Sec. 4. (a) As soon as the township trustee has had a fence built, rebuilt, or repaired under this chapter, the trustee shall make out a certified statement in triplicate of the actual cost incurred by the trustee in the building, rebuilding, or repairing the fence. One (1) copy must be handed to or mailed to the property owner affected by the work, one (1) copy must be retained by the trustee as a record for the township, and one (1) copy must be filed in the auditor's office of the county in which the fence is located and in which the property of the property owner affected by the work is located. At the same time the trustee shall also file with the county auditor a claim against the county for the amount shown in the statement filed with the county auditor.
(b) The county auditor shall:
(1) examine the claims and statement as other claims are examined; and
(2) present the claims and statements to the board of county commissioners at the next regular meeting.
Unless there is an apparent error in the statement or claim, the board of county commissioners shall make allowance, and the county auditor shall issue a warrant for the amount claimed to the township trustee submitting the claim out of the county general fund without an appropriation being made by the county council.
(c) The amount paid out of the county general fund under subsection (b) shall be:
(1) placed by the county auditor on the tax duplicate against the property of the property owner affected by the work;
(2) collected as taxes are collected; and
(3) when collected, paid into the county general fund.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-9-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
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