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IN Code § 36-9-17-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17. Municipal General Improvement Fund|36-9-17-5. Appropriations; Tax Levies

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to tax limitations and to the review of appropriations and tax levies, the legislative body of a municipality that establishes a general improvement fund may appropriate money from the general fund of the municipality and transfer that money to the general improvement fund, levy a tax for the benefit and use of the general improvement fund in compliance with the procedures for a levy for a cumulative fund under IC 6-1.1-41, or both.(b) During the year in which a municipality establishes a general improvement fund, the municipal legislative body may make an emergency appropriation from the general fund of the municipality and transfer that appropriation to the general improvement fund in the manner prescribed by statute for the making of emergency appropriations.(c) Any sum may be appropriated or levied under this section in any one (1) year, but the aggregate sum that may be appropriated and levied under this section, including emergency appropriations under subsection (b), may not exceed the equivalent of sixteen and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.1667) on each one hundred dollars ($100) net taxable valuation of property in the municipality.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-6-3-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.90. Amended by P.L.17-1995, SEC.36; P.L.6-1997, SEC.222.
IN Code § 36-9-17-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17. Municipal General Improvement Fund|36-9-17-6. Limitations on Disbursements

Sec. 6. Disbursements may be made from the general improvement fund for any purpose only if benefits are to be:(1) assessed against the properties benefited in the manner provided by the street and sewer improvement statutes; and(2) collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of Barrett Law assessments, with all interest and penalties paid into the general fund of the municipality.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-6-3-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.90.
IN Code § 36-9-17-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17. Municipal General Improvement Fund|36-9-17-7. Procedure for Awarding Contracts; Assessments

Sec. 7. (a) Contracts for public improvements authorized by this chapter shall be let according to the statutes authorizing municipalities to make and finance public improvements.(b) As soon as any contract for the construction of a public improvement has been let, the municipal works board shall:(1) carefully compute the entire cost of the project, including payments made and to be made to the contractor and all incidental costs, expenses, and damages paid and incurred according to law; and(2) prepare and make out an assessment roll listing the assessments against the properties benefited.In determining and fixing the amount of assessments, the giving of notice of assessments, the holding of public hearings, and the making of final determinations, subject to the right of appeal from those determinations, the municipal works board is governed by the street and sewer improvement statutes.(c) Assessments made under this chapter are liens on the properties benefited from the time of the letting of the contract and shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of Barrett Law assessments. However, the municipal works board shall fix a period of not more than five (5) years within which the assessments shall be paid. Any property owner liable for an assessment may elect to pay it in annual installments over the period of time fixed by the municipal works board by executing a waiver in the manner provided by the street and sewer improvement statutes.(d) All payments of assessments and all payments made by the municipality for public improvements under this chapter shall be made into the general improvement fund.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-6-3-5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.90.
IN Code § 36-9-17.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17.5. Cumulative Township Vehicle and Building Fund|36-9-17.5-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all townships.As added by P.L.129-1999, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-17.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17.5. Cumulative Township Vehicle and Building Fund|36-9-17.5-2. Establishment and Purpose

Sec. 2. A township may establish a cumulative township vehicle and building fund under IC 6-1.1-41 to provide money to:(1) acquire township vehicles;(2) purchase, construct, equip, and maintain buildings for public purposes;(3) acquire the land and any improvements on the land that are necessary for the construction of public buildings;(4) demolish any improvements on land acquired under this section and level, grade, and prepare the land for the construction of a public building;(5) acquire land or rights-of-way to be used as a public way or other means of ingress or egress to land acquired for the construction of a public building; and(6) improve or construct any public way or other means of ingress or egress to land acquired for the construction of a public building.As added by P.L.129-1999, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-17.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17.5. Cumulative Township Vehicle and Building Fund|36-9-17.5-3. Deposit of Revenues

