Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-27-20.6

  • Board: refers to the drainage board of a county. See Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
  • 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.
   Sec. 20.6. If jurisdiction over a drain is transferred by the board to a municipality or sanitary district under section 20 of this chapter, the municipality or sanitary district has, with respect to that drain, the same right of entry and right-of-way powers over and upon private land that are given to the county surveyor or drainage board under section 33 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.111-2003, SEC.2.