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IN Code § 8-1.5-5-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-21. Bonds for Proposed Work Projects

Sec. 21. (a) To procure money to pay for the required property and the acquisition, erection, and construction of the proposed work, and in anticipation of the collection of the special benefit tax, the board may issue, in the name of the unit served by the department, special taxing district bonds of the storm water district. The bonds may not exceed the total estimated cost of the work and property to be acquired as provided for in the resolution, including:(1) all expenses necessarily incurred for supervision and inspection during the period of construction; and(2) expenses actually incurred preliminary to the acquiring of the necessary property and the construction of the work, including the cost of records, engineering expenses, publication of notices, salaries, and other expenses incurred, before and in connection with the acquiring of the property, the letting of the contract, and the sale of bonds.(b) After adopting a resolution authorizing the bonds, the board shall certify a copy of the resolution to the fiscal officer, who shall then prepare the bonds. The executive shall execute the bonds, and the fiscal officer shall attest the bonds.(c) The board may not issue bonds of the storm water district, payable by a special benefit property tax, when the total of the outstanding bonds of the district that are payable from a special benefit property tax, including the bonds already issued and to be issued, exceeds eight percent (8%) of the total adjusted value of taxable property in the district as determined under IC 36-1-15. For purposes of this section, bonds are not considered to be outstanding bonds if the payment has been provided for by an irrevocable deposit in escrow of government obligations sufficient to pay the bonds when due or called for redemption.(d) The bonds are not a corporate obligation or indebtedness of the unit but are an indebtedness of the storm water district. The bonds and interest are payable:(1) out of a special benefit tax levied upon all of the property of the storm water district; or(2) by any other means including revenues, cash on hand, and cash in depreciation or reserve accounts.(e) The bonds must recite the terms upon their face, together with the purpose for which they are issued.As added by P.L.125-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.132; P.L.282-2003, SEC.16.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-22. Special Benefit Tax

Sec. 22. (a) To raise the necessary revenues to pay for the bonds issued and the interest on the bonds, the board:(1) after approval by the fiscal body of the unit served by the department, shall levy a special benefit tax upon all the property of the storm water district in the amount necessary to meet and pay the principal of the bonds as they severally mature, together with all accruing interest; and(2) shall certify the tax levied each year to the fiscal officer of the unit served by the department at the same time and in the same manner as other levies of the unit are certified.The tax levied and certified shall be estimated and entered upon the tax duplicate and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner as state and county taxes are estimated, entered, and enforced.(b) In fixing the amount of the necessary levy, the board:(1) shall consider the amount of revenues derived by the board from the operation of the storm water system under its jurisdiction above the amount of revenues required to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of the storm water system; and(2) may, in lieu of making the levy in this section, set aside by resolution a specific amount of the surplus revenues to be collected before maturity of the principal and interest of the bonds payable in the following calendar year.(c) The special tax shall be deposited in the bond and interest redemption account.As added by P.L.125-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.282-2003, SEC.17.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-23. Approval of Bond Issuance by Unit Served by the Department; Applicability of Ic 6-1.1-20

Sec. 23. (a) The board may not issue any bonds authorized by this chapter until it has secured the approval for the issuance of the bonds from the fiscal body of the unit served by the department.(b) IC 6-1.1-20 applies to the issuance of bonds under this chapter which are or may be payable from the special benefit property tax.As added by P.L.125-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.282-2003, SEC.18.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-24. Combined Sanitary Sewer and Storm Water System Projects

Sec. 24. (a) Whenever work on a storm water system (that is combined with a sanitary sewer system) necessitates the repair or replacement of all or part of a sanitary sewer system, the entity that owns or maintains the sanitary sewer system shall assume a proportionate share of the cost of repairing or replacing the sanitary sewer system.(b) The board and the entity that owns or manages the sanitary sewer system shall negotiate the division of the costs described in subsection (a).(c) If the parties cannot agree to a division of the costs, they shall petition the circuit court, superior court, or probate court of the county where the majority of the systems are located to divide the costs. The circuit court, superior court, or probate court shall hold a hearing on the division of costs within sixty (60) days after receiving the petition. The court shall publish notice of the hearing in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The decision of the court is binding on both parties.As added by P.L.125-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.84-2016, SEC.35.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-25. Use of Bond Payment Revenues; Pledge of User Fees; Reductions in Fees

Sec. 25. (a) Revenues received by the department may be used to pay for bonds issued to acquire, construct, install, operate, and maintain facilities and land for storm water collection and disposal systems.(b) If there are bonds outstanding for which user fees were pledged, the board may not rescind user fees or reduce them below a rate that would produce one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the highest annual debt service on the bonds issued under this chapter to their final maturity, based on an average of the immediately preceding three (3) years of user fee collections, if the user fees have been levied for the preceding three (3) years. If the user fees have not been levied for the preceding three (3) years, the board may not reduce user fees below a rate that would produce one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the highest debt service, based upon a study by a qualified public accountant or financial adviser.As added by P.L.125-1987, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-26. User Fee Pledges; Effect of Amendments or Repeal of Chapter

