§ 36-9-27-32 — Contract deputies; appointment; powers and duties; compensation

(a) Whenever the board finds that it is
necessary to advance the work of construction or of reconstruction, as
determined from the long-range plan established under section 36 of
this chapter, to a degree inconsistent with the work load of the county
surveyor, the board shall publicly declare an emergency and shall
authorize the employment of an engineer, firm of engineers, or
professional surveyor as a contract deputy to perform the necessary
work, including:
(1) the preparation of the county surveyor's report or specified
parts of it; and
(2) the supervision of the construction or reconstruction.
(b) A contract deputy shall be employed by contract. Each contract
must be for work on a specific drainage project, and may be on a per
project fee basis or on a per diem basis of compensation.
(c) A contract deputy must have the same qualifications as an
engineer or professional surveyor employed or appointed by the board
under section 30 or 31 of this chapter.
(d) The original of all plans, specifications, and other documents
made by a contract deputy in performing the work for which the
contract deputy was employed, or facsimiles of them in reproducible
form, shall be transmitted to the board and shall be permanently
retained by the board or by the county surveyor in the manner in which
similar documents prepared by the county surveyor or the board are
retained.
(e) The compensation of a contract deputy shall be assessed against
the drainage project for which the deputy was employed, and may be
paid from the general drain improvement fund before the order for the
construction or reconstruction.
[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.2; P.L.57-2013, SEC.102.