Indiana § 36-9-27-104 - Interstate drains; authorization; joint meetings of state officials
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§ 36-9-27-104. Interstate drains; authorization; joint meetings of state officials
Sec. 104. (a) Whenever:
(1) a petition to construct a new drain is filed under sections 54 through 65 of this chapter, a board initiates proceedings to reconstruct a drain under sections 49 through 52 of this chapter, or proceedings are initiated in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, or Ohio to construct or reconstruct a drain; and
(2) the proposed construction or reconstruction will affect land in both Indiana and the other state;
the board may join with the proper officials of the other state in a joint effort to construct or reconstruct the drain.
(b) Whenever proceedings are instituted in Indiana under subsection (a), the board shall fix a date, time, and place for a joint meeting with the proper officials of the other state for the purpose of forming an interstate board, and shall have a notice of the meeting served on those officials.
(c) Upon receipt by the board of an acceptance of the offer to meet, or, when the offer to meet has come from the other state, upon acceptance by the board, the board and the officials of the other state shall proceed at the specified date, time, and place to form an interstate board by electing one (1) of their number chair and one (1) of their number clerk. The chair and the clerk may not be residents of the same state.
(d) Without regard to the number of members of the interstate board who are present, the members from Indiana are entitled to cast one-half (1/2) of all votes on all questions, and that vote shall be represented equally by the different members from Indiana who are present.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-4-9-1; 19-4-9-2; 19-4-9-3.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.363.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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