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IN Code § 36-1.5-4-40 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 4. Reorganization by Referendum|36-1.5-4-40. Debt; Pension Obligations

Sec. 40. The following apply in the case of a reorganization under this article:(1) Indebtedness that was incurred by a political subdivision before the reorganization:(A) may not be imposed on taxpayers that were not responsible for payment of the indebtedness before the reorganization; and(B) must be paid by the taxpayers that were responsible for payment of the indebtedness before the reorganization.(2) Pension obligations existing as of the effective date of the reorganization:(A) may not be imposed on taxpayers that were not responsible for payment of the pension obligations before the reorganization; and(B) must be paid by the taxpayers that were responsible for payment of the pension obligations before the reorganization.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-4-42 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 4. Reorganization by Referendum|36-1.5-4-42. Transfer of Functions of Elected Office

Sec. 42. If the functions of an elected office are transferred to another elected office by a reorganization under this article, any law, rule, or agreement that requires or permits an action by an elected officer shall be treated after the functions of the elected officer are transferred as referring to the elected officer to which the functions have been transferred by the reorganization.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-4-43 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 4. Reorganization by Referendum|36-1.5-4-43. Termination of Reorganization; Restoration of Reorganizing Political Subdivisions

Sec. 43. The legislative body or voters of a reorganized political subdivision may terminate a reorganization or restore one (1) or more of the reorganizing political subdivisions participating in a reorganization in the same manner that a reorganization may be initiated under this chapter. If the voters in the reorganized political subdivision approve a public question approving termination of the reorganization or restoration of a reorganizing political subdivision, the reorganized political subdivision shall terminate the reorganization and restore the reorganizing political subdivisions in the same manner as a reorganization is completed under this chapter.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-4-44 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 4. Reorganization by Referendum|36-1.5-4-44. Reorganized Political Subdivision

Sec. 44. (a) A reorganized political subdivision consisting of:(1) two (2) or more townships; and(2) at least one (1) municipality;that has reorganized under this article may exercise park and recreation powers under IC 36-10 if the reorganized political subdivision's plan of reorganization authorizes the reorganized political subdivision to exercise those powers.(b) If a reorganized political subdivision's plan of reorganization authorizes the reorganized political subdivision to exercise park and recreation powers under IC 36-10, the reorganized political subdivision may establish a park and recreation board.(c) A park and recreation board established by a reorganized political subdivision under this section:(1) shall exercise park and recreation functions within the reorganized political subdivision; and(2) has the powers and duties of both a municipal park and recreation board and a township park and recreation board under IC 36-10.(d) A reorganized political subdivision may by resolution or in the reorganized political subdivision's plan of reorganization determine:(1) the number of members to be appointed to the reorganized political subdivision's park and recreation board;(2) the person or entity that shall appoint or remove those members;(3) any required qualifications for those members; and(4) the terms of those members.As added by P.L.202-2013, SEC.25.
IN Code § 36-1.5-4-45 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 4. Reorganization by Referendum|36-1.5-4-45. Actions Prohibited While Reorganization Pending

Sec. 45. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) through (e), a political subdivision may not take an action described in subsection (b) within a reorganizing political subdivision after the date on which a plan of reorganization is finally adopted by all reorganizing political subdivisions.(b) A political subdivision may not take any of the following actions partially or wholly within a reorganizing political subdivision after the date on which a plan of reorganization is finally adopted by all reorganizing political subdivisions unless all reorganizing political subdivisions agree by adopting identical resolutions:(1) Initiate an annexation of territory.(2) Establish a fire protection territory or fire protection district.(3) Extend water, sewer, or any other infrastructure to the political subdivision.(4) Expand zoning jurisdiction under IC 36-7-4-205.(c) This chapter does not prohibit:(1) a political subdivision subject to the reorganization from taking an action under subsection (b) within the political subdivision's own boundaries; and(2) any of the reorganizing political subdivisions from taking an action under subsection (b) for the purpose of implementing the plan of reorganization.(d) A political subdivision may take an action described in subsection (b) after the date on which the reorganization is rejected by the voters under section 33 of this chapter.(e) If a reorganization is approved by the voters under section 34 of this chapter, a political subdivision may not take an action under subsection (b) until the earlier of the following:(1) The plan of reorganization has been implemented.(2) One (1) year after the date on which the reorganization is approved under section 34 of this chapter.As added by P.L.202-2013, SEC.26.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-1. Cooperative Agreements; Method to Enter Cooperative Agreements

