§ 13-21-15-2 — County withdrawing from joint district; determination not to belong to another joint district or to be designated a county district

Indiana § 13-21-15-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 21: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
• Ch. 15: Dissolution of Districts

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(a) If a county is a member of a joint solid
waste management district and withdraws from the joint district under
IC 13-21-3-1(d)(2) and IC 13-21-4, the county executive of the county
may adopt an ordinance determining that both of the following apply
to the county:
(1) The county will no longer be a member of a joint solid waste
management district.
(2) The county will not be designated as a county solid waste
management district.
(b) If a county withdraws from a joint solid waste management
district under IC 13-21-4 and adopts an ordinance under subsection (a):
(1) the county is responsible for its share of legal obligations (if
any) arising from its former membership in the joint district as
provided under IC 13-21-4; and
(2) any assets of the joint district that are apportioned to the
county under IC 13-21-4-4 become assets of the county and:
(A) shall be used by the county to satisfy the legal obligations
described in subdivision (1); or
(B) to the extent that the assets are not needed to satisfy the
legal obligations described in subdivision (1), shall be used by
the county in providing services previously provided by the
district.
(c) If the county executive of the county adopts an ordinance under
subsection (a), the county, after the date on which the withdrawal of the
county from the joint solid waste management district is effective under
IC 13-21-4:
(1) is no longer subject to this article, except for this chapter; and
(2) is not a county district or a member of a joint district.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.189-2016, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.67.