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IN Code § 36-9-13-6.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-6.5. Withdrawal of Municipal County Seat From County Building Authority

Sec. 6.5. (a) Notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter, the municipal county seat may withdraw from the building authority under this section.(b) To withdraw from the building authority, the fiscal body of the municipality must do the following:(1) Adopt a resolution that states all of the following:(A) That the municipality withdraws from the building authority under this section.(B) The effective date of the withdrawal.(2) Send a copy of the resolution to each of the following not later than thirty (30) days before the effective date of the withdrawal:(A) The county executive.(B) The county fiscal body.(c) The municipal clerk shall file the following in the county recorder's office for recording in the miscellaneous records:(1) A copy of the resolution.(2) The municipal clerk's affidavit showing the date of adoption of the resolution by the municipal fiscal body.(d) If a resolution is adopted under this section, the following apply:(1) The term of office of:(A) the trustee serving under section 6(a)(1) of this chapter; and(B) the trustee serving under section 6(a)(4) of this chapter;expires on the effective date of the withdrawal stated in the resolution, notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter.(2) The county fiscal body:(A) shall appoint a trustee to replace the trustee serving under section 6(a)(1) of this chapter; and(B) becomes the appointing authority of the trustee provided for under section 6(a)(1) of this chapter.(3) The county executive:(A) shall appoint a trustee to replace the trustee serving under section 6(a)(4) of this chapter; and(B) becomes the appointing authority of the trustee provided for under section 6(a)(4) of this chapter.(4) The rules and bylaws governing the procedure of the trustees before the withdrawal of the municipality remain in effect until amended by the trustees after withdrawal of the municipality.(e) Withdrawal of a municipality under this section does not affect any:(1) liabilities incurred by; or(2) benefits that accrue to;the municipality due to its representation on the board before the effective date of the withdrawal.(f) If the building authority has any bonds or other obligations outstanding, a municipality may not withdraw from the building authority if the withdrawal will impair the ability of the building authority to pay the bonds or other obligations.As added by P.L.11-2018, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-9-13-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-7. Trustees; Appointment of Successors

Sec. 7. (a) As the term of a trustee expires, the trustee's successor shall be appointed by the same appointing authority, for a term of four (4) years.(b) A trustee holds over after the expiration of the trustee's term until the trustee's successor is appointed and qualified.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-3 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.302.
IN Code § 36-9-13-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-8. Trustees; Failure to Qualify; Vacancies

Sec. 8. If a person appointed as a trustee:(1) fails to qualify within ten (10) days after notice of the trustee's appointment is mailed to the trustee; or(2) qualifies but then dies, resigns, vacates the trustee's office because the trustee is no longer a resident of the county, or is removed from office under section 18 of this chapter;a new trustee shall be appointed by the same appointing authority for the remainder of the vacated term.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-3 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.303.
IN Code § 36-9-13-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-9. Trustees; Meetings to Elect Officers and Appoint Board of Directors

Sec. 9. (a) The first trustees of the building authority shall, within thirty (30) days after their appointment, meet at a time and place designated by the circuit court for the county for the purpose of electing officers. The trustees shall elect from among themselves a president, a vice president, and a secretary. Each of these officers shall serve from the day of the officer's election until the first Monday in January after the officer's election, and holds over until the officer's successor is elected and qualified.(b) At the meeting under this section, the trustees shall also appoint the first board of directors of the building authority, in the manner prescribed by section 11 of this chapter.(c) After appointing the first board of directors of the building authority, the trustees shall meet on the first Monday in January of each year for the purpose of:(1) electing officers;(2) appointing the directors of the building authority; and(3) performing any other duties under this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.304.
IN Code § 36-9-13-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-10. Trustees; Adoption of Rules; Records; Additional Meetings

Sec. 10. (a) The trustees may adopt rules and bylaws governing their procedure.(b) The proceedings of the trustees shall be recorded in a book provided for that purpose.(c) In addition to their meetings under section 9 of this chapter, the trustees may hold regular and special meetings as often as is necessary to perform their duties under this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-4 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86.
IN Code § 36-9-13-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-11. Board of Directors; Appointment; Terms of Office; Qualifications; Oaths

Sec. 11. (a) A county building authority is under the control of a board of directors. This board consists of five (5) directors, who shall be appointed by a majority vote of the building authority trustees. Each of the original directors shall serve from the date of the director's appointment until the first day of February in the second year after the director's appointment, and until the director's successor is appointed and has qualified.(b) A person may be appointed as a director only if the person satisfies all of the following:(1) The person is at least thirty (30) years of age.(2) The person has been a resident of the county five (5) years immediately preceding the person's appointment.(3) The person is not an officer or employee of an eligible entity. However, a township executive may be appointed as a director.(c) Before entering upon the director's duties, each director shall take and subscribe an oath of office (in the usual form), which shall be endorsed upon the director's certificate of appointment. The certificate shall be promptly filed with the county clerk.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.305; P.L.162-2021, SEC.11.
IN Code § 36-9-13-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-12. Directors; Appointment of Successors

