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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-27-20

  • Board: refers to the drainage board of a county. See Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
   Sec. 20. A board may, by resolution, relinquish its jurisdiction over ditches and drains located in a municipality or a sanitary district, if that jurisdiction is accepted by the municipality or sanitary district.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-1-3.5.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101.