Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 17. This chapter does not limit other powers granted by any other law not in conflict with this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-3-15.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.

Sec. 18. (a) A library board or a person designated in writing by the library board may: (1) collect money or library property; or (2) compromise the amount of money; that is owed to the library. (b) A library board: (1) shall determine the costs of collecting money or library pr…

Sec. 2. The library board shall comply with and participate in the statewide library card program described in IC 4-23-7.1-5.1. However, the library board may enter into a reciprocal borrowing agreement with another library board under section 7 of this chapter or IC 36-1-7 to: (…

Sec. 3. The library board shall govern and set policy for all the affairs of the public library. The library board may: (1) make rules for the discharge of the library board's responsibilities; and (2) manage and insure all real and personal property belonging to the public libra…

Sec. 4. (a) The library board may establish a sufficient number of: (1) libraries; (2) branch libraries; or (3) stations; that are conveniently located to serve the residents of the library district within the resources available. (b) The library board may provide suitable rooms,…

Sec. 5. (a) The library board may: (1) acquire real or personal property by purchase, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise; and (2) own any real or personal property for purposes of the public library. (b) The library board may: (1) sell; (2) exchange; or (3) otherwise dispo…

Sec. 6. The library board may provide for the: (1) purchase and loan of books and other media of communication; and (2) dissemination of information to the residents of the library district in any manner. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14…

Sec. 7. (a) A library board may contract to provide or receive library service from the following municipal corporations: (1) Another public library. (2) Any unit. (b) A contract for library service between a public library and another municipal corporation must outline the: (1) …

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to municipal corporations located in a county having a population of more than thirty-five thousand nine hundred (35,900) and less than thirty-six thousand (36,000). (b) A municipal corporation receiving library service under section 7 of this cha…

Sec. 9. (a) A library board may, by resolution, issue bonds for one (1) or more of the following purposes: (1) The acquisition or improvement of library sites. (2) The acquisition, construction, extension, alteration, or improvement of structures and equipment necessary for the p…

Sec. 1. A certified copy of an ordinance or a resolution, including any incorporated agreement, that is adopted under this article must be submitted to the department of local government finance. As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.

Sec. 2. The department of local government finance may take an action under this chapter in the manner prescribed by the department of local government finance in its rules adopted under IC 4-22-2. As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4.

Sec. 3. A political subdivision may petition for judicial review of a final determination of the department of local government finance under this chapter. The petition must be filed in the tax court not more than forty-five (45) days after the department of local government fina…

Sec. 4. (a) Subject to this chapter, the department of local government finance shall adjust the maximum permissible property tax levies, maximum permissible property tax rates, and budgets of political subdivisions that enter into a reorganization under this article as provided …

Sec. 5. (a) This subsection applies to the plan of reorganization of a political subdivision other than a school corporation. The plan of reorganization must specify the amount (if any) of the decrease that the department of local government finance shall make to the maximum perm…

Sec. 1. The development authority shall do the following: (1) Subject to sections 1.5 and 1.7 of this chapter, assist in the coordination of local efforts concerning projects. (2) Assist a commuter transportation district, an airport authority, a regional transportation authority…

Sec. 1.5. (a) Except as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter, this section applies to revenue received by the authority to the extent that the revenue has not been pledged or otherwise obligated to pay bonds or leases entered into before July 1, 2015, for a project other than …

Sec. 1.7. (a) This section applies to a rail project. (b) Notwithstanding section 1.5 of this chapter, and except for revenue received by the development authority and pledged or otherwise obligated to pay bonds or leases entered into before July 1, 2015, for a project other than…

Sec. 2. (a) The development authority may do any of the following: (1) Finance, improve, construct, reconstruct, renovate, purchase, lease, acquire, and equip land and projects located in an eligible county or eligible municipality. (2) Lease land or a project to an eligible poli…

Sec. 3. The development authority shall before November 1 of each year issue a report to the legislative council, the budget committee, and the governor concerning the operations and activities of the development authority during the preceding state fiscal year. The report to the…

Sec. 4. (a) The development authority shall prepare a comprehensive strategic development plan that includes detailed information concerning the following: (1) The proposed projects to be undertaken or financed by the development authority. (2) The following information for each …

Sec. 5. (a) There is established a grant program to provide state matching grants for construction projects extending the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railway. (b) To participate in the grant program, the development authority must prepare an update to the comprehensive s…

Sec. 5.4. (a) For purposes of this section, "northwest Indiana plan" refers to the activities of the Indiana plan for equal employment in its northwest Indiana region. (b) Subject to subsection (c), the development authority shall set a goal to achieve employment and retention of…

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "fund" refers to the northwest Indiana regional development authority commuter rail construction fund established by subsection (b). (b) The northwest Indiana regional development authority commuter rail construction fund is established within…

Sec. 1. A development authority shall do the following: (1) