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IN Code § 36-9-36-60 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-60. Reduction of Installments

Sec. 60. (a) A statement showing the amount of the reduction of the installments shall be certified to the disbursing officer if:(1) the property is sold by the sheriff under this chapter and the money collected is insufficient to pay the principal and interest in full; or(2) a court orders a reduction of principal and interest as assessed.(b) Upon the receipt of the statement, the disbursing officer shall do the following:(1) Calculate the reduction that applies to each installment.(2) Enter on the bonds the amount of the reduction when the bonds are presented for payment.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-36-61 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-61. Disposition of Foreclosure Proceeds Contrary to Chapter

Sec. 61. (a) A person who disposes of the proceeds of foreclosure litigation in a way other than as provided by this chapter is considered to be a receiver for those entitled to the proceeds.(b) In such instances the statute of limitations does not apply.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-36-62 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-62. Improvement Costs to Be Paid by Unit; Bonds and Certificates of Indebtedness

Sec. 62. (a) A difference between the total assessments for an improvement and the contract price of the improvement shall be paid by the unit.(b) The unit's part of the cost of an improvement shall, if possible, be paid from the general fund of the unit. If payment from the unit's general fund is not possible, the unit may issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness to the contractor for the amount of the unit's part of the cost. The unit's fiscal officer shall issue the bonds or certificates and shall fix the denominations of the bonds or certificates at the time of the approval of the final assessment roll and at the time of a subsequent reduction of assessments on appeal.(c) The certificates of indebtedness issued under this section (or under IC 36-9-18 before its repeal in 1993) entitle the contractor to the amounts the certificates specify when a fund for redemption of the certificates has been provided.(d) The certificates of indebtedness are negotiable instruments and bear interest from the date of the final acceptance of the work.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-36-63 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-63. Certificates of Indebtedness Issued Under Ic 36-9-36-62; Authorization; Interest; Payment; Maturity Date

Sec. 63. (a) The certificates of indebtedness issued under section 62 of this chapter must be authorized by a resolution adopted by the works board and shall be signed by the following:(1) The county auditor, for an improvement by a county.(2) The municipal executive and fiscal officer, for an improvement by a municipality.(b) The rate of interest on the certificates of indebtedness shall be fixed in the resolution of the works board. The rate may not be less than the current rate being paid on bonds then being issued in anticipation of the collection of special assessments.(c) The certificates of indebtedness are payable out of the proceeds of the special tax levy or sale of bonds under section 64 of this chapter (or under IC 36-9-18 before its repeal in 1993). This fact must be recited on the face of the certificates.(d) All of the certificates mature on December 31 of the year in which the special levy to pay the certificates is collected unless the resolution authorizing the issuance of the certificates of indebtedness provides the following:(1) That not more than one-half (1/2) of the certificates are payable on June 30 of the year in which the special levy to pay the certificates is collected if a levy has been made in place of the sale of bonds.(2) That the balance is payable on December 31 of the same year.(e) The certificates of indebtedness do not draw interest after the maturity date named in the certificates unless the certificates are presented for payment on that date and stamped "not paid for want of funds". If not paid for want of funds, the certificates may be presented for payment again at six (6) month intervals after the maturity date, until the certificates are paid.(f) If a sufficient levy or sale of bonds is not made in any year for the payment of the certificates of indebtedness, the certificates shall be paid when money becomes available for that purpose out of taxes collected from any subsequent levy of the special tax or sale of bonds.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-36-64 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-64. Funding for Payment of Certificates of Indebtedness; Special Tax Levy

Sec. 64. (a) For the purpose of raising money for the payment of certificates of indebtedness issued under section 62 of this chapter (or under IC 36-9-18 before its repeal in 1993) the fiscal body of the unit may do any of the following:(1) Levy a special tax on all property in the unit each year.(2) Issue and sell the bonds of the unit.(3) Appropriate money from the general fund of the unit or from any other source.(b) A special tax levied under this section shall be fixed at a rate on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in the unit sufficient for the payment of the certificates, together with interest, that were or will be issued between July 1 of the preceding year and July 1 of the year in which the levy of taxes is made.(c) A special tax levied under this section shall be:(1) levied, certified to the county auditor, and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied, certified, and collected; and(2) deposited in a separate fund known as the county (or municipal) improvement certificate fund for application to the payment of the certificates.(d) The balance of the improvement certificate fund does not revert to the unit's general fund at the end of the unit's fiscal year, but remains in the fund for the next fiscal year.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-36-65 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-65. Special Assessments to Pay Improvement Costs; Issuance of Anticipatory Certificates

