Sec. 15. If requested by a petition signed by a majority of the owners of land protected by the levee, the committee in charge of a levee may do the following:

(1) Make additions to the levee by increasing the height or width of the levee.

(2) Protect against the encroachment of a stream and take all necessary steps to protect and prevent the washing and cutting away of the banks of the stream by the construction of a suitable work that will prevent the washing or cutting of the banks.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 13-2-19.5-5 part; 13-2-19.5-6 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.