Section 14-33-14-8 - Adjusted annual cost of maintenance(a) As used in this section, "cost index source" refers to the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index, as published by McGraw Hill Construction or its successor.(b) Before January 1, 2006, the board of a district may elect to adjust the annual cost of maintenance of the works of improvement as stated in the plan, as calculated in subsection (d), if the following conditions are met: (1) The board has at a meeting adopted a resolution that sets forth:(A) the annual cost of maintenance of the works of improvement as stated in the plan, and the year when the annual cost was stated in the plan; and(B) the new, adjusted annual cost of maintenance of the works of improvement.(2) The calculation under subsection (d) has been verified by either the state conservation engineer for the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture or a professional engineer licensed under IC 25-31-1.(3) The board has provided a copy of the resolution to the department of local government finance (established by IC 6-1.1-30-1.1) within sixty (60) days of adoption.(c) If the board of a district adopts a resolution under section (b)(1), a copy of the resolution must be included in the district's annual report, and a copy of the annual report must be provided to the local circuit court and the department of natural resources.(d) The annual cost of maintenance of the works of improvement as stated in the plan of a district may be adjusted to an amount not to exceed the amount determined as follows: STEP ONE: Determine the cost index from the cost index source for the most recent year.
STEP TWO: Determine the cost index from the cost index source for the year that the annual cost of maintenance of the works of improvement was stated in the plan.
STEP THREE: Divide the number determined in STEP ONE by the number determined in STEP TWO.
STEP FOUR: Multiply the result of STEP THREE by the annual cost of maintenance of the works of improvement that is stated in the plan.
As added by P.L. 228-2003, SEC.3.