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, two (2) or more political subdivisions may enter into a cooperative agreement under this chapter by using the same procedures set forth in this article for the initiation and approval of a reorganization under this article. A cooperative agreement under this chapter may be initiated and approved only in the manner set forth in this article for the initiation and approval of a reorganization under this article.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-2. Required Elements of Cooperative Agreements

Sec. 2. (a) A cooperative agreement under this chapter must provide at least for the following:(1) Its duration.(2) Its purpose.(3) The manner of financing, staffing, and supplying any joint undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget for any joint undertaking that is the subject of the cooperative agreement.(4) The methods that may be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination of the cooperative agreement and for disposing of property upon partial or complete termination of the cooperative agreement.(5) The manner in which the cooperative agreement is to be administered.(6) The manner of acquiring, holding, and disposing of real and personal property that is the subject of the cooperative agreement.(b) A cooperative agreement may include any condition or term that is necessary or appropriate.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-3. Transfer of Functions of Employee, Department, or Elected Office

Sec. 3. (a) The cooperative agreement may transfer the functions of an employee or a department of a political subdivision, including an elected office, to another employee or department of any political subdivision that has entered into the cooperative agreement.(b) The functions of an elected office may be transferred only to another elected office.(c) The cooperative agreement may provide for the abolishment of an elected office that is not required by the Constitution of the State of Indiana.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-4. Sharing of Services of Employees

Sec. 4. A political subdivision may enter into a cooperative agreement with an entity to share the services of an employee employed by any party to the agreement.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-5. Appropriation and Pledge of Revenues

Sec. 5. A cooperative agreement may provide that a political subdivision:(1) may appropriate and pledge any legally available revenues to the payment of the bonds, leases, or other obligations of another political subdivision that is a party to the cooperative agreement; and(2) will appropriate legally available revenues for any other payment under the cooperative agreement;if the political subdivision's fiscal body finds that it is necessary, desirable, and in the best interests of the residents of that political subdivision.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-6. Limit on Actions Under Cooperative Agreement

Sec. 6. (a) A cooperative agreement may not permit an entity or another instrumentality established to administer the cooperative agreement to take any action that at least one (1) of the parties to the cooperative agreement could not carry out on its own.(b) A cooperative agreement may permit the transfer of money from one (1) fund of a political subdivision for a use authorized by the cooperative agreement.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-7. Effective Date of Cooperative Agreement Transferring Functions of Elected Office

Sec. 7. (a) A cooperative agreement transferring the functions of an elected office becomes effective only at the end of the term of the incumbent that holds the office.(b) Any law, rule, or agreement that requires or permits an action by an employee or elected officer after the functions of the employee or elected officer are transferred shall be treated as referring to the employee or elected officer to which the functions have been transferred by the cooperative agreement.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities|36-1.5-5-8. Adjustment of Property Tax Levies, Property Tax Rates, and Budgets

Sec. 8. The department of local government finance shall adjust as necessary tax rates, tax levies, and budgets of political subdivisions that enter into a cooperative agreement under this chapter in the same manner as tax rates, tax levies, and budgets are adjusted under IC 36-1.5-3 for reorganizing political subdivisions.As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-1.5-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 6. School Corporation Efficiency Incentive Grants|36-1.5-6-1. "Adm"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "ADM" means average daily membership (as defined in IC 20-18-2-2).As added by P.L.217-2017, SEC.160.
IN Code § 36-1.5-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 6. School Corporation Efficiency Incentive Grants|36-1.5-6-2. School Corporation Efficiency Incentive Grant; Eligibility

