§ 36-9-39-27 — Assessments against municipality; payment; property not liable for assessments; subrogation rights of municipality

Indiana § 36-9-39-27

• 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) The municipal works board shall pay
assessments made against the municipality under section 23(d) of this
chapter from money appropriated to the use of the municipal works
board for that purpose. The payment shall be made upon the
completion and acceptance of the sewage works.
(b) Unless an ordinance expressly appropriates a greater amount for
the specific sewage works, a payment under subsection (a) is limited
to the following:
(1) Not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in a city.
(2) Not more than five hundred dollars ($500) in a town.
(c) The municipality shall also pay the part of the cost of the sewage
works that would be assessable against property not liable for
assessment if the property was liable for assessment. The payment shall
be made from the municipal general fund upon the completion and
acceptance of the sewage works.
(d) A municipality that pays assessments under this section is
subrogated to the rights and remedies of the contractor constructing the
sewage works.

Legislative History

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