If the contractor fails to begin the repairs not later than thirty (30) days after the notice is received, the unit may do the following:(1) Make the repairs using the unit's own employees or an independent contractor.(2) Recover from the contractor and the contractor's sureties the reasonable cost of the repairs and the cost of the supervision and inspection of the repairs.(b) At the expiration of the guarantee period, the unit has sixty (60) days in which to notify the contractor of any necessary repairs.(c) This subsection does not apply to a county. If the repairs necessary to be made at the expiration of the guarantee period amount to more than one-half (1/2) the surface of one (1) block, the entire pavement of the block shall be taken up and relaid in accordance with the original specifications.As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
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