Sec. 2. A school corporation that is formed from a reorganization of two (2) or more school corporations under IC 36-1.5-4 after June 30, 2017, is eligible for a one (1) time school corporation efficiency incentive grant under this chapter after satisfying all the requirements of IC 36-1.5-4.(b) The grant program shall be administered by the department of education. Grants made under this chapter shall be paid from money appropriated to the department of education from the general assembly for that purpose.(c) The state board of education may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to administer the grant program.As added by P.L.217-2017, SEC.160.
IN Code § 36-1.5-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 6. School Corporation Efficiency Incentive Grants|36-1.5-6-3. Grant Amount

Sec. 3. The grant amount is:(1) two hundred fifty dollars ($250); multiplied by(2) the sum of the most recent ADMs of the reorganized school corporations.As added by P.L.217-2017, SEC.160.
IN Code § 36-1.5-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 1.5. Government Modernization|Chapter 6. School Corporation Efficiency Incentive Grants|36-1.5-6-4. Use of Grant

Sec. 4. A reorganized school corporation that receives a grant under this chapter may use the grant for one (1) or more of the following purposes:(1) Payment of expenses associated with the reorganization, including professional service fees, legal costs, and necessary capital expenditures.(2) Providing salary bonuses to teachers. A bonus provided under this chapter is not subject to collective bargaining under IC 20-29-6, but a discussion of the bonus must be held.As added by P.L.217-2017, SEC.160.
IN Code § 36-2-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-1. Names of Counties

Sec. 1. Indiana is divided into the ninety-two (92) counties named in this section. The boundaries of these counties existing on August 31, 1981, remain in effect until changed in the manner prescribed by section 2 of this chapter. The counties are:(1) Adams County.(2) Allen County.(3) Bartholomew County.(4) Benton County.(5) Blackford County.(6) Boone County.(7) Brown County.(8) Carroll County.(9) Cass County.(10) Clark County.(11) Clay County.(12) Clinton County.(13) Crawford County.(14) Daviess County.(15) Dearborn County.(16) Decatur County.(17) Dekalb County.(18) Delaware County.(19) Dubois County.(20) Elkhart County.(21) Fayette County.(22) Floyd County.(23) Fountain County.(24) Franklin County.(25) Fulton County.(26) Gibson County.(27) Grant County.(28) Greene County.(29) Hamilton County.(30) Hancock County.(31) Harrison County.(32) Hendricks County.(33) Henry County.(34) Howard County.(35) Huntington County.(36) Jackson County.(37) Jasper County.(38) Jay County.(39) Jefferson County.(40) Jennings County.(41) Johnson County.(42) Knox County.(43) Kosciusko County.(44) LaGrange County.(45) Lake County.(46) LaPorte County.(47) Lawrence County.(48) Madison County.(49) Marion County.(50) Marshall County.(51) Martin County.(52) Miami County.(53) Monroe County.(54) Montgomery County.(55) Morgan County.(56) Newton County.(57) Noble County.(58) Ohio County.(59) Orange County.(60) Owen County.(61) Parke County.(62) Perry County.(63) Pike County.(64) Porter County.(65) Posey County.(66) Pulaski County.(67) Putnam County.(68) Randolph County.(69) Ripley County.(70) Rush County.(71) St. Joseph County.(72) Scott County.(73) Shelby County.(74) Spencer County.(75) Starke County.(76) Steuben County.(77) Sullivan County.(78) Switzerland County.(79) Tippecanoe County.(80) Tipton County.(81) Union County.(82) Vanderburgh County.(83) Vermillion County.(84) Vigo County.(85) Wabash County.(86) Warren County.(87) Warrick County.(88) Washington County.(89) Wayne County.(90) Wells County.(91) White County.(92) Whitley County.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-1; 17-1-2-1; 17-1-3-1; 17-1-4-1; 17-1-4-2; 17-1-5-1; 17-1-6-1; 17-1-6-2; 17-1-6-3; 17-1-7-1; 17-1-9-1; 17-1-9-2.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-2-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-3. Order Declaring Boundaries to Be Changed; Effect

Sec. 3. An order made under section 2(e) of this chapter operates to transfer the detached territory, and all persons and property in that territory, to the jurisdiction of the county to which it is attached for all judicial purposes, either civil or criminal.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-12-3.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-2-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-4. Taxation; Indebtedness Existing in Interested Counties

