Indiana § 36-9-27-43 - Omission of annual assessment
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§ 36-9-27-43. Omission of annual assessment
Sec. 43. (a) If in any year a maintenance fund established under section 44 of this chapter has an unencumbered balance equal to or greater than four (4) times the estimated annual cost of periodically maintaining the drain for which the fund was established, the annual assessment for the maintenance of that drain may be omitted for that year.
(b) The county drainage board may collect the drain assessment even though the unencumbered balance of the maintenance fund is equal to or greater than four (4) times the estimated annual cost of periodic maintenance of the drain for which the fund was established if the drainage board does the following:
(1) Conducts a public hearing in accordance with section 40 of this chapter.
(2) At the public hearing estimates what the unencumbered balance of the maintenance fund would be, as a multiple of the estimated annual cost of periodic maintenance of the drain, after the collection of the total amount that the board intends to collect in assessments.
However, the annual assessment for the maintenance of the drain shall be omitted if, according to the estimate of the board, the collection of the intended total amount of assessments would increase the unencumbered balance of the maintenance fund to equal or exceed eight (8) times the estimated annual cost of periodic maintenance of the drain for which the fund was established.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-4-8 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by P.L.276-2001, SEC.13.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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