Section 15-16-7-11 - Failure to pay for weed removal; amount placed on tax duplicate; disposition of funds(a) If the owner or person in possession of the property does not pay the amount set forth in the statement under section 10(b) of this chapter within ten (10) days after receiving the certified statement under section 10(c) of this chapter, the weed control board shall file a copy of the certified statement in the office of the county auditor of the county where the real estate is located.(b) The auditor shall place the amount claimed in the certified statement on the tax duplicate of the real estate. Except as provided in section 12 of this chapter, the amount claimed shall be collected as taxes are collected.(c) After an amount described in subsection (b) is collected, the funds must be deposited in the weed control board fund, if one has been established by the county, for use at the discretion of the weed control board. If a weed control board fund has not been established by the county, the funds collected must be deposited in the county general fund.Pre-2008 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 15-3-4.6-5.4(d); subsection (b) formerly 15-3-4.6-5.4(e); subsection (c) formerly 15-3-4.6-5.4(f).
As added by P.L. 2-2008, SEC.7.