Ind. Code § 36-2-11-14.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-2-11-14.5
Recording of purchase contracts involving manufactured homes and mobile homes
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.5. (a) As used in this section, "manufactured home" has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-96(a). The term includes a mobile home (as defined in IC 9-13-2-103.2).

(b) As used in this section, "mobile home" has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-103.2. The term includes a manufactured home (as defined in IC 9-13-2-96(a)).

(c) A person must do the following to record a purchase contract that is subject to IC 9-17-6-17:

(1) Submit the following to the county recorder:

(A) A copy of the title to the manufactured home or mobile home.

(B) An affidavit stating whether the contract requires the seller or the buyer to pay the property taxes imposed on the manufactured home or mobile home.

(2) Pay any applicable recording fees.

(d) The county recorder shall record a purchase contract submitted for recording under IC 9-17-6-17 by a person who complies with subsection (c). The county recorder shall do the following:

(1) Provide the information described in subsection (c)(1) to the county treasurer with respect to each contract recorded under this section.

(2) Notify the township assessor of the township in which the mobile home is located, or to which the mobile home will be moved, that a contract for the sale of the mobile home has been recorded. If there is no township assessor for the township, the county recorder shall provide the notice required by this subdivision to the county assessor.

As added by P.L.203-2013, SEC.26. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.79; P.L.157-2026, SEC.232.
Ind. Code § 36-7-36-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-7-36-3
"Hearing authority"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "hearing authority" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-7-9-2.

As added by P.L.88-2009, SEC.15.
Ind. Code § 36-8-6-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-8-6-2
Creation of fund; management by board of trustees; selection and compensation of trustees
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) A police pension fund to be known as the 1925 fund is established in each municipality described in section 1(a) of this chapter.

(b) The 1925 fund shall be managed by a board of trustees (referred to as the "local board" in this chapter) having at least seven (7) but not more than nine (9) trustees, as follows:

(1) The municipal executive, the municipal fiscal officer, and the police chief, who are ex officio voting members of the local board.

(2) One (1) retired member of the police department.

(3) At least three (3) but not more than five (5) active members of the police department.

However, in cities where there are not sufficient members of the police department to appoint a local board consisting of at least five (5) trustees, the local board may be composed of three (3) trustees, those being the executive, the fiscal officer, and the police chief.

(c) After the local board receives the report described in section 3(f) of this chapter, the trustees under subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3) shall be elected at the next meeting of the members of the police department at the central police station. The trustees are elected for terms of three (3) years, succeeding those trustees whose terms of office expire on that date. The trustees hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified.

(d) If a vacancy occurs on the local board among those trustees elected by the police department, the police department shall, within a reasonable time, hold a special meeting upon the call of the municipal executive and elect a successor for the remainder of the trustee's term.

(e) A majority of all the trustees constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

(f) The trustees receive no pay for their services and shall be paid only their necessary expenses. However, the trustees, the secretary, and each member of the police department selected by the local board shall be paid their necessary traveling expenses from the 1925 fund when acting upon matters pertaining to the fund.

(g) The local board may make all necessary bylaws for:

(1) meetings of the trustees;

(2) the manner of their election, including the counting and canvassing of the votes;

(3) the collection of all money and other property due or belonging to the 1925 fund;

(4) all matters connected with the care, preservation, and disbursement of the fund; and

(5) all other matters connected with the proper execution of this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-24-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.55. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.58; P.L.236-1996, SEC.2; P.L.173-2003, SEC.32; P.L.72-2018, SEC.18.
Ind. Code § 36-1-9.5-55 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 9.5 / Section 36-1-9.5-55
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Sec. 55. (a) An applicant for qualification who knowingly makes a false statement with respect to the applicant's financial worth in an application for qualification, financial statement, or other written instrument filed by the applicant with the entity under this chapter commits a Class C infraction.

(b) A person who violates this section is disqualified from submitting bids on contracts advertised for letting by the entity for two (2) years following the date of judgment.

As added by P.L.85-1991, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-1992, SEC.183.
Ind. Code § 36-8-3.5-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 36-8-3.5-8
Elections; meeting; notice
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. (a) An election to be made by the active members of the department shall be made at a meeting called specifically for that purpose by the safety board or governing board. The safety board or governing board shall give at least three (3) weeks' notice of the meeting to all active members of the department by posting the notice in prominent locations in stations of the department. The notice shall also be read during shift roll calls. The notice must designate the time, place, and purpose of the meeting.

(b) Only active members of the department may attend the meeting, and at the meeting one (1) of them shall be selected as chair. All voting must be by secret written ballot. The other procedures for holding the meeting may be determined by the safety board or governing board and shall be posted in accordance with subsection (a).

[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.316, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.228; P.L.207-2023, SEC.16.
Ind. Code § 36-8-16.7-13 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 16.7 / Section 36-8-16.7-13
"Interconnected VOIP service"
Status: in_force

Sec. 13. As used in this chapter, "interconnected VOIP service" has the meaning set forth in 47 CFR 9.3.

As added by P.L.132-2012, SEC.20.
Ind. Code § 36-10-10-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 10 / Section 36-10-10-4
Board; members; appointment; terms; vacancies; oath
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) Within thirty (30) days after the filing of the certified copy of the resolution, the executive of the city shall appoint five (5) directors of the authority. All of the directors must be residents of the county and at least three (3) of them must be residents of the city. The directors shall operate under the title "Civic Center Building Authority Board of Directors". Each appointment shall be evidenced by a written certificate of appointment signed by the executive. A copy of the certificate shall be sent to each appointee.

(b) Initial terms of the directors are as follows:

(1) One (1) for a term of one (1) year.

(2) One (1) for a term of two (2) years.

(3) One (1) for a term of three (3) years.

(4) Two (2) directors for terms of four (4) years each.

At the expiration of a term, the executive shall appoint a successor for a four (4) year term. Each director serves until the director's successor is appointed and qualified.

(c) If a director dies, resigns, ceases to be a resident of the city, or is removed for cause, the executive shall appoint another person as director for the remainder of that term. If a person appointed director fails to qualify within ten (10) days after the mailing to the person of notice of the person's appointment, the executive shall appoint another person. Each director, before entering upon the director's duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office to be endorsed upon the director's certificate of appointment. The certificate shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.7-1983, SEC.43; P.L.127-2017, SEC.389.
Ind. Code § 36-10-16-17 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 16 / Section 36-10-16-17
Establishing the commission
Status: in_force

Sec. 17. (a) The commission may be established by the legislative body of an eligible:

(1) county; and

(2) city;

upon the adoption of an ordinance approved by both bodies establishing the commission.

(b) The ordinance establishing the commission shall designate the boundaries of the Midwest continental divide district, if the legislative bodies determine the following:

(1) The district's designation would encourage collaboration and support development across jurisdictions.

(2) The district's efforts enhance the quality of life, create cultural amenities, and preserve key land and natural resources in at least one (1) eligible unit, a reservation site, and the surrounding region.

(3) The existence of a development plan for the district that includes the development of a trail project and that identifies the trail project's objectives in a clearly focused and measurable fashion.

(4) The district's designation would catalyze new developments and attractions and improve tourism and the tourism industry in the eligible county and Indiana.

(5) The district's efforts would enhance a state park and a state nature preserve in the eligible county.

The commission, from time to time, may petition the legislative body of the eligible county and eligible city, as applicable, to expand the boundaries of the district inside the respective jurisdictions.

(c) The ordinance establishing the commission shall also:

(1) approve a land use and zoning plan for the district; and

(2) provide that any change or variance in zoning that is:

(A) inconsistent with the land use and zoning plan; and

(B) not more than one-half (1/2) mile from a trail project approved by the commission and the eligible county or city, as applicable;

shall be considered consistent with the land use and zoning plan by the commission.

(d) The commission shall notify the state budget agency in writing promptly after the commission is established.

As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.45-2026, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-8-2.2-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 36-8-2.2-6
72 hours to obtain representation
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) A meeting under section 4 of this chapter may not proceed until the firefighter is provided at least seventy-two (72) hours to obtain the representation requested by the firefighter.

(b) A firefighter may request representation during a meeting under section 4 of this chapter, if the firefighter was not given the seventy-two (72) hour period described in subsection (a).

As added by P.L.140-2017, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7.5-4.5-2.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7.5 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 36-7.5-4.5-2.5
"Cash participant"
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "cash participant" refers to a county or municipality that has adopted an ordinance or resolution under section 16 of this chapter specifying that the county or municipality has chosen to become a cash participant.

As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.179.
Ind. Code § 36-5-3-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-5-3-3
Formulation of budget estimate
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. Before the publication (before January 1, 2015) and before the submission of notice of budget estimates required by IC 6-1.1-17-3, each town shall formulate a budget estimate for the ensuing budget year in the following manner, unless it provides by ordinance for a different manner:

(1) Each department head shall prepare for the department head's department an estimate of the amount of money required for the ensuing budget year, stating in detail each category and item of expenditure the department head anticipates.

(2) The town fiscal officer shall prepare an itemized estimate of revenues available for the ensuing budget year, and shall prepare an itemized estimate of expenditures for other purposes above the money proposed to be used by the departments.

(3) The town executive shall meet with the department heads and the fiscal officer to review and revise their various estimates.

(4) After the executive's review and revision, the fiscal officer shall prepare for the executive a report of the estimated department budgets, miscellaneous expenses, and revenues necessary or available to finance the estimates.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-1-35.5 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.183-2014, SEC.26.
Ind. Code § 36-7-15.1-57.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 15.1 / Section 36-7-15.1-57.5
Expiration on June 30, 2027, of certain sections of this chapter added in HEA 1157-2023
Status: in_force

Sec. 57.5. Section 3(2) through 3(5) of this chapter and sections 64, 65, 66, and 67 of this chapter, as added in HEA 1157-2023, expire June 30, 2027.

As added by P.L.236-2023, SEC.186.
Ind. Code § 36-1-6-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-1-6-8
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-2-2.5-9(e); 18-5-12.5-4.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.108, SEC.40.
Ind. Code § 36-2-14-12 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-2-14-12
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-17-12.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.225-2007, SEC.21.
Ind. Code § 36-10-3-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-10-3-5
Board of park and recreation; initial appointments; vacancy
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) Initial appointments to a municipal board are as follows:

(1) One (1) member for a term of one (1) year.

(2) One (1) member for a term of two (2) years.

(3) One (1) member for a term of three (3) years.

(4) One (1) member for a term of four (4) years.

As a term expires, each new appointment is for a four (4) year term. All terms expire on the first Monday in January, but a member continues in office until the member's successor is appointed.

(b) Initial appointments to a county board are as follows:

(1) This subdivision applies in the case of a county that does not use the procedure described in section 3.1 of this chapter. The circuit court judge's appointments are for one (1) and three (3) year terms, respectively.

(2) This subdivision applies in the case of a county that does not use the procedure described in section 3.1 of this chapter. The county executive's appointment is for a two (2) year term.

(3) This subdivision applies in the case of a county that uses the procedure described in section 3.1 of this chapter. The county executive's appointments are for two (2) and four (4) year terms, respectively.

(4) The county fiscal body's appointments are for two (2) and four (4) year terms, respectively.

(5) This subdivision applies if the county takes the action described in section 4.2(c) of this chapter. The other elected county official's appointment is for a one (1) year term.

As a term expires, each new appointment is for a four (4) year term. All terms expire on the first Monday in January, but a member continues in office until the member's successor is appointed.

(c) An appointing authority shall make initial appointments within ninety (90) days after the creation of the department.

(d) If an appointment for any new term is not made by the first Monday in April, the incumbent shall serve another term.

(e) In making initial appointments under subsections (a) or (b), an appointing authority, in order to provide continuity of experience and programs, shall give special consideration to the appointment of members from previous park or recreation boards.

(f) If a vacancy on the board occurs, the appointing authority shall appoint a person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 19-7-4-10; subsection (b) formerly 19-7-4-12; subsection (c) formerly 19-7-4-11; subsection (d) formerly 19-7-4-13.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.110. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.320, SEC.2; P.L.127-2017, SEC.376; P.L.75-2019, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 36-7-31-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 31 / Section 36-7-31-11
Establishment of area; time; findings; area changes; special taxing district
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. (a) A tax area must be initially established before July 1, 1999, according to the procedures set forth for the establishment of an economic development area under IC 36-7-15.1. A tax area may be changed (including to the exclusion or inclusion of a facility described in this chapter) or the terms governing the tax area may be revised in the same manner as the establishment of the initial tax area. However, a tax area may be changed as follows:

(1) After May 14, 2005, a tax area may be changed to include the site or future site of a facility that is or will be the subject of a lease or other agreement entered into between the capital improvement board and the Indiana stadium and convention building authority or any state agency under IC 5-1-17-26.

(2) A tax area may be changed to include the site or future site of a facility or complex of facilities described in section 10(b)(3) and 10(c) of this chapter.

(3) The terms governing a tax area may be revised only with respect to a facility or complex of facilities described in subdivision (1) or (2).

(b) In establishing or changing the tax area or revising the terms governing the tax area, the commission must do the following:

(1) With respect to a tax area change described in subsection (a)(1), the commission must make the following findings instead of the findings required for the establishment of economic development areas:

(A) That a project to be undertaken or that has been undertaken in the tax area is for a facility at which a professional sporting event or a convention or similar event will be held.

(B) That the project to be undertaken or that has been undertaken in the tax area will benefit the public health and welfare and will be of public utility and benefit.

(C) That the project to be undertaken or that has been undertaken in the tax area will protect or increase state and local tax bases and tax revenues.

(2) With respect to a tax area change described in subsection (a)(2), the commission must make the following findings instead of the findings required for the establishment of an economic development area:

(A) That the facility or complex of facilities in the tax area provides both convenient accommodations for professional sporting events, conventions, or similar events and significant meeting and convention space that directly enhance events held in the capital improvements that are owned, leased, or operated by the capital improvement board.

(B) That the facility or complex of facilities in the tax area and the capital improvements that are owned, leased, or operated by the capital improvement board are integrally related to enhancing the convention opportunities that directly affect the success of both the facilities and capital improvements.

(C) That the facility or complex of facilities in the tax area provides the opportunity for the capital improvement board to hold events that would not otherwise be possible.

(D) That the facility or complex of facilities in the tax area protects or increases state and local tax bases and tax revenues.

(c) The tax area established by the commission under this chapter is a special taxing district authorized by the general assembly to enable the county to provide special benefits to taxpayers in the tax area by promoting economic development that is of public use and benefit.

As added by P.L.255-1997(ss), SEC.19. Amended by P.L.214-2005, SEC.67; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.410; P.L.109-2019, SEC.10.
Ind. Code § 36-10-16-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 16 / Section 36-10-16-10
"Eligible participant"
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "eligible participant" refers to a state agency, a development authority, a state or local body corporate and politic, a tribal government of a reservation site, an eligible county, an eligible city, and any other eligible unit, along with any commission, authority, or building corporation of the foregoing.

As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.5-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.5 / Section 36-7-11.5-5
Rules; required meetings
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) The development commission shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice chairperson, who shall serve for one (1) year and may be reelected.

(b) The development commission shall adopt rules consistent with this chapter for the transaction of its business. The rules must include the time and place of regular meetings and a procedure for the calling of special meetings. Three (3) voting members constitute a quorum of the development commission. No action may be taken by the development commission unless a majority of the voting members appointed to the development commission vote in favor of taking the action.

(c) All meetings of the development commission must be open to the public, and a public record of the development commission's resolutions, proceedings, and actions must be kept.

(d) The development commission shall employ an administrator who shall act as the commission's secretary.

(e) The development commission shall hold regular meetings, at least monthly, except when it has no business pending.

As added by P.L.92-2003, SEC.62. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.284.
Ind. Code § 36-9-37-28 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 37 / Section 36-9-37-28
Bonds; contents; issuance; denominations
Status: in_force

Sec. 28. (a) When property owners have elected to pay special assessments for a public improvement in installments, the bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of those assessments must bear the date of the final acceptance of the improvement by the municipal works board. The bonds begin to bear interest on this date at a rate determined by the works board.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the bonds may be issued in any denomination.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the municipal fiscal officer shall choose the denomination that the municipal fiscal officer finds appropriate for the following:

(1) The circumstances of the particular improvement project.

(2) The efficient administration of the municipal fiscal officer's office.

(d) The last bond in a series need not be issued in a denomination of a multiple of one hundred dollars ($100) if the total cost of the particular improvement project for which the series is issued is not an exact multiple of one hundred dollars ($100).

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 36-9-42-7 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 42 / Section 36-9-42-7
Facility relocation agreement
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. A unit may enter into an agreement with a utility described in section 6(b)(2) of this chapter concerning the relocation of the facility. The agreement must include the following:

(1) A date certain by which the utility agrees to relocate the facility.

(2) Conditions under which the utility is excused from relocating the facility by the date described in subdivision (1), including the following:

(A) The facility relocation was affected by:

(i) significantly differing site conditions;

(ii) unexpected impacts of other utilities; or

(iii) a force majeure event.

(B) Severe weather, delays in acquiring a relocation area, or other factors beyond the control of the utility.

(3) Conditions under which the unit must notify the utility of cancellations, delays, or changes related to the major project.

