(A) The purpose of this section is to amend I.C. 36-9-27-112(a) to provide for an additional factor in determining benefits to land under §§ 39, 50, and 62 of I.C. 36-9-27.
(B) I.C. 36-9-27-112(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
In determining benefits to land under §§ 39, 50, and 62 of this chapter, the Board may consider: |
(1) The watershed affected by the drain to be constructed, reconstructed, or maintained; |
(2) The number of acres in each tract; |
(3) The total volume of water draining into or through the drain to be constructed, reconstructed, or maintained, and the amount of water contributed by each land owner; |
(4) The land use; |
(5) The increased value accruing to each tract of land from the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance; |
(6) Whether the various tracts are adjacent, upland, upstream, or downstream in relation to the main trunk of the drain; |
(7) Elimination or reduction of damage from floods; |
(8) The soil type; |
(9) The extent to which any owner, his predecessors, heirs, legal representatives, assigns and successors permit a regulated drain to become obstructed or damaged by logs, trees, brush, unauthorized structures, trash, debris, excavating, filling, or pasturing livestock, or any other way; and |
(10) Any other factors affecting the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance. |
(Ord. 1983-3, passed 5-2-1983)