CHAPTER 18. SUBDISTRICTS

IC 14-33-18
    Chapter 18. Subdistricts

IC 14-33-18-1
Establishment
    Sec. 1. A subdistrict of land in the district may be established bythe same procedure by which the original district was established.The petition shall be addressed to the court having jurisdiction overthe district. A subdistrict may be established for any purpose forwhich a district may be established, but a subdistrict may not beestablished for any of the same purposes for which the district hasbeen established.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

IC 14-33-18-2
Director
    Sec. 2. A director of the district may not also be a director of thesubdistrict.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

IC 14-33-18-3
Interference with district purpose
    Sec. 3. (a) The district plan under which the subdistrict operatesmay not interfere with the accomplishment of a purpose for whichthe district was established.
    (b) If the board of the district determines that operations of thesubdistrict interfere with the accomplishment of a purpose of thedistrict, the board may petition the court to make necessary findingsand issue necessary orders to the board of the subdistrict to stop theinterference.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

IC 14-33-18-4
Operation, powers, and duties
    Sec. 4. A subdistrict operates in the same manner as a district, andthe board of a subdistrict has the same powers and duties.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.

IC 14-33-18-5
Resolution establishing subdistrict; procedures
    Sec. 5. (a) A subdistrict also may be established under this chapterfor a purpose for which the district has been established if the boardpasses a resolution to that effect defining the territory of thesubdistrict and each purpose. The resolution must be filed in thecourt having jurisdiction of the district.
    (b) The court shall hold a hearing after ordering notice to be givenas follows:
        (1) By publication at least thirty (30) days before the hearing atleast one (1) time in one (1) newspaper of general circulation ineach county having land in the district.        (2) By mail to each freeholder in the proposed subdistrict.
    (c) If at the hearing a remonstrance against the establishment ofthe subdistrict is filed with the court signed by:
        (1) thirty percent (30%) of the freeholders in the proposedsubdistrict; or
        (2) thirty percent (30%) of all freeholders in the district;
the court shall dismiss the resolution. IC 14-33-2-3 applies to theremonstrance.
    (d) If the court at the hearing finds that the proposed subdistricthas a particular need for the accomplishment of the purposeproposed, the court shall establish the subdistrict for the purpose.After the court establishes the purpose, the purpose is not a purposeof the district.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.