Sec. 12. (a) IC 14-33-4-2 does not apply to the addition of territory to a district in any county for the purpose of supplying water to additional users outside the territorial boundaries of the district. The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the granting to a district of territorial authority to serve additional water users.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-33-20-12

  • commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 14-33-20-2
  • 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.
  • water supply: include the following:

    Indiana Code 14-33-20-3

     (b) For the purposes of:

(1) granting territorial authority to a district to serve additional water users under subsection (a); and

(2) exercising the commission’s jurisdiction for changes in the rates and charges of a district under section 14 of this chapter;

the commission shall recoup its expenses under IC 8-1-2-70. For purposes of this subsection, a district that has the purpose of water supply and that operates under this chapter is considered a municipal utility.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-4-4(e), (f).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

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