Sec. 26. With respect to bonds for which a pledge has been made under section 25 of this chapter, the general assembly covenants with the holders of these bonds that:(1) this chapter will not be repealed or amended in a manner that will adversely affect the imposition or collection of the user fees under this chapter; and(2) this chapter will not be amended in a manner that will change the purpose for which revenues from the user fees imposed under this chapter may be used;as long as those bonds are outstanding.As added by P.L.125-1987, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-27. Maintenance of Private Property by the Department

Sec. 27. If the department:(1) uses private property for storm water collection or disposal; and(2) obtains the consent of the owner of the private property to maintain the private property;the department shall maintain the private property.As added by P.L.282-2003, SEC.19.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-28. Screening of Storm Water Outfalls

Sec. 28. A person may not be required to screen a storm water outfall if the pipe diameter of the storm water outfall is less than twenty-four (24) inches.As added by P.L.282-2003, SEC.20.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-29. Liens for Unpaid Fees

Sec. 29. (a) Subsections (c), (d), and (e) do not apply to a city that before January 1, 2005, adopted an ordinance establishing procedures for the collection of unpaid user fees under this chapter through the enforcement of a lien.(b) Fees assessed against real property under this chapter constitute a lien against the property assessed. The lien is superior to all other liens except tax liens. Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the lien attaches when notice of the lien is filed in the county recorder's office under section 30 of this chapter.(c) A fee is not enforceable as a lien against a subsequent owner of property unless the lien for the fee was recorded with the county recorder before the conveyance to the subsequent owner. If property is conveyed before a lien is filed, the department shall notify the person who owned the property at the time the fee became payable. The notice must inform the person that payment, including penalty fees for delinquencies, is due not more than fifteen (15) days after the date of the notice. If payment is not received within one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the notice, the amount due may be expensed as a bad debt loss.(d) A lien attaches against real property occupied by someone other than the owner only if the department notifies the owner not later than twenty (20) days after the time the user fees become sixty (60) days delinquent. A notice sent to the owner under this subsection must be sent by first class mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested (or an equivalent service permitted under IC 1-1-7-1) to:(1) the owner of record of real property with a single owner; or(2) at least one (1) of the owners of real property with multiple owners;at the last address of the owner for the property as indicated in the records of the county auditor on the date of the notice of the delinquency, or to another address specified by the owner, in a written notice to the department, at which the owner requests to receive a notice of delinquency under this subsection. The cost of sending notice under this subsection is an administrative cost that may be billed to the owner.(e) The department shall release:(1) liens filed with the county recorder after the recorded date of conveyance of the property; and(2) delinquent fees incurred by the seller;upon receipt of a verified demand in writing from the purchaser. The demand must state that the delinquent fees were not incurred by the purchaser as a user, lessee, or previous owner and that the purchaser has not been paid by the seller for the delinquent fees.As added by P.L.131-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.196-2014, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1.5-5-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 5. Department of Storm Water Management|8-1.5-5-31. Foreclosure of Liens

Sec. 31. (a) A district may foreclose a lien established by this chapter in order to collect fees and penalties. The district shall recover the amount of the fees and penalties, and a reasonable attorney's fee. The court shall order the sale to be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.(b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, actions under this chapter are subject to the general statutes regarding municipal public improvement assessments.As added by P.L.131-2005, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-1. "Municipal Utility"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "municipal utility" refers to a municipally owned:(1) water utility;(2) wastewater utility; or(3) combined water and wastewater utility;regardless of whether the municipal utility is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-2. "Regulated Territory"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "regulated territory" means the area outside the corporate boundaries of a municipality described in:(1) IC 36-9-2-18; or(2) IC 36-9-23-36.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.277-2019, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-3. "Regulatory Ordinance"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "regulatory ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a municipality that:(1) asserts the exclusive authority of a municipal utility to provide service within a regulated territory; or(2) prohibits another utility from providing utility service in the regulated territory.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-4. "Utility"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "utility" means a utility that provides:(1) water service;(2) wastewater service; or(3) combined water and wastewater service;regardless of whether the utility is under the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges. The term includes a municipal utility.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-5. "Wholesale Sewage Petition"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "wholesale sewage petition" refers to a petition filed under IC 8-1-2-61.7 for review of rates and charges for wholesale sewage service.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-6. Jurisdiction of Commission

Sec. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision in this title or IC 36, the offering or provision of service by a utility in a regulated territory is under the jurisdiction of the commission as set forth in sections 7, 8, 9, and 10 of this chapter.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-7. Resolution of Service Dispute

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies if:(1) a municipality adopts a regulatory ordinance before January 1, 2013;(2) a dispute arises or exists between a utility owned by the municipality and another utility as to which utility provides service to customers that connected to service provided by one (1) of the utilities:(A) after the date on which the regulatory ordinance was adopted; and(B) before March 15, 2014; and(3) the utilities are unable to resolve a dispute described in subdivision (2) through mutual agreement.(b) Not later than October 1, 2014, a utility shall petition the commission for resolution of the dispute. The petition must be in the form and manner prescribed by the commission. Upon the filing of the petition, the commission shall assume immediate and exclusive jurisdiction over the utilities for purposes of resolving the dispute.(c) Upon assuming jurisdiction under subsection (b) and after notice and hearing, the commission shall issue an order resolving all issues presented in the petition described in subsection (b), including determining the manner in which the utilities shall provide service to the customers that are the subject of the dispute, in the manner that the commission determines is in the public interest. In making the determination, the commission shall consider the criteria set forth in section 8(g) of this chapter. The commission shall issue the order within three hundred (300) days after the petition described in subsection (b) is filed.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-9. Enforcement of Regulatory Ordinance in Absence of Wholesale Sewage Petition

