Sec. 27. (a) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation shall appoint a qualified person to serve as controller. The controller is the chief fiscal officer of the corporation, and the controller must give bond in the sum and with the conditions prescribed by the board and with surety to the approval of the board.
(b) All money payable to the public transportation corporation shall be paid to the controller, and the controller shall deposit it under IC 5-13-6. The controller shall deposit this money in the depositories and in the accounts that the board designates by ordinance.
(c) The controller shall keep an accurate account of all appropriations made and all taxes levied by the public transportation corporation, all money owing or due to the corporation, and all money received and disbursed by the corporation, and the controller shall preserve all vouchers for payments and disbursements.
(d) The controller shall issue all warrants for the payment of money from the funds of the public transportation corporation, but the controller may not issue a warrant for the payment of a claim until the claim has been allowed in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the rules of the board. All warrants must be countersigned by the chair of the board.
(e) If the controller is called upon to issue a warrant, the controller may require evidence that the amount claimed is justly due, and for that purpose the controller may summon before the controller any officer, agent, or employee of the public transportation corporation and examine the officer, agent, or employee on oath or affirmation relating to the warrant. The controller may administer the oath or affirmation.
(f) Notwithstanding subsections (d) and (e), the board may authorize the controller to pay a per diem in advance to a public transportation employee or board member who will attend a training session or other special business meeting required as a duty of the public transportation employee or board member.
(g) Each year, and more often if required by the board, the controller shall submit the controller's records of account as controller for audit to the certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants designated by the board. The certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants shall submit to the board a certified report of the records of account, exhibiting the revenues, receipts, and disbursements, the sources from which the revenues and funds are derived, and the manner in which they have been disbursed.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-19.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.19-1987, SEC.53; P.L.327-1995, SEC.2; P.L.127-2017, SEC.281.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 9. Transportation and Public Works
Chapter 4. Urban Mass Transportation Systems; Public Transportation Corporation
36-9-4-1. Application of Chapter
36-9-4-2. "Management" Defined
36-9-4-3. Declaration of Public Purpose
36-9-4-4. Existing Systems; Application for Assistance From Municipalities
36-9-4-5. Financial Assistance From Municipality; Necessary Findings; Types of Assistance
36-9-4-6. Grants to Systems by Municipalities; Contracts
36-9-4-7. Purchase of Property From System by Municipality; Contracts and Leases; Appraisals
36-9-4-9. Public Acquisition of Systems; Application to Municipality; Studies
36-9-4-11. Establishment of Systems by Municipalities
36-9-4-12. Public Transportation Corporation; Name
36-9-4-14. Public Transportation Corporation; Management by Board of Directors
36-9-4-15. Cities; Public Transportation Corporations; Board of Directors; Membership
36-9-4-16. Towns; Public Transportation Corporations; Board of Directors; Membership
36-9-4-17. Directors; Membership in Political Parties
36-9-4-18. Board of Directors; Vacancies
36-9-4-19. Impeachment of Directors
36-9-4-20. Compensation of Directors
36-9-4-21. Board of Directors; Officers
36-9-4-22. Meetings of Board of Directors
36-9-4-23. Board of Directors; Quorum; Approval of Actions; Records; Management of Internal Affairs
36-9-4-24. Introduction of Proposed Ordinances; Public Notice
36-9-4-25. Adoption of Ordinances; Procedure
36-9-4-26. Printing and Distribution of Ordinances
36-9-4-28. Purchase of Property From System by Corporation
36-9-4-29.4. Expansion of Services Outside Operational Boundaries
36-9-4-30. Board of Directors; Power to Acquire, Hold, and Dispose of Property
36-9-4-31. Board of Directors; Seal
36-9-4-32. Eminent Domain; Procedure
36-9-4-33. Board of Directors; Power to Contract
36-9-4-36. Board of Directors; Power to Sue; Service of Process
36-9-4-37. Board of Directors; Employees; Collective Bargaining Agreements
36-9-4-38. Surveys and Studies
36-9-4-39. "Demand-Responsive" or "Dial-a-Ride" System
36-9-4-40. Board of Directors; Power to Fulfill Purposes of Corporation
36-9-4-41. Acquisition of Systems by Corporation; Protection of Employees
36-9-4-43. Issuance of Bonds by Municipality; Procedure
36-9-4-44. Issuance of Bonds by Corporation; Procedure
36-9-4-45. Bonds; Terms; Tax Exemption; Procedure
36-9-4-46. Bonds; Special Tax Levy
36-9-4-47. Tax Anticipation Warrants
36-9-4-48. Cumulative Transportation Fund; Establishment; Notice; Tax Levy
36-9-4-49. Insufficient Funds; Special Tax Levy
36-9-4-50. Federal or State Aid
36-9-4-51. Review of Annual Budget and Tax Levies
36-9-4-52. Property Tax Exemption
36-9-4-53. Books, Records, and Accounts
36-9-4-54. Transportation of School Pupils; Contracts
36-9-4-55. Interlocal Cooperation Agreements; Authorization
36-9-4-57. Improvement Reserve Fund
36-9-4-58. Regulation of Department of State Revenue; Fares; Operating Expenses