Citations Affected: IC 36-10.
January 9, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Governmental Affairs and
Interstate Cooperation.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government.
Effective: July 1, 2006.
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ BROWN C, SMITH V, AYRES, STEVENSON)
January 26, 2006, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 30, 2006, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
February 2, 2006, read third time, passed. Yeas 50, nays 0.
February 7, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
February 16, 2006, reported _ Do Pass.
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(b) A person appointed to the board of managers must be at least
twenty-one (21) years of age and a resident of the lessee governmental
entity for at least five (5) years. If the lessee is a city, three (3) of the
managers shall be appointed by the city executive, and two (2) of the
managers shall be appointed by the city legislative body. If the lessee
is not a city, all five (5) managers shall be appointed by the fiscal body
of the lessee. An officer or employee of a political subdivision may not
serve as a manager. The managers serve for terms of three (3) years.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if the lessee is a city, initial
terms of the managers appointed by the executive are as follows:
(1) One (1) manager for a term of one (1) year.
(2) One (1) manager for a term of two (2) years.
(3) One (1) manager for a term of three (3) years.
The initial term of one (1) of the managers appointed by the legislative
body is two (2) years, and the other is three (3) years.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if the lessee is not a city, initial
terms of the managers are as follows:
(1) One (1) manager for a term of one (1) year.
(2) Two (2) managers for terms of two (2) years.
(3) Two (2) managers for terms of three (3) years.
(e) A manager may be removed for cause by the appointing
authority. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority, and any
person appointed to fill a vacancy serves for the remainder of the
vacated term. The managers may not receive salaries but shall be
reimbursed for any expenses necessarily incurred in the performance
of their duties. The fiscal body of the lessee may adopt an ordinance
providing for the payment of a salary or a per diem to a manager
who does not hold another lucrative elective or appointive office.
(f) The board of managers shall annually elect officers to serve
during the calendar year. The board of managers may adopt resolutions
and bylaws governing its operations and procedure and may hold
meetings as often as necessary to transact business and to perform its
duties. A majority of the managers constitutes a quorum.