Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "local unit" means any: (1) unit as defined in IC 36-1-2-23; (2) fire protection district established under IC 36-8-11; or (3) fire protection territory established under IC 36-8-19. As added by P.L.230-2025, SEC.147.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "state fire marshal" means the state fire marshal appointed under IC 22-14-2-2. As added by P.L.230-2025, SEC.147.

Sec. 3. Any local unit that provides fire service shall make semiannual fire service reports to the state fire marshal as follows: (1) For the six (6) month period from July 1 through December 31 of a year, by January 31 of the following year. (2) For the six (6) month period fro…

Sec. 4. (a) The state fire marshal shall subsequently report: (1) the data reported by January 31 under section 3(1) of this chapter to the legislative council by the following March 1; and (2) the data reported by July 31 under section 3(2) of this chapter to the legislative cou…

Sec. 5. A fire service report under this chapter shall include data on the following: (1) The number of separate fire runs made during the reporting period. A single fire run requiring multiple vehicles shall be considered one (1) fire run for purposes of a report. (2) The number…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all municipalities other than a consolidated city. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-20-1 part.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.104.

Sec. 10. (a) When the municipal works board finally accepts a project under this chapter, it shall certify the completion and acceptance of the project to the court. The court shall then direct the clerk of the court to make out two (2) copies of a list showing: (1) the owners of…

Sec. 11. (a) After a project is completed and approved under this chapter, the care, management, control, repair, and maintenance of the project may be placed under the jurisdiction of a board of directors appointed under this section. (b) A petition requesting the appointment of…

Sec. 12. (a) A board of directors appointed under this chapter consists of three (3) directors, who must own land assessed for the construction of the project. One (1) of the directors must be a resident of the municipality affected by the improvement, and two (2) of the director…

Sec. 13. Each member of a board of directors appointed under this chapter is entitled to compensation, at a rate fixed by the circuit court but not to exceed thirty-five dollars ($35) per day, for the member's services under this chapter. The compensation of the board shall be pa…

Sec. 14. A board of directors appointed under this chapter may employ the assistants necessary to perform its duties under this chapter. The compensation of the assistants shall be paid from the assessments made under section 16 of this chapter. [Pre-Local Government Recodificati…

Sec. 15. (a) A board of directors appointed under this chapter shall make all repairs necessary to keep the project in its original condition. If, in making the repairs, it is necessary to change the line and location of a ditch at any point, the board may do so, but the board ma…

Sec. 16. (a) The money necessary to pay costs incurred by a board of directors in the management and maintenance of a project, including money to be reimbursed to a county under section 15 of this chapter, shall be derived from assessments made under this section. (b) The board o…

Sec. 17. If a board of directors finds that the cost of maintaining a project exceeds the amount that can be raised in any year, the board may issue bonds in the manner in which bonds are issued for construction of levees. However, the bonds and the interest on the bonds shall be…

Sec. 18. The board of directors in charge of a project may pump out or remove from lands drained by a ditch any standing water that has no means of outlet. The board may purchase pumps or adopt other suitable means for the removal of the water, and the costs necessarily incurred …

Sec. 2. A municipal works board acting under this chapter may issue an order to construct or improve a levee, change or improve a natural or artificial watercourse, drain a section of land, or construct a sewer or drain, if: (1) the proposed project is designed to benefit land in…

Sec. 3. (a) In making an order for a project under this chapter, the municipal works board shall consider whether the project will beneficially or injuriously affect any property outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality. (b) If the works board finds that the proposed …

Sec. 4. (a) After the record is filed under section 3 of this chapter, the clerk of the circuit court shall give notice to all persons who are mentioned in the record or who will be affected by the proposed project. The notice must: (1) be published in accordance with IC 5-3-1; (…

Sec. 5. If, under section 4 of this chapter, the court finds that the municipal works board should proceed with a proposed project, the works board shall control and supervise work for the project. The works board shall: (1) advertise for bids for the work; and (2) let a contract…

Sec. 6. (a) After the letting of a contract or contracts under section 5 of this chapter, the court shall appoint three (3) competent, disinterested residents of the county to serve as the board of assessors for the project. The assessors shall take an oath to honestly and faithf…

Sec. 7. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the statutes concerning street and sewer improvement assessments apply to assessments made under this chapter. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-20-9 part.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.104.

Sec. 8. If any real or personal property inside or outside the municipality is required for a project under this chapter: (1) it may be condemned and paid for in the manner provided by law; or (2) the municipal works board may purchase and take a conveyance for it for the use and…

Sec. 9. (a) If the financing for a project under this chapter is to be provided by the federal government, one (1) or more bonds may be issued at any time after the filing of the assessment roll with the court under section 6 of this chapter. (b) Bonds issued under this section a…