Sec. 23. (a) A person notified or considered to be notified under the preceding sections of this chapter may appear before the
board on the day fixed for hearing remonstrances regarding awards and remonstrate
in writing against them. All persons appearing before the board who have an interest in land or rights-of-way to be appropriated or injuriously affected must be given a hearing.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-25-23
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Board: refers to a board of sanitary commissioners, or board of public works of a consolidated city. See Indiana Code 36-9-25-2
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(b) After the remonstrances have been received and the hearing held, the board shall either sustain the awards or modify the awards by increasing or decreasing them.
(c) A person remonstrating in writing who is aggrieved by the decision of the board may, within ten (10) days after the decision, take an appeal to the circuit or superior court in the county in which the municipality is located. The appeal affects only the amount of the award of the person appealing.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-14-15.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.98.