Sec. 12. As the term of a director expires, the director's successor shall be appointed by a majority vote of the trustees. The new director shall serve for one (1) year from the first day of February after the new director's appointment, and until the new director's successor is appointed and qualified.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.306.
IN Code § 36-9-13-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-13. Directors; Vacancies

Sec. 13. If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, the trustees shall, by a majority vote, appoint a new director to serve the remainder of the term.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86.
IN Code § 36-9-13-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-14. Directors; Meetings to Elect Officers

Sec. 14. (a) The first directors of a building authority shall, within thirty (30) days after their appointment, meet for the purpose of electing officers. They shall elect from among themselves a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer. Each of these officers shall perform the duties usually pertaining to the officer's office, and shall serve from the date of the officer's election until the officer's successor is elected and qualified.(b) After the meeting under subsection (a), the directors shall meet on the first Monday in February of each year for the purpose of electing officers.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.307.
IN Code § 36-9-13-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-15. Directors; Additional Meetings

Sec. 15. In addition to their meetings under section 14 of this chapter, the directors may hold the regular and special meetings they consider necessary. The directors may fix the times of these meetings and the notices required for meetings by resolution or under their rules and bylaws.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86.
IN Code § 36-9-13-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-16. Directors; Adoption of Rules; Quorum; Approval of Actions

Sec. 16. (a) The directors may adopt the rules and bylaws they consider necessary for the proper conduct of their proceedings, the performance of their duties, and the safeguarding of the funds and property of the building authority.(b) A majority of the directors constitutes a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority of the directors is necessary to authorize any action by the directors.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86.
IN Code § 36-9-13-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-17. Trustees and Directors; Actions Resulting in Vacation of Office

Sec. 17. A trustee or director vacates the trustee's or director's office if the trustee or director does any of the following:(1) The trustee or director ceases to be a resident of the county.(2) The trustee or director becomes an officer or employee of an eligible entity. However, a director does not vacate the director's office by becoming a township executive.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-8-4-4 part; 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.308; P.L.162-2021, SEC.12.
IN Code § 36-9-13-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-18. Removal of Trustees and Directors

Sec. 18. (a) A person seeking the removal of a trustee for:(1) neglect of duty;(2) incompetence;(3) inability to perform the trustee's duties; or(4) any other good cause;may file a complaint in the circuit or superior court for the county in which the building authority is located. The complaint must set forth the charges preferred. The action shall be placed on the court's advanced calendar, and the court shall try the action in the same manner as other civil cases, without a jury. If the charges are sustained, the court shall declare the trustee's office vacant.(b) The trustees may summarily remove a director from office at any time.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-6.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.309.
IN Code § 36-9-13-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-19. Compensation of Trustees and Directors

Sec. 19. A trustee or director is not entitled to a salary but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of the trustee's or director's duties.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-8-4-3 part; 19-8-4-5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.310.
IN Code § 36-9-13-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-20. Trustees and Directors; Conflicts of Interest

Sec. 20. A trustee or director may not have any pecuniary interest in any contract, employment, purchase, or sale made under this chapter. Any such transaction in which a trustee or director has a pecuniary interest is void.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-7.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86.
IN Code § 36-9-13-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-21. Preliminary Expenses

Sec. 21. All necessary preliminary expenses that must be paid by the board of directors of a building authority before the issuance and delivery of bonds or the negotiation of a loan under this chapter, including expenses incurred in:(1) making surveys;(2) estimating costs and receipts;(3) employing engineers, architects, or consultants;(4) giving notices; and(5) taking options;may be paid out of money provided by the county and county seat, or either of them, from money on hand or derived from taxes levied for that purpose. The fund or funds from which the payments are made shall be fully reimbursed by the board out of the first proceeds of the sale of bonds or the loan negotiated by the authority before any other disbursements are made from those proceeds. The amount advanced to pay preliminary expenses under this section is a first charge against the proceeds resulting from the sale of the bonds or the negotiation of the loan until that amount has been repaid.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-8.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.37-1988, SEC.31.
IN Code § 36-9-13-22.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-22.5. Management Contract; Terms; Annual Budget; Tax Levy