Sec. 4. If any indebtedness exists in either, both, or all of the interested counties, the fiscal body of the county shall levy, from year to year, a tax upon the detached territory, by such a rate on all the taxable property in the detached district as is necessary to liquidate and pay the indebtedness of the county from which the territory was detached until the indebtedness is fully paid. The rate may not exceed that levied on the county so indebted. The auditor of each of the affected counties shall certify the rate so levied to the auditor of the county to which the territory was attached. The auditor of the county to which the territory was attached shall place that rate on the tax duplicate of the auditor's own county, and the treasurer of that county shall collect the tax, and, on demand of the treasurer of the proper county, shall pay over the revenue as other monies are paid out.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-12-4.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.17.
IN Code § 36-2-1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-5. Tax List; Detached Territory

Sec. 5. The executives of the affected counties shall order the auditors of their respective counties to make out a true and complete copy of all the property listed for taxation, either real, personal, or mixed, and all the names that appear upon the tax duplicates of their respective counties embraced within the detached territory, and to transmit the copy to the auditor of the county to which the territory is attached, for the purpose of taxation.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-12-5.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-2-1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-6. Deeds and Mortgages of Real Property in Detached Territory; Copies; Filing; Evidence

Sec. 6. (a) The executive of a county from which territory is detached shall procure a suitable book and order the recorder of the county to copy in it, from the records in the recorder's office, all deeds and mortgages of real property in the detached territory that have been recorded.(b) The copies made under subsection (a) shall be filed with the recorder of the county to which the territory is attached. If a copy made under subsection (a) is certified by the recorder who copied it as a true and complete copy of the instrument recorded in the recorder's office, it shall be admitted as evidence with the same force as the original record.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-12-6; 17-1-13-1; 17-1-13-2.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.18.
IN Code § 36-2-1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-7. Effect of Change in Boundaries; Officers in Office; Pending Actions in Court; Taxes Due; Court Orders

Sec. 7. (a) All officers within the detached territory continue in office until replaced by qualified successors.(b) A change in county boundaries does not affect any action pending in any court. All taxes due the state or county at the time of a boundary change shall be collected in the same manner as if the affected territory had not been detached.(c) All court orders and judgments entered before a change in county boundaries remain in force until finally satisfied or settled.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-12-7; 17-1-12-8; 17-1-12-9.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-2-1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-8. Revised Descriptions of Changed Boundaries; Filing

Sec. 8. (a) Whenever the boundaries of a county are changed, the surveyor shall file a revised description of the boundaries of the county with the office of the secretary of state not later than thirty (30) days after the change takes effect.(b) The office of the secretary of state shall maintain an accurate file of the boundary descriptions filed under this section.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.125, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.5-1989, SEC.86; P.L.3-1997, SEC.451; P.L.123-2000, SEC.2.
IN Code § 36-2-1-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-9. Territory Not Included in Any County

Sec. 9. If any territory in Indiana is not included in one (1) of the counties established under this chapter, the territory is included in the county that:(1) is contiguous to that territory; and(2) contains the least population of all counties contiguous to that territory.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.254.
IN Code § 36-2-1-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 1. Division of State Into Counties|36-2-1-10. Territory Included in More Than One County

Sec. 10. If any territory in Indiana is included in more than one (1) of the counties established under this chapter, the territory is included in the county that:(1) is one (1) of the counties in which the territory is described under section 1 of this chapter;(2) is contiguous to that territory; and(3) contains the least population of all counties contiguous to that territory.As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.255.
IN Code § 36-2-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 2. County Executive|36-2-2-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. Except as specifically provided, this chapter does not apply to a county having a consolidated city.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-28-1 part; Acts 1973, P.L.163, SECTION 3.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.135; P.L.77-2014, SEC.13; P.L.278-2019, SEC.182.
IN Code § 36-2-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 2. County Executive|36-2-2-2. Board of Commissioners to Be County Executive

Sec. 2. The three (3) member board of commissioners of a county elected under this chapter is the county executive. In the name of "The Board of Commissioners of the County of ________" the executive shall transact the business of the county.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-14-1 part; 17-1-14-5 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.