§ 36-9-37-46 — Barrett Law revolving improvement fund

Indiana § 36-9-37-46

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 9: TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 37: Barrett Law Funding for Municipalities

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(a) A Barrett Law revolving improvement
fund may be established under the municipal fiscal officer. This fund
shall be initially funded by transferring to the fund from the surplus
Barrett Law account any amount approved by the municipal legislative
body.
(b) If the legislative body decides that payment from the Barrett Law
revolving improvement fund will increase the probability that
competent contractors will bid on the project, the fiscal officer may pay
all or part of the cost of the project from the Barrett Law revolving
improvement fund to the contractor who is to do the work or has done
the work.
(c) The municipality shall levy a special assessment against property
that benefits from the improvement project. The provisions of this
chapter concerning special assessments to repay bonds also apply to
special assessments for projects paid for from the Barrett Law
revolving improvement fund.
(d) When the cost of an improvement is paid from the Barrett Law
revolving improvement fund, collections from the special assessment
for the improvement shall be deposited in the surplus Barrett Law
account.
(e) If the municipal works board determines that to do so will
facilitate the initiation, progress, or completion of a public
improvement project, the works board may ask the municipal
legislative body to do the following:
(1) Approve the amount of money the works board will advance
from the Barrett Law revolving improvement fund for the project.
(2) Decide upon what terms the works board will make the
advancement.
(f) The municipal fiscal officer may invest the money in the Barrett
Law revolving improvement fund in the same manner that money in the
surplus Barrett Law account is invested.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.