Sec. 3. (a) The following revenues may be deposited in the cumulative township vehicle and building fund:(1) All or part of the revenues from a property tax levy dedicated for township vehicle and building purposes.(2) Other sources of revenue specified by resolution of the township legislative body.(b) Appropriations may be made from the cumulative township vehicle and building fund only for the purposes specified in section 2 of this chapter.(c) Money in the cumulative township vehicle and building fund does not revert to the township general fund at the end of a township fiscal year.As added by P.L.129-1999, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-17.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17.5. Cumulative Township Vehicle and Building Fund|36-9-17.5-4. Tax Levied to Provide for Fund

Sec. 4. (a) To provide for the cumulative township vehicle and building fund authorized under this chapter, the legislative body of a township may levy a tax on all taxable property within the township in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41. The tax rate may not exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in the township for property taxes first due and payable before January 1, 2002, or one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in the township for property taxes first due and payable after December 31, 2001.(b) As the tax is collected, it shall be deposited in a qualified public depository or depositories and held in a special fund known as the cumulative township vehicle and building fund.As added by P.L.129-1999, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-17.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 17.5. Cumulative Township Vehicle and Building Fund|36-9-17.5-5. Property Tax Levy Limits

Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other law, the property tax levy limits imposed under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3 apply to property taxes imposed by a township under this chapter. For purposes of computing the property tax levy limit imposed on the township under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3, the township's property tax levy for a particular calendar year includes the levy imposed under this chapter.As added by P.L.129-1999, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-22-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22. Contracts With Property Owners for Sewer Construction by Municipalities|36-9-22-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all municipalities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-7-16 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.95.
IN Code § 36-9-22-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22. Contracts With Property Owners for Sewer Construction by Municipalities|36-9-22-3. Sewage Works; Approval of Plans and Specifications Before Construction; Ownership by Municipality; Maintenance and Operation

Sec. 3. (a) Plans and specifications for the sewage works contracted for must be approved by the municipal works board before construction is begun.(b) Upon their completion, final inspection, and approval the sewage works become the property of the municipality, and the works board may:(1) approve the construction of the sewage works;(2) accept sewage from the sewers and pumping stations subject to the sewage rates that the municipality establishes;(3) operate and maintain the disposal plants subject to the sewage rates that the municipality establishes; and(4) accept storm water from sewers or approve the location of discharge of storm water.(c) After the sewage works are approved and accepted by the works board, all further maintenance and operation of them are the responsibility of the municipality.(d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to lateral sewers or other extensions that, upon completion, become the property and responsibility of the landowners whose property they benefit.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-7-17.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.95. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.21.
IN Code § 36-9-22-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22. Contracts With Property Owners for Sewer Construction by Municipalities|36-9-22-4. Taps Into Sewage Works; Prerequisites; Amounts Received Under Contracts; Pay Out Without Appropriation; Unauthorized Taps; Removal and Disposal Without Liability

Sec. 4. (a) A person may not be granted a permit or be authorized to tap into, use, or deposit sewage into any sewage works contracted for under this chapter, or any extension of them, during the period prescribed in the contract without first:(1) obtaining the approval of the municipal works board; and(2) paying to the municipality:(A) charges made or assessed for the tap, use, or deposit, or for the sewers constructed in connection with the tap, use, or deposit; and(B) the amount required by the contract.All amounts received by the municipality under the contract shall be paid out, without appropriation, under the terms of the contract within sixty (60) days after they are received.(b) Whenever any tap or connection is made in violation of subsection (a), the works board shall:(1) remove or cause to be removed the unauthorized tap or connection and all connecting tile located in the right-of-way for the sewage works; and(2) dispose of the unauthorized materials that are removed, without any liability on the part of the municipality.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-7-18.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.95.
IN Code § 36-9-22-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22. Contracts With Property Owners for Sewer Construction by Municipalities|36-9-22-5. Sewer Connected to Existing Works; Certain Cases; Amounts to Be Included in Cost Estimate and Assessments; Payment of Assessments in Installments; Amount of Bonds; Cash Payments

