§ 36-9-9-9 — Payment of costs of lighting

(a) The municipality shall pay from its general
fund or from a fund set aside for street lighting purposes:
(1) the entire annual cost of lighting at street intersections under
section 8 of this chapter; and
(2) not less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the annual cost of
lighting of the entire other part of the lighting system, with the
exact percentage paid to be fixed by the municipal works board.
The municipal legislative body may, by ordinance, divide the
municipality for lighting purposes into business zones, residence zones,
or other classes of zones. The percentage of annual cost of the lighting
system to be paid by the municipality must be uniform throughout each
class of the zones.
(b) The remaining annual cost of the lighting system shall be
assessed against each lot or parcel of real property in the city block or
blocks in front of which the lighting system is located, in the manner
prescribed by section 10 of this chapter.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-24-8
part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.82.