§ 36-9-27-58 — Establishing new regulated drains; notice of hearing on petition

Indiana § 36-9-27-58

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 9: TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 27: Drainage Law

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(a) Within seven (7) days after the attorney
for the petitioner is served with notice of a hearing under section 57(e)
of this chapter, the attorney for the petitioner shall prepare a written
notice setting forth:
(1) the fact of the filing and pendency of the petition;
(2) the name and identifying number by which the petition is
known;
(3) the general route of the proposed drain; and
(4) the date, hour, and place of the hearing before the board.
(b) The attorney for the petitioner shall, within the seven (7) day
period, mail a copy of the notice in a five (5) day return envelope to
each owner named in the petition.
(c) The attorney for the petitioner shall have a copy of the notice
published in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The published notice shall be
directed to whom it may concern and to the addressee on each letter
that was mailed under subsection (b) and was returned undelivered.
(d) On or before the day of the hearing, the attorney for the
petitioner shall file with the board affidavits showing the mailing of the
notices under subsection (b) and the publication of notice under
subsection (c). The mailing and publication of the notice under this
section constitute public notice to all owners of the pendency of the
petition, whether or not they were individually named and notified, and
are sufficient to give the board jurisdiction over those owners.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-4-2-7.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by Acts
1981, P.L.45, SEC.79; P.L.127-2017, SEC.347.