonable standards and parameters within which the delegated powers may be exercised.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-12.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.
IN Code § 13-21-3-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-20. Failure of County With Consolidated City to Elect to Participate; Exemption From Regulation and Control of Article

Sec. 20. (a) Notwithstanding this chapter, IC 13-21-5, and IC 13-21-13, and except as provided in subsection (b), unless the legislative body of a county having a consolidated city elects by ordinance to participate in the rules, ordinances, and governmental structures enacted or created under this article, the management of solid waste activities and the collection of fees on the disposal of solid waste in a final disposal facility located in that county are exempt from regulation or control under this article.(b) The exemption under subsection (a) does not apply to IC 13-20-22-1.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-13.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.113-2010, SEC.94.
IN Code § 13-21-3-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-21. Approval and Delivery of Budget

Sec. 21. Before the board of a district may adopt an annual budget, the budget must be:(1) approved by the department of local government finance; and(2) sent to:(A) the executive; and(B) the fiscal body;of each county and municipality located within the district as a matter of record.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-14.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.370.
IN Code § 13-21-3-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-3-22. Contract With County to Collect Fees and Revenue; Delinquent Payments

Sec. 22. (a) This subsection does not apply to the collection of property taxes. The board of a district may contract with a county to collect fees and revenue for a board.(b) A contract under this section must do all of the following:(1) Describe the fees and revenue that will be collected.(2) Describe the responsibilities of the district and the county.(3) Describe any collection charges that a county will impose to reimburse the county for the administrative expenses of collecting fees and revenue.(4) Establish the date or conditions under which the agreement expires.(5) Be in writing.A contract may include other necessary or appropriate terms.(c) Before a contract under this section becomes effective:(1) the county auditor and the county treasurer must consent to the terms of the contract; and(2) the board of the district and the executive body for the county must approve the contract by resolution in a public meeting.The written consent of the county auditor and county treasurer must be incorporated by reference into the resolution adopted by the county executive body.(d) To carry out a contract under this section, a county executive body may establish a collection charge. The charge may not exceed the direct costs of collecting fees and revenue, including an allowance for computer reprogramming and other costs incurred to establish and maintain the collection program. Collection charges received by a county shall be deposited in the county general fund.(e) Revenue and fees collected by a county shall be deposited in a separate fund and distributed to the district, without an appropriation or a claim, under the terms of the contract.(f) A county may include a notice of the amount of fees, charges, or other revenue subject to this section in a property tax notice sent to a taxpayer.(g) A county or the district may collect a delinquent payment subject to this section in the same manner as any general debt may be collected.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-15.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.
IN Code § 13-21-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 13. Environment|Article 21. Solid Waste Management Districts|Chapter 4. Withdrawal or Removal of Counties From Solid Waste Management Districts|13-21-4-1. Compliance With Procedures

Sec. 1. If:(1) a county seeks to withdraw from a joint district; or(2) a joint district seeks to remove a county from the joint district;the county or the joint district must follow the procedures set forth in this chapter.[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2.3-1.]As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11.