Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Township Executive
36-6-4-18. Designation of Alternate to Perform Executive's Duties and Functions

Sec. 18. (a) Within thirty (30) days after taking office, the executive shall designate a person who shall perform the executive's duties whenever the executive is incapable of performing the executive's functions because the executive:
(1) is absent from the township; or
(2) becomes incapacitated.
The executive shall give notice of the designation to the chair of the township legislative body, the county sheriff, and any other persons that the executive chooses. The designee shall have all the powers of the executive. The executive is responsible for all acts of the designee. The executive may change the designee under this section at any time.
(b) The designee shall perform the executive's duties until:
(1) the executive is no longer absent from the township; or
(2) an acting executive is appointed by the county executive under section 16 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.105-1986, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.21-2002, SEC.1; P.L.127-2017, SEC.160.

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