Indiana § 36-9-37-8.5 - Assessments; installment payments

§ 36-9-37-8.5. Assessments; installment payments

Sec. 8.5. (a) With respect to assessments imposed after June 30, 2001, the municipal works board shall establish a procedure to permit owners of real property in the unit to elect whether to pay assessments in:

(1) ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30) annual installments; or

(2) a number of monthly installments that corresponds to ten (10), twenty (20), or thirty (30) annual installments.

(b) The municipal works board shall establish the timing of the election under subsection (a) to permit the municipal works board to structure the maturities of the principal of the bonds in a number of annual series that is consistent with the installment periods elected by owners of real property under subsection (a).

(c) A person who elects to pay the person's assessment in installments under this section must, when directed by the municipal works board, enter into a written agreement stating that in consideration of that privilege the person:

(1) will not make an objection to an illegality or irregularity regarding the assessment against the person's property; and

(2) will pay the assessment as required by law with specified interest.

(d) The agreement under subsection (c) shall be filed in the office of the disbursing officer.

(e) The interest rate specified for the installments of the assessment may be equal to or greater than the interest rate on bonds issued under section 28 of this chapter.

(f) An assessment of less than one hundred dollars ($100) may not be paid in installments.

(g) If the property owner is not an individual, the election under subsection (a) must be made in the following manner:

(1) For a partnership, at least one (1) of the partners must sign the waiver and other instruments required for the election.

(2) For a corporation, the president or vice president must do all of the following:

(A) Sign the waiver and other instruments required for the election.

(B) File a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors or trustees authorizing the president or vice president to execute those instruments on behalf of the corporation.

(3) For a church, a lodge, a charitable institution, or other organization, the person or persons acting on behalf of the organization must sign the waiver and other instruments required for the election, but only after being instructed to do so by a resolution adopted at a meeting of the organization called for that purpose.

As added by P.L.62-2001, SEC.4.