§ 36-9-27-98 — Payment of assessments by municipality or county

(a) Whenever a regulated drain is:
(1) located wholly or partly within a municipality; and
(2) constructed, reconstructed, or maintained under this chapter;
the municipal fiscal body may, on behalf of the owners assessed or to
be assessed within the municipality, pay the total assessment for the
construction, reconstruction, or maintenance within the municipality.
The payment may be made from any appropriation provided by law,
including a cumulative drainage fund established under section 99 of
this chapter.
(b) Whenever a regulated drain is:
(1) located outside the corporate boundaries of any municipality
within a county; and
(2) constructed, reconstructed, or maintained under this chapter;
the county fiscal body may, on behalf of the owners assessed or to be
assessed outside any municipality and within the county, pay all or part
of the assessment for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance
outside any municipality and within the county. The payment of all or
part of the assessment by the county fiscal body may be made only
from a cumulative drainage fund established under section 99 of this
chapter.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
19-4-10.1-1 part; 19-4-10.1-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by
P.L.206-1984, SEC.9.