§ 36-7-9-14 — Unsafe building fund; deposits and expenditures

(a) The enforcement authority shall establish
in its operating budget a fund designated as the unsafe building fund.
Any balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried over
in the fund for the following year and does not revert to the general
fund.
(b) Money for the unsafe building fund may be received from any
source, including appropriations by local, state, or federal governments,
and donations. The following money shall be deposited in the fund:
(1) Money received as payment for or settlement of obligations or
judgments established under sections 9 through 13 and 17
through 22 of this chapter.
(2) Money received from bonds posted under section 7 of this
chapter.
(3) Money received in satisfaction of receivers' notes or
certificates that were issued under section 20 of this chapter and
were purchased with money from the unsafe building fund.
(4) Money received for payment or settlement of civil penalties or
fines imposed under section 7 of this chapter.
(5) Money received from the collection of special assessments
under section 13.5 of this chapter.
(c) Money in the unsafe building fund may be used for the expenses
incurred in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, including:
(1) the cost of obtaining reliable information about the identity
and location of each person who owns a substantial property
interest in unsafe premises;
(2) the cost of an examination of an unsafe building by a
registered architect or registered engineer not employed by the
department;
(3) the cost of surveys necessary to determine the location and
dimensions of real property on which an unsafe building is
located;
(4) the cost of giving notice of orders, notice of statements of
rescission, notice of continued hearing, and notice of statements
that public bids are to be let in the manner prescribed by section
25 of this chapter;
(5) the bid price of work by a contractor under section 10 or
sections 17 through 22 of this chapter;
(6) the cost of emergency action under section 9 of this chapter;
and
(7) the cost of notes or receivers' certificates issued under section
20 of this chapter.
(d) Payment of money from the unsafe building fund must be made
in accordance with applicable law.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
18-5-5.5-16 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.28. Amended by
P.L.14-1991, SEC.13; P.L.31-1994, SEC.14; P.L.169-2006,
SEC.66.