As added by P.L.79-2013, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-10-7.5-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 7.5 / Section 36-10-7.5-5
Creation of department of parks and recreation; resolution; transfer of property from prior authority
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) The legislative body of a township may adopt a resolution creating a department of parks and recreation under this chapter and repealing prior resolutions creating other park and recreation authorities. Except as provided in IC 36-10-7-9, the department consists of:

(1) the park governor;

(2) the superintendent of parks and recreation, if the township has a superintendent appointed under section 11 of this chapter; and

(3) other personnel that the park governor determines.

(b) After a department has been created under this section, all books, papers, documents, and other property of former park and recreation authorities are transferred to and become the property of the department.

As added by P.L.157-1991, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.271-1993, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 36-10-16-33 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 16 / Section 36-10-16-33
Party wall agreements
Status: in_force

Sec. 33. The commission may enter into common wall (party wall) agreements or other agreements concerning easements or licenses. These agreements shall be recorded with the recorder of the county in which the economic improvement project is located.

As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-9-4-9 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-9-4-9
Public acquisition of systems; application to municipality; studies
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. (a) If the management of an urban mass transportation system in any municipality finds that public acquisition of the system is necessary to enable the system to render adequate service within the municipality, the management of the system may request the municipal legislative body to determine whether the public should acquire the system. The management may withdraw this request only if:

(1) at least six (6) months have passed since the date of the request; and

(2) the municipal legislative body did not adopt an ordinance to acquire the system within six (6) months from the date of the request.

(b) On receipt of the request, the municipal legislative body shall study whether it is in the public interest that the public acquire the system. The legislative body shall pay for these studies by an appropriation from the general fund of the municipality, which need not be restored to the general fund.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2-8; 19-5-2-9 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
Ind. Code § 36-7.5-6-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-7.5-6-3
"Qualified property"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "qualified property" means commercial or residential real property, including a structure or building located on the real property, that:

(1) is the subject of an order for demolition and removal issued under IC 36-7-9-5(a)(6) or IC 36-7-9-5(a)(7);

(2) is:

(A) vacant or abandoned;

(B) blighted; or

(C) otherwise structurally damaged; and

(3) poses a public health or safety risk in the community, including by contributing to crime.

As added by P.L.195-2023, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 36-7-4-1303 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-7-4-1303
"Development" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 1303. As used in this series, "development" means an improvement of any kind on land.

As added by P.L.221-1991, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27-63 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-9-27-63
Establishing new regulated drains; notice and hearing on surveyor's report and schedules of assessments and damages
Status: in_force

Sec. 63. (a) When the schedules of assessments and damages prepared under section 62 of this chapter are completed and marked filed, the board shall fix the date, time, and place for a hearing on the county surveyor's report and on the schedules of assessments and damages. The board shall serve notice of the hearing, along with a copy of the schedules, upon the attorney for the petitioner. The date fixed by the board for the hearing may not be less than thirty (30) nor more than forty (40) days after service of notice upon the petitioner's attorney.

(b) Within five (5) days after service upon the attorney for the petitioner of the notice of hearing, the attorney for the petitioner shall mail a notice in a five (5) day return envelope addressed to each owner named in the schedule of benefits and damages. The notice must state:

(1) the name and identifying number by which the proposed drain is known;

(2) that the report of the county surveyor and the schedules of damages and benefits as determined by the board have been filed and are available for inspection in the office of the county surveyor;

(3) that the land of the owner is shown by the schedule of damages to be damaged in the sum of ____________ dollars;

(4) that the land of the owner is shown by the schedule of assessments to be assessed ____________ percent of the total cost of the drain, and that ____________ percent of the estimated total cost of the drain is in the sum of ____________ dollars;

(5) that the land of the owner is shown by the schedule of assessments to be annually assessed in the sum of ____________ dollars for the estimated periodic maintenance of the drain; and

(6) the date, hour, and place of hearing on the county surveyor's report and on the schedules of damages and assessments.

(c) The attorney for the petitioner shall publish a notice in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice:

(1) shall be entitled "In the matter of the ____________ drain petition";

(2) shall be addressed to whom it may concern and to the addressee on each letter that was mailed under subsection (b) and was returned undelivered; and

(3) must state that:

(A) the report of the county surveyor and the schedules of damages and assessments made by the board have been filed and are available for public inspection in the office of the county surveyor; and

(B) a hearing will be held before the board on the report and schedules, specifying the time and place of the hearing.

(d) When the plans and specifications of the county surveyor disclose that part or all of the proposed drain will involve the construction of an open drain, the attorney for the petitioner shall mail a notice to the Indiana department of natural resources. The notice must give the time, date, and place of the hearing and state that the proposed drain will involve the construction of an open drain.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-2-12.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.80; P.L.127-2017, SEC.351.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27-23 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-9-27-23
Requests to connect private drains with regulated drains; water pollution control; procedure
Status: in_force

Sec. 23. (a) Whenever:

(1) a person wants to connect a drain with a regulated drain that is subject to this chapter; and

(2) the connection would result in the discharge into the regulated drain of liquid wastes that would cause or contribute to pollution of the receiving waters;

the person seeking the connection must obtain written approval from the department of environmental management for the discharge, and shall file that written approval with the board having jurisdiction of the regulated drain when filing the person's request to connect.

(b) The board may deny a connection request, even though approval of the department of environmental management is given or is not required.

(c) The board shall deny a connection request whenever the approval of the department of environmental management is required and is not obtained.

(d) The provisions of this section requiring department of environmental management approval do not apply to the discharge of sewage from a single or two (2) family residence.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-6-7.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by P.L.143-1985, SEC.202; P.L.127-2017, SEC.332.
Ind. Code § 36-2-6-21 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-2-6-21
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-24-40; 17-1-24-41.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.57, SEC.45.
Ind. Code § 36-8-7-2.9 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 7 / Section 36-8-7-2.9
Administration of fund
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.9. The 1937 fund shall be administered in a manner that is consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, to the extent required by the Act.

As added by P.L.4-1992, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 36-9-4-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-9-4-6
Grants to systems by municipalities; contracts
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) If the municipal legislative body decides to make grants under section 5 of this chapter, it must enter into and confirm by ordinance a contract with the urban mass transportation system. The contract must provide for the payment of money by the municipality to the system in the amounts and at the times determined by the parties, and may include other terms and conditions determined by the parties. However, the contract may not:

(1) require the system to repay the grants to the municipality;

(2) exceed ten (10) years in duration; or

(3) require the municipality to make grants to a system that has ceased operations within the municipality.

(b) The municipal legislative body may pay the grants by appropriation from the general fund of the municipality or from a special fund established for that purpose.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-6.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77.
Ind. Code § 36-2-9-20 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-2-9-20
County auditor maintenance of electronic data file on tax duplicate information; form of file; data transmission
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. The county auditor shall:

(1) maintain an electronic data file of the information contained on the tax duplicate for all:

(A) parcels; and

(B) personal property returns;

for each township in the county as of each assessment date;

(2) maintain the electronic data file in a form that formats the information in the file with the standard data, field, and record coding required and approved by:

(A) the legislative services agency; and

(B) the department of local government finance;

(3) transmit the data in the file with respect to the assessment date of each year before March 16 of the next year to the department of local government finance in a manner that meets the data export and transmission requirements in a standard format, as prescribed by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and approved by the legislative services agency; and

(4) resubmit the data in the form and manner required under this subsection, upon request of the legislative services agency or the department of local government finance, if data previously submitted under this subsection does not comply with the requirements of this subsection, as determined by the legislative services agency or the department of local government finance.

An electronic data file maintained for a particular assessment date may not be overwritten with data for a subsequent assessment date until a copy of an electronic data file that preserves the data for the particular assessment date is archived in the manner prescribed by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1 and approved by the legislative services agency.

As added by P.L.178-2002, SEC.115. Amended by P.L.245-2003, SEC.34; P.L.28-2004, SEC.179; P.L.177-2005, SEC.46; P.L.137-2012, SEC.117; P.L.159-2020, SEC.78.
Ind. Code § 36-1-20.2-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 20.2 / Section 36-1-20.2-5
"Employed"
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "employed" means an individual who is employed by a unit on a full-time, part-time, temporary, intermittent, or hourly basis. The term does not include an individual who holds only an elected office. The term includes an individual who is a party to an employment contract with the unit.

As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 36-9-37-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 37 / Section 36-9-37-6
Responsibility for payment of bonds; election to pay assessment in installments; collection
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. If a property owner elects to pay the property owner's assessments in installments, the assessment shall be entered for collection on the improvement duplicate and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 36-9-17.5-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 17.5 / Section 36-9-17.5-2
Establishment and purpose
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. A township may establish a cumulative township vehicle and building fund under IC 6-1.1-41 to provide money to:

(1) acquire township vehicles;

(2) purchase, construct, equip, and maintain buildings for public purposes;

(3) acquire the land and any improvements on the land that are necessary for the construction of public buildings;

(4) demolish any improvements on land acquired under this section and level, grade, and prepare the land for the construction of a public building;

(5) acquire land or rights-of-way to be used as a public way or other means of ingress or egress to land acquired for the construction of a public building; and

(6) improve or construct any public way or other means of ingress or egress to land acquired for the construction of a public building.

As added by P.L.129-1999, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-8-21.5-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 21.5 / Section 36-8-21.5-5
"Planned siren"
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "planned siren" refers to a siren that satisfies all of the following:

(1) The siren has a definite location within the county.

(2) The funding for the siren has been identified.

(3) An approximate date for the siren's acquisition and installation has been determined.

As added by P.L.89-2008, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7-25-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-7-25-4
Joint undertaking of redevelopment or economic development projects in contiguous areas
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. Notwithstanding any other law, if two (2) or more units want to jointly undertake redevelopment or economic development projects in contiguous areas in the units' respective jurisdictions that benefit or serve the units' jurisdictions, the legislative body of a unit may:

(1) assign an area within the unit's jurisdiction to the commission of another unit to allow the creation of an allocation area for the purpose of the allocation of property tax proceeds even though part of the allocation area will be outside the jurisdiction of the commission to which the new area is assigned; or

(2) may pledge property tax proceeds that would be allocated to the unit's allocation fund to the commission of another unit for the projects.

The commission to which an area is assigned or allocated proceeds are pledged may then take all actions in the area or with respect to the pledged proceeds that could be taken by a commission in an allocation area or with respect to the commission's own revenues until the later of the time when an ordinance rescinding this assignment or pledge is adopted by the legislative body of the assigning or pledging unit or the date on which outstanding bonds or lease rentals payable from allocated property tax proceeds are finally retired. The assigning unit shall continue to tax the taxpayers in the assigned portion of the allocation area at the assigning unit's tax rates.

As added by P.L.35-1990, SEC.62.
Ind. Code § 36-7-15.1-31 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 15.1 / Section 36-7-15.1-31
Findings of general assembly
Status: in_force

Sec. 31. The general assembly finds the following:

(1) There exists within areas needing redevelopment a shortage of safe and affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income.

(2) The planning, replanning, development, and redevelopment of housing within areas needing redevelopment are public and governmental functions that cannot be accomplished through the ordinary operations of private enterprise because of:

(A) the necessity for the exercise of the power of eminent domain;

(B) the necessity for requiring the proper use of the land so as to best serve the interests of the county and its citizens; and

(C) the costs of these projects.

(3) The provision of affordable housing for persons of low or moderate income does not compete with the ordinary operation of private enterprise.

(4) It is in the public interest that work on the provision of housing be commenced as soon as possible to relieve the need for this housing, which constitutes an emergency.

(5) The absence of affordable housing in areas needing redevelopment necessitates excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention, public health and safety, fire and accident prevention, and other public services and facilities.

(6) The planning, replanning, development, and redevelopment of housing within areas needing redevelopment will do the following:

(A) Benefit the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the county and the state.

(B) Serve to protect and increase property values in the county and the state.

(C) Benefit persons of low and moderate income by making affordable housing available to them.

(D) Reduce public expenditures required for governmental functions such as police and fire protection and other services.

(7) The planning, replanning, development, and redevelopment of housing within areas needing redevelopment under this section and sections 32 through 35 of this chapter are:

(A) necessary in the public interest; and

(B) public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired.

(8) This section and sections 32 through 35 of this chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes of this section and this chapter.

As added by P.L.193-1988, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.185-2005, SEC.40.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.1-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.1 / Section 36-7-11.1-2
Definitions
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter:

"Commission" refers to the historic preservation commission appointed under section 3 of this chapter.

"Historic area" means an area, within the county, declared by resolution of the historic preservation commission to be of historic or architectural significance and designated as a "historic area" by the historic preservation plan. This area may be of any territorial size or configuration, as delineated by the plan, without a maximum or minimum size limitation, and may consist of a single historic property, landmark, structure, or site, or any combination of them, including any adjacent properties necessarily a part of the historic area because of their effect on and relationship to the historic values and character of it.

"Historic preservation plan" means a plan designating one (1) or more historic areas, prepared and setting forth a plan for historic preservation by the historic preservation commission under this chapter, and adopted by the metropolitan development commission as a part of the county's comprehensive plan.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 36-8-16.7-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 16.7 / Section 36-8-16.7-10
"Exchange access facility"
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. (a) As used in this chapter, "exchange access facility" means the access from a particular service user's premises to a telephone system.

(b) Regardless of technology, the term includes:

(1) an access line;

(2) a private branch exchange; (PBX) trunk; and

(3) a centrex line trunk equivalent;

that is provided by the service supplier. The term also includes a mobile telephone system access trunk, whether the trunk is provided by a telephone company or a radio common carrier.

(c) The term does not include:

(1) a service supplier owned and operated telephone pay station line;

(2) a wide area telecommunications service (WATS) line;

(3) a foreign exchange (FX) line;

(4) an incoming only line; or

(5) the provision of broadband Internet access service.

As added by P.L.132-2012, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.157-2015, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 36-9-39-17 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 39 / Section 36-9-39-17
Sewage works for use by property owners along street, alley, or other public place; property abutting on two streets or one street and one alley; assessments; computation
Status: in_force

Sec. 17. (a) If a platted lot or parcel of land:

(1) abuts on:

(A) at least two (2) streets or alleys; or

(B) one (1) street and one (1) alley; and

(2) has already been assessed for sewage works constructed for local use in any street or alley;

the works board shall take the previous assessment into account in making a subsequent assessment against the land under this section and sections 15 through 16 of this chapter.

(b) If the works board finds that:

(1) a lot, parcel, or tract of land included in a district, subdistrict, or zone cannot be reasonably connected with or served by the sewage works either directly or by collateral branches or extensions;

(2) the sewage works does not confer benefit on the property; or

(3) the benefit that may be conferred by the sewage works is less than the amount computed in the manner provided in this section and sections 15 through 16 of this chapter;

the works board may enter upon the primary assessment roll the actual amount, if any, found by the works board as the special benefit to the property.

(c) An amount credited, eliminated, or reduced shall be primarily apportioned over all the other property assessable for the sewage works, as the works board may find the other property to be benefited in addition to the amounts estimated and apportioned under section 16 of this chapter. If all of the amounts credited, eliminated, or reduced are not reapportioned upon the other property, a deficiency shall be assessed against the municipality.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.10.
Ind. Code § 36-9-14-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-9-14-2
Authorization and approval of fund; "courthouse" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) A cumulative building fund to provide money for the construction, remodeling, and repair of courthouses may be established by the county legislative body under IC 6-1.1-41.

(b) As used in this section, "courthouse" includes a historical complex consisting of a former county courthouse, jail, and sheriff's residence which is open to the general public for educational or community purposes in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) and less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-83-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.213-1986, SEC.5; P.L.199-1988, SEC.1; P.L.12-1992, SEC.178; P.L.17-1995, SEC.25; P.L.170-2002, SEC.167; P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.188; P.L.119-2012, SEC.229; P.L.104-2022, SEC.211.
Ind. Code § 36-1.5-4-29 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1.5 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-1.5-4-29
Application of IC 3
Status: in_force

Sec. 29. IC 3 applies to the election at which a public question under this chapter is considered.

As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 36-7-22-16 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 22 / Section 36-7-22-16
Economic improvement fund
Status: in_force

Sec. 16. (a) The board shall establish an economic improvement fund and shall deposit in this fund all assessments received under this chapter and any other amounts received by the board.

(b) Money in the economic improvement fund may be used only for the purposes specified in the ordinance establishing the economic improvement district. Any money earned from investment of money in the fund becomes a part of the fund.

As added by P.L.195-1988, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7.6-4-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7.6 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-7.6-4-3
Bond issues
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) A development authority may issue bonds for the purpose of obtaining money to pay the cost of:

(1) acquiring real or personal property, including existing capital improvements;

(2) acquiring, constructing, improving, reconstructing, or renovating one (1) or more projects; or

(3) funding or refunding bonds issued under this chapter, IC 8-5-15, IC 8-22-3, IC 36-9-3, or prior law.

(b) The bonds are payable solely from:

(1) the lease rentals from the lease of the projects for which the bonds were issued, insurance proceeds, and any other funds pledged or available; and

(2) except as otherwise provided by law, revenue received by the development authority and amounts deposited in the development authority fund.

(c) The bonds must be authorized by a resolution of the development board of the development authority that issues the bonds.

