Indiana Code
Chapter 30.5. Development of Multicounty Federal Military Bases
36-7-30.5-11. Terms of Members; Oath; Bond; Qualifications; Reimbursement for Expenses

Sec. 11. (a) Each member of a military base development authority shall serve the longer of:
(1) three (3) years beginning with the first day of January after the member's appointment; or
(2) until the member's successor has been appointed and qualified.
If a vacancy occurs, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original member. The successor shall serve for the remainder of the vacated term.
(b) Each member of a development authority, before beginning the member's duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form, to be endorsed on the certificate of the member's appointment. The endorsed certificate must be promptly filed with the clerk for the unit that the member serves.
(c) Each member of a development authority, before beginning the member's duties, shall execute a bond payable to the state, with surety to be approved by the executive of the unit. The bond must be:
(1) in the penal sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000); and
(2) conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of the member's office and the accounting for all money and property that may come into the member's hands or under the member's control.
(d) A member of a development authority must be:
(1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) a resident of the county responsible for the member's appointment.
(e) If a member ceases to be qualified under this section, the member forfeits the member's office.
(f) Members of a development authority are not entitled to salaries but are entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
As added by P.L.203-2005, SEC.11.