Sec. 4. (a) A petition requesting the establishment of a drainage maintenance and repair
district under this chapter may not be filed after June 30, 2001.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-27-8-4
- Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- district: refers to a drainage maintenance and repair district. See Indiana Code 14-27-8-2
- drain: includes the following:
Indiana Code 14-27-8-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) Twenty percent (20%) of the owners of the real property assessed for a ditch or drain who:
(1) would benefit by the construction of the ditch or drain; and
(2) own not less than twenty percent (20%) of the land in acreage that is assessed for the ditch or drain;
may file, in the office of the clerk of a circuit or superior court having jurisdiction in the county in which is located the greatest acreage of the land as last assessed with benefits for the construction or reconstruction of the ditch, a petition requesting the establishment of a drainage maintenance and repair district.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-21-2 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.276-2001, SEC.4.