(d) The terms and form of the bonds must either be set out in the resolution or in a form of trust indenture approved by the resolution.

(e) The bonds must mature within forty (40) years.

(f) A development board shall sell the bonds only to the Indiana bond bank established by IC 5-1.5-2-1 upon the terms determined by the development board and the Indiana bond bank.

(g) All money received from any bonds issued under this chapter shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, reconstructing, or renovating one (1) or more projects, or the cost of refunding or refinancing outstanding bonds, for which the bonds are issued. The cost may include:

(1) planning and development of equipment or a facility and all buildings, facilities, structures, equipment, and improvements related to the facility;

(2) acquisition of a site and clearing and preparing the site for construction;

(3) equipment, facilities, structures, and improvements that are necessary or desirable to make the project suitable for use and operations;

(4) architectural, engineering, consultant, and attorney's fees;

(5) incidental expenses in connection with the issuance and sale of bonds;

(6) reserves for principal and interest;

(7) interest during construction;

(8) financial advisory fees;

(9) insurance during construction;

(10) municipal bond insurance, debt service reserve insurance, letters of credit, or other credit enhancement; and

(11) in the case of refunding or refinancing, payment of the principal of, redemption premiums (if any) for, and interest on the bonds being refunded or refinanced.

(h) A development authority may not issue bonds under this article or otherwise finance debt unless:

(1) the development authority enters into an interlocal agreement with each member that is committing funds to a project to be supported by the bonds; and

(2) the fiscal body of each member that is committing funds to the project to be supported by the bonds approves the agreement described in subdivision (1) by ordinance.

As added by P.L.232-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.178-2015, SEC.22; P.L.252-2015, SEC.51; P.L.178-2015, SEC.23.
Ind. Code § 36-7-14-7.1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-7-14-7.1
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.94.
Ind. Code § 36-9-15.5-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 15.5 / Section 36-9-15.5-4
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.44-1984, SEC.17. Repealed by P.L.17-1995, SEC.45.
Ind. Code § 36-9-37-39 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 37 / Section 36-9-37-39
Overpayments; annual statement; notice; disposition
Status: in_force

Sec. 39. (a) During January of each year, the municipal fiscal officer shall determine all amounts of overpayments on the special assessment rolls for public improvements that have been unclaimed for at least five (5) years. The fiscal officer shall prepare a detailed statement showing the following information for each overpayment:

(1) The date.

(2) The number of the receipt.

(3) The amount overpaid.

(4) The book and page where the overpayment is recorded.

(5) The owner of record of the property on which the overpayment was made.

(b) After preparing the statement described in subsection (a), the municipal fiscal officer shall give notice by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must do all of the following:

(1) Contain the names of the owners of record of the property affected by the assessment.

(2) State the amounts of the respective overpayments.

(3) State that the overpayments will be transferred to the general fund of the municipality unless the owners or the owners' legal successors or assigns appear and provide proof of their claims to the overpayments not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication of the notice.

(c) At the expiration of the thirty (30) day redemption period under subsection (b), the municipal fiscal officer shall transfer and pay the unclaimed overpayments into the general fund of the municipality. The amounts transferred shall be used and expended in the same manner as other money in the general fund.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 36-2-19-7 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-2-19-7
Duplicate plat copy to township assessor
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in a county in which IC 6-1.1-5-9 or IC 6-1.1-5-9.1 applies, the county surveyor shall file a duplicate copy of any plat described in section 4 of this chapter with the township assessor (if any).

(b) If the duties of the township assessor have been transferred to the county assessor as described in IC 6-1.1-1-24, a reference to the township assessor in this section is considered to be a reference to the county assessor.

As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.219-2007, SEC.110; P.L.146-2008, SEC.700.
Ind. Code § 36-6-1.7-19 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 6 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 36-6-1.7-19
Mergers effective not later than January 1, 2029
Status: in_force

Sec. 19. All township government mergers under this chapter must be effective not later than January 1, 2029.

As added by P.L.134-2026, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 36-7-29-17 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 29 / Section 36-7-29-17
Notes of indebtedness
Status: in_force

Sec. 17. (a) A district:

(1) pending receipt of any grant; or

(2) in anticipation of the issuance of district bonds under this chapter;

may borrow money from any person and evidence the debt by a note or notes executed by the chairperson of the board and the treasurer of the district. The note or notes must contain the terms and provisions prescribed by the board.

(b) An issuance of a note or notes or evidence of indebtedness under this section may be sold at a public or private negotiated sale.

(c) A note or notes issued or renewed under this section must mature not more than five (5) years from the date of issuance of the original note and must pledge for the payment of the principal and interest the proceeds of the grant or district bonds.

(d) The board shall apply the proceeds of any note or notes issued under this section to the cost of the substance removal or remedial action for which the grant is to be made or bonds issued, but no purchaser of any obligations is liable for the proper application of the proceeds.

(e) Notes issued under this section must be approved by a resolution of the board.

As added by P.L.44-1994, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 36-7-13-16 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 13 / Section 36-7-13-16
Issuance of bonds or other obligations
Status: in_force

Sec. 16. (a) A unit may issue bonds or other obligations to finance the costs of addressing the development obstacles described in section 12(b)(3), 12(c), 12(d)(3), 12(e)(2), or 12.1(a) of this chapter in the district.

(b) The district bonds are special obligations of indebtedness of the district. The district bonds issued under this section, and interest on the district bonds, are payable solely out of amounts deposited in the industrial development fund under this chapter.

As added by P.L.125-1998, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.138-1999, SEC.6; P.L.174-2001, SEC.11; P.L.224-2003, SEC.242.
Ind. Code § 36-7-30.2-18 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 30.2 / Section 36-7-30.2-18
Nonvoting advisers
Status: in_force

Sec. 18. (a) The unit shall notify a commander that the commander may recommend a civilian or military representative of the installation in mission sustainment activities to serve as a nonvoting adviser to the plan commission.

(b) The notice must inform the commander that a nonvoting adviser:

(1) is not a member of the plan commission, but is entitled to attend and participate in all plan commission meetings;

(2) is not entitled to a salary, per diem, or reimbursement of expenses; and

(3) serves at the pleasure of the legislative body of the unit.

(c) The unit shall appoint an individual to the position of nonvoting adviser upon the request of the commander at any time. An individual may only be appointed as a nonvoting adviser upon recommendation of the commander.

(d) This subsection applies to a unit that has a plan commission on June 30, 2023. The legislative body of the unit shall send the notice not later than January 1, 2024. This subsection expires July 1, 2025.

(e) This subsection applies to a unit that establishes a plan commission after June 30, 2023. The legislative body of the unit shall send the notice not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date that the plan commission is established.

As added by P.L.43-2023, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27-86 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-9-27-86
Collection of assessments; public entities not exempt from assessments; county treasurer notice to state
Status: in_force

Sec. 86. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after the county auditor receives the certification of final costs for the construction or reconstruction of a drain, the auditor shall deliver a copy of the ditch duplicate to the county treasurer. The treasurer shall either:

(1) not later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of the copy of the ditch duplicate, mail to each person owning lands assessed for the construction or reconstruction a statement showing:

(A) the total amount of the assessment; and

(B) the installment currently due; or

(2) add a statement showing:

(A) the total amount of the assessment; and

(B) the installment currently due;

to the first property tax statement mailed by the county treasurer after receipt of the copy of the ditch duplicate to each person owning lands assessed for the construction or reconstruction.

The county treasurer shall designate a statement described in subdivision (2) in a manner distinct from general taxes. A statement described in subdivision (1) or (2) must state that the owner may pay the assessment in full within one (1) year or may pay only the installment due within the current year, with deferred payments in annual installments with interest at ten percent (10%) per year (except as otherwise provided in section 85(c) of this chapter).

(b) Each year, the county treasurer shall add to the tax statements of a person owning the land affected by an assessment, designating it in a manner distinct from general taxes, the full annual assessment for periodic maintenance and all construction and reconstruction assessments due in the year the statement is sent.

(c) For purposes of the collection of any assessment, the assessments are considered taxes within the meaning of IC 6-1.1, and they shall be collected in accordance with the property tax collection provisions of IC 6-1.1, except for the following:

(1) An assessment is not the personal obligation of the owner of the land affected by the assessment, and only the land actually affected by an assessment shall be sold for delinquency.

(2) An annual assessment for periodic maintenance that is not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid at the first time after the assessment when general property taxes are payable.

(3) An assessment of less than five dollars ($5) is increased to five dollars ($5). The difference between the actual assessment and the five dollar ($5) amount that appears on the statement is a low assessment processing charge. The low assessment processing charge is considered a part of the assessment.

(4) The exemptions under IC 6-1.1-10-2, IC 6-1.1-10-4, and IC 6-1.1-10-5 do not apply to assessments imposed under this chapter.

(d) Not later than June 1 of each year, the county treasurer shall, in the manner specified by the state land office, send to the state land office a list of all properties:

(1) for which one (1) or more assessment payments under this section are delinquent; and

(2) that are owned by:

(A) the state; or

(B) a state agency.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-7-11.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.317, SEC.31; P.L.352-1985, SEC.1; P.L.230-1991, SEC.1; P.L.37-1992, SEC.9; P.L.52-2006, SEC.2 and P.L.175-2006, SEC.26.
Ind. Code § 36-7-15.3-9 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 15.3 / Section 36-7-15.3-9
Refunding of bonds
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. (a) Bonds issued under IC 36-7-15.1 may be refunded as provided in this section.

(b) The commission may:

(1) lease all or a portion of a local public improvement or improvements to the authority, which may be at a nominal lease rental with a lease back to the commission, conditioned upon the authority assuming bonds issued under IC 36-7-15.1 and issuing its bonds to refund those bonds; and

(2) sell all or a portion of a local public improvement or improvements to the authority for a price sufficient to provide for the refunding of those bonds and lease back the local public improvement or improvements from the authority.

As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 36-9-36-30 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-9-36-30
Assessments; basis; back lots; platted subdivisions
Status: in_force

Sec. 30. (a) Lots, parcels, and tracts of land bordering on an improvement shall be assessed on the basis set forth in this chapter, without regard to the depth of the lots, parcels, or tracts back from the front line of the improvement.

(b) After the final hearing before the works board concerning the actual benefits to abutting and adjacent property, the works board may assess other property behind the first lot if the following conditions are met:

(1) The back lot is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the line of the improvement.

(2) The works board finds at the hearing that properties behind the abutting lot and within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the improvement are specially benefited by the improvement.

(c) Land and lots assessed under subsection (b) shall be assessed only in the amount the lands or lots are specially benefited by the improvement.

(d) Lots or land adjacent to the improvement are liable for the payment of the assessment as set forth on the final assessment roll.

(e) This subsection applies only to counties. If an improvement is constructed within a platted subdivision, the works board may assess all or part of the lots in that subdivision or any other platted subdivision connected to that platted subdivision by the improvement.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 36-7-4-305 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-7-4-305
Organization; offices and property
Status: in_force

Sec. 305. (a) ADVISORY. The municipality or the county shall provide suitable offices for the holding of advisory plan commission meetings and for preserving the plans, maps, accounts, and other documents of the commission.

(b) AREA. After the establishment of the planning department, the county plan commission and participating municipal plan commissions shall transfer their property to the planning department.

(c) AREA. Except as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers reserved to municipal boards of zoning appeals by the 900 series of this chapter, all ordinances, maps, reports, minute books, documents, and correspondence of any municipal or county plan commission or board of zoning appeals within the jurisdiction of a planning department shall be made available to or transferred to the plan commission on its written request. The plan commission shall procure suitable offices for the conduct of its work and the work of the planning department.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-18; 18-7-2-48 part; 18-7-4-305; 18-7-4-23; 18-7-4-55 part; 18-7-4-95; 18-7-5-24.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.192-1984, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 36-8-17-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 17 / Section 36-8-17-1
"Commission"
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the fire prevention and building safety commission.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.21.
Ind. Code § 36-8-3.5-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 36-8-3.5-10
Rules; adoption; notice and hearing
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the commission is selected, the commission shall adopt rules governing:

(1) the selection and appointment of persons to be employed as members of the department, subject to applicable pension statutes;

(2) promotions and demotions of members of the department; and

(3) disciplinary action or dismissal of members of the department.

(b) Before the rules required by this chapter are adopted by the commission, the commission must hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the proposed rules. At least ten (10) days before the public hearing, the commission must have a notice of the hearing published in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must state the time and place of the hearing and give briefly the subject matter of the proposed rules.

(c) At least ten (10) days before the hearing, one (1) copy of the proposed rules must be placed on file as follows:

(1) In the case of a unit, the office of the:

(A) clerk of a county, city, or town; or

(B) executive of a township;

for inspection by residents of the unit.

(2) In the case of a district or territory, the office of the:

(A) county legislative body of each county in which the district or territory is located;

(B) governing body; and

(C) clerk of each city or town and the executive of each township that is:

(i) located in; and

(ii) part of the district or territory;

for inspection by residents of the district or territory.

(d) At least ten (10) days before the hearing, three (3) copies of the proposed rules must be forwarded to the chief of the department and retained on file in the chief's office for inspection at all times by members of the department.

(e) At the hearing, any interested person of the unit, district, or territory and any member of the department must be afforded an opportunity to present both oral and written evidence on any matter relating to the adoption of the proposed rules. The commission shall give due consideration to this evidence in making the commission's final decision concerning the adoption of the proposed rules.

[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.316, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.180-2002, SEC.5; P.L.207-2023, SEC.18.
Ind. Code § 36-9-4-51 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-9-4-51
Review of annual budget and tax levies
Status: in_force

Sec. 51. (a) The board of directors of a public transportation corporation shall prepare an annual budget for the expenditures of the corporation.

(b) This subsection applies only when a municipality, having operated an urban mass transportation system under a department of municipal government, establishes a public transportation corporation under section 10 of this chapter to maintain that system. The annual operating and maintenance budget for the corporation shall be subject to review and modification by the legislative body of the municipality.

(c) A public transportation corporation may not impose a property tax levy on property that it has not taxed before January 1, 1982, and that lies outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality without the approval of the fiscal body or county council of the county in which the municipality is located.

(d) The budget and any tax levies prepared by the board shall be prepared and submitted at the same time, in the same manner, and with the same notice as is prescribed by IC 6-1.1-17 for the annual budget of the municipality. The department of local government finance may review the budget and tax levies in the same manner by which the department reviews budgets and tax levies of the municipality.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-30.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.217, SEC.2; P.L.90-2002, SEC.507; P.L.257-2019, SEC.159.
Ind. Code § 36-5-5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-5-5-1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all towns.

[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 36-7.7-3-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7.7 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-7.7-3-2
Purposes
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. A development authority established under this chapter is a separate body corporate and politic that shall carry out the purposes of this article by:

(1) acquiring, constructing, equipping, owning, and financing projects and facilities to or for the benefit of eligible political subdivisions under this article; and

(2) funding and developing:

(A) airport authority projects;

(B) commuter transportation district and other rail projects and services;

(C) regional transportation authority projects and services;

(D) economic development projects;

(E) intermodal transportation projects;

(F) regional trail or greenway projects;

(G) regional transportation infrastructure projects under IC 36-9-43; and

(H) any other capital infrastructure project that enhances the region with the goal of attracting people or business;

that are of regional importance.

As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-12-11-26 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 12 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-12-11-26
Sanctions
Status: in_force

Sec. 26. The board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, if the board finds a practitioner has committed an offense under section 23 of this chapter:

(1) Permanently revoke the practitioner's certificate.

(2) Suspend the practitioner's certificate.

(3) Censure the practitioner.

(4) Issue a letter of reprimand.

(5) Place the practitioner on probation status and require the practitioner to:

(A) report regularly to the board upon the matters that are the basis of the probation;

(B) limit practice to those areas prescribed by the board; or

(C) continue or renew professional education under a practitioner approved by the board until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas that are the basis of the probation.

The board may withdraw the probation if the board finds that the deficiency that required disciplinary action has been remedied.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-12-26.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.
Ind. Code § 36-9-37-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 37 / Section 36-9-37-4
Prerequisites for enforcement and collection of special assessments
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. If a municipality levies special assessments against specific parcels of property under the Barrett Law, the municipal fiscal officer shall collect and enforce the special assessments and pay the bonds issued in anticipation of the collections of the special assessments if the following conditions are met:

(1) The municipal legislative body has by ordinance declared that the proposed improvement will be:

(A) a general benefit to the municipality and the citizens of the municipality; and

(B) a special benefit to the property owners in the area where the improvement is to be located.

(2) The ordinance has established the following:

(A) The general and special benefits described in subdivision (1).

(B) The proportions of the general and special benefits described in subdivision (1).

(3) The provisions of the Barrett Law have been followed.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 36-7-32.5-20 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 32.5 / Section 36-7-32.5-20
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.135-2022, SEC.28. Repealed by P.L.213-2025, SEC.318.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.3-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.3 / Section 36-7-11.3-4
"Family" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "family" means any number of individuals who:

(1) are all related to each other by marriage, consanguinity, or legal adoption; and

(2) live together as a single household with a single head of the household.

(b) The term includes the following:

(1) Live-in paid domestic employees.

(2) Not more than two (2) nontransient guests of the household.