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies when:(1) any part of the cost of a sewer, whether local or general, storm, sanitary, combination, or otherwise, is to be assessed against the owners of real property;(2) the proposed sewer is to be connected into sewage works constructed under this chapter; and(3) the owners did not contribute to the cost of those sewage works.(b) There shall be included in:(1) the engineer's estimate submitted to the municipal works board before the hearing on the proposed sewer; and(2) the assessments;a sum equal to the amount provided in or computed from the contract as the fair pro rata share due from the owners upon and for the contracted sewage works, including any interest owed. The sum included in the engineer's estimate must be separately itemized.(c) If an owner elects to pay the owner's assessment by installments in anticipation of which bonds and coupons are issued, the amount of the bonds and coupons must include the fair pro rata share of the cost of the contracted sewage works. However, an owner may elect to pay the fair pro rata share in cash within sixty (60) days after the assessment is final and to pay the remainder of the assessment in installments.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-7-19 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.95. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.312.
IN Code § 36-9-22.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22.5. Use of Right-of-Way for Sewer and Water Connections|36-9-22.5-1. "Qualified Inspector"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "qualified inspector", with respect to an onsite sewage system, means any of the following:(1) An employee of a local health department who is designated by the local health department as having knowledge of onsite sewage systems sufficient to determine whether an onsite sewage system is failing.(2) An individual who is certified by the Indiana Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association as an onsite sewage system installer or inspector.(3) An individual listed by:(A) the state department of health; or(B) the local health department with jurisdiction over the service area of the property inspected;as having sufficient knowledge of onsite sewage systems to determine whether an onsite sewage system is failing.As added by P.L.150-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-22.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22.5. Use of Right-of-Way for Sewer and Water Connections|36-9-22.5-2. "Sewage Disposal System"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "sewage disposal system" means a privy, cesspool, septic tank, or other similar structure. The term includes the following:(1) A septic tank soil absorption system (as defined in IC 13-11-2-199.5).(2) A constructed wetland septic system (as defined in IC 36-9-23-30.1(a)).(3) An onsite sewage system (as defined in IC 13-11-2-144.8).The term does not include a sewer system.As added by P.L.150-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-22.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22.5. Use of Right-of-Way for Sewer and Water Connections|36-9-22.5-3. "Sewer System"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "sewer system" includes a sewer system owned or operated by any of the following:(1) A public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(a)).(2) A municipality under IC 36-9-23 or IC 36-9-25.(3) A not-for-profit utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-125(a)).(4) A cooperatively owned corporation.(5) A conservancy district established under IC 14-33.(6) A regional sewer district established under IC 13-26.The term does not include a sewer system owned or operated by the Indiana department of transportation.As added by P.L.150-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-22.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22.5. Use of Right-of-Way for Sewer and Water Connections|36-9-22.5-4. "Water Utility"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "water utility" means:(1) a public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(a));(2) a municipally owned utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(h));(3) a not-for-profit utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-125(a));(4) a cooperatively owned corporation;(5) a conservancy district established under IC 14-33; or(6) a regional water district established under IC 13-26;that provides water service to the public.As added by P.L.150-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-22.5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22.5. Use of Right-of-Way for Sewer and Water Connections|36-9-22.5-6. Installation of Water Service Line Through a Unit's Right-of-Way to Connect to Another Unit's Waterworks

