Section 14-27-3-15 - Additions to or protection of levee upon petition of landowners 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.