Indiana § 13-26-5-4 Rules; establishment and enforcement

Indiana Statutes

§ 13-26-5-4 — Rules; establishment and enforcement

Indiana § 13-26-5-4

Art. 26REGIONAL WATER, SEWAGE, AND SOLID

Ch. 5Powers and Duties of Regional Districts

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Ind. Code § 13-26-5-4 (2026).

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(a)The board may adopt and enforce rules for the following purposes:

(1)To accomplish the purpose of a district.

(2)To protect the works, improvements, and properties, both real and personal, that the district owns.

(3)To secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance of works, improvements, and properties.

(4)To prevent damage by the misuse of the works, improvements, or properties by:

(A)the pollution or misuse of the waters in the district or of the sewerage system; or

(B)the improper disposal of solid waste.

(b)The board may adopt and enforce rules under subsection (a) that are necessary and advisable to do the following:

(1)Protect and preserve the works, improvements, and properties owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of use b

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(a) The board may adopt and enforce rules for
the following purposes:
(1) To accomplish the purpose of a district.
(2) To protect the works, improvements, and properties, both real
and personal, that the district owns.
(3) To secure the best results from the construction, operation,
and maintenance of works, improvements, and properties.
(4) To prevent damage by the misuse of the works, improvements,
or properties by:
(A) the pollution or misuse of the waters in the district or of the
sewerage system; or
(B) the improper disposal of solid waste.
(b) The board may adopt and enforce rules under subsection (a) that
are necessary and advisable to do the following:
(1) Protect and preserve the works, improvements, and properties
owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of use
by any person, and preserve order in and adjacent to the works.
(2) Prescribe the manner:
(A) in which ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works should
be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district; and
(B) of waste disposal in the district.
(3) Prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply and the
manner of distribution and prevent the pollution or unnecessary
waste of the water supply.
(4) Prohibit or regulate the discharge into the sewers of the
district of liquid or solid waste detrimental to the works and
improvements.
(c) Rules must be:
(1) consistent with:
(A) statutes; and
(B) the rules of the environmental rules board; and
(2) maintained and open to inspection in the office of the district.
(d) The board may enforce by injunction or other legal remedy rules
adopted under this section. The board may remove a harmful or
improper construction or obstruction or may close an opening or
connection made improperly or in violation of the rules. A person that
willfully fails to comply with the rules is liable for damage caused by
the failure and for the cost of restoring or replacing construction
damaged.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-3-2-12.]