Sec. 1.5. (a) A municipality having and operating a waterworks through a department of waterworks before January 1, 1982, under
IC 19-3-15 (before its repeal on January 1, 1983) or under
IC 19-3-27 (before its repeal on January 1, 1983) shall be deemed to have established a department of waterworks, as authorized by section 2 of this chapter, having the same number of board members as the board operating before January 1, 1982, and having the same powers, obligations, and duties as would be the case if the legislative body of the municipality had adopted an ordinance doing so before January 1, 1983, in accordance with Acts 1982, P.L.74, SECTION 5(b).
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1.5-4-1.5
- 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.
(c) This subsection applies to water utilities that have been removed from the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission under IC 8-1.5-3-9.1 after June 30, 1991. The board of directors of the department of waterworks shall operate as the board for the purposes of IC 8-1.5-3-4 and IC 8-1.5-3-8.
As added by P.L.105-1983, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.16-1984, SEC.7; P.L.3-1990, SEC.29; P.L.56-1992, SEC.1.
