§ 36-9-27-30 — Qualified deputies; appointment; duties; compensation

(a) Whenever the county surveyor is not
registered under IC 25-21.5 or IC 25-31 and that statute prohibits an
unregistered person from performing any function that the county
surveyor is directed to do under this chapter, the surveyor shall employ
and fix the compensation of a person who is a professional engineer or
professional surveyor in performing those functions. However, if the
county surveyor does not employ a registered person within one (1)
year of the acceptance of a petition for construction or reconstruction
of a drain, the board may make the appointment of a registered person
that this section requires.
(b) The person employed by the county surveyor, who shall be
known as a qualified deputy, shall file with the county surveyor the
original of all plans, specifications, and other documents made by the
person in performing the work for which the person was employed.
Those plans, specifications, and other documents become a part of the
permanent file of the county surveyor's office, which the county
surveyor shall maintain for the use of the board as provided in section
109 of this chapter.
(c) The rate of compensation paid to a qualified deputy shall be
assessed against the drainage project for which the deputy was
employed.
(d) This subsection applies whenever the county surveyor is not
registered under IC 25-21.5 or IC 25-31, and the county surveyor has
not employed a registered person as provided in subsection (a). If the
county has a full-time employee who is registered as a professional
surveyor under IC 25-21.5 or as a professional engineer under IC 25-31, the board may, subject to the approval of the county executive
and the county surveyor, designate that person to perform the functions
of the county surveyor under this chapter that are allowed under the
employee's license as a professional surveyor or professional engineer.
If a designation is made and approved under this subsection, the county
surveyor may not employ a registered person under subsection (a) to
perform that same function.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-1-6
part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by
P.L.206-1984, SEC.1; P.L.76-1989, SEC.5; P.L.2-1997, SEC.84;
P.L.2-1998, SEC.88; P.L.241-1999, SEC.4; P.L.57-2013,
SEC.101.