[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-18 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.84.
Ind. Code § 36-9-28-16 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 28 / Section 36-9-28-16
Assessments; considerations; quotient; negligence of owner or occupant of land; assessment date; certification of assessment; lien
Status: in_force

Sec. 16. (a) The money necessary to pay costs incurred by a board of directors in the management and maintenance of a project, including money to be reimbursed to a county under section 15 of this chapter, shall be derived from assessments made under this section.

(b) The board of directors shall determine:

(1) the total number of acres of land benefited by the project and located outside the municipality;

(2) the total number of lots benefited by the project and located outside the municipality; and

(3) the total number of lots benefited by the project and located inside the municipality.

Each lot, whether it is located inside or outside the municipality, shall be counted as one-half (1/2) acre of land, and each major fraction of an acre shall be counted as one (1) full acre.

(c) When the board of directors has determined the total number of acres subject to assessment and the total amount of money required for the next year, the board shall divide the total amount required by the total number of acres assessed. The quotient obtained is the amount per acre to be assessed for the next calendar year.

(d) If repairs have been rendered necessary by the act or negligence of the owner or occupant of any lands, or of the owner's or occupant's employee or agent, the cost of the repairs shall be assessed against only the owner's lands.

(e) All assessments shall be made before August 2 of each year.

(f) The board of directors shall certify the total amount assessed against lots located inside the municipality to the municipal fiscal officer. This amount shall be included in the municipal budget, appropriated by the municipal legislative body, and paid out of the municipal general fund.

(g) The board of directors shall make out a certified copy of the assessments made on land outside the municipality, and shall file the copy with the auditor of the county in which the lands and lots are located. The auditor shall place the assessments against the land upon the next tax duplicate. The assessment is a lien from the time the certified copy of the assessments is filed, and shall be collected as other state and county taxes are collected. All the laws regulating the payment and collection of state and county taxes, the assessment of penalties and interest, and the sale of property for delinquent taxes apply to the payment and collection of assessments placed upon tax duplicates under this subsection.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-4-20-17; 19-4-20-18; 19-4-20-19.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.104. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.370.
Ind. Code § 36-4-1-9 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 4 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-4-1-9
Continuation of prior acts, contracts, obligations, ordinances, and regulations
Status: repealed

Sec. 9. The validity of the prior acts, contracts, and obligations of a city that changes its status, name, or classification under this chapter is not affected by that change. The ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city continue in effect until amended or repealed.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-5-15-1 part; 18-2-1-2 part; 18-2-1-3 part; 18-3-3-4; 18-5-18-2.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.111-2005, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-5-4-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-5-4-11
Licenses issued by town; revocation or suspension
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. The town executive may revoke or suspend any license issued by the town if the person holding the license has violated the terms or conditions of the license or of the law under which it was issued.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-20-3 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.165.
Ind. Code § 36-10-11-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-10-11-10
Board of directors; meetings; officers; bylaws; quorum; approval of actions
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. (a) Not later than thirty (30) days after the directors are appointed, and on the first Monday of each following February they shall hold a meeting for the purpose of organization. They shall elect the following officers from among their members:

(1) President.

(2) Vice president.

(3) Secretary.

(4) Treasurer.

The officers shall perform the duties usually pertaining to those offices. The officers serve from the date of their election until their successors are elected and qualified.

(b) The directors may adopt bylaws and rules necessary for the proper conduct of their proceedings, the carrying out of their duties, and the safeguarding of the funds and property of the authority. In addition to the annual meeting, other regular and special meetings shall be held at the times that they determine and upon public notice that they fix, either by resolution or in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws. A majority of the directors constitutes a quorum. A majority is necessary to authorize any action.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 36-1-2-18 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 36-1-2-18
"Special taxing district"
Status: in_force

Sec. 18. "Special taxing district" means a geographic area within which a special tax may be levied and collected on an ad valorem basis on property for the purpose of financing local public improvements that are:

(1) not political or governmental in nature; and

(2) of special benefit to the residents and property of the area.

[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27.8-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27.8 / Section 36-9-27.8-6
"Subdivision drain"
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "subdivision drain" means a system that:

(1) consists of:

(A) underground pipes; and

(B) one (1) or more inlets;

(2) may also include one (1) or more streams, swales, ditches, natural drains, catch basins, and other components;

(3) is designed to drain excess water from impervious surfaces like paved streets and parking areas;

(4) is located in a subdivision; and

(5) has not been dedicated to public use and accepted by the county or any other political subdivision in which the system is located.

As added by P.L.139-2018, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27-94.1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-9-27-94.1
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-7-17 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.317, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 36-6-6-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 6 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-6-6-2
Township board; election; term of office
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 2.1 of this chapter, a three (3) member township board shall be elected under IC 3-10-2-13 by the voters of each township.

(b) The township board in a county containing a consolidated city shall consist of five (5) members elected under IC 3-10-2-13 by the voters of each township.

(c) The township board is the township legislative body.

(d) The term of office of a township board member is four (4) years, beginning January 1 after election and continuing until a successor is elected and qualified.

[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.5-1986, SEC.59; P.L.8-1987, SEC.83; P.L.6-1994, SEC.2; P.L.122-2000, SEC.22; P.L.170-2002, SEC.147; P.L.240-2005, SEC.6; P.L.266-2013, SEC.11; P.L.278-2019, SEC.191.
Ind. Code § 36-1-24-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 36-1-24-4
"Permit"
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "permit" means a short term rental permit issued by a unit.

As added by P.L.73-2018, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7-13-9 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 13 / Section 36-7-13-9
Transfer of surplus funds; cessation of tax levy
Status: reserved

Sec. 9. When the purposes for which the industrial development fund was established have been accomplished and all districts designated by the unit have been terminated under section 19 of this chapter, the balance remaining in that fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the unit and the authority for the levy of the tax provided by section 4 of this chapter ceases.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-14-10.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.32. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.81; P.L.262-1993, SEC.8; P.L.125-1998, SEC.13.
Ind. Code § 36-10-8-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 8 / Section 36-10-8-8
Budget; preparation; review
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. The board shall prepare a budget for each calendar year covering the projected operating expenses, estimated income, and reasonable reserves. It shall submit the budget for review, approval, or rejection to the fiscal body of the county and, if the board was created under IC 18-7-18 (before its repeal on February 24, 1982), also the fiscal body of the second class city. The board may make expenditures only as provided in the budget as approved, unless additional expenditures are approved by the respective fiscal bodies.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.146.
Ind. Code § 36-7-35-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 35 / Section 36-7-35-4
"PMA ordinance" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "PMA ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by the fiscal body of a municipality under section 9 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.144-2008, SEC.47.
Ind. Code § 36-9-3-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-9-3-10
Board; compensation and expenses of members
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the members of the board are not entitled to a salary but are entitled to an allowance for actual expenses and mileage at the same rate as other county officials.

(b) If the authority includes Lake County, a member of the board is entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties as provided:

(1) in the procedures established by the department of administration and approved by the budget agency for state employee travel; or

(2) by ordinance of the county fiscal body.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-7 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.90-1999, SEC.5; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.450; P.L.121-2016, SEC.39; P.L.104-2022, SEC.209.
Ind. Code § 36-9-37-20 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 37 / Section 36-9-37-20
Collection of delinquent assessments; interest penalties
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. (a) If any principal and interest, or an installment of principal and interest, is not paid in full when due, the municipal fiscal officer shall enforce payment of the following:

(1) The unpaid amount of principal and interest.

(2) A penalty of interest at the rate prescribed by subsection (b).

(b) If payment is made after a default, the municipal fiscal officer shall also collect a penalty of interest on the delinquent amount at one-half (1/2) the rate prescribed by IC 6-1.1-37-9(b) for each six (6) month period, or fraction of a six (6) month period, from the date when payment should have been made.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.67-2006, SEC.17; P.L.113-2010, SEC.157.
Ind. Code § 36-7-4-403 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-7-4-403
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-8-9 part; 18-7-2-20 part; 18-7-4-403; 18-7-4-25 part; 18-7-5-28 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.20. Repealed by P.L.12-1983, SEC.24.
Ind. Code § 36-7-31.6-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 31.6 / Section 36-7-31.6-11
Deposit of taxes in professional sports development area fund
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. Covered taxes attributable to the tax area approved under section 7 of this chapter shall be deposited in the professional sports development area fund.

As added by P.L.44-2026, SEC.26.
Ind. Code § 36-1-4-22 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-1-4-22
"License bond"; conditions for sufficiency; filing copy with political subdivision
Status: in_force

Sec. 22. (a) As used in this section, "license bond" refers to a surety bond required by a political subdivision as a condition that the political subdivision issue a license or a permit to a person. The term does not refer to a performance bond.

(b) If a political subdivision requires a person to post a license bond, a surety bond posted by the person is considered sufficient if the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The bond is written by a surety company authorized to transact business in Indiana.

(2) The obligation on the bond is for an amount that is at least the amount required by the political subdivision for the issuance of the particular license or permit. A political subdivision may not require the obligation on a license bond to be more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

(3) The obligee or obligees named on the bond are any of the following:

(A) The political subdivision that requires the license bond.

(B) Specifically named political subdivisions in the county that include the name of the political subdivision that requires the license bond.

(C) All political subdivisions in the county in which the political subdivision that requires the license bond is located.

(D) All political subdivisions of the same kind as the political subdivision that requires the license bond located in the county.

(4) The conditions of the bond otherwise comply with the requirements of the ordinance that imposes the license bond condition.

(c) A person required to post a license bond satisfies the posting requirement if the person files a copy of the license bond with the political subdivision or appropriate agency of the political subdivision that requires the license bond. A political subdivision may not require that the person record the license bond. In addition, a political subdivision may not impose any other requirement to identify the particular political subdivision as an obligee on the license bond other than what is required in subsection (b)(3).

(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a political subdivision from requiring a person to meet registration requirements in order to ensure that the person meets professional standards or qualifications necessary for the person to perform the services for which the license bond is required.

(e) This subsection does not apply to a person that has had a license bond revoked by a political subdivision located in the same county as the political subdivision that is named an obligee on the license bond within one (1) year prior to the date the political subdivision refused to recognize the license bond that is subject to this subsection. If a license bond meets the requirements described in subsection (b) and a political subdivision that is named as an obligee on the license bond in the manner provided in subsection (b)(3) does not recognize or otherwise allow the obligor to post the license bond to obtain a license or permit, the obligor may initiate a civil action against the political subdivision. In a successful civil action against the political subdivision, the court shall award the obligor an amount equal to:

(1) three hundred percent (300%) of the cost of obtaining the license bond;

(2) damages compensating the obligor for the political subdivision's failure to recognize or otherwise allow the obligor to post the license bond; and

(3) reasonable attorney's fees.

As added by P.L.123-2019, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.157-2024, SEC.6; P.L.1-2025, SEC.232.
Ind. Code § 36-2-2.9-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 2.9 / Section 36-2-2.9-3
"County officer"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "county officer" means the following:

(1) Assessor.

(2) Auditor.

(3) Coroner.

(4) Recorder.

(5) Sheriff.

(6) Surveyor.

(7) Treasurer.

(8) Clerk of the circuit court.

(9) County fiscal body.

As added by P.L.139-2024, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.2-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.2 / Section 36-7-11.2-11
"Notice" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "notice" means written notice:

(1) served personally upon the person, official, or office entitled to the notice; or

(2) served upon the person, official, or office by placing the notice in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, properly addressed to the person, official, or office. Notice is considered served if mailed in the manner prescribed by this subdivision properly addressed to the following:

(A) The governor, both to the address of the governor's official residence and to the governor's executive office in Indianapolis.

(B) The Indiana department of transportation, to the commissioner.

(C) The department of natural resources, both to the director of the department and to the director of the department's division of historic preservation and archeology.

(D) The department of metropolitan development.

(E) An occupant, to:

(i) the person by name; or

(ii) if the name is unknown, the "Occupant" at the address of the Meridian Street or bordering property occupied by the person.

(F) An owner, to the person by the name shown to be the name of the owner, and at the person's address, as the address appears in the records in the bound volumes of the most recent real estate tax assessment records as the records appear in:

(i) the offices of the township assessors; or

(ii) the office of the county assessor;

in Marion County.

(G) A neighborhood association or the society, to the organization at the latest address as shown in the records of the commission.

[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-2 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.83. Amended by P.L.219-2007, SEC.121.
Ind. Code § 36-7-15.1-4.3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 15.1 / Section 36-7-15.1-4.3
Prohibition regarding single family residential property
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.3. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, after June 30, 2014:

(1) a redevelopment commission;

(2) a department of redevelopment; or

(3) any other entity:

(A) established by the commission or department; or

(B) controlled by the commission or a member of the commission regardless of any pecuniary interest the member may have;

may not own, lease, or otherwise hold a single family dwelling or condominium unit for purposes of leasing for the use by individuals as a dwelling. In addition, an arrangement or agreement that is contrary to this section may not be extended beyond the term of the arrangement or agreement as in effect on June 30, 2014. However, a commission, department, or entity covered by this section may own property in the capacity of a land bank for a unit.

As added by P.L.149-2014, SEC.33.
Ind. Code § 36-4-3-9 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-4-3-9
Town annexing within proximity of city
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. (a) A town must obtain the consent of both the metropolitan development commission and the legislative body of a county having a consolidated city before annexing territory within the county where a consolidated city is located.

(b) A town may not annex within an area that extends one (1) mile outside the corporate boundaries of a second or third class city. A town may annex within the area that extends:

(1) more than one (1) mile; and

(2) not more than three (3) miles;

outside the corporate boundaries of a second or third class city, if the annexation by the town does not include territory that extends more than one (1) mile outside the corporate boundaries of the town.

(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to:

(1) a town that proposes to annex territory located in a different county than the city; or

(2) an annexation by a town that is:

(A) an annexation under section 5 or 5.1 of this chapter; or

(B) consented to by at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the owners of land in the territory the town proposes to annex.

(d) In determining the total number of landowners of the annexed territory and whether signers of a consent under subsection (c)(2)(B) are landowners, the names appearing on the tax duplicate for that territory constitute prima facie evidence of ownership. Only one (1) person having an interest in each single property, as evidenced by the tax duplicate, is considered a landowner for purposes of this section.

(e) Each municipality that is known as an included town under IC 36-3-1-7 is also considered a town for purposes of this section.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-10-31.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.213, SEC.5; P.L.257-1993, SEC.2; P.L.224-2001, SEC.9; P.L.170-2002, SEC.143; P.L.111-2005, SEC.5; P.L.243-2013, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-4-4-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-4-4-5
Uncertainty or dispute in nature of power or duty
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) If uncertainty exists or a dispute arises concerning the executive or legislative nature of a power or duty exercised or proposed to be exercised by a branch, officer, department, or agency of the government of a municipality, a petition may be filed in the circuit court or superior court of the county in which the municipality is located by the municipal executive, another municipal elected official, the president of the municipal legislative body, or any person who alleges and establishes to the satisfaction of the court that the person is or would be adversely affected by the exercise of the power; however, in a county that does not contain a consolidated city and that has a superior court with three (3) or more judges, the petition shall be filed in the superior court and shall be heard and determined by the court sitting en banc.

(b) In a county containing a consolidated city, the petition shall be heard and determined by a five (5) member panel of judges from the superior court. The clerk of the court shall select the judges electronically and randomly. Not more than three (3) members of the five (5) member panel of judges may be of the same political party. The first judge selected shall maintain the case file and preside over the proceedings.

(c) The petition must set forth the action taken or the power proposed to be exercised, and all facts and circumstances relevant to a determination of the nature of the power, and must request that the court hear the matter and determine which branch, officer, department, or agency of the municipality, if any, is authorized to exercise the power. On the filing of the petition, the clerk of the court shall issue notice to the municipal executive, each municipal elected official, and the president of the municipal legislative body, unless the petition was filed by that person, and to the municipal attorney, department of law, or legal division.

(d) The court shall determine the matters set forth in the petition and shall affix the responsibility for the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty, unless it determines that the power or duty does not exist. Costs of the proceeding shall be paid by the municipality, except that if an appeal is taken from the decision of the court by any party to the proceeding other than the municipal executive, another municipal elected official, or the president of the municipal legislative body, the costs of the appeal shall be paid by the unsuccessful party on appeal or in the manner directed by the court deciding the appeal.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-1.5-28.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.69-1995, SEC.5; P.L.141-2007, SEC.3; P.L.84-2016, SEC.172.
Ind. Code § 36-2-9-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-2-9-5
Replacement of worn maps and plats
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. The auditor shall replace worn maps and plats as required in IC 36-2-17-5(c).

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-57-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7-3-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-7-3-4
Survey and plat; order; adoption; resolutions; requisites
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) A municipality that does not have a sufficient survey and plat of its corporate territory may, by a resolution of its legislative body passed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, order a survey and plat of the municipality. When the survey and plat have been made, the legislative body may adopt them by a resolution passed by three-fourths (3/4) vote (as described in IC 36-1-8-14). If a survey and plat of the municipality have already been made, without the order of the legislative body, it may adopt them by a resolution passed by a three-fourths (3/4) vote.

(b) The survey and plat are considered adopted by the municipality for all purposes if a certified copy of the resolution adopting the survey and plat is:

(1) signed by the municipal executive and clerk;

(2) attested by the seal of the municipality; and

(3) recorded with the survey and plat in the office of the recorder of the county in which the municipality is located.