Sec. 65. (a) This section applies only to municipalities.(b) In addition to issuing bonds and certificates of indebtedness under section 62 of this chapter, a unit may pay the unit's part of the cost of an improvement from a fund raised by special assessments against all of the lands and lots in the unit. The unit comprises a special assessment district for that purpose.(c) The following apply to special assessments under this section:(1) The special assessments shall be levied in proportion to the value of the land or lots, excluding the value of improvements on the land or lots, as the land or lots are assessed for general taxation.(2) The special assessments shall be levied annually at the time of the levy of general taxes. The levy must be for the amount necessary to pay the cost, with interest, of all work done during the year for which the special assessments are levied.(3) The special assessments are payable at the time of payment of general taxes.(d) The fund raised under this section is a specific fund to be held and used only for the purpose prescribed by this section.(e) In anticipation of the collection of the special assessments, certificates in denominations not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) shall be issued under a resolution adopted by the works board in the name of the unit. The fiscal officer shall sell the certificates or deliver the certificates to the contractor, as directed by the works board.(f) The certificates entitle the holder to the amounts named in the certificates when a fund for redemption of the certificates has been collected. The certificates are negotiable instruments. One-half (1/2) of the certificates are payable on June 30 of the year after the special assessments for payment of the certificates have been made, and the remaining one-half (1/2) are payable on December 31 of that year. The certificates must be dated as of the date of the final acceptance of the improvement and may bear interest at any rate.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-36-66 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-66. Correction of Defects and Irregularities

Sec. 66. If a defect or an irregularity results in the invalidity of a contract, an assessment, or a lien under this chapter, the defect or irregularity shall be corrected by supplementary proceedings that substantially comply with this chapter.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-36-67 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 36. Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities|36-9-36-67. Surface Improvements on Public Ways; Performance by Municipality; Procedure

Sec. 67. (a) This section applies only to municipalities.(b) As an additional method of making surface improvements on public ways, the works board may do the following:(1) Make the improvements with the municipality's materials and employees.(2) Assess the cost of the improvements against the abutting property owners.(c) An improvement under this section must be at least one (1) city block long.(d) A works board acting under this section shall determine a feasible cost for labor and materials per square yard for nonpermanent and permanent types of street surfaces. The works board shall, on the works board's own motion or on the petition of an owner of property abutting on any residential street, then do the following:(1) Name certain public ways, including those petitioned for, for which an improvement is proposed.(2) Give notice of the proposed improvement, in person or by mail, to the owners of property abutting on and affected by the proposed improvement.(3) Hold a public hearing at the time and place set out in the notice.(e) Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1. At the hearing, the works board shall do the following:(1) Inform the abutting owners of each owner's individual cost for each type of surface improvement.(2) Inform the owners that the board shall order the improvement if, within the time fixed at the hearing, the owners do the following:(A) Determine by a majority vote the type of improvement the owners want.(B) Tender the cost of the improvement to the municipality.(f) After the hearing, the works board shall order the improvement unless:(1) the works board finds that the improvements should not be made; or(2) the abutting owners do not comply with the conditions listed in subsection (e)(2).(g) A municipality acting under this chapter may establish a revolving fund and may appropriate an amount of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the fund. Payments made by property owners under this section shall be paid into the fund, and the cost of material and labor for the improvements shall be paid out of the fund. The fund, which may be used only for the purposes of this section, does not revert to the municipality's general fund until the municipality ceases to act under this section.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-9-37-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all municipalities.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-3. Municipalities Owning and Operating Water Utilities; Water Main Extensions

Sec. 3. For municipalities that own and operate a water utility, water main extensions from the water utility may be made under this chapter only within the corporate boundaries of the municipality.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-4. Prerequisites for Enforcement and Collection of Special Assessments

Sec. 4. If a municipality levies special assessments against specific parcels of property under the Barrett Law, the municipal fiscal officer shall collect and enforce the special assessments and pay the bonds issued in anticipation of the collections of the special assessments if the following conditions are met:(1) The municipal legislative body has by ordinance declared that the proposed improvement will be:(A) a general benefit to the municipality and the citizens of the municipality; and(B) a special benefit to the property owners in the area where the improvement is to be located.(2) The ordinance has established the following:(A) The general and special benefits described in subdivision (1).(B) The proportions of the general and special benefits described in subdivision (1).(3) The provisions of the Barrett Law have been followed.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-5. Assumption by Municipality of Responsibility for Payment of Bonds

Sec. 5. (a) A municipality may assume primary responsibility for the full payment of principal and interest of all bonds issued under this chapter (or under IC 36-9-19 before its repeal in 1993) for the improvement.(b) The following apply if the municipality assumes the responsibility under subsection (a) for the full payment of principal and interest:(1) All payments of principal and interest shall be made by the municipal fiscal officer out of appropriations for the project.(2) The municipality shall be reimbursed by the collection of special assessments under the Barrett Law.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-6. Responsibility for Payment of Bonds; Election to Pay Assessment in Installments; Collection

Sec. 6. If a property owner elects to pay the property owner's assessments in installments, the assessment shall be entered for collection on the improvement duplicate and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-7. Municipal Fiscal Officers; Surety Bonds; Personal Liability

