The board of directors in charge of a project may pump out or remove from lands drained by a ditch any standing water that has no means of outlet. The board may purchase pumps or adopt other suitable means for the removal of the water, and the costs necessarily incurred on account of any work done under this section shall be assessed against the lands benefited by the removal of the water. The costs shall be paid, assessed against the lands benefited, and collected in the manner prescribed by section 16 of this chapter.
IC 36-9-28-18
Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-20-20.