The copy of the resolution must include a statement of the names of the persons voting for and against it.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-10-35.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.125-2001, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 36-8-3-22 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-8-3-22
Police reserve officers; medical care for line of duty injury or illness; third party reimbursement
Status: in_force

Sec. 22. (a) This section applies after December 31, 2017, to a police reserve officer who is injured or contracts an illness in the course of or as the result of performing duties as a police reserve officer.

(b) A unit shall furnish without charge to a police reserve officer the physician, surgical, hospital, and nursing services and supplies the physician or surgeon in charge determines are necessary, including:

(1) medical and surgical care;

(2) medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents and means;

(3) x-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including during a recovery period; and

(4) hospital and special nursing care, if the physician or surgeon in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.

(c) A unit that has paid for the care of a police reserve officer under subsection (b) has a cause of action for reimbursement of the amount paid under subsection (b) against any third party against whom the police reserve officer has a cause of action for an injury sustained because of, or an illness caused by, the third party. The unit's cause of action is in addition to, and not in lieu of, a cause of action of the police reserve officer against the third party.

(d) A unit's obligation under this section supersedes any obligations that another medical insurance carrier has to pay the police reserve officer's expenses.

(e) In addition to purchasing policies of group insurance or establishing a plan of self-insurance under section 20(m) of this chapter, a unit may meet its obligation under this section by covering police reserve officers under the medical treatment and burial expense provisions of the worker's compensation law (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6) and the worker's occupational diseases law (IC 22-3-7). If compensability of the injury is an issue, the administrative procedures of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 and IC 22-3-7 shall be used to determine the issue.

As added by P.L.180-2017, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 36-6-1.7-23 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 6 / Chapter 1.7 / Section 36-6-1.7-23
Election of new township government offices
Status: in_force

Sec. 23. A township trustee and township board of the new township government shall be elected in the general election in 2030 in accordance with IC 36-6-6-2.1 and IC 36-6-6-3. A township assessor, if any, shall be elected only for the area within the geographical boundaries of the township assessor's former township under IC 36-6-5-1.

As added by P.L.134-2026, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 36-9-30-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 30 / Section 36-9-30-1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to all units except townships.

(b) Section 5.3 of this chapter applies only to:

(1) cities that are not consolidated cities; and

(2) towns.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-2-1-1; 19-2-1-3 part; 19-2-6-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.106. Amended by P.L.37-2022, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-9-37-25 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 37 / Section 36-9-37-25
Procedures to avoid a foreclosure action
Status: in_force

Sec. 25. (a) To avoid a foreclosure action on a special assessment, a municipality may:

(1) defer collection of the assessment under section 22.5 of this chapter; or

(2) accept a conveyance in satisfaction of the assessment from the owner of the assessed property.

(b) If there are bondholders other than the municipality holding bonds on the improvement for which the assessment was made, the municipality may do any of the following:

(1) Join with the other bondholders in accepting a conveyance of an undivided interest in the property.

(2) Cause a conveyance of the property to be made to a bank or trust company in the municipality and held under a trust agreement by the bank or trust company for the use and benefit of the municipality and the other bondholders.

(c) A conveyance under this section may be accepted by the municipality only if the head of the municipal legal department makes a written recommendation to the city executive or town legislative body that the conveyance be accepted.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.45-2004, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 36-1-12-20 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-1-12-20
Trench safety systems; cost recovery
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. (a) This section applies to a public works project that may require creation of a trench of at least five (5) feet in depth.

(b) IOSHA regulations 29 C.F.R. 1926, Subpart P, for trench safety systems shall be incorporated into the contract documents for a public works project.

(c) The contract documents for a public works project shall provide that the cost for trench safety systems shall be paid for:

(1) as a separate pay item; or

(2) in the pay item of the principal work with which the safety systems are associated.

As added by P.L.26-1989, SEC.21.
Ind. Code § 36-4-7-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 4 / Chapter 7 / Section 36-4-7-11
Failure to pass tax rate and appropriation ordinances; continuation
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. If the city legislative body does not pass the ordinance required by section 7 of this chapter before November 2 of each year, the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy are continued for the ensuing budget year.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-4-5.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.176-2002, SEC.9; P.L.169-2006, SEC.55; P.L.113-2010, SEC.122.
Ind. Code § 36-8-16.8-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 16.8 / Section 36-8-16.8-4
"Public safety telecommunicator"
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "public safety telecommunicator" has the meaning set forth in IC 10-10.5-1-6.

As added by P.L.13-2022, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-12-12-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 12 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-12-12-6
Notice and hearing; petition of objection by taxpayers
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. The department of local government finance shall, within a reasonable time, fix a date for a hearing on the petition filed under section 5(b) of this chapter. The hearing shall be held in a county in which the library district is located. The department of local government finance shall notify:

(1) the library board; and

(2) the first ten (10) taxpayers whose names appear on the petition;

at least five (5) days before the date fixed for the hearing.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-13-8.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.
Ind. Code § 36-9-36-27 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-9-36-27
Monthly payments to contractor
Status: in_force

Sec. 27. (a) A contractor for an improvement is entitled to monthly estimates of the work done during each month. The estimates shall be made by the engineer of the unit and approved by the works board.

(b) The works board shall issue to the contractor certificates for eighty-five percent (85%) of the amount due the contractor by the estimates. The contractor is entitled to receive the amounts named in the certificates in cash or improvement bonds to be collected or issued by the unit. The certificates are negotiable instruments.

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27-75 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-9-27-75
Acceptance of grants or gifts
Status: in_force

Sec. 75. The board may accept gifts or grants from any source for the purpose of paying all or part of the costs of constructing, reconstructing, or maintaining a drain under this chapter. The gifts or grants shall be used to reduce the costs assessed to affected owners.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-7-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101.
Ind. Code § 36-7-14-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-7-14-5
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-6 part; 18-7-7.1-6 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.94.
Ind. Code § 36-1-3.5-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 36-1-3.5-8
Transfer to county executive of Vanderburgh County
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to Vanderburgh County.

(b) Jurisdiction over the following local matters, which before the 1981 regular session of the general assembly have been subjects of statutory concern, is transferred to the executive of the county:

(1) County purchasing agency (formerly governed by IC 17-2-77).

(2) County data processing agency (formerly governed by IC 17-2-74).

(3) Control of county parks (formerly governed by IC 17-2-76).

[Local Government Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.17, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.12-1992, SEC.147; P.L.170-2002, SEC.134; P.L.119-2012, SEC.174.
Ind. Code § 36-9-13-28 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 36-9-13-28
Leases; notice of approval; objections by taxpayers; petitions; notice and hearing; limitations on actions and appeals
Status: in_force

Sec. 28. (a) If the terms and conditions of a proposed lease are approved under section 27 of this chapter, notice of the approval of the lease shall be given on behalf of the eligible entity by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1. Ten (10) or more taxpayers in the eligible entity:

(1) whose tax rate will be affected by the proposed lease; and

(2) who are of the opinion that there is no necessity for the lease, or that the method of determining the lease rental is not fair and reasonable;

may file a petition in the office of the county auditor within thirty (30) days after publication of notice of the approval of the lease. The petition must set forth their objections to the lease and facts showing that the lease is unnecessary or unwise, or that the method of determining the lease rental is not fair and reasonable.

(b) Upon the filing of a petition under subsection (a), the county auditor shall immediately certify a copy of it, together with any other data necessary to present the questions involved, to the department of local government finance. Not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) days after receipt of the certified petition and data, the department of local government finance shall fix a time in the county for the hearing of the matter. The department of local government finance may either hold the hearing in the affected county or through electronic means. The department of local government finance shall give notice of the hearing to the eligible entity and to the first ten (10) petitioners on the petition by registered mail, at least five (5) days before the date of the hearing.

(c) The decision of the department of local government finance on a petition under this section is final.

(d) An action to contest the validity of the lease or to enjoin the performance of any of its terms and conditions must be instituted within thirty (30) days after publication of notice of the approval of the lease, or if an appeal has been taken to the department of local government finance, within thirty (30) days after the decision of the department.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-12 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.48; P.L.35-1990, SEC.66; P.L.90-2002, SEC.510; P.L.38-2021, SEC.101.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27-54 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-9-27-54
Establishing new regulated drains; petitions
Status: in_force

Sec. 54. (a) When one (1) or more persons want to establish a new regulated drain, and that drain cannot be established in the best and cheapest manner without affecting land owned by other persons, the person or persons seeking to establish the drain must file a petition with the board. If the proposed drain will affect land in two (2) or more counties, the petition shall be filed in each of the affected counties. The petition shall be entitled "In the Matter of the __________ Drain Petition".

(b) The petition may be filed by:

(1) the owners of:

(A) ten percent (10%) or more in acreage; or

(B) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the assessed valuation;

of the land that is outside the corporate boundaries of a municipality and is alleged by the petition to be affected by the proposed drain;

(2) a county executive that wants to provide for the drainage of a public highway;

(3) a township executive or the governing body of a school corporation that wants to drain the grounds of a public school; or

(4) a municipal legislative body that wants to provide for the drainage of the land of the municipality.

(c) The petition must include the following items:

(1) A statement showing that each petitioner is qualified to file the petition.

(2) The legal description of each tract of land that a petitioner believes will be affected by the proposed drain, and the name and address of each owner, as shown by the tax duplicate or record of transfers of the county. However, a public way owned by a county or by the state shall be described by its name or number, and the right-of-way of a railroad may be described as the right-of-way of the owner through section, township, and range. The petition must describe an area of land equal to three-fourths (3/4) or more in area of all the affected land.

(3) The general route of the proposed drain.

(4) A statement that in the opinion of the petitioner the costs, damages, and expenses of the proposed drain will be less than the benefits accruing to the owners of land likely to be benefited by the drain.

(5) A statement that in the opinion of the petitioner the proposed drain will:

(A) improve the public health;

(B) benefit a public highway in a county or a public street in a municipality;

(C) drain the grounds of a public school; or

(D) be of public utility.

(6) The name of the attorney representing the petitioner in the drainage petition.

(7) A statement that the petitioner shall pay the cost of notice and all legal costs, if the petition is dismissed.

The petitioner shall post a bond sufficient to pay the cost of notice and all legal costs if the petition is dismissed.

(d) The petition must be signed by each petitioner and filed in duplicate with the county surveyor, who shall receive it on behalf of the board. The county surveyor shall examine the petition and if it is in proper form the county surveyor shall mark it filed, showing the date of filing, and give it a distinguishing name by insertion in its caption. If the petition is not in proper form, the surveyor shall return it to the attorney for the petitioner, pointing out in what respects the petition fails to comply with this chapter. The attorney may then amend the petition and refile it with the county surveyor.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-4-2-1; 19-4-2-2; 19-4-2-3.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.343.
Ind. Code § 36-3-6-9 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 3 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-3-6-9
Operating and maintenance budgets and tax levies of certain entities; review and modification; adoption; submittal
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to the Indianapolis public education corporation established by IC 20-25.3-3-1.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (e), the city-county legislative body shall review the proposed operating and maintenance budgets and tax levies and adopt final operating and maintenance budgets and tax levies for each of the following entities in the county:

(1) An airport authority operating under IC 8-22-3.

(2) A public library operating under IC 36-12.

(3) A capital improvement board of managers operating under IC 36-10.

(4) A public transportation corporation operating under IC 36-9-4.

(5) A health and hospital corporation established under IC 16-22-8.

(6) Any other taxing unit (as defined in IC 6-1.1-1-21) that is located in the county and has a governing body that is not comprised of a majority of officials who are elected to serve on the governing body.

Except as provided in subsection (d), the city-county legislative body may reduce or modify but not increase a proposed operating and maintenance budget or tax levy under this section.

(c) The board of each entity listed in subsection (b) shall, after adoption of its proposed budget and tax levies, submit them, along with detailed accounts, to the city clerk before September 2.

(d) The city-county legislative body or, when subsection (e) applies, the fiscal body of an excluded city or town shall review the issuance of bonds of an entity listed in subsection (b). Approval of the city-county legislative body or, when subsection (e) applies, the fiscal body of an excluded city or town is required for the issuance of bonds. The city-county legislative body or the fiscal body of an excluded city or town may not reduce or modify a budget or tax levy of an entity listed in subsection (b) in a manner that would:

(1) limit or restrict the rights vested in the entity to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the entity's bonds; or

(2) in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the entity's bonds.

(e) If the assessed valuation of a taxing unit is entirely contained within an excluded city or town (as described in IC 36-3-1-7) that is located in a county having a consolidated city, the governing body of the taxing unit shall submit its proposed operating and maintenance budget and tax levies to the city or town fiscal body for approval and not the city-county legislative body. Except as provided in subsection (d), the fiscal body of the excluded city or town may reduce or modify but not increase a proposed operating and maintenance budget or tax levy under this section.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-4-4.5 part; 18-4-17-7 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.52, SEC.7; P.L.347-1983, SEC.1; P.L.2-1993, SEC.201; P.L.1-2005, SEC.237; P.L.227-2005, SEC.35; P.L.1-2006, SEC.561; P.L.146-2008, SEC.705; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.401; P.L.137-2012, SEC.118; P.L.101-2026, SEC.66.
Ind. Code § 36-8-16.6-7 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 16.6 / Section 36-8-16.6-7
"Prepaid wireless telecommunications service"
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "prepaid wireless telecommunications service" means a prepaid wireless calling service (as defined in IC 6-2.5-1-22.4) that allows a user of the service to reach emergency services by dialing the digits nine (9) one (1) one (1).

As added by P.L.113-2010, SEC.151.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.3-34 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.3 / Section 36-7-11.3-34
Proposed temporary or final orders
Status: in_force

Sec. 34. (a) Not later than five (5) days after the commission has determined a matter by vote, other than a rezoning matter referred to the commission by the development commission, a party who appeared at the hearing shall, upon request of the commission, file with the commission a proposed temporary or final order.

(b) A proposed final order must state in detail the basic facts that could have been found by the commission based upon substantial evidence of probative value actually introduced into evidence before the commission at a hearing on the matter.

(c) A proposed temporary order must state the basic facts:

(1) that could have been found by the commission based upon substantial evidence of probative value actually introduced into evidence before the commission at a hearing on the matter; and

(2) upon which the commission could properly have required a restriction, a limitation, a commitment, or an undertaking as a condition to a final affirmative determination of the matter.

[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-9(e).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.84.
Ind. Code § 36-9-3-23 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-9-3-23
Employees; retention of benefits after action of authority
Status: in_force

Sec. 23. An employee of the authority is entitled to at least the same worker's compensation, pension, seniority, salary, wages, sick leave, vacation, health and welfare insurance, and other benefits that the employee enjoyed as an employee of the authority or of the public transportation agency before an action of the authority.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2.5-18 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.28-1988, SEC.117; P.L.235-1997, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 36-7-18-15 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-7-18-15
Actions; contracts; rules
Status: in_force

Sec. 15. A housing authority may:

(1) sue and be sued;

(2) have and alter a seal;

(3) make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers; and

(4) adopt bylaws and rules, consistent with this chapter, to carry out its powers and purposes.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-11-8(a).]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 36-9-43-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 43 / Section 36-9-43-1
"Development board"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "development board" means the following:

(1) In the case of a regional development authority established under IC 36-7.5, the governing body of the regional development authority appointed under IC 36-7.5-2-3.

(2) In the case of a regional development authority established under IC 36-7.6, the governing body of the regional development authority appointed under IC 36-7.6-2-3.

As added by P.L.229-2017, SEC.43.
Ind. Code § 36-9-15-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 36-9-15-1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-84-1 part; 17-3-84.8-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.88.
Ind. Code § 36-8-3-4.3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 3 / Section 36-8-3-4.3
Suspension or termination of EMS personnel; right to hearing and appeal
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.3. (a) This section also applies to a town, township, or fire department of a fire protection territory or fire protection district, that has at least one (1) certified employee of a full-time, paid fire or police department, without regard to whether:

(1) the employee is an appointed police officer or firefighter; or

(2) under section 5 of this chapter, the police or fire department is exempt from sections 3, 4, and 4.1 of this chapter.

(b) As used in this section, "certified employee" means an individual who, as a condition of employment, holds a valid certification issued under IC 16-31-3 by the Indiana emergency medical services commission established by IC 16-31-2-1.

(c) As used in this section, "medical director" means a physician with an unlimited license to practice medicine in Indiana and who performs the duties and responsibilities described in 836 IAC 2-2-1.

(d) If a medical director takes any of the following actions against a certified employee, the medical director shall provide to the certified employee and to the chief of the certified employee's department a written explanation of the reasons for the action taken by the medical director:

(1) The medical director refuses or fails to supervise or otherwise provide medical control and direction to the certified employee.

(2) The medical director refuses or fails to attest to the competency of the certified employee to perform emergency medical services.

(3) The medical director suspends the certified employee from performing emergency medical services.

(e) Before a police or fire department takes any employment related action against a certified employee as the result of a medical director's action described in subsection (d), the certified employee is entitled to a hearing and appeal concerning the medical director's action as provided in section 4 of this chapter.

