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Chapter 1. Consolidation and Transfer of Powers
36-3-1-0.3. General Assembly Findings - Sec. 0.3. The general assembly finds the following: (1) A...
36-3-1-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies in each county having a...
36-3-1-2. Transitional Provisions; Change to First Class City - Sec. 2. The following transitional provisions apply whenever a city...
36-3-1-3. Interim Government of First Class City; Powers of Officers; Budgets and Appropriations; Appointment of Future Directors - Sec. 3. (a) The interim government of the first class...
36-3-1-4. Consolidated City; Abolishment of First Class City; Territory; Name; Interim Government - Sec. 4. (a) When a first class city becomes a...
36-3-1-5. Officers of Executive and Legislative Body; Board of Commissioners - Sec. 5. (a) When a first class city becomes a...
36-3-1-5.1. Consolidation of Police Department and County Sheriff's Department - Sec. 5.1. (a) Except for those duties that are reserved...
36-3-1-6. Special Service Districts; Special Taxing Districts - Sec. 6. (a) When a first class city becomes a...
36-3-1-6.1. Consolidation of Fire Departments - Sec. 6.1. (a) This section applies only in a county...
36-3-1-6.2. Emergency Ambulance Services - Sec. 6.2. (a) If a consolidated fire department is established...
36-3-1-7. Excluded Cities; Included Towns - Sec. 7. (a) A municipality, other than a first class...
36-3-1-8. Transfer of Functions and Obligations - Sec. 8. (a) When a first class city becomes a...
36-3-1-9. Ordinances; Application; Disposition - Sec. 9. (a) When a first class city becomes a...
36-3-1-10. Annexation Proceedings Pending; Continuation; Expansion Effect - Sec. 10. If any annexation proceedings concerning territory inside the...
36-3-1-11. Effect of Change on Political Subdivisions in County; Continuation of Powers and Rights - Sec. 11. Political subdivisions in the county are not affected...
36-3-1-12. Alteration of Status, Boundaries, or Ordinances of Political Subdivisions - Sec. 12. This chapter does not alter the status, boundaries,...
Chapter 2. Powers of Political Subdivisions in the County
36-3-2-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to political subdivisions in a...
36-3-2-2. Consolidated City; Home Rule and Taxation Powers; Annexation of Territory - Sec. 2. (a) The consolidated city has home rule powers...
36-3-2-3. Powers and Duties of Special Service Districts; Administration of Special Service and Special Taxing Districts; Expansion of Solid Waste Collection District - Sec. 3. (a) A special service district of the consolidated...
36-3-2-4. Excluded City; Home Rule Powers; Annexation of Territory - Sec. 4. (a) An excluded city has home rule powers...
36-3-2-5. Included Town; Home Rule Powers; Restrictions; Annexation of Territory - Sec. 5. (a) An included town has home rule powers...
36-3-2-6. Conservancy District; Statutory Powers; Restrictions - Sec. 6. A conservancy district located wholly or partially inside...
36-3-2-7. Transfer of Territory; Procedure - Sec. 7. (a) This section governs the transfer of territory...
36-3-2-7.5. Connection of Sewer and Water Service; Waiver Against Remonstrance - Sec. 7.5. A landowner is not required to grant a...
36-3-2-8. Services Provided Outside Boundaries; Service Charge - Sec. 8. Whenever the consolidated city, or any of its...
36-3-2-9. Federal Manpower Program; Approval to Operate or Be Prime Sponsor - Sec. 9. Before a political subdivision located within the corporate...
36-3-2-10. Payments in Lieu of Taxes ("Pilots"); Consolidated City and County; Public Entities - Sec. 10. (a) The general assembly finds the following: (1)...
36-3-2-12. Definitions; "Pilots"; Adoption of Ordinance; Calculation; Imposition; Deposited in Housing Trust Fund; Due Date - Sec. 12. (a) PILOTS may be imposed under this section...
Chapter 3. Executive Authorities
36-3-3-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each consolidated city and...
36-3-3-2. Mayor as Executive; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office - Sec. 2. (a) A mayor, who is the executive of...
36-3-3-3. Deputy as Acting Executive; Designation; Powers; Certification; President of Legislative Body as Acting Executive - Sec. 3. (a) Whenever the executive is absent from the...
36-3-3-4. Residence; Vacancy in Office - Sec. 4. (a) The executive must reside within the county...
36-3-3-5. Supervision of Work of Departments, Special Service Districts, and Special Taxing Districts - Sec. 5. As the chief officer of the executive branch...
36-3-3-6. Approval or Veto of Ordinances and Resolutions - Sec. 6. The executive shall approve or veto ordinances and...
36-3-3-7. Investigation of Work and Reports; Examination of Records - Sec. 7. The executive may investigate the work of those...
36-3-3-8. Appointment Powers - Sec. 8. The executive shall make the appointments prescribed by...
