Sec. 8. (a) A contract for the construction, repair, extension, or improvement of a sewage works is subject to the statutes authorizing municipalities to make and finance public improvements. (b) Upon awarding a contract for the construction, repair, extension, or improvement of a sewage works under this chapter, a board shall: (1) carefully compute the entire cost of the construction, repair, extension, or improvement, including payments to the contractor and all incidental costs, expenses, and damages paid and incurred according to law; and (2) prepare and make out an assessment roll listing the assessments against the properties benefited. In determining and fixing the amount of assessments, the giving of notice of assessments, the holding of public hearings, and the making of final determinations, subject to the right of appeal from those determinations, the board is governed by the street and sewer improvement statutes. (c) An assessment under this chapter is a lien against the benefited property from the time of the letting of the contract and shall be collected in the manner provided for collection of Barrett Law assessments. (d) The board shall fix a period of not more than twenty (20) years within which the assessments shall be paid. (e) A property owner liable for an assessment may execute a waiver in the manner provided by the street and sewer improvement statutes to pay the assessment in annual installments over a period fixed by the board. (f) All payments under this chapter are deposited into the fund. IC 36-9-40 Chapter 40. County Funding of Sewage Disposal Systems 36-9-40-1 Application of chapter 36-9-40-2 Definitions 36-9-40-3 Installation 36-9-40-4 Construction of system on private land 36-9-40-5 Estimate of cost of system 36-9-40-6 Incidental, inspection, and engineering costs as part of cost of construction 36-9-40-7 Notice of hearing 36-9-40-8 Filing of cost estimate by county engineer; limitation on entry into contract 36-9-40-9 Works board conduct of hearing; limitation on further action 36-9-40-10 Special assessment levy; limitation on amount 36-9-40-11 Works board action on preliminary resolution; effect of modified or confirmed resolution 36-9-40-12 Works board advertisement for bids and performance of work 36-9-40-13 Construction contract for entire system; challenge to contract 36-9-40-14 Contractor guarantee of workmanship and materials 36-9-40-15 County and contractor responsibilities for system repairs 36-9-40-16 Acceptance of system by works board 36-9-40-17 Assessment of property on which system is constructed; effect of mistake in name of owner 36-9-40-18 Presumptions with respect to assessment; assessment notice to property owner 36-9-40-19 Works board hearing and decision on objection to assessment 36-9-40-20 Delivery of assessment to county assessor 36-9-40-21 Delivery of completed assessment to county auditor; assessment to show amount due 36-9-40-22 County auditor notice of assessment to affected person; installment payments 36-9-40-23 Assessment due date; interest on delinquent assessment 36-9-40-24 County auditor receipt and accounting for assessment payments; use of proceeds; special fund 36-9-40-25 Assessment installment payments due upon delinquency; collection of delinquent installments 36-9-40-26 Supplementary proceedings to correct defect or irregularity in contract
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