Sec. 30. (a) The counties in the basin may budget, appropriate, and disburse an aggregate amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year to carry out the purposes of the commission under this chapter. The appropriation shall be apportioned among the counties in the basin in direct relationship to the amount of land area lying within the basin boundaries.

     (b) The department shall certify the boundaries and the drainage area of each county within the basin after consultation with the respective county surveyors and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The determination and certification shall be prepared before submission of budgets to the appropriating bodies so that the correct amount can be appropriated.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-13-9-30

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • basin: refers to the Kankakee River basin and the Yellow River basin. See Indiana Code 14-13-9-1
  • commission: refers to the Kankakee River basin and Yellow River basin development commission established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-13-9-2
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) A regional planning commission may, upon request from the commission, furnish for a reasonable charge the support staff necessary for the commission.

As added by P.L.282-2019, SEC.8.