2023 Indiana Code › Title 36. Local Government › Article 8. Public Safety › Chapter 21.5. Severe Weather Warning Sirens › 36-8-21.5-13. County's Siren Coverage Plan; Required Information; Public Hearings; Adoption; Effective Date

Sec. 13. (a) A county's siren coverage plan must contain the following information:
(1) The information included in the county's siren coverage report under section 11 of this chapter, including the following:
(A) Information concerning any areas in the county that are not within the range of an existing or a planned siren, as:
(i) identified by the county in its siren coverage report; and
(ii) updated or revised by the county as needed to provide an accurate and current assessment of the county's existing and planned sirens and need for additional sirens.
(B) Information concerning any areas in the county that are within the range of an existing siren if the department has determined that the existing siren does not provide consistent or adequate coverage for the area. As necessary, the county shall update the information provided under this clause as follows:
(i) To include any additional existing sirens that the county legislative body has determined do not provide consistent or adequate coverage for an area. The county shall provide the test, activation, or failure rate data to support its determination as may be required by a rule adopted by the department under this chapter.
(ii) To exclude any siren that the department has determined does not provide consistent or adequate coverage for an area. The county shall provide such proof as may be required by a rule adopted by the department under this chapter that the siren has been repaired or replaced.
(C) Any additional or revised information that:
(i) was not included in the county's siren coverage report; and
(ii) is necessary to provide an accurate and current assessment of the county's existing and planned sirens and need for additional sirens.
(2) An estimate of the nature and location of development that is expected to occur in each area identified under subdivision (1) during the ten (10) years immediately following the date of the adoption of the plan.
(3) An estimate of the type, location, and cost of the siren or sirens that are necessary to provide complete siren coverage for the areas identified under subdivision (1). The plan must indicate:
(A) the proposed timing and sequencing of the acquisition and installation of each siren; and
(B) the infrastructure agency that is responsible for acquiring and providing for the installation of each siren.
(4) A general description of the sources and amounts of money used to pay for any sirens installed in the county during the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the plan.
(b) For each area in which the plan provides for the acquisition and installation of a siren, the plan must:
(1) provide for the acquisition and installation within the ten (10) years immediately following the date of the plan's adoption; and
(2) identify the revenue sources and estimate the amount of the revenue sources that the county intends to use to acquire and install the sirens identified under subsection (a)(3).
(c) In preparing, or causing to be prepared, the plan required by this section, the county:
(1) may consult with:
(A) the department; or
(B) a qualified engineer licensed to perform engineering services in Indiana; and
(2) shall consult with each:
(A) infrastructure agency; and
(B) planning agency;
with jurisdiction in an area described in subsection (a)(1).
(d) Before adopting the siren coverage plan prepared under this section, the county legislative body must do the following:
(1) Give notice of and hold at least one (1) public hearing on the plan.
(2) Publish, in accordance with IC 5-3-1, a schedule stating the time and place of each hearing. The schedule must also state where the entire plan is on file and may be examined in its entirety for at least ten (10) days before the hearing.
(e) After considering any comments made at the hearing required by subsection (d), the county legislative body shall:
(1) adopt the plan:
(A) as originally proposed; or
(B) as modified by the county legislative body after the hearing required by subsection (d); and
(2) submit the plan to the department.
(f) A siren coverage plan adopted under this section takes effect on January 1 after its adoption. Each unit having planning and zoning jurisdiction in an area described in subsection (a)(1) shall incorporate the siren coverage plan as part of the unit's comprehensive plan and capital improvement plan, as appropriate.
As added by P.L.89-2008, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.172.