Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 12. Proceeds from the sale of bonds under section 11 of this chapter shall be deposited in the thoroughfare fund and used by the unit to pay for: (1) property acquired by the unit; (2) benefits assessed against the unit at large; and (3) damages increased by a court on appea…

Sec. 2. (a) The fiscal body of a unit that has adopted a thoroughfare plan under IC 36-7-4 may levy a tax of five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in the unit. The tax may be levied annually, in the same way that other property taxes are levied…

Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, a works board carrying out a thoroughfare plan under this chapter: (1) has the same powers to: (A) appropriate or condemn property; (B) lay out, change, widen, straighten, or vacate public ways or public places; (C) award a…

Sec. 4. A works board that wants to proceed with a project in order to carry out a thoroughfare plan may adopt a resolution: (1) describing the proposed project; (2) setting out the items necessary for completion of the project; (3) including complete plans and specifications for…

Sec. 5. Plans, specifications, and contracts for a project proposed under section 4 of this chapter must be prepared, adopted, and let in the manner required by IC 36-9-36, except that the provisions of IC 36-9-36 for remonstrance by resident freeholders do not apply. Separate ph…

Sec. 6. Projects proposed under section 4 of this chapter may include: (1) the appropriation of property; (2) the opening, changing, widening, straightening, or vacating of any public way, public way crossing, railway, right-of-way, or public place in the unit; (3) the removal of…

Sec. 7. After publication of notice in accordance with IC 5-3-1, the works board shall hold a public hearing on the resolution adopted under section 4 of this chapter. The notice must: (1) fix the date of the hearing; (2) state that the resolution will be considered at the hearin…

Sec. 8. At the hearing under section 7 of this chapter, the works board shall consider objections to the proposed project and, if it decides to proceed with the project, shall: (1) determine what part of the cost of the project or any separate phase of the project, including dama…

Sec. 9. If the works board approves a project and decides to assess a part of the cost of that project against the property specially benefited, the board shall: (1) advertise for bids; (2) let contracts; and (3) assess costs; for the whole project or separate phases of the proje…