(f) If the medical director's action that is the subject of an appeal under subsection (e) is based on a health care decision made by the certified employee in performing emergency medical services, the safety board conducting the hearing shall consult with an independent medical expert to determine whether the certified employee followed the applicable emergency medical services protocol in making the health care decision. The independent medical expert:

(1) must be a physician trained in emergency medical services; and

(2) may not be affiliated with the same hospital as the medical director.

As added by P.L.13-2010, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.57-2023, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 36-5-1-18 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-5-1-18
Number of votes and voters required; effective dates of change of name and dissolution; disposition of property; validity of contracts
Status: in_force

Sec. 18. (a) If at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast in an election under section 16 of this chapter are affirmative, the dissolution or change of name takes effect in the manner prescribed by this section.

(b) A change of name takes effect thirty (30) days after the filing of the statement required by section 17 of this chapter.

(c) A dissolution takes effect six (6) months after the filing of the statement required by section 17 of this chapter. The property owned by the town after payment of debts and liabilities shall be disposed of in the manner chosen by a majority of the voters of the town at a special election for that purpose. Dissolution of a town does not affect the validity of a contract to which the town is a party.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-3-1-24 part; 18-3-1-25 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.5-1989, SEC.108; P.L.113-2010, SEC.124; P.L.219-2013, SEC.102; P.L.104-2022, SEC.165.
Ind. Code § 36-1-29.5-14 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 29.5 / Section 36-1-29.5-14
Annual report
Status: in_force

Sec. 14. (a) Not later than April 15 of each year, the workforce fund managers shall file with the executive of the unit and fiscal body of the unit a report setting out their activities during the preceding calendar year.

(b) The report of the workforce fund managers under this section must show:

(1) the names of the then qualified and acting workforce fund managers;

(2) the amount of the expenditures made during the preceding year and their general purpose;

(3) the amount of funds on hand at the close of the calendar year; and

(4) other information deemed necessary to disclose the activities of the workforce fund managers and the results obtained.

(c) Not later than April 15 of each year, a copy of each report under this section must be submitted to the department of local government finance in an electronic format specified by the department of local government finance.

As added by P.L.135-2022, SEC.22.
Ind. Code § 36-8-7-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 7 / Section 36-8-7-4
Fire departments with fewer than five members; trustees; elections
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) If a unit has less than five (5) members in its fire department, the unit may provide for the organization of a local board consisting of the fire chief, the executive of the unit, and one (1) member of the fire department.

(b) The trustee from the fire department shall be elected under this section.

(c) The local board may amend the bylaws of the fund to elect the trustee from the fire department in an election held on any three (3) consecutive days in February specified in the bylaws. The election shall be called by the fire chief and held at the house or quarters of the fire department. Subject to this section, the election shall be conducted in the manner specified in the bylaws.

(d) This subsection applies only if the local board does not elect to be governed by subsection (c). The trustee from the fire department shall be elected at a meeting held on the second Monday in February each year. The meeting shall be called by the fire chief and held at the house or quarters of the fire department.

(e) The term of the elected trustee is one (1) year beginning immediately after the trustee's election.

(f) Each member of the department is entitled to one (1) ballot and the person receiving the highest number of votes is elected. The executive of the unit, the fire chief, and the city or county clerk shall canvass and count the ballots, and the clerk shall issue a certificate of election to the person having received the highest number of votes. If two (2) persons have received the same number of votes, the executive and the chief shall immediately determine by lot who will be the trustee from the persons receiving an equal number of votes.

(g) This section does not apply to a township if the fire department of the township is consolidated under IC 36-3-1-6.1.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-37-2 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.57. Amended by P.L.170-1994, SEC.1; P.L.227-2005, SEC.40.
Ind. Code § 36-9-30-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 30 / Section 36-9-30-11
Operation, management, and control of facilities
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. After the:

(1) construction, installation, and completion; or

(2) acquisition;

of facilities for the collection and disposal of solid waste, the board shall operate, manage, and control the facilities. The board may extend and improve the facilities, if money is available for that purpose under this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-1-7 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.106.
Ind. Code § 36-5-4-14 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-5-4-14
Filing copies of agency financial records
Status: in_force

Sec. 14. Each town agency, board, commission, district, or other town entity shall file one (1) copy of that agency's, board's, commission's, district's, or entity's financial records with the town fiscal officer.

As added by P.L.98-2000, SEC.23.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.3-43 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.3 / Section 36-7-11.3-43
Fees
Status: in_force

Sec. 43. (a) The commission shall, by rule adopted under section 21 of this chapter, set fees to be paid by a person filing a petition with the commission. If the commission has not set a fee by rule for a type of petition, the fee is twenty-five dollars ($25).

(b) A person filing a petition with the commission shall pay the fee required for the filing to the clerk or clerk-treasurer. The clerk or clerk-treasurer shall pay the fee to the treasurer of the commission.

(c) The clerk or clerk-treasurer has no duty regarding the fees collected under this section except those imposed under subsection (b). Fees collected under this section:

(1) do not belong to the city or town; and

(2) are not subject to any of the following:

(A) IC 5-11-10.

(B) IC 36-2-6.

(C) IC 36-3.

(D) IC 36-4-8.

[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-12.1.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.84.
Ind. Code § 36-8-16.8-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 16.8 / Section 36-8-16.8-11
Operating expenses; basic training program
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. (a) The costs associated with the basic training courses described in section 6 of this chapter are considered operating expenses of the statewide 911 system under IC 36-8-16.7-37 and are eligible for reimbursement by the board.

(b) A public safety agency that employs full-time or part-time public safety telecommunicators is eligible for reimbursement of the costs associated with the basic training courses described in section 6 of this chapter.

(c) The board shall establish a process for providing reimbursement for costs described under subsection (b).

As added by P.L.13-2022, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-9-22-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 22 / Section 36-9-22-5
Sewer connected to existing works; certain cases; amounts to be included in cost estimate and assessments; payment of assessments in installments; amount of bonds; cash payments
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies when:

(1) any part of the cost of a sewer, whether local or general, storm, sanitary, combination, or otherwise, is to be assessed against the owners of real property;

(2) the proposed sewer is to be connected into sewage works constructed under this chapter; and

(3) the owners did not contribute to the cost of those sewage works.

(b) There shall be included in:

(1) the engineer's estimate submitted to the municipal works board before the hearing on the proposed sewer; and

(2) the assessments;

a sum equal to the amount provided in or computed from the contract as the fair pro rata share due from the owners upon and for the contracted sewage works, including any interest owed. The sum included in the engineer's estimate must be separately itemized.

(c) If an owner elects to pay the owner's assessment by installments in anticipation of which bonds and coupons are issued, the amount of the bonds and coupons must include the fair pro rata share of the cost of the contracted sewage works. However, an owner may elect to pay the fair pro rata share in cash within sixty (60) days after the assessment is final and to pay the remainder of the assessment in installments.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-7-19 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.95. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.312.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27.4-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27.4 / Section 36-9-27.4-8
"Tract" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "tract" means an area of land that is:

(1) under common fee simple ownership;

(2) contained within a continuous border; and

(3) a separately identified parcel for property tax purposes.

As added by P.L.239-1996, SEC.3 and P.L.240-1996, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-7-26-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-7-26-5
"Board" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the state board of finance created in IC 4-9.1-1.

As added by P.L.35-1990, SEC.63.
Ind. Code § 36-7-29-20 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 29 / Section 36-7-29-20
Actions to contest bonds
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. An action to contest the validity of the district bonds or to prevent their issuance must be brought within thirty (30) days following the publication of the public notice under section 16(a)(1) of this chapter.

As added by P.L.44-1994, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 36-7-12-18.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-7-12-18.5
Bonding powers
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.5. A unit may initiate a program for financing economic development or pollution control facilities for developers and users in Indiana through the issuance of taxable or tax-exempt bonds. In furtherance of this objective, the unit may do any of the following:

(1) Establish eligibility standards for developers and users, without complying with IC 4-22-2. However, these standards have the force of law if the standards are adopted after a public hearing for which notice has been given by publication under IC 5-3-1.

(2) Contract with any entity securing the payment of bonds issued under this chapter and authorizing the entity to approve the developers and users that can finance or refinance economic development or pollution control facilities with proceeds from the bond issue secured by that entity.

(3) Lease to a developer or user economic development or pollution control facilities upon terms and conditions that the unit considers proper and, with respect to the lease:

(A) charge and collect rents;

(B) terminate the lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of its obligations under the lease or otherwise as the lease provides;

(C) include in the lease provisions that the lessee has the option to renew the term of the lease for such periods and at such rents as may be determined by the unit or to purchase any or all of the economic development or pollution control facilities to which the lease applies.

(4) Lend money, upon such terms and conditions as the unit considers proper, to a developer or user under an installment purchase contract or loan agreement to:

(A) finance, reimburse, or refinance the cost of economic development or pollution control facilities; and

(B) take back a secured or unsecured promissory note evidencing such a loan or a security interest in the economic development or pollution control facilities financed or refinanced with the loan.

(5) Sell or otherwise dispose of any unneeded or obsolete economic development or pollution control facilities under terms and conditions determined by the unit.

(6) Maintain, repair, replace, and otherwise improve or cause to be maintained, repaired, replaced, and otherwise improved any economic development or pollution control facilities owned by the unit.

(7) Require any type of security that the unit considers reasonable and necessary.

(8) Obtain or aid in obtaining property insurance on all economic development or pollution control facilities owned or financed, or accept payment if any economic development or pollution control facilities are damaged or destroyed.

(9) Enter into any agreement, contract, or other instrument with respect to any insurance, guarantee, letter of credit, or other form of credit enhancement, accepting payment in such manner and form as provided in the instrument if a developer or user defaults, and assign any such insurance, guarantee, letter of credit, or other form of credit enhancement as security for bonds issued by the unit.

(10) Finance for eligible developers and users the cost of economic development or pollution control facilities as set forth in section 29 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.25-1987, SEC.48.
Ind. Code § 36-7-14-2.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-7-14-2.5
Economic development areas; public functions, uses, and purposes; approvals; liberal construction
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.5. (a) The assessment, planning, replanning, remediation, development, and redevelopment of economic development areas:

(1) are public and governmental functions that cannot be accomplished through the ordinary operations of private enterprise because of:

(A) the necessity for requiring the proper use of the land so as to best serve the interests of the county and its citizens; and

(B) the costs of these projects;

(2) will:

(A) benefit the public health, safety, morals, and welfare;

(B) increase the economic well-being of the unit and the state; and

(C) serve to protect and increase property values in the unit and the state; and

(3) are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired.

(b) This section and sections 41 and 43 of this chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes of this section.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a redevelopment commission may not enter into any obligation payable from public funds without first obtaining the approval, by ordinance or resolution, of the legislative body of the unit.

(d) A redevelopment commission is not required to obtain the approval of the legislative body of the unit under this section if:

(1) the obligation is for the acquisition of real property under this chapter; and

(2) the agreement to acquire the real property requires the redevelopment commission to:

(A) make payments for the real property to be acquired for a term of three (3) years or less; or

(B) purchase the real property for a cost of less than five million dollars ($5,000,000).

A redevelopment commission may not enter into an obligation payable from public funds, other than an obligation described in this subsection, unless the redevelopment commission first obtains the approval of the legislative body of the unit as provided in subsection (c).

(e) The approving ordinance or resolution of a legislative body under subsection (c) must include the following:

(1) The maximum amount of the obligation.

(2) The maximum interest rate or rates, any provisions for redemption before maturity, and any provisions for the payment of capitalized interest associated with the obligation.

(3) The maximum term of the obligation.

As added by P.L.380-1987(ss), SEC.8; P.L.393-1987(ss), SEC.2. Amended by P.L.192-1988, SEC.1; P.L.221-2007, SEC.30; P.L.149-2014, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-8-19-6.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-8-19-6.5
Agreement to change provider unit
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.5. (a) The legislative bodies of all participating units in a territory may agree to change the provider unit of the territory from one (1) participating unit to another participating unit. To change the provider unit, the legislative body of each participating unit must adopt an ordinance (in the case of a county or municipality) or a resolution (in the case of a township or fire protection district) that agrees to and specifies the new provider unit. The provider unit may not be changed unless all participating units agree on the participating unit that will become the new provider unit. However, if the provider unit has adopted an ordinance or resolution under section 13 of this chapter to withdraw from the territory, a majority of the participating units that wish to remain in the territory and do not withdraw in accordance with section 13 of this chapter must agree on the participating unit that will become the new provider unit. The participating units may not change the provider unit more than one (1) time in any year.

(b) The following apply to an ordinance or a resolution adopted under this section to change the provider unit of the territory:

(1) The ordinance or resolution must be adopted after January 1 but before July 1 of a year.

(2) The ordinance or resolution is effective January 1 of the year following the year in which the ordinance or resolution is adopted.

As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.441. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.45.
Ind. Code § 36-7-30-29 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 30 / Section 36-7-30-29
Joint projects
Status: in_force

Sec. 29. Notwithstanding any other law, two (2) or more units may jointly undertake military base reuse projects in contiguous areas in the units' respective jurisdictions that benefit or serve the units' jurisdictions by following the procedures set forth in IC 36-1-7. The legislative body of a unit may do the following:

(1) Assign an area within the unit's jurisdiction to the reuse authority of another unit to allow the creation of an allocation area for the purpose of the allocation of property tax proceeds even though part of the allocation area will be outside the jurisdiction of the reuse authority to which the new area is assigned.

(2) Pledge property tax proceeds that would be allocated to the unit's allocation fund to the reuse authority of another unit for the projects.

The reuse authority to which an area is assigned or allocated proceeds are pledged may then take all action in the area or with respect to the pledged proceeds that could be taken by a reuse authority in an allocation area or with respect to the reuse authority's own revenues until the later of the time when an ordinance rescinding this assignment or pledge is adopted by the legislative body of the assigning or pledging unit or the date on which outstanding bonds or lease rentals payable from allocated property tax proceeds are finally retired. The assigning unit shall continue to tax the taxpayers in the assigned part of the allocation area at the assigning unit's tax rates.

As added by P.L.26-1995, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 36-7-15.1-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 15.1 / Section 36-7-15.1-4
Redevelopment district constituting special taxing district
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) The redevelopment district referred to in IC 36-3-1-6 constitutes a special taxing district for the purpose of levying and collecting special benefit taxes for redevelopment purposes as provided in this chapter.

(b) All of the taxable property within the redevelopment district is considered to be benefited by redevelopment projects carried out under this chapter to the extent of the special taxes levied under this chapter.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 36-9-4-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-9-4-8
Purchase of property by municipalities from sources other than systems; contracts and leases
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. (a) If, under section 5 of this chapter, the municipal legislative body decides to purchase buses or real property, or both, for the urban mass transportation system from a source other than the system, it must enter into and confirm by ordinance a contract and lease requiring the municipality to:

(1) purchase the buses or real property; or

(2) lease the buses or property purchased to the system for use in providing mass transportation within the municipality.

(b) A lease of buses or real property by a municipality to a system under this section must incorporate provisions for rental and other terms and provisions that the municipal legislative body considers necessary under this chapter. The municipality and the system may enter into additional contracts and leases during the term of the lease. The term of a lease of buses under this section may not exceed twenty-five (25) years.

(c) The purchase of buses under this section is governed by the general statutes governing public purchases.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-5-2-7 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.317, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-1-20.2-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 20.2 / Section 36-1-20.2-1
Applicability
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all units.

As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.2-51 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.2 / Section 36-7-11.2-51
Approval for zoning variance
Status: in_force

Sec. 51. An administrative, a legislative, or other governmental body may not grant a zoning variance relating to the use of Meridian Street or bordering property without the prior approval of the commission upon the affirmative vote of at least six (6) members. The commission may approve the variance only if:

(1) the petition establishes by substantial evidence of probative value the correctness of the conclusions stated in section 53 of this chapter; and

(2) notices of the hearing have been given to all interested parties in the manner required by this chapter.

[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-13(a).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.83.
Ind. Code § 36-7-30.5-23 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 30.5 / Section 36-7-30.5-23
Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

Sec. 23. (a) In addition to other methods of raising money for property acquisition, redevelopment, reuse, or economic development activities in or directly serving or benefitting a military base development area, and in anticipation of the taxes allocated under section 30 of this chapter, other revenues of the district, or any combination of these sources, the development authority may by resolution issue the bonds of the development authority.

(b) The secretary-treasurer of the development authority shall prepare the bonds. The seal of the development authority must be impressed on the bonds or a facsimile of the seal must be printed on the bonds.

(c) The bonds must be executed by the president of the development authority and attested by the secretary-treasurer.

(d) The bonds are exempt from taxation for all purposes.

(e) Bonds issued under this section may be sold at public sale in accordance with IC 5-1-11 or at a negotiated sale.

(f) The bonds are not a corporate obligation of a unit but are an indebtedness of only the development authority. The bonds and interest are payable, as set forth in the bond resolution of the development authority, from any of the following:

(1) The tax proceeds allocated under section 30 of this chapter.

(2) Other revenues available to the development authority.

(3) A combination of the methods stated in subdivisions (1) through (2).

The bonds issued under this section may be issued in any amount without limitation.

(g) Proceeds from the sale of bonds may be used to pay the cost of interest on the bonds for a period not to exceed five (5) years after the date of issuance.

