Indiana § 32-24-2-16 - Shoreline improvements; condemnation procedure
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§ 32-24-2-16. Shoreline improvements; condemnation procedure
Sec. 16. (a) This section applies whenever the works board of a municipality located upon or adjoining a harbor connected with a navigable stream or lake, or upon any navigable channel, slip, waterway, or watercourse, wants to acquire for the use of the municipality any property for a right-of-way for seawalls, docks, or other improvement of the harbor, channel, slip, waterway or watercourse.
(b) The works board shall adopt a resolution that the municipality wants to acquire the property, describing the property that may be injuriously or beneficially affected. All proceedings necessary for the completion of and payment for any such undertaking, including notice, remonstrance, appeal, letting of and performance of contracts, assessment and collection of payment for benefits, and the determination and payment of damages to property, are the same, to the extent applicable, as those proceedings for street improvements of the municipality by its works board or other entity charged by statute with the performance of those duties on behalf of the municipality.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-11-1.5-13.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.9.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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