36-3-3-9. Performance of Duties and Exercise of Powers; Restrictions - Sec. 9. The executive shall perform the duties and exercise...
36-3-3-10. Board of Commissioners of County; Members; Powers and Duties - Sec. 10. (a) The board of commissioners of the county...
Chapter 4. Legislative Bodies
36-3-4-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter - Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to sections 12 and 14...
36-3-4-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each consolidated city and...
36-3-4-2. City-County Council; Membership; Election; Eligibility; Vacancy; Term of Office - Sec. 2. (a) A city-county council, which is the legislative...
36-3-4-3. City-County Legislative Body; Division of County Into Districts; Composition of Body; Election; Petition for Division of County - Sec. 3. (a) The city-county legislative body shall, by ordinance,...
36-3-4-3.5. Territories Not Included in Any District or More Than One District - Sec. 3.5. (a) If any territory in any county is...
36-3-4-4. City-County Legislative Body; Expulsion of Member; Declaration of Vacancy; Rules - Sec. 4. The city-county legislative body may: (1) expel any...
36-3-4-5. Special Service District Council; Composition - Sec. 5. (a) Each special service district of the consolidated...
36-3-4-6. Meetings - Sec. 6. (a) The city-county legislative body shall hold regular...
36-3-4-7. Election of President and Officers of City-County Legislative Body - Sec. 7. At its regular meeting in January each year,...
36-3-4-8. Clerk of City-County Legislative Body; Appointment; Duties; Posting Roll Call Votes on Internet Web Site - Sec. 8. (a) The city-county legislative body shall appoint a...
36-3-4-8.5. Employment of Attorneys or Legal Research Assistants - Sec. 8.5. (a) A clerk may hire or contract with...
36-3-4-9. Quorum - Sec. 9. A majority of all the elected members of...
36-3-4-10. Ordinance or Resolution; Majority Vote; Two-Thirds Vote - Sec. 10. (a) A requirement that an ordinance or resolution...
36-3-4-11. Ordinance or Resolution; Majority Vote; Joint Passage - Sec. 11. (a) A majority vote of a legislative body...
36-3-4-12. Ordinance Requiring Two-Thirds Vote With Unanimous Consent of Members Present - Sec. 12. (a) A two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the...
36-3-4-13. Ordinance or Resolution; Public Hearing Requirement - Sec. 13. (a) The city-county legislative body need not hold...
36-3-4-14. Ordinance or Resolution Adoption; Requirements - Sec. 14. (a) An ordinance or resolution passed by a...
36-3-4-15. Ordinance or Resolution; Passage and Presentation - Sec. 15. After an ordinance or resolution subject to veto...
36-3-4-16. Ordinance or Resolution; Approval or Veto; Executive's Failure to Perform Duty; Passage Over Veto - Sec. 16. (a) Within ten (10) days after an ordinance...
36-3-4-17. Recording of Adopted Ordinance - Sec. 17. Within a reasonable time after an ordinance of...
36-3-4-18. City-County Legislative Body; Ordinances and Resolutions; Permitted Acts; Special Service District Legislative Body; Powers - Sec. 18. (a) The city-county legislative body may pass ordinances...
36-3-4-19. City-County Legislative Body; Statutory Powers and Duties - Sec. 19. (a) The city-county legislative body shall perform the...
36-3-4-20. City-County Legislative Body; Statutory Appointments - Sec. 20. The city-county legislative body shall make all appointments...
36-3-4-21. City-County Legislative Body; Making Loans and Issuing Bonds by Ordinance; Requirements and Procedure for Issuing Bonds - Sec. 21. (a) The city-county legislative body may, by ordinance,...
36-3-4-22. City-County Legislative Body; Temporary or Short-Term Loans in Anticipation of Current Revenues; Procedures - Sec. 22. (a) The city-county legislative body may, by ordinance,...
36-3-4-23. City-County Legislative Body; Creation of Agencies; Transfer of Agency Powers - Sec. 23. (a) The city-county legislative body may, by ordinance:...
36-3-4-24. Departments; Investigation of Policies and Expenditures; Audit of Books and Records; Other Investigations - Sec. 24. (a) For each department of the consolidated city,...
36-3-4-25. Repealed - [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-4-2 part.] As added by Acts...
36-3-4-26. Repealed - [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-4-2 part.] As added by Acts...
Chapter 5. Appointed Officers, Departments, and Boards
36-3-5-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each consolidated city and...
36-3-5-2. Deputies and Directors; Acting Deputies and Directors; Controller and Deputy Controllers; Corporation Counsel - Sec. 2. (a) The executive shall appoint each of the...
36-3-5-2.5. Controller as Fiscal Officer and Director of Office of Finance and Management; County Treasurer as Ex Officio Treasurer - Sec. 2.5. (a) The controller appointed under section 2 of...
