Indiana § 36-9-39.1-8 Contracts for sewage works

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-9-39.1-8 — Contracts for sewage works

Indiana § 36-9-39.1-8

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 9TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS

Ch. 39.1Alternative Assessment Financing for Municipal

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Ind. Code § 36-9-39.1-8 (2026).

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(a)A contract for the construction, repair, extension, or improvement of a sewage works is subject to the statutes authorizing municipalities to make and finance public improvements.

(b)Upon awarding a contract for the construction, repair, extension, or improvement of a sewage works under this chapter, a board shall:

(1)carefully compute the entire cost of the construction, repair, extension, or improvement, including payments to the contractor and all incidental costs, expenses, and damages paid and incurred according to law; and

(2)prepare and make out an assessment roll listing the assessments against the properties benefited. In determining and fixing the amount of assessments, the giving of notice of assessments, the holding of public hearings, and the making of final determinati

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(a) A contract for the construction, repair,
extension, or improvement of a sewage works is subject to the statutes
authorizing municipalities to make and finance public improvements.
(b) Upon awarding a contract for the construction, repair, extension,
or improvement of a sewage works under this chapter, a board shall:
(1) carefully compute the entire cost of the construction, repair,
extension, or improvement, including payments to the contractor
and all incidental costs, expenses, and damages paid and incurred
according to law; and
(2) prepare and make out an assessment roll listing the
assessments against the properties benefited.
In determining and fixing the amount of assessments, the giving of
notice of assessments, the holding of public hearings, and the making
of final determinations, subject to the right of appeal from those
determinations, the board is governed by the street and sewer
improvement statutes.
(c) An assessment under this chapter is a lien against the benefited
property from the time of the letting of the contract and shall be
collected in the manner provided for collection of Barrett Law
assessments.
(d) The board shall fix a period of not more than twenty (20) years
within which the assessments shall be paid.
(e) A property owner liable for an assessment may execute a waiver
in the manner provided by the street and sewer improvement statutes
to pay the assessment in annual installments over a period fixed by the
board.
(f) All payments under this chapter are deposited into the fund.