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Indiana Code Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources § 14-30-2-25

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 25. (a) The commission:

(1) may;  but

(2) is not required to;

consider a proposal to transform the commission from a river basin commission subject to this chapter into a watershed development commission subject to IC 14-30.5.

(b) For the commission to be transformed from a river basin commission subject to this chapter into a watershed development commission subject to IC 14-30.5:

(1) the county executives of all participating counties:

(A) must approve the proposal described in subsection (a);  and

(B) must adopt substantively identical ordinances that set forth the flood damage reduction, drainage, storm water management, or soil and water conservation purposes for which the proposed watershed development commission would be established, and, for the purposes of IC 14-30.5-2-0.5, the designated watershed within which the proposed watershed development commission would exercise its powers;  and

(2) a majority of the voting members of the commission must vote in favor of the transformation of the commission into a watershed development commission in accordance with the ordinances adopted under subdivision (1)(B) and the provisions of this section.

(c) For the county executive of a participating county to approve a proposal described in subsection (a) under subsection (b)(1)(A), at least two (2) of the three (3) members of the county executive must vote in favor of the proposal.

(d) If a member of the county executive of a participating county has designated another individual under section 10 of this chapter to perform the member's duties on the commission, the individual designated to perform the duties of the member of the county executive may vote under subsection (b)(2) on the proposal described in subsection (a).

(e) If the county executives of all participating counties approve a proposal described in subsection (a) under subsection (b)(1)(A) and adopt substantively identical ordinances under subsection (b)(1)(B), a majority of the voting members of the commission vote in favor of the transformation of the commission into a watershed development commission under subsection (b)(2), and the natural resources commission approves the transformation of the commission into a watershed development commission with the purposes set forth in the ordinances adopted under subsection (b)(1)(B), the following apply:

(1) The commission shall notify the natural resources commission and the department of the approval of the proposal.

(2) The officers of the commission elected under section 11 of this chapter shall take the actions necessary and appropriate to the transformation of the commission from a river basin commission subject to this chapter into a watershed development commission subject to IC 14-30.5.

(3) The board of the watershed development commission consists of the following:

(A) The director of the department or the director's designee.

(B) The county surveyor of each county participating in the commission.

(C) A member of the county executive from each county participating in the commission or the member's designee.

(D) One (1) individual to represent each second class city that is located in a participating county and within the Maumee River basin, appointed by:

(i) the board of storm water management (as described in IC 8-1.5-5-4) of the second class city;  or

(ii) if the second class city has no board of storm water management, the executive of the second class city.

(E) A member of the county soil and water conservation district board from each participating county within the Maumee River basin or the member's designee.

(4) The director of the department or the director's designee:

(A) shall advise the commission on the transformation of the commission into a watershed development commission subject to IC 14-30.5;  and

(B) when the board of the watershed development commission is formed, shall assume the position on the board of the watershed development commission specified in IC 14-30.5-4-1(a)(1)(A).

(5) The watershed development commission board may not meet until the natural resources commission has given the approval referred to in this subsection.  Upon the convening of the first meeting under IC 14-30.5-4 of the board of the watershed development commission:

(A) the Maumee River basin commission ceases to exist as a separate municipal corporation under this chapter;

(B) the Maumee watershed development commission is established as a public body corporate and politic under IC 14-30.5;

(C) the participating counties of the Maumee River basin commission become member counties of the Maumee watershed development commission under IC 14-30.5;  and

(D) each participating county of the Maumee River basin commission is authorized to appoint a member of the county executive or the member's designee under IC 14-30.5-4-1 to represent the county on the board of the Maumee watershed development commission.

(f) If established under this section, the Maumee watershed development commission:

(1) is a continuation of;

(2) retains the property and rights of;  and

(3) is responsible for the actions and subject to the liabilities of;

the former Maumee River basin commission.

(g) If established under this section, the Maumee watershed development commission has all of the powers and duties of a watershed development commission under IC 14-30.5 in the areas of the watershed of the Maumee River and the tributaries of the Maumee River that are within the boundaries of the member counties of the Maumee watershed development commission.  For the purposes of IC 14-30.5, the areas of the watershed of the Maumee River and the tributaries of the Maumee River that are within the boundaries of the member counties of the Maumee watershed development commission comprise the designated watershed of the Maumee watershed development commission.

(h) If the Maumee watershed development commission is established under this section, the board of the Maumee watershed development commission shall appoint an executive director under IC 14-30.5-4-2(e).  An individual who was executive director of the Maumee River basin commission may be appointed executive director of the Maumee watershed development commission under this subsection.

(i) If the Maumee watershed development commission is established under this section, all property, records, and funds of the former Maumee River basin commission:

(1) become property, records, and funds of the Maumee watershed development commission;  and

(2) shall be transmitted to the Maumee watershed development commission not more than sixty (60) days after the appointment of the executive director under subsection (h).

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