Sec. 22.5. The authority may operate, maintain, and manage all or any part of a government building or system for the benefit of an eligible entity under a management contract entered into for a period of not more than forty (40) years. The management contract may contain any terms agreed to by the authority and the eligible entity, including a covenant of the eligible entity to pay the authority a monthly fee for costs of operation and maintenance of the government building or system pursuant to the annual budget submitted to the governing body by the authority in accordance with the management contract. The annual budget may contain funds for a working balance and funds for a reserve account for nonrecurring general maintenance, improvement, or replacement costs as provided in the management contract. The eligible entity may enter into the contract through adoption of an ordinance, an order, or a resolution of the entity's governing body or, in the case of a city, a resolution of the board that is responsible for the government building or system. No other approvals of the management contract are required. To the extent provision for payment from other available revenues has not been made and subject to the provisions of the management contract for cancellation or termination, the governing body of the eligible entity that executes a management contract shall annually levy a tax sufficient to produce each year the necessary money with which to pay the management fee required by the budget submitted by the authority. These levies may be reviewed by other bodies vested by law with that power to determine that the annual levies are sufficient to raise the amount required to meet the management fee under the contract.As added by P.L.35-1990, SEC.64.
IN Code § 36-9-13-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-23. Lease of Land, Government Buildings, or Systems to Eligible Entity by Authority; Authorization

Sec. 23. (a) An eligible entity may lease land or any part of a government building or system from a building authority, and the authority may lease land or any part of a government building or system to an eligible entity. An eligible entity that enters into such a lease may sublease part of the leased premises to other eligible entities. Such a lease or sublease may not be entered into for a period of more than forty (40) years.(b) An eligible entity may, in anticipation of:(1) the construction or purchase of government buildings, including the necessary equipment and appurtenances; or(2) the purchase of land;enter into a lease with a building authority before the construction or purchase. Such a lease must require the payment of lease rental by the lessee or lessees to begin when the building or land has been acquired or completed and is ready for occupancy, but not before that time.(c) Whenever property is to be acquired and reconstructed or renovated under this chapter, an eligible entity may, in anticipation of the acquisition, enter into a lease with a building authority, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, including:(1) provisions for the lessee to continue to operate the property until completion of the reconstruction or renovation; and(2) provisions for the payment of a lease rental by the lessee for the use of the property while it is being reconstructed or renovated.(d) An eligible entity may, in anticipation of the acquisition of a system, enter into a lease with the building authority before the completion of the acquisition. Such a lease must require the payment of lease rental by the lessee or lessees to begin when acquisition of the system, or a discrete, functional part of the system, has been completed and is ready for use, but not before that time. An opinion or report of an independent expert that the system, or a discrete, functional part of the system, is complete and ready for use is conclusive and binding on all parties and on all taxpayers of an eligible entity.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-8-4-10; 19-8-4-11.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.188, SEC.7; P.L.37-1988, SEC.33.
IN Code § 36-9-13-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-24. Leases; Options to Renew

Sec. 24. A lease under section 23 of this chapter may provide the eligible entity that is the lessee with an option to renew the lease for the same term or a shorter term, on the conditions provided in the lease.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-13 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86.
IN Code § 36-9-13-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-25. Leases; Options to Purchase; Authorization of Bond Issue to Pay Purchase Price

Sec. 25. (a) A lease under section 23 of this chapter may give one (1) or more of the lessees acting jointly or severally an option to purchase before the expiration of the term of the lease:(1) on the date or dates in each year that are fixed by the lease; and(2) at a price to be computed by a method set forth in the lease.However, such a lease may not provide, or be construed to provide, that an eligible entity is under an obligation to purchase the leased government building or system or is under an obligation respecting any creditors or bondholders of the authority.(b) An eligible entity that exercises an option to purchase may issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of obtaining enough money to pay the purchase price or its proportionate share of the purchase price. The bonds shall be authorized, issued, and sold in the manner prescribed by law for the authorization, issuance, and sale of bonds of the eligible entity for other purposes.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-13 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.37-1988, SEC.34.
IN Code § 36-9-13-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 9. Transportation and Public Works|Chapter 13. County Building Authority|36-9-13-26. Construction or Purchase of Building or Acquisition of System to Be Leased; Submission of Plans and Specifications

Sec. 26. (a) A building authority proposing to build or purchase and remodel a government building for lease to an eligible entity must submit the plans, specifications, and estimates for the building or remodeling to the lessee or lessees before the execution of the lease. The plans and specifications must also be submitted to the state department of health, state fire marshal, and any other state agencies designated by law to pass on plans and specifications for public buildings.(b) A building authority proposing to acquire a system may enter into a lease without submitting plans, designs, or specifications to any eligible entity, government body, or agency. However, before the execution of the lease, the building authority must submit to the lessee or lessees an estimate of the cost and a detailed description of the system.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-4-14.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by P.L.37-1988, SEC.35; P.L.2-1992, SEC.893.