(h) All laws relating to the filing of petitions requesting the issuance of bonds and the right of taxpayers and voters to remonstrate against the issuance of bonds do not apply to bonds issued under this chapter.

(i) If a debt service reserve is created from the proceeds of bonds, the debt service reserve may be used to pay principal and interest on the bonds as provided in the bond resolution.

(j) If bonds are issued under this chapter that are payable solely or in part from revenues of the development authority, the development authority may adopt a resolution or trust indenture or enter into covenants as is customary in the issuance of revenue bonds. The resolution or trust indenture may pledge or assign revenues of the development authority and properties becoming available to the development authority under this chapter. The resolution or trust indenture may also contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bond owners as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including a covenant setting forth the duties of the development authority. The development authority may establish fees and charges for the use of any project and covenant with the owners of any bonds to set the fees and charges at a rate sufficient to protect the interest of the owners of the bonds. Revenue bonds issued by the development authority that are payable solely from revenues of the development authority shall contain a statement to that effect in the form of the bond.

As added by P.L.203-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.219-2007, SEC.137.
Ind. Code § 36-9-25-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-9-25-8
Certain cities; enabling ordinances, specifications of purpose; interim board members; prior approval of bonds
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to cities in a county having a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) and less than one hundred thirty-nine thousand (139,000).

(b) The ordinance adopting this chapter must specify the purpose or purposes for which the district is established, which must be one (1) or more of the following:

(1) To provide for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sanitary sewage and other water-carried wastes of the district.

(2) To provide for the drainage of storm and surface water to relieve sanitary sewers of that water.

(3) To reduce the pollution of watercourses in the district.

(4) To provide for the collection and disposal of trash, garbage, and solid waste.

If not all of these purposes are listed in the ordinance, one (1) or more of the remaining purposes may, by subsequent ordinance, be added to the purposes of the district.

(c) After adoption of the ordinance, three (3) interim members of the board shall be appointed for terms until the January 1 following the adoption. On the January 1 following the adoption, members shall be appointed as provided in sections 3 and 4 of this chapter.

(d) Bonds of the district may not be sold without the prior approval of the city legislative body. In addition, the legislative body must approve all budgets and tax levies of the district.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) New; subsection (b) formerly 19-2-28.5-2; subsection (c) formerly 19-2-28.5-4; subsection (d) formerly 19-2-28.5-3 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.98. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.68; P.L.12-1992, SEC.184; P.L.170-2002, SEC.170; P.L.119-2012, SEC.232; P.L.104-2022, SEC.214.
Ind. Code § 36-1-12-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-1-12-11-b
Completion of project; procedure
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.

Sec. 11. (a) The board must, within sixty (60) days after the completion of the public work project, file in the department of homeland security a complete set of final record drawings for the public work project. However, this requirement does not apply to a public work project constructed at a cost less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). In addition, the filing of the drawings is required only if the project involves a public building.

(b) The department of homeland security shall provide a depository for all final record drawings filed, and retain them for inspection and loan under regulated conditions. The department of homeland security may designate the librarian of Indiana as the custodian of the final record drawings. The librarian shall preserve the final record drawings in the state archives as public documents.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-16-1 part; Part new.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.57, SEC.38. Amended by P.L.8-1984, SEC.124; P.L.329-1985, SEC.22; P.L.1-2006, SEC.554; P.L.187-2021, SEC.138; P.L.152-2026, SEC.494.
Ind. Code § 36-7.5-6-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7.5 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-7.5-6-8
Reports concerning work and projects
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. The city of Gary shall provide reports to the development authority concerning the work completed, a detailed accounting of projects, project milestones, and other relevant information. The development authority may determine the frequency of the reporting required under this section.

As added by P.L.195-2023, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 36-12-12-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 12 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-12-12-8
Appropriations; conform to plan
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. Notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-17, the department of local government finance may approve appropriations from the capital projects fund only if the appropriations conform to a plan that has been adopted and approved in compliance with this chapter.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-13-10.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.587.
Ind. Code § 36-1-18-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-1-18-3
Warrant for donation
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. An ordinance or resolution under this chapter is sufficient justification for the proper officer to draw a warrant and pay the donation authorized by the political subdivision's legislative body.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 21-7-1-1 part.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.381.
Ind. Code § 36-7-8-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 8 / Section 36-7-8-1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-2-72-1 part; 17-2-72.5-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.27.
Ind. Code § 36-6-1.5-1.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 6 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 36-6-1.5-1.5
Use of excess funds; indebtedness; assistance by department of local government finance
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.5. (a) All of the following apply to a township that merges with another township under this chapter:

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the new township government may use any funds in excess of what the new township government determines is necessary to deliver effective service to pay the indebtedness of the new township government, including bonds and other indebtedness transferred to the new township government under section 8 of this chapter.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, after the indebtedness described in subdivision (1) is satisfied, the new township government may do the following with any remaining excess funds:

(A) Transfer the funds to:

(i) the county in which the new township government is located; or

(ii) a municipality that has jurisdiction;

to make improvements to infrastructure located within the area of the new township government.

(B) Transfer the funds to a transportation corporation that offers service within the area of the new township government to pay for, or make improvements to, services within the area of the new township government.

(C) Use the funds for improvement of fire protection services within the area of the new township government.

(D) Transfer the funds to a political subdivision that has jurisdiction within the new township government for improvement of any fire department that provides service within the area of the new township government.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the department of local government finance shall take any and all appropriate action to assist townships in merging under this chapter and may not in any manner delay a merger of townships or prevent a merger of townships.

(c) This section shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, to the extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter are controlling, and compliance with this chapter shall be treated as compliance with the conflicting law.

As added by P.L.255-2013, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 36-7-15.3-13 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 15.3 / Section 36-7-15.3-13
Common wall or other agreements
Status: in_force

Sec. 13. The authority and the commission may enter into common wall (party wall) agreements or other agreements concerning easements or licenses. These agreements shall be recorded with the recorder of the county.

As added by P.L.84-1987, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-7-11-10
Construction projects within historic districts; certificates of appropriateness required; exception
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. Except as provided in sections 19 and 20 of this chapter, a certificate of appropriateness must be issued by or on behalf of the commission before a permit is issued for or work is begun on any of the following:

(1) Within all areas of the historic district:

(A) the demolition of any building;

(B) the moving of any building;

(C) a conspicuous change in the exterior appearance of historic buildings by additions, reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance involving exterior color change; or

(D) any new construction of a principal building or accessory building or structure subject to view from a public way.

(2) Within a primary area of the historic district:

(A) a change in walls and fences or the construction of walls and fences along public ways; or

(B) a conspicuous change in the exterior appearance of nonhistoric buildings subject to view from a public way by additions, reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance involving exterior color change.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-22-3 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.30. Amended by P.L.146-1992, SEC.2; P.L.227-1997, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 36-7-7.6-4 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 7.6 / Section 36-7-7.6-4
Commission membership
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) The following members shall be appointed to the commission:

(1) A member of the county executive of each county described in section 1 of this chapter, to be appointed by the county executive.

(2) A member of the county fiscal body of each county described in section 1 of this chapter, to be appointed by the county fiscal body.

(3) The county surveyor of each county described in section 1 of this chapter.

(4) For a county having a population of not more than four hundred thousand (400,000), one (1) person appointed by the executive of each of the eleven (11) largest municipalities.

(5) For a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000), one (1) person appointed by the executive of each of the nineteen (19) largest municipalities.

(6) Beginning July 1, 2007, one (1) person appointed by the trustee of each township that:

(A) is located in a county described in section 1 of this chapter;

(B) has a population of at least eight thousand (8,000); and

(C) does not contain a municipality.

(b) One (1) voting member of the commission shall be appointed by the governor. The member appointed under this subsection may not vote in a weighted vote under section 9 of this chapter.

(c) A member of the commission who is a county surveyor may not vote in a weighted vote under section 9 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.165-2003, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.169-2006, SEC.57; P.L.11-2023, SEC.120.
Ind. Code § 36-10-12-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-10-12-11
Duration of entitlement of benefits
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. A children's museum is entitled to receive the benefits provided under this chapter for as long as the board of trustees or governing body of the children's museum performs or is willing to perform the duties set forth in section 9 of this chapter.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-17-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.47.
Ind. Code § 36-7-11.1-12 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 11.1 / Section 36-7-11.1-12
Enforcement of chapter, ordinance, and covenants; notice to correct failures or violations
Status: in_force

Sec. 12. (a) Whenever the commission finds that the owner of property in any historic area has neglected to keep the property and premises in a clean, sanitary, and tidy condition or has failed to maintain any structure in a good state of repair and in a safe condition, the commission may give the owner written notice to correct the failures or violations within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice, and if the owner fails to comply, then the commission may bring appropriate enforcement actions as provided by subsection (b).

(b) The commission, or any enforcement official of the consolidated city designated by the commission, may enforce this chapter, any ordinance adopted under it, and any covenants or conditions required or imposed by the commission by civil action in the circuit or superior court. Any legal, equitable, or special remedy may be invoked, including mandatory or prohibitory injunction or a civil fine. These enforcement actions (except those seeking a civil fine) may also be brought by any interested person or affected owner.

(c) Ordinances adopted under this chapter may provide for penalties for violations, subject to IC 36-1-3-8.

(d) No costs may be taxed against the commission or any of its members in any action.

(e) In actions brought under subsection (b), there may not be changes of venue from the county.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.16-1995, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 36-9-28.5-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 28.5 / Section 36-9-28.5-3
Policy established
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. By January 1, 2001, the legislative body of a unit shall establish a policy of the unit for the management of stormwater runoff from developed real property in the unit. The legislative body may establish the policy by resolution or ordinance.

As added by P.L.168-1999, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-2-11-16 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-2-11-16
Requirements for instruments to be received and recorded
Status: in_force

Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to:

(1) an instrument executed before November 4, 1943;

(2) a judgment, order, or writ of a court;

(3) a will or death certificate; or

(4) an instrument executed or acknowledged outside Indiana.

(b) Whenever this section prescribes that the name of a person be printed, typewritten, or stamped immediately beneath the person's signature, the signature must be written on the instrument, directly preceding the printed, typewritten, or stamped name, and may not be superimposed on that name so as to render either illegible. However, the instrument may be received for record if the name and signature are, in the discretion of the county recorder, placed on the instrument so as to render the connection between the two apparent.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the recorder may receive for record an instrument only if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) The name of each person who executed the instrument is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped immediately beneath the person's signature or the signature itself is printed, typewritten, stamped, or logically associated with the instrument.

(2) The name of each witness to the instrument is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped immediately beneath the signature of the witness or the signature itself is printed, typewritten, stamped, or logically associated with the instrument.

(3) The name of each notarial officer whose signature appears on the instrument is legibly printed, typewritten, or stamped immediately beneath the signature of the notarial officer or the signature itself is printed, typewritten, stamped, or logically associated with the instrument.

(4) The name of each person who executed the instrument appears identically in the body of the instrument, in the acknowledgment or proof (as defined in and permitted under IC 32-21-2) in the person's signature, and beneath the person's signature.

(5) The execution of the instrument and the acknowledgment or proof (as defined in and permitted under IC 32-21-2), complies with IC 33-42.

(6) If the instrument is a copy, the instrument is marked "Copy".

(d) The recorder may receive for record an instrument that does not comply with subsection (c) if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) A printed or typewritten affidavit of a person with personal knowledge of the facts is recorded with the instrument.

(2) The affidavit complies with this section.

(3) The affidavit states the correct name of a person, if any, whose signature cannot be identified or whose name is not printed, typewritten, or stamped on the instrument as prescribed by this section.

(4) When the instrument does not comply with subsection (c)(4), the affidavit states the correct name of the person and states that each of the names used in the instrument refers to the person.

(5) If the instrument is a copy, the instrument is marked "Copy".

(e) The recorder shall record a document presented for recording or a copy produced by a photographic process of the document presented for recording if:

(1) the document complies with other statutory recording requirements; and

(2) the document or copy will produce a clear and unobstructed copy.

(f) An instrument, document, or copy received and recorded by a county recorder is conclusively presumed to comply with this section. A recorded copy shall have the same effect as if the original document had been recorded.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-42-1; 17-3-42-2; 17-3-42-3; 17-3-42-4.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.98-1986, SEC.11; P.L.87-2001, SEC.2; P.L.129-2008, SEC.2; P.L.185-2021, SEC.65.
Ind. Code § 36-2-16-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 16 / Section 36-2-16-6
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-6-1-1 part; 17-3-5-4; 17-3-6-1; 17-3-71-2 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.131-1983, SEC.17.
Ind. Code § 36-2-2-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 36-2-2-10
Business day
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. The executive shall keep its office open on each business day.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-18-1; 17-1-28-4 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.139; P.L.255-1993, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7-32.5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 32.5 / Section 36-7-32.5-1
"Base assessed value"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "base assessed value" means the net assessed value of all the taxable real property that is assessed as commercial or industrial property under the rules of the department of local government finance, and taxable personal property, that is located in an innovation development district as finally determined for the assessment date immediately preceding the effective date of the designation by the corporation under section 9 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.135-2022, SEC.28.
Ind. Code § 36-7-4-1332 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-7-4-1332
Impact fee refunds
Status: in_force

Sec. 1332. (a) A fee payer is entitled to a refund of an impact fee if an infrastructure agency:

(1) has failed to complete a part of the infrastructure for which the impact fee was imposed not later than:

(A) twenty-four (24) months after the time described in section 1331 of this chapter; or

(B) a longer time as is reasonably necessary to complete the infrastructure if unforeseeable and extraordinary circumstances that are not in whole or in part caused by the unit have delayed the construction;

(2) has unreasonably denied the fee payer the use and benefit of the infrastructure during the useful life of the infrastructure; or

(3) has failed within the earlier of:

(A) six (6) years after issuance of the structural building permit; or

(B) the anticipated infrastructure completion date as specified in the zone improvement plan existing on the date the impact fee was collected;

to make reasonable progress toward completion of the specific infrastructure for which the impact fee was imposed or thereafter fails to make reasonable progress toward completion.

(b) An application for a refund under subsection (a) must be filed with the unit that imposed the impact fee not later than two (2) years after the right to a refund accrues. A unit shall issue a refund in part or in full or shall reject the application for refund not later than thirty (30) days after receiving an application for a refund.

(c) If a unit approves a refund in whole or in part, the unit shall pay the amount approved, plus interest from the date on which the impact fee was paid to the date the refund is issued. The interest rate shall be the same rate as the rate that the unit's impact fee ordinance provides for impact fee payments paid in installments.

(d) If a unit rejects an application for refund or approves only a partial refund, the fee payer may appeal not later than sixty (60) days after the rejection or partial approval to the unit's impact fee review board established under section 1338 of this chapter by filing with the board an appeal on a form prescribed by the board. The board shall issue instructions for completion of the form. The form and the instructions must be clear, simple, and understandable to a lay person.

(e) An impact fee ordinance shall designate the employee or official of the unit who is responsible for accepting, rejecting, and paying a refund and interest.

(f) A unit's impact fee review board shall hold a hearing on all appeals for a refund under this section. The hearing shall be held not later than forty-five (45) days after the application for appeal is filed with the board. A unit's impact fee review board shall provide notice of the application for refund to the infrastructure agency responsible for the infrastructure for which the impact fee was imposed.

(g) An impact fee review board holding a hearing under subsection (f) shall determine the amount of a refund that shall be made to the fee payer from the account established for the infrastructure for which the fee was imposed. A refund ordered by the board must include interest from the date the impact fee was paid to the date the refund is issued at the same rate the ordinance provides for impact fee payments paid in installments.

(h) A party aggrieved by a final decision of an impact fee review board in a hearing under subsection (f) may appeal to the circuit or superior court of the county in which the unit is located and is entitled to a trial de novo.

As added by P.L.221-1991, SEC.33.
Ind. Code § 36-2-9-16 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-2-9-16
Claim; judgment or order issued by a court; warrant
Status: in_force

Sec. 16. Whenever:

(1) a judgment or order is issued by a court in a case in which the county was a party and was served with process for the payment of a claim;

(2) a certified copy of the judgment or order is filed with the auditor; and

(3) the claim is allowed by the county executive;

the auditor shall issue the auditor's warrant for the claim.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-26-2.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.56.
Ind. Code § 36-7.5-7-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7.5 / Chapter 7 / Section 36-7.5-7-5
Lake County economic development and convention fund; deposits; transfers; report to budget committee; updated feasibility study
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) The Lake County economic development and convention fund is established. The fund shall be administered by the development authority.

(b) The convention fund consists of:

(1) deposits under IC 4-33-13-5(a)(2)(C) and IC 4-33-13-5(a)(3)(A);

(2) deposits under subsection (c);

(3) appropriations to the fund;

(4) gifts, grants, loans, bond proceeds, and other money received for deposit in the fund; and

(5) other deposits or transfers of funds from local units located in Lake County.

