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Indiana Code Title 13. Environment § 13-26-2-3

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 3. A petition to establish a district under this chapter must state the following:

(1) The proposed name of the district.

(2) The place in which the district's principal office is to be located.

(3) The following information:

(A) The need for the proposed district.

(B) The purpose to be accomplished.

(C) How the district will be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare, including a specific statement of how:

(i) water supply, for a water district;

(ii) sewage collection, disposal, and treatment, for a sewage district;  or

(iii) solid waste disposal, recovery, or treatment, for a solid waste district;

is currently being provided.

(D) Whether there is any outstanding indebtedness for the purpose proposed in the proposed district, including a statement as to how the current situation creates or adds to pollution or health hazards or impedes development in the area.

(4) An accurate description of the territory to be included in the district, which does not have to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions.  The territory does not have to be contiguous, but the territory must be so situated that the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare will be promoted by the establishment as a single district of the territory described.

(5) The petitioner's recommendations on:

(A) the manner of selection;

(B) the number;  and

(C) the term, not exceeding four (4) years;

of the members of the board of trustees.

(6) The plan for financing the cost of the operations of the district until the district is in receipt of revenue from the district's operations or proceeds from the sale of bonds.

(7) Estimates of the following:

(A) The costs of accomplishing the purpose of the district.

(B) The costs of operating and maintaining the works.

(C) The sources of the funding of these costs.

(D) The rates and charges that will be required.

(E) The median income for households in the proposed district based on the most recent federal decennial census.

(8) A summary of alternatives to creating the district.

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