§ 14-27-6-6 — Ordinance establishing levee authority

Indiana § 14-27-6-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 27: LEVEES, DAMS, AND DRAINAGE
• Ch. 6: Levee Authority in Vanderburgh County

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The:
(1) city fiscal body; or
(2) city fiscal body and the county fiscal body;
may adopt an ordinance to establish a levee authority for the purpose
of acquiring land, rights-of-way, and easements on which the board or
the United States Army Corps of Engineers can construct, improve,
equip, maintain, control, lease, and regulate levees to hold back flood
waters either within or without the district. The authority has
jurisdiction over a district coterminous with the jurisdictional
boundaries of the fiscal body adopting the ordinance.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-31-2 part.]

Legislative History

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