Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Legislative Bodies
36-3-4-14. Ordinance or Resolution Adoption; Requirements

Sec. 14. (a) An ordinance or resolution passed by a legislative body is considered adopted when it is:
(1) signed by the presiding officer; and
(2) if subject to veto, either approved by the executive or passed over the executive's veto by the legislative body, under section 16 of this chapter.
(b) All ordinances and resolutions of a legislative body are subject to veto, except the following:
(1) An ordinance or resolution, or part of either, providing for the budget or appropriating money for an office or officer of the county provided for by the Constitution of Indiana or for a judicial office or officer.
(2) An ordinance or resolution approving or modifying the budget of a political subdivision that the legislative body is permitted by statute to review.
(3) A resolution making an appointment that the legislative body is authorized to make.
(4) A resolution selecting officers or employees of the legislative body.
(5) A resolution prescribing rules for the internal management of the legislative body.
(6) A zoning ordinance or amendment to a zoning ordinance, or a resolution approving a comprehensive plan, that is adopted under IC 36-7.
(c) An ordinance prescribing a penalty or forfeiture for a violation must, before it takes effect, be published in the manner prescribed by IC 5-3-1, unless:
(1) it is published under subsection (d); or
(2) there is an urgent necessity requiring its immediate effectiveness, the executive proclaims the urgent necessity, and copies of the ordinance are posted in three (3) public places in the county.
(d) If a legislative body publishes any of its ordinances in book or pamphlet form, no other publication is required. If an ordinance prescribing a penalty or forfeiture for a violation is published under this subsection, it takes effect two (2) weeks after the publication of the book or pamphlet. Publication under this subsection, if authorized by the legislative body, constitutes presumptive evidence:
(1) of the ordinances in the book or pamphlet;
(2) of the date of adoption of the ordinances; and
(3) that the ordinances have been properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved.
(e) Unless a legislative body provides in an ordinance or resolution for a later effective date, the ordinance or resolution takes effect when it is adopted, subject to subsections (c) and (d).
(f) Subsections (a), (c), (d), and (e) do not apply to zoning ordinances or amendments to zoning ordinances, or resolutions approving comprehensive plans, that are adopted under IC 36-7.
(g) Subject to subsection (k), the legislative body shall:
(1) subject to subsection (h), give written notice to the department of environmental management not later than sixty (60) days before amendment or repeal of an environmental restrictive ordinance; and
(2) give written notice to the department of environmental management not later than thirty (30) days after passage, amendment, or repeal of an environmental restrictive ordinance.
(h) Upon written request by the legislative body, the department of environmental management may waive the notice requirement of subsection (g)(1).
(i) An environmental restrictive ordinance passed or amended after 2009 by the legislative body must state the notice requirements of subsection (g).
(j) The failure of an environmental restrictive ordinance to comply with subsection (i) does not void the ordinance.
(k) The notice requirements of subsection (g) apply only if the municipal corporation received under IC 13-25-5-8.5(f) written notice that the department is relying on the environmental restrictive ordinance referred to in subsection (g) as part of a risk based remediation proposal:
(1) approved by the department; and
(2) conducted under IC 13-22, IC 13-23, IC 13-24, IC 13-25-4, or IC 13-25-5.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 18-4-5-2(d) part; subsection (b) formerly 18-4-5-2(c);subsection (c) formerly 18-4-5-2(f) part; subsection (d) formerly 18-4-5-2(f) part; 18-4-5-2(h) part; subsection (e) formerly 18-4-5-2(f) part; subsection (f) formerly 18-4-5-2(g).]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.335-1985, SEC.34; P.L.78-2009, SEC.24; P.L.159-2011, SEC.45.