(c) If a proposal is approved as provided under this chapter, each state fiscal year, beginning with the first state fiscal year that begins after the proposal is approved, the approved entity shall deposit up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the convention fund. The obligation of the city of Gary, as the approved entity, for each state fiscal year under this subsection is satisfied by the distributions made by the state comptroller on behalf of the city of Gary under IC 4-33-13-5(a)(2)(C). However, if the total amount distributed under IC 4-33-13-5(a)(2)(C) on behalf of the city of Gary with respect to a particular state fiscal year is less than the amount required by this subsection, the fiscal officer of the city of Gary shall transfer the amount of the shortfall to the convention fund from any source of revenue available to the city of Gary other than property taxes. The state comptroller shall certify the amount of any shortfall to the fiscal officer of the city of Gary after making the distribution required by IC 4-33-13-5(a)(2)(C) on behalf of the city of Gary with respect to a particular state fiscal year.

(d) The development authority shall administer money, including determining amounts to be used and the specific purposes, from the convention fund.

(e) Except as provided in section 8(d) of this chapter, the money remaining in the convention fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.

(f) Money in the convention fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.

(g) Subject to budget committee review, but except as provided in subsection (i), the development authority may receive reimbursement for expenses incurred and a reasonable and customary amount for providing administrative services from money in the convention fund.

(h) The development authority shall quarterly report to the budget committee on all uses of money in the convention fund and the status of the convention and event center project.

(i) The development authority shall conduct an updated feasibility study related to a potential convention and event center located in Lake County. The development authority shall be reimbursed for the costs of obtaining the updated feasibility study from money in the fund. Budget committee review is not required for reimbursement under this subsection.

As added by P.L.195-2023, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.157-2026, SEC.265.
Ind. Code § 36-7-18-33 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-7-18-33
Obligees of housing authorities; rights
Status: in_force

Sec. 33. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following persons are considered obligees of a housing authority:

(1) A holder of bonds, notes, or warrants.

(2) A trustee for such a holder.

(3) A person who leases property to the authority for use in connection with a housing project, or an assignee of that person's interest.

(4) The federal government, when it is a party to a contract with the authority.

(b) In addition to an obligee's other rights and subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon an obligee, an obligee of a housing authority may:

(1) by proceedings at law or in equity compel the authority and its commissioners, officers, agents, or employees to perform every term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of the authority with or for the benefit of the obligee, and require the authority to perform all duties imposed upon it by this chapter; and

(2) by proceedings in equity enjoin unlawful conduct or the violation of any of the obligee's rights as an obligee of the authority.

(c) A housing authority may, by resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract, confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, notes, or warrants, or holding a lease, the right, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in the resolution or contract, to:

(1) cause possession of a housing project, or any part of a project, to be surrendered to the obligee;

(2) require the authority and its commissioners to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust; and

(3) obtain the appointment of a receiver of a housing project, or any part of a project, and of rents and profits from it.

If a receiver is appointed under subdivision (3), the receiver may enter, take possession of, operate, and maintain the project. The receiver may collect all fees, rents, and other revenues arising from the project, and the receiver shall keep them in one (1) or more separate accounts and apply them in accordance with the obligations of the authority, as directed by the court.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-11-3(n); 18-7-11-17; 18-7-11-18.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.37. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.216.
Ind. Code § 36-9-27.4-25 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 27.4 / Section 36-9-27.4-25
Right of entry onto land
Status: in_force

Sec. 25. (a) For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) a county surveyor;

(2) a member of a drainage board; or

(3) an authorized representative of a county surveyor or drainage board;

has a right of entry over and upon a tract of land containing a drain or natural surface watercourse that is the subject of a petition filed under this chapter.

(b) The right of entry granted by this section is limited to the land lying within seventy-five (75) feet of the drain or natural surface watercourse. The seventy-five (75) feet must be measured at right angles to:

(1) the center line of any tiled drain; and

(2) the top edge of each bank of an open drain; and

(3) the edge of any natural surface watercourse;

as determined by the county surveyor.

(c) A person exercising a right of entry under this section shall, to the extent possible, use due care to avoid damage to:

(1) crops, fences, buildings, and other structures located outside the right-of-way; and

(2) crops and approved structures located inside the right-of-way.

(d) Before exercising a right of entry under this section, an individual must give oral or written notice of the entry on the land to the property owner of record. The notice must state the purpose for the entry.

(e) A right of entry under this section is not criminal trespass under IC 35-43-2-2, and an individual exercising a right of entry under this section may not be arrested or prosecuted for criminal trespass under IC 35-43-2-2.

As added by P.L.239-1996, SEC.3 and P.L.240-1996, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-8-4.5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 36-8-4.5-1
Application
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following:

(1) A member of a town police department under IC 36-5-7 or IC 36-8-9.

(2) A member of a town fire department.

As added by P.L.65-2008, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-1-24-14 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 36-1-24-14
Revocation of a permit
Status: in_force

Sec. 14. If three (3) or more citations for ordinance violations are issued to an owner for a permitted property within a calendar year, the unit may revoke the permit for that permitted property for a period of not more than one (1) year after the date the permit is revoked. The unit shall provide notice and a hearing for revocation in accordance with the unit's ordinance.

As added by P.L.73-2018, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7-15.5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 15.5 / Section 36-7-15.5-1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the city of Indianapolis.

As added by P.L.194-1988, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-7-12-20 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-7-12-20
Use of funds; procedures for letting contracts; employees' bonds
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. (a) All tax revenues coming into possession of the economic development commission shall be deposited, held, and secured in accordance with the statutes relating to the handling and investing of public funds. The handling and expenditure of this money is subject to audit and supervision by the state board of accounts.

(b) Contracts for construction and equipment of economic development or pollution control facilities need not be let in accordance with IC 5-16, IC 5-17, or any other statute relating to public contracts.

(c) Any employee of the economic development commission authorized to receive, disburse, or in any other way handle money or negotiable securities of the commission shall execute a bond payable to the state, with surety to consist of a surety or guaranty corporation qualified to do business in the state. The bond must be in an amount determined by the commission, and must be conditioned upon the employee's faithful performance of the employee's duties and the accounting for all monies and property that may come into the employee's hands or under the employee's control. The cost of these bonds shall be paid by the commission.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-6-4.5-13 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.35-1990, SEC.48; P.L.252-2015, SEC.46.
Ind. Code § 36-8-19-11 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-8-19-11
Annexation of territory
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. Any area that is part of a territory and that is annexed by a municipality that is not a part of the territory ceases to be a part of the territory when the municipality begins to provide fire protection services to the area. However, this provision does not apply to or affect any part of the territory that is located in a fire protection district that retains fire protection authority and responsibility after an annexation.

As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.255-2017, SEC.50.
Ind. Code § 36-7-14-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-7-14-2
Declaration of public purpose; opportunities for redevelopment by private enterprise
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) The clearance, replanning, and redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment under this chapter are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired.

(b) Each unit shall, to the extent feasible under this chapter and consistent with the needs of the unit as a whole, afford a maximum opportunity for rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas by private enterprise.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-2 part; 18-7-7-28 part; 18-7-7.1-1 part; 18-7-7.1-28 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.185-2005, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 36-7-32.6-15 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 32.6 / Section 36-7-32.6-15
Budget committee review
Status: in_force

Sec. 15. Upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance designating a stadium development district under section 14 of this chapter, the designating body shall submit the resolution or ordinance to the budget committee established by IC 4-12-1-3 for review.

As added by P.L.44-2026, SEC.27.
Ind. Code § 36-7-38-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 38 / Section 36-7-38-8
Powers
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a land bank is granted all powers necessary, convenient, or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the land bank's public and corporate purposes, which include the power to do the following:

(1) Sue or be sued in the land bank's own name.

(2) Enter into contracts.

(3) Establish accounts with financial institutions.

(4) Acquire, lease, improve, repair, renovate, and dispose of property.

(5) Borrow money, including issue bonds.

(6) Pledge collateral.

(7) Make investments.

(8) Hire employees, including an executive director.

(9) Procure insurance.

As added by P.L.211-2016, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-10-11-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-10-11-3
Creation; procedure; issuance of general obligation bonds by city for construction of civic center prohibited
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) The city legislative body may adopt an ordinance to create a separate municipal corporation under this chapter known as the "_________ Building Authority" (inserting the name of the city) to finance, construct, equip, operate, and lease land and buildings to the governmental entities within the county in which the authority is created.

(b) The clerk of the city shall certify a copy of the ordinance and file the copy with the county recorder of the county in which the authority is created. When certified and filed, the ordinance is evidence in a civil action of the creation of the authority.

(c) The city may not issue general obligation bonds of the city to finance the cost, in whole or in part, of the construction or acquisition of any building for use as a civic center. For purposes of this section, the city includes any governmental entity that contains any territory of the city.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.2-1995, SEC.139.
Ind. Code § 36-1-24.2-2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 24.2 / Section 36-1-24.2-2
Privately owned real property; county or municipality prohibited from requiring owner to agree to rent or purchase price control requirements or requirements designating property for lease or sale based on income or assets; prohibition against requiring payment of fee as prerequisite to approval of permit, petition, or plats
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. A county or municipality may not require an owner of privately owned real property to agree to:

(1) a requirement that would have an effect described in section 1(1) or 1(2) of this chapter; or

(2) the payment of a fee, in lieu of a requirement described in section 1(1) or 1(2) of this chapter, as a prerequisite to the approval or consideration of:

(A) any building or land use permit;

(B) any land use petition including, but not limited to, variances, special exceptions, conditional use permits, zoning ordinances, or rezoning ordinances; or

(C) any primary, secondary, or revised plats.

As added by P.L.266-2017, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 36-10-1-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 10 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-10-1-5
"Convention center"
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. "Convention center" means a building or buildings containing facilities for meetings, conventions, commencements, convocations, sporting events, entertainment spectaculars, product displays, or other displays of industrial or cultural value, which facilities may be used for cultural, governmental, educational, recreational, exhibition, or civic purposes. The term also includes the site, landscaping, parking, site improvement, and provision of related services incidental to these purposes.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 36-8-9-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-8-9-6
Statutes governing police departments
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) The operation, management, and control of a police department under this chapter is governed by statutes applicable to the management and control of other municipal police departments if those statutes are consistent with this chapter.

(b) The members of the police department may exercise all powers granted to members of police departments by other statutes. The members of the police department are entitled to all the rights, powers, and privileges granted by statute to members of police departments.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-25-4.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.60.
Ind. Code § 36-1-7-10 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 36-1-7-10
Agreements between municipality and county; prerequisites to taking effect
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. Before it takes effect, an agreement under section 9 of this chapter must be:

(1) approved by the fiscal body of each party;

(2) recorded with the county recorder;

(3) filed with the executive of the municipality and the auditor of the county; and

(4) filed with the state comptroller.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-25-2; 19-5-25-4.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.541.
Ind. Code § 36-7-9-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-7-9-3
Ordinances adopting this chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. The legislative body of a municipality or county may adopt this chapter by ordinance. The ordinance must specify the executive department of the unit responsible for the administration of this chapter or establish such a department. However, in a municipality in which a commissioner of buildings was appointed to administer IC 18-5-5 (before its repeal on September 1, 1981), the commissioner of buildings is responsible for the administration of this chapter. The ordinance must also incorporate by reference the definition of "substantial property interest" in this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-5.5-1(b) part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.28. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.34; P.L.3-1990, SEC.126.
Ind. Code § 36-8-10.7-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 10.7 / Section 36-8-10.7-3
"PFAS chemical"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "PFAS chemical" means any chemical of a class of fluorinated organic chemicals, including:

(1) perfluoroalkyl substances; and

(2) polyfluoroalkyl substances;

that contains at least one (1) fully fluorinated carbon atom and is used in firefighting agents.

As added by P.L.22-2020, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-1-12.5-3.7 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 12.5 / Section 36-1-12.5-3.7
"Stipulated savings" defined
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.7. As used in this chapter, "stipulated savings" are assumed savings that are documented by industry engineering standards.

As added by P.L.98-2002, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 36-9-40-12 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 9 / Chapter 40 / Section 36-9-40-12
Works board advertisement for bids and performance of work
Status: in_force

Sec. 12. If the works board finally orders construction of a system, the works board shall advertise for bids and perform the work under IC 36-1-12.

As added by P.L.7-2002, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-2-7.5-1.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 7.5 / Section 36-2-7.5-1.5
Federal liens on real property and federal tax liens on personal property exempted
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.5. This chapter does not apply to a federal lien on real property or federal tax lien on personal property as described in IC 36-2-11-25.

As added by P.L.171-2006, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 36-7-4-613 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 7 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-7-4-613
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.335-1985, SEC.27. Amended by P.L.320-1995, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.126-2011, SEC.68.
Ind. Code § 36-6-5-5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 6 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-6-5-5
Transfer of township assessor duties to county assessor in certain circumstances
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) The county fiscal body may adopt a resolution to transfer the duties of a township assessor to the county assessor if all of the following apply:

(1) The office of township assessor has been vacant for at least ninety (90) days.

(2) A caucus was held under IC 3-13-11 but failed to fill the vacancy described in subdivision (1).

(3) The township board for that township has adopted a resolution approving the transfer of duties of the township assessor to the county assessor.

(4) The township trustee for that township has approved, in writing, the transfer of duties of the township assessor to the county assessor.

(b) The following apply in a county in which the county fiscal body adopts a resolution under subsection (a):

(1) The office of township assessor for that township is abolished.

(2) All the powers and duties of the township assessor are transferred to the county assessor of the county in which the township is located.

(3) All of the following are transferred to the county assessor:

(A) All employment positions of all employees of the township assessor.

(B) The real and personal property of the township assessor.

(C) The outstanding obligations of the township assessor.

(D) The funds of the township assessor.

(4) The county auditor shall transfer to the county assessor all revenue received by the township:

(A) through the date that the office of the township assessor becomes vacant; and

(B) for the purpose of carrying out property assessment duties.

(c) The county fiscal body shall include in the resolution adopted under subsection (a) any additional items necessary to effectuate the transfer of duties from the township assessor to the county assessor.

(d) This section expires January 2, 2027.

As added by P.L.134-2026, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 36-1-20.2-16 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1 / Chapter 20.2 / Section 36-1-20.2-16
Annual certification by elected officer
Status: in_force

Sec. 16. Each elected officer of the unit shall annually certify in writing, subject to the penalties for perjury, that the officer has not violated this chapter. An officer shall submit the certification to the executive of the unit not later than December 31 of each year.

As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 36-8-10-0.1 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 10 / Section 36-8-10-0.1
Application of certain amendments to chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 0.1. The following amendments to this chapter apply as follows:

(1) The addition of section 11.5 of this chapter by P.L.228-1991 applies only to county police officers and jail employees who suffer an injury or contract an illness after June 30, 1991.

(2) The amendments made to section 12 of this chapter by P.L.40-1997 apply only to monthly benefits paid after June 30, 1997, unless the fiscal body determines that section 12 of this chapter, as amended by P.L.40-1997, applies to earlier monthly benefits as determined by the fiscal body.

(3) The amendments made to section 12.2 of this chapter by P.L.51-2006 apply to an employee beneficiary of a county retirement plan established under section 12 of this chapter who dies in the line of duty after December 31, 2005.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.672.
Ind. Code § 36-5-2-10.2 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 36-5-2-10.2
Recording of adopted ordinance; presumptive evidence
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.2. Within a reasonable time after an ordinance of the legislative body is adopted, the clerk-treasurer shall record it in a book kept for that purpose. The record must include:

(1) the signature of the executive;

(2) the attestation of the clerk-treasurer; and

(3) the date of each recorded item.

The record or a certified copy of it constitutes presumptive evidence of the adoption of the ordinance.

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.73, SEC.19.
Ind. Code § 36-2-7-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 7 / Section 36-2-7-8
Effect of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. This chapter does not affect statutes permitting counties to furnish motor vehicles for use of a county officer.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-72-15.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-1.5-4.1-16 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 1.5 / Chapter 4.1 / Section 36-1.5-4.1-16
Actions of township trustee or township assessor not invalidated
Status: in_force

Sec. 16. Elimination of a township office of a designated township does not invalidate:

(1) any resolutions, fees, schedules, or other actions adopted or taken by the township trustee or township assessor (if the office exists) before January 1, 2029; or

(2) any appointments made by the township trustee or township assessor (if the office exists) before January 1, 2029.

As added by P.L.134-2026, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 36-4-6-6 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-4-6-6
Power to expel member or declare seat vacant; rules
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. The legislative body may:

(1) expel any member for violation of an official duty;

(2) declare the seat of any member vacant if the member is unable to perform the duties of the member's office; and

(3) adopt its own rules to govern proceedings under this section.

However, a two-thirds (2/3) vote is required to expel a member or vacate the member's seat.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-3-5.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.127.
Ind. Code § 36-2-13-8 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 13 / Section 36-2-13-8
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-7-1.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.217-1986, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 36-2-3.5-3 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 2 / Chapter 3.5 / Section 36-2-3.5-3
Board of commissioners as executive; county council as legislative and fiscal body
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. The board of commissioners elected under IC 36-2-2 is the county executive. The county council elected under IC 36-2-3 is the county legislative body as well as the county fiscal body.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-28-3 part; 17-1-28-6 part; 17-1-28-10 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.147.
Ind. Code § 36-8-16.6-0.5 — Indiana Code / Title 36 / Article 8 / Chapter 16.6 / Section 36-8-16.6-0.5
"911 service prepaid wireless charge"
Status: in_force

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "911 service prepaid wireless charge" means the charge that a seller is required to collect from a consumer under section 12 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.119-2024, SEC.5.