Sec. 3. (a) Plans and specifications for the sewage works contracted for must be approved by the municipal works board before construction is begun.
(b) Upon their completion, final inspection, and approval the sewage works become the property of the municipality, and the works board may:
(1) approve the construction of the sewage works;
(2) accept sewage from the sewers and pumping stations subject to the sewage rates that the municipality establishes;
(3) operate and maintain the disposal plants subject to the sewage rates that the municipality establishes; and
(4) accept storm water from sewers or approve the location of discharge of storm water.
(c) After the sewage works are approved and accepted by the works board, all further maintenance and operation of them are the responsibility of the municipality.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to lateral sewers or other extensions that, upon completion, become the property and responsibility of the landowners whose property they benefit.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-7-17.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.95. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.21.
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