Sec. 7. (a) A municipal fiscal officer acting under this chapter shall, in the manner prescribed by IC 5-4-1, obtain, execute, and file a bond conditioned upon the following:(1) The faithful compliance of the municipal fiscal officer with this chapter.(2) The faithful accounting for all money coming into the municipal fiscal officer's possession under the Barrett Law.(b) A municipal fiscal officer who does any of the following is personally liable to a person suffering loss due to that action and may be removed from office by proper action filed under IC 5-8-1-35:(1) Fails to collect the interest or penalties provided for by this chapter on delinquent assessments and installments of assessments.(2) Fails to enforce the collection of the assessments by the sale of the property. However, this subdivision does not apply to a municipal fiscal officer of a municipality that has adopted an ordinance under section 24(a) of this chapter.(3) Otherwise fails to comply with this chapter.(c) The surety on the municipal fiscal officer's bond is also liable to the extent of the bond.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-8. Payment of Expenses

Sec. 8. (a) Each year the municipal legislative body shall include in the municipal legislative body's annual budget and tax levy the necessary expense of any of the following that will enable the municipal fiscal officer to perform the duties prescribed by this chapter:(1) Employing additional clerks.(2) Furnishing suitable quarters.(3) Obtaining necessary records, books, forms, and other supplies.(b) If money for the purposes described in subsection (a) is needed before the collection of the tax levy, the money shall be:(1) supplied by appropriation from the general fund of the municipality; or(2) obtained from temporary loans in anticipation of the taxes levied.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-8.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-8.5. Assessments; Installment Payments

Sec. 8.5. (a) With respect to assessments imposed after June 30, 2001, the municipal works board shall establish a procedure to permit owners of real property in the unit to elect whether to pay assessments in:(1) ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30) annual installments; or(2) a number of monthly installments that corresponds to ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30) annual installments.(b) The municipal works board shall establish the timing of the election under subsection (a) to permit the municipal works board to structure the maturities of the principal of the bonds in a number of annual series that is consistent with the installment periods elected by owners of real property under subsection (a).(c) A person who elects to pay the person's assessment in installments under this section must, when directed by the municipal works board, enter into a written agreement stating that in consideration of that privilege the person:(1) will not make an objection to an illegality or irregularity regarding the assessment against the person's property; and(2) will pay the assessment as required by law with specified interest.(d) The agreement under subsection (c) shall be filed in the office of the disbursing officer.(e) The interest rate specified for the installments of the assessment may be equal to or greater than the interest rate on bonds issued under section 28 of this chapter.(f) An assessment of less than one hundred dollars ($100) may not be paid in installments.(g) If the property owner is not an individual, the election under subsection (a) must be made in the following manner:(1) For a partnership, at least one (1) of the partners must sign the waiver and other instruments required for the election.(2) For a corporation, the president or vice president must do all of the following:(A) Sign the waiver and other instruments required for the election.(B) File a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors or trustees authorizing the president or vice president to execute those instruments on behalf of the corporation.(3) For a church, a lodge, a charitable institution, or other organization, the person or persons acting on behalf of the organization must sign the waiver and other instruments required for the election, but only after being instructed to do so by a resolution adopted at a meeting of the organization called for that purpose.As added by P.L.62-2001, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-9-37-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-9. Certification of Assessment Roll; Liens

Sec. 9. (a) When the assessment roll for an improvement ordered by the works board of a municipality is finally approved, the assessment roll shall be certified to the municipal fiscal officer. The fiscal officer shall then collect the special assessments listed on the assessment roll.(b) Each special assessment constitutes a lien against the property on which the special assessment is levied.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-10. Liability of Municipalities for Assessments for Public Improvements

Sec. 10. (a) A political subdivision has the same powers and is subject to the same duties and liability in respect to municipal assessments for the cost of public improvements affecting the political subdivision's real property as private owners of real property.(b) The real property of a political subdivision is subject to liens for the assessments if the real property would have been subject if owned by a private owner at the time the lien attached. However, a penalty or attorney's fees arising from such an assessment may not be collected from a political subdivision.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
IN Code § 36-9-37-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 37. Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities|36-9-37-11. Assessment Installments; Interest

Sec. 11. If a municipal works board orders any of the following improvements and assessments are imposed after June 30, 2001, to pay for the improvements or to repay bonds issued under this chapter after June 30, 2001, each owner of property assessed for that improvement may elect to pay the owner's assessment in installments with interest as described in section 8.5(a) of this chapter:(1) Streets.(2) Alleys.(3) Other paved public places.(4) Lighting.(5) For municipalities that own and operate a water utility, water main extensions from the water utility.(6) Sanitary sewers.(7) Emergency warning systems.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.62-2001, SEC.5; P.L.45-2004, SEC.1; P.L.42-2006, SEC.2.