§ 14-27-4-1 — Applicability of chapter

Indiana § 14-27-4-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 27: LEVEES, DAMS, AND DRAINAGE
• Ch. 4: Levee Associations; Merged

Text

This chapter applies to a levee association or
corporation that meets the following conditions:
(1) The levee association or corporation was a levee association
originally organized under Acts 1913, c.165, that:
(A) accepted the provisions of:
(i) IC 23-7-1 (before its repeal on September 2, 1971);
(ii) IC 23-7-1.1 (before its repeal on August 1, 1991); or
(iii) IC 23-17; and
(B) merged with a levee association originally organized under
IC 23-7-1.
(2) The surviving corporation or association of the merger has in
the articles of merger restated the provisions of the corporation's
or association's articles to do the following:
(A) Include among the corporation's or association's purposes
the construction, extension, changing, improvement,
maintenance, or repair of a levee, dike, breakwater, dam, sewer,
ditch, drain, diversion channel, creek, water course, pumping
station, syphon, flood gate, waste gate, or a combination of
more than one (1) of these objects or in any work determined to
be necessary for or to be an aid to the protection, drainage,
reclamation, or improvement of wet or overflowed land subject
to overflow.
(B) Use all statutes relating to levees, ditches, and drains.
(3) At least one (1) of the following has occurred:
(A) The levee association has entered into a commitment with
a state or federal authority or agency for the construction of a
levee or for the planning of a levee.
(B) Federal or state money has been appropriated or expended
in feasibility studies or for preconstruction planning before
March 10, 1967, as a consequence of the commitment.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-28-1 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.