§ 36-9-39-12 — Sewage works adapted for receiving sewage from collateral sewers; enlargement of district; resolution; notice; hearing

Indiana § 36-9-39-12

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 9: TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 39: Barrett Law Funding for Municipal Sewers

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(a) If after a hearing under section 10 of this
chapter the municipal works board finds that the district described in
the resolution and notice should be enlarged by adding to the district
other lots and lands that, at the hearing, were shown to be benefited by
the sewage works, the board may do the following:
(1) Adopt a supplementary resolution reciting this finding.
(2) Proceed under that supplementary resolution.
(b) The works board shall give notice to the property owners in the
added territory by publishing in accordance with IC 5-3-1 a notice that
does the following:
(1) Describes the proposed works.
(2) Sets forth the boundaries of the original district.
(3) Describes the boundaries of the territory proposed to be
added.
(4) Fixes a date when the owners of property in the added territory
may be heard on the question of whether the new territory or any
part of the new territory should be incorporated into the original
district.
(c) At the hearing specified in the notice, any of the owners of the
lots or lands situated in the territory proposed to be added to the district
may appear before and be heard by the works board on the question of
whether the territory should be added. The decision of the works board
is final and conclusive as to all parties in the territory.
(d) If the original resolution is confirmed or modified, the works
board shall do the following:
(1) Proceed to advertise for proposals.
(2) Open and consider the proposals in the same manner as other
proposals under this chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.10.