Indiana § 13-26-5-4 - Rules; establishment and enforcement
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§ 13-26-5-4. Rules; establishment and enforcement
Sec. 4. (a) The board may adopt and enforce rules for the following purposes:
(1) To accomplish the purpose of a district.
(2) To protect the works, improvements, and properties, both real and personal, that the district owns.
(3) To secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance of works, improvements, and properties.
(4) To prevent damage by the misuse of the works, improvements, or properties by:
(A) the pollution or misuse of the waters in the district or of the sewerage system; or
(B) the improper disposal of solid waste.
(b) The board may adopt and enforce rules under subsection (a) that are necessary and advisable to do the following:
(1) Protect and preserve the works, improvements, and properties owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of use by any person, and preserve order in and adjacent to the works.
(2) Prescribe the manner:
(A) in which ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works should be adjusted to or connected with the works of the district; and
(B) of waste disposal in the district.
(3) Prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply and the manner of distribution and prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of the water supply.
(4) Prohibit or regulate the discharge into the sewers of the district of liquid or solid waste detrimental to the works and improvements.
(c) Rules must be:
(1) consistent with:
(A) statutes; and
(B) the rules of the environmental rules board; and
(2) maintained and open to inspection in the office of the district.
(d) The board may enforce by injunction or other legal remedy rules adopted under this section. The board may remove a harmful or improper construction or obstruction or may close an opening or connection made improperly or in violation of the rules. A person that willfully fails to comply with the rules is liable for damage caused by the failure and for the cost of restoring or replacing construction damaged.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-3-2-12.]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.83.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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