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies if:(1) a municipality adopts a regulatory ordinance after December 31, 2012; and(2) a utility owned by the municipality does not, or is not eligible to, file a wholesale sewage petition.(b) A municipality may not enforce a regulatory ordinance until the commission issues an order under subsection (c). The municipality shall petition the commission for approval of the regulatory ordinance. The petition must include the following:(1) A description of the service territory established in the regulatory ordinance.(2) Proposed rates and charges for the services to be provided in the service territory.(3) A list of any administrative or judicial proceedings involving the regulatory ordinance.(4) A list of any utilities actually or potentially affected by the regulatory ordinance.(c) After notice and hearing, the commission shall issue an order resolving all issues presented in the petition described in subsection (b), including the enforceability of the regulatory ordinance in the manner that the commission determines is in the public interest. In making a determination of the public interest, the commission shall consider the factors set forth in section 8(g) of this chapter. The commission shall issue the order within three hundred (300) days after the petition described in subsection (b) is filed.(d) If the commission does not approve the petition, the municipality may modify and resubmit the petition in the manner prescribed by the commission. After notice and hearing, the commission shall review the petition as set forth in subsection (c). If the commission does not approve the resubmitted petition, the regulatory ordinance is void.(e) The municipality may petition the commission to rescind or modify an order issued under subsection (c) not earlier than five (5) years after the date on which the order was issued.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-10. Service Disputes Between Utilities in Regulated Territories

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a dispute, other than a dispute described in section 7, 8, or 9 of this chapter, that:(1) arises between two (2) or more utilities as to which utility will provide utility service in a regulated territory; and(2) is not the subject of an action initially filed in a court before January 1, 2014.A dispute shall be resolved by the commission under this section.(b) A proceeding under this section may be initiated:(1) by a utility that is a party to a dispute described in subsection (a); or(2) by the commission on its own initiative.(c) Throughout a proceeding under this section, the commission shall, where feasible, promote the resolution of the dispute described in subsection (a) through a mutual agreement between the utilities that apportions the provision of utility service in the regulated territory. A mutual agreement described in this subsection is the preferred way of resolving a dispute described in subsection (a). However, to resolve the dispute, a mutual agreement must be approved by the commission in an order issued under subsection (e), and the commission may approve a mutual agreement only if the commission determines that the mutual agreement is in the public interest.(d) If the utilities are unable to reach a mutual agreement under subsection (c), the commission shall determine the manner in which utilities shall provide service in the regulated territory. In making the determination, the commission shall consider the criteria set forth in section 8(g) of this chapter.(e) After notice and hearing, the commission shall issue an order:(1) approving a mutual agreement under subsection (c); or(2) making a final determination under subsection (d).As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-11. Expansion of Service Territory After Adoption of Regulatory Ordinance

Sec. 11. This section applies to a municipality that:(1) after December 31, 2012, adopts a regulatory ordinance that establishes a service territory that is smaller than the regulated territory; and(2) either:(A) amends the ordinance described in subdivision (1); or(B) adopts a new ordinance;to establish a service territory that is larger than the service territory described in subdivision (1).Before an ordinance described in subdivision (2) may take effect, the municipality shall submit the ordinance to the commission for approval under section 9 of this chapter.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.5-2015, SEC.23.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-12. Order of Commission Is Final Order

Sec. 12. An order issued by the commission under this chapter is a final order for purposes of IC 8-1-3 and is enforceable in court.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-1.5-6-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1.5. Municipal Utilities|Chapter 6. Utility Service in Regulated Territories|8-1.5-6-13. Petition Not Subject to Certain Requirements

Sec. 13. A petition filed under this chapter is not subject to the following:(1) IC 8-1.5-3.(2) IC 36-9-23.(3) IC 36-9-25.As added by P.L.213-2014, SEC.7.
IN Code § 8-2-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 2. Regulation of Carriers Generally|Chapter 3. Fraudulent Bills of Lading|8-2-3-1. Fraudulent Bills of Lading; Offense

Sec. 1. A person who, with intent to defraud:(1) falsely makes, alters, forges, counterfeits, prints, or photographs any bill of lading purporting to represent goods received for shipment intrastate in Indiana;(2) utters or publishes as true and genuine any such falsely made, altered, forged, counterfeited, printed, or photographed bill of lading; or(3) issues, negotiates, or transfers for value a bill which contains a false statement as to the receipt of the goods, or as to any other matter;commits a Level 6 felony.Formerly: Acts 1943, c.53, s.41. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.810; P.L.158-2013, SEC.132.