Learn About The Law
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 6. (a) The board may enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter. However, the board may not obligate itself or the municipality beyond the extent to which money has been or may be provided under this chapter.
(b) A contract relating to the financing of the acquisition or construction of any sewage works, or to any trust indenture authorized by this chapter, is not effective until it is approved by the municipal legislative body.
(c) A contract or an agreement with any contractor or contractors for labor, equipment, or materials shall be let and entered into under the statutes governing the letting of contracts by agencies of municipalities.
(d) The board or any public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-6-3) contracting with the board for the treatment, purification, or disposal in a sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil, or industrial waste may contract with a water utility furnishing water service to users or property served in the municipality or by the public utility to do the following:
(1) Ascertain the amount of water consumed.
(2) Compute the amount of the charge to be billed for sewer services to each user or property served.
(3) Bill and collect the amounts due for sewer services.
(4) Discontinue water service to delinquent sewer users.
A contract under this subsection is enforceable without the approval of the Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(e) The procedures in IC 36-9-25-11.5(a) through IC 36-9-25-11.5(e) apply to the discontinuance of water service to a delinquent sewer user under a contract between the board and a water utility described in subsection (d).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-9-23-6 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-36-local-government/in-code-sect-36-9-23-6/
FindLaw Codes may not reflect the most recent version of the law in your jurisdiction. Please verify the status of the code you are researching with the state legislature before relying on it for your legal needs.
A free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code. For more information about the legal concepts addressed by these cases and statutes, visit FindLaw’s Learn About the Law.
Get help with your legal needs
FindLaw’s Learn About the Law features thousands of informational articles to help you understand your options. And if you’re ready to hire an attorney, find one in your area who can help.
Search our directory by legal issue
Enter information in one or both fields (Required)