§ 36-9-38-17 — Resolution establishing improvement district; recitations; notice to property owners; finality; recording; appeal

Indiana § 36-9-38-17

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 9: TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 38: Barrett Law Funding for Municipal Improvement

Text

(a) A resolution establishing an
improvement district must also recite the following:
(1) That all real property within the district is subject to
assessment of special benefits and damages by appraisers to be
appointed by the municipal works board.
(2) That the assessments are subject to review in a hearing before
the works board.
(b) The works board's resolution is considered notice to all property
owners who have appeared or who have been notified of the
proceedings that the owners' property is subject to an assessment of
special benefits and damages under this chapter. Further notice or
hearing is not required, except as provided by section 26 of this
chapter.
(c) The resolution of the works board:
(1) is final and conclusive; and
(2) may not be challenged unless an appeal is made under
subsection (e).
(d) A copy of the resolution establishing an improvement district,
certified by the municipal clerk, shall be recorded in the miscellaneous
records in the office of the recorder of the county in which the
municipality is located.
(e) A person aggrieved by the adoption of a resolution establishing
an improvement district may appeal in the manner prescribed by IC 34-13-6.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.1-1998, SEC.217.