CHAPTER 4. LEVEE ASSOCIATIONS; MERGED

IC 14-27-4
    Chapter 4. Levee Associations; Merged

IC 14-27-4-1
Applicability of chapter
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a levee association or corporationthat meets the following conditions:
        (1) The levee association or corporation was a levee associationoriginally organized under Acts 1913, c.165, that:
            (A) accepted the provisions of:
                (i) IC 23-7-1 (before its repeal on September 2, 1971);
                (ii) IC 23-7-1.1 (before its repeal on August 1, 1991); or
                (iii) IC 23-17; and
            (B) merged with a levee association originally organizedunder IC 23-7-1.
        (2) The surviving corporation or association of the merger hasin the articles of merger restated the provisions of thecorporation's or association's articles to do the following:
            (A) Include among the corporation's or association'spurposes the construction, extension, changing,improvement, maintenance, or repair of a levee, dike,breakwater, dam, sewer, ditch, drain, diversion channel,creek, water course, pumping station, syphon, flood gate,waste gate, or a combination of more than one (1) of theseobjects or in any work determined to be necessary for or tobe an aid to the protection, drainage, reclamation, orimprovement of wet or overflowed land subject to overflow.
            (B) Use all statutes relating to levees, ditches, and drains.
        (3) At least one (1) of the following has occurred:
            (A) The levee association has entered into a commitmentwith a state or federal authority or agency for theconstruction of a levee or for the planning of a levee.
            (B) Federal or state money has been appropriated orexpended in feasibility studies or for preconstructionplanning before March 10, 1967, as a consequence of thecommitment.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.

IC 14-27-4-2
Effect of repeal on surviving corporation
    Sec. 2. A surviving corporation:
        (1) may continue and possesses all the rights, powers, duties,and privileges of any law repealed by IC 19-3-2-106 (repealedApril 1, 1980); and
        (2) is not affected by the repeal.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.

IC 14-27-4-3
Effect on rights and obligations of surviving corporation
    Sec. 3. A surviving corporation has all the specific rights, powers,

privileges, and obligations conferred on levee associations organizedunder Acts 1913, c.165, as amended.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.