Indiana § 8-1.5-5-4 Board of storm water management; directors

Indiana Statutes

§ 8-1.5-5-4 — Board of storm water management; directors

Indiana § 8-1.5-5-4

Art. 1.5MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

Ch. 5Department of Storm Water Management

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Ind. Code § 8-1.5-5-4 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to all municipalities except a consolidated city.

(b)If the legislative body of a municipality adopts the provisions of this chapter by ordinance, a department of storm water management is established and is controlled by a board of directors.

(c)Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g), the board consists of three (3) directors. The executive of the municipality shall appoint the directors.

(d)Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g), the legislative body shall prescribe, by ordinance, the terms of the directors. However, the legislative body must prescribe the initial terms of the directors so that they will be staggered.

(e)The executive may remove a director at any time when, in the judgment of the executive, it is for the best interest of the dep

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(a) This section applies to all municipalities
except a consolidated city.
(b) If the legislative body of a municipality adopts the provisions of
this chapter by ordinance, a department of storm water management is
established and is controlled by a board of directors.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g), the board consists
of three (3) directors. The executive of the municipality shall appoint
the directors.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g), the legislative
body shall prescribe, by ordinance, the terms of the directors. However,
the legislative body must prescribe the initial terms of the directors so
that they will be staggered.
(e) The executive may remove a director at any time when, in the
judgment of the executive, it is for the best interest of the department.
(f) If a second class city has a department of public sanitation under
IC 36-9-25, the executive of the city may appoint the members of the
board of sanitary commissioners as the board of directors of the
department of storm water management. The terms of the members of
the board of directors are the same as the terms of the members of the
board of sanitary commissioners under IC 36-9-25-4.
(g) If a third class city:
(1) has a board that controls the city's municipally owned utilities
under IC 8-1.5-3-3(a); and
(2) has adopted an ordinance under IC 8-1.5-3-3(a) that provides
for the control of any or all of the city's storm water facilities by
the board that controls the city's municipally owned utilities;
the members of the board that controls the city's municipally owned
utilities shall serve as the board of directors of the department of storm
water management, subject to any transition procedure specified in the
ordinance under IC 8-1.5-3-3(b). The terms of the members of the
board of directors are the same as the terms of the members of the
board that controls the city's municipally owned utilities under IC 8-1.5-3-3(a), subject to the completion of any transition procedure
specified in the ordinance under IC 8-1.5-3-3(b).
(h) A member of the board of directors of the department of storm
water management who:
(1) is appointed under subsection (f); or
(2) is a member of the board under subsection (g) and receives a
salary as a member of the board that controls the third class city's
municipally owned utilities;
is not entitled to a salary for serving as a member of the board of
directors of the department of storm water management. However, a
member shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred by the
member in the performance of official duties.