affairs Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in section 4.3(g) of this chapter, the board shall elect, at its first regular meeting to be conducted on the first July 1 or January 1 after appointment of the board members, and annually thereafter, one (1) of its members president, and another of its members vice president, who performs the duties of the president during the absence of or disability of the president. The board shall keep a suitable office at the airport where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at all reasonable times. (b) The board shall provide by rule for regular meetings to be held not less than at monthly intervals throughout the year. (c) The board shall convene in a special meeting when one is called. The president or a majority of the members of the board may call a special meeting. The board shall establish by rule a procedure for calling special meetings. (d) Regular or special meetings shall be held at the office of the board or at another public place in any county where the board owns or operates an airport. The board may adjourn any regular or special meeting to a specific day designated at the time of adjournment, and that meeting is a continuation of the meeting so adjourned. This subsection does not apply to an authority that was established under IC 19-6-3 (before its repeal on April 1, 1980). (e) A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for a meeting. The board may act officially by an affirmative vote of a majority of those present at the meeting at which the action is taken. (f) The board shall keep a written record of its proceedings, which shall be available for public inspection in the office of the board. The board shall record the aye and nay tally of the vote for each ordinance or resolution. (g) The board shall adopt a system of rules of procedure under which its meetings are to be held. The board may suspend the rules of procedure by unanimous vote of the members of the board who are present at the meeting. The board may not suspend the rules of procedure beyond the duration of the meeting at which the suspension of rules occurs. (h) The board may supervise its internal affairs as do local legislative and administrative bodies. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-6-2-10; 19-6-3-10; 19-6-3.5-11.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.39; P.L.107-1993, SEC.1; P.L.137-2000, SEC.2; P.L.230-2013, SEC.5.
IC 8-22-3-10 Proposal and adoption of ordinances Sec. 10. (a) A member of the board may introduce a draft of a proposed ordinance at a meeting of the board. A person who introduces a draft shall provide at the time of introduction a written copy of the draft. The board shall assign to each draft a distinguishing number and the date when introduced. (b) Not more than seven (7) days after the introduction of a draft of an ordinance nor less than seven (7) days before the final passage of a draft of an ordinance, the board shall publish a notice that the proposed ordinance is pending final action by the board. The notice shall be published in each county within the jurisdiction of the board in accordance with IC 5-3-1. Notice of an ordinance establishing a budget must be in accordance with IC 6-1.1-17. (c) The board shall include in the notice reference to the subject matter of the proposed ordinance and the time and place a hearing will be had and shall indicate that the proposed ordinance is available for public inspection at the office of the board. The board may include in one (1) notice a reference to the subject matter of each draft that is pending and for which notice has not already been given. (d) An ordinance is not invalid because the reference to the subject matter of the draft was inadequate if it was sufficient to advise the public of the general subject matter of the proposed ordinance. (e) The board shall, not later than the date of notice, place five (5) copies of the proposed draft on file in the office of the board for public inspection. (f) At a meeting for which notice has been given as required by this section, the board may take final action on the proposed ordinance or may postpone final consideration of it to a designated meeting in the future without giving additional notice. (g) Before adopting an ordinance, the board must give an opportunity to persons present at the meeting to give testimony, evidence, or argument for or against the proposed ordinance in person or by counsel, under reasonable rules as to the number of persons who may be heard and time limits that the board adopts. (h) When an ordinance is adopted, the board shall also designate the effective date of the ordinance. If the board fails to designate the effective date of the ordinance in the record of the proceedings of the board, the ordinance takes effect on the fourteenth day after its passage. (i) When the board adopts an ordinance, the board shall have copies of it made available to the public. (j) The board may provide for the printing of the ordinances of the authority in pamphlet form or for bound volumes and may distribute them without charge, or may charge the cost of printing and distribution. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-6-2-11; 19-6-2-12; 19-6-3-11; 19-6-3-12; 19-6-3-13; 19-6-3-14; 19-6-3.5-12; 19-6-3.5-13.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.73. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.78, SEC.2.