36-3-5-2.6. Immunity of Controller and Deputy Controllers; Exception for Gross Negligence - Sec. 2.6. The: (1) controller is not liable, in an...
36-3-5-2.7. Office of Finance and Management; Responsibilities; Controller Serves as Director - Sec. 2.7. (a) The office of finance and management is...
36-3-5-2.8. Powers and Duties of Controller - Sec. 2.8. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and...
36-3-5-3. Deputy Mayors; Number; Nature of Office - Sec. 3. (a) The city-county legislative body shall, by ordinance,...
36-3-5-4. Establishment; Powers and Duties of Executive Departments; Department of Public Utilities - Sec. 4. (a) The following executive departments of the consolidated...
36-3-5-5. Director of Department as Chief Administrative Officer; Divisions; Appointment of Administrator; Powers of Director - Sec. 5. (a) The director of a department is its...
36-3-5-6. Establishment; Powers and Duties; Membership of Administrative Boards; Metropolitan Development Commission - Sec. 6. (a) Administrative boards are established in the departments...
36-3-5-7. Administrative Boards; Meetings; Notice; Quorum; Majority Vote - Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to each board established...
36-3-5-8. Special Taxing District; Power to Issue Bonds, Notes, or Warrants; Approval; Issuance Procedure - Sec. 8. (a) This section applies whenever a special taxing...
36-3-5-9. Standard Forms for Use in Transaction of Business - Sec. 9. The controller shall furnish standard forms for use...
36-3-5-10. Suits Against Principals and Sureties on Obligations - Sec. 10. The controller, in the name of the state...
36-3-5-11. Treasurer's Report; Filing - Sec. 11. The controller shall: (1) immediately file the original...
36-3-5-12. Personal Liability for Penalties and Interest Assessed by Internal Revenue Service; Reimbursement - Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if...
Chapter 5.5. Training for Clerk and Fiscal Officer
36-3-5.5-1. "Training Courses" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "training courses" refers...
36-3-5.5-2. Required Training Hours - Sec. 2. An individual who is appointed to or holds...
36-3-5.5-3. Training Hours Completed Before Service Begins - Sec. 3. A training course that an individual completes: (1)...
36-3-5.5-4. Recurring Training Requirements - Sec. 4. An individual shall fulfill the training requirements established...
36-3-5.5-5. Individual Appointed to Fill a Vacancy - Sec. 5. This section applies only to an individual appointed...
36-3-5.5-6. Responsibility for Compliance - Sec. 6. The: (1) executive; (2) legislative body; and (3)...
36-3-5.5-7. Recordkeeping - Sec. 7. The individual who holds an office described in...
36-3-5.5-8. Effect of Reorganization - Sec. 8. If the consolidated city reorganizes under IC 36-1.5,...
Chapter 6. Budget Procedures and Compensation of Officers and Employees
36-3-6-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each consolidated city and...
36-3-6-2. Compensation of Elected Officers - Sec. 2. The city-county legislative body shall, by ordinance, fix...
36-3-6-3. Compensation of Appointed Officers, Deputies, and Employees; Exceptions and Limitations on Appropriations - Sec. 3. (a) A legislative body shall, by ordinance or...
36-3-6-4. Budget Estimates; Preparation; Verified Certificate; Courts; Submission - Sec. 4. (a) Before the Wednesday after the first Monday...
36-3-6-5. Review and Revision of Estimates; Report and Recommendations; Determination of Amounts - Sec. 5. (a) The controller shall review and revise the...
36-3-6-6. Proposed Ordinances; Appropriations; Rate of Taxation; Submittal - Sec. 6. (a) The controller shall, with the assistance of...
36-3-6-7. Proposed Ordinances; Fixing and Reviewing Budgets, Tax Rates, and Levies - Sec. 7. (a) The city-county legislative body and the special...
36-3-6-8. Additional Appropriations - Sec. 8. After the passage of an appropriations ordinance, a...
36-3-6-9. Operating and Maintenance Budgets and Tax Levies of Certain Entities; Review and Modification; Adoption; Submittal - Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the...
36-3-6-10. Allotment of Appropriations by Controller - Sec. 10. (a) As used in this section, "appropriation adopted...
Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Fiscal and Administrative Provisions
36-3-7-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each consolidated city and...
36-3-7-2. Money Consolidated City Is Entitled to Receive - Sec. 2. The consolidated city is entitled to receive the...
36-3-7-3. Basis for Determining Right to Receive Distribution of Money - Sec. 3. (a) For purposes of determining the right of...
36-3-7-4. Administering of Money Held, Appropriated, Contributed for Specific Function, or in Special Fund or Trust - Sec. 4. Whenever any money is held, appropriated, or contributed...
36-3-7-5. Perfected Tax or Assessment Liens - Sec. 5. (a) Liens for taxes levied by the consolidated...
36-3-7-6. Use of Local Income Tax Revenue - Sec. 6. The governing body of a public library located...