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies if the owner of a lot, parcel of real property, or building seeks to install (or to cause to be installed) a water service line or other infrastructure for the delivery of water utility service to the owner's lot, parcel of real property, or building:(1) in or through a public right-of-way owned or controlled by a unit; and(2) for the purpose of connecting the owner's lot, parcel of real property, or building to a waterworks that is owned or operated by a water utility other than a water utility owned or operated by the unit;regardless of whether the proposed installation will be accomplished by excavation, directional boring, or any other commonly used method of installation.(b) An owner may not install a water service line or other infrastructure as described in subsection (a) unless:(1) the water utility that owns or operates the waterworks executes a service agreement with the owner of the lot, parcel, or building;(2) the water service line or other infrastructure does not extend outside the regulated territory, if any, in which the property is located; and(3) the owner obtains all permits and approvals that are required by the state and the unit in which the lot, parcel, or building is located for installation of the water service line or other infrastructure.(c) This subsection does not apply to the Indiana department of transportation with respect to any right-of-way owned or controlled by the department. A unit may not prohibit the installation of a water service line or other infrastructure as described in subsection (a) in or through a public right-of-way owned or controlled by the unit if the following conditions are met:(1) The lot, parcel of real property, or building that the property owner seeks to connect to a waterworks is served by a private water well.(2) The property owner submits before the installation of the water service line or other infrastructure, and not later than the date of application for all necessary construction or other permits required for the project, a signed statement agreeing to do the following:(A) Abandon and plug the property owner's existing well in accordance with IC 25-39-2-14 and rules adopted under IC 25-39.(B) Restore or repair all public or private property damaged in carrying out the installation described in subsection (a) and to place the property in the property's original condition as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of the unit that owns or controls the right-of-way, regardless of whether the restoration or repair will be undertaken or performed by the property owner, by the owner or operator of the waterworks to which the property is to be connected, or by some other party.As added by P.L.150-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-22.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22.5. Use of Right-of-Way for Sewer and Water Connections|36-9-22.5-7. No Effect on Authority of Unit or Department of Transportation

Sec. 7. (a) This chapter does not abrogate, limit, or affect in any manner the authority of a unit under:(1) IC 8-1-2-101; or(2) any other law;to otherwise regulate or control a public right-of-way owned or controlled by the unit.(b) This chapter does not abrogate, limit, or affect in any manner the authority of the Indiana department of transportation under:(1) IC 8-23; or(2) any other law;to safely and efficiently manage and operate the state highway system and associated highway rights-of-way for the benefit of the traveling public.As added by P.L.150-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-22.5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 22.5. Use of Right-of-Way for Sewer and Water Connections|36-9-22.5-8. No Effect on Rights of Utility

Sec. 8. This chapter does not affect the rights of any water utility or wastewater utility with respect to the service area or territory of the water utility or wastewater utility, as those rights may be established or limited by law.As added by P.L.150-2019, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-9-23-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 23. Municipal Sewage Works|36-9-23-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 28 of this chapter (and to IC 32-9-1-2.5, before its repeal) by P.L.236-1993 apply to deposits held by a municipal sewage works under section 28 of this chapter, as amended by this act, after June 30, 1993.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.683.
IN Code § 36-9-23-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 23. Municipal Sewage Works|36-9-23-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all municipalities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-5-2 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.96.
IN Code § 36-9-23-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 23. Municipal Sewage Works|36-9-23-2. Municipal Powers

Sec. 2. A municipality may:(1) acquire, construct, improve, operate, and maintain sewage works under this chapter;(2) acquire, by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, and other property that are necessary for the sewage works;(3) issue revenue bonds to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, and improving the sewage works and property; and(4) lease sewage works from a person, an entity, a corporation, a public utility, or a unit for a term not to exceed fifty (50) years.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-5-2 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.96. Amended by P.L.35-1990, SEC.68; P.L.252-2015, SEC.52.
IN Code § 36-9-23-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 23. Municipal Sewage Works|36-9-23-3. Supervision and Control

Sec. 3. The construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, and maintenance of sewage works under this chapter shall be supervised and controlled by the municipal works board. However, the municipal legislative body may, by ordinance, transfer the powers and duties of the works board under this chapter to:(1) a sanitary board established under section 4 of this chapter; or(2) the utility service board, if the municipality has such a board operating one (1) or more municipally owned utilities.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-2-5-3; 19-2-5-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.96.