§ 14-27-8-7 — Petition to establish district; hearing

Indiana § 14-27-8-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 27: LEVEES, DAMS, AND DRAINAGE
• Ch. 8: Drainage Districts

Text

(a) Upon the filing of a petition described in
section 4 of this chapter, the clerk of the court shall do the following:
(1) Fix by endorsement upon the petition a day in the next term of
the court, not less than twenty (20) days later than the date of the
filing of the petition, for the hearing.
(2) Give notice of the filing and hearing at least ten (10) days
before the day fixed for the hearing as follows:
(A) By summons, which shall be served by United States mail,
return receipt requested.
(B) For owners of land in the city or town, by reading to the
legislative body of the city or town or a majority of the
members.
(C) By posting notice in five (5) of the most public places
within the proposed district.
(D) By posting one (1) notice at the door of the courthouse in
the county in which the petition is filed.
(E) For nonresidents of Indiana, by publication one (1) time in
a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(b) When notified under subsection (a), the legislative body shall
make every reasonable effort to see that landowners in the city or town
included in the proposed district are informed of the proposed district.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-21-3(a), (b), (c)
part.]

Legislative History

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