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IC 16-41-33-1
Pest
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "pest" means an arthropod, a
vertebrate, or a microorganism of health significance to humans.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
IC 16-41-33-2
Vector
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "vector" means an arthropod or a
feral animal responsible for the transmission of pathogens from a
host to another animal or human.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
IC 16-41-33-3
Authorization of local programs
Sec. 3. The:
(1) executive of a county that has formed a county health
department;
(2) fiscal body of a city that has formed a city health
department; and
(3) executive of the county and the fiscal body of a city that
have formed a joint county-city health department;
may, as an alternative, on their own initiative or after a petition by
five percent (5%) of the registered voters within the jurisdiction of
the health department, by ordinance establish and maintain a vector
abatement program in that health department.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
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Appropriations; tax levies
Sec. 4. The county fiscal body or the governing board of a health
and hospital corporation may, on the fiscal body's or board of
trustees' own initiative or after a petition signed by five percent (5%)
of the registered voters within the jurisdiction of the health
department, make an annual appropriation specifically for the
purpose of vector control to be used by the health department solely
for that purpose and levy a tax of not more than sixty-seven
hundredths of one cent ($0.0067) on each one hundred dollars ($100)
of assessed value of taxable property in the county.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.179.
IC 16-41-33-5
Direction of local programs
Sec. 5. The vector abatement program must be under the direction
of the local health officer.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
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State funding
Sec. 7. (a) Local departments of health, including the department
of a health and hospital corporation, are eligible to receive state
funds appropriated by the general assembly only if, after allocation
by the state agency and before receipt of those state funds, a local
appropriation for vector control is made by the appropriate local
health agency.
(b) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
govern the application for and the distribution of any state funds
appropriated for this purpose, according to the need and proper
utilization.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
IC 16-41-33-9
Violations
Sec. 9. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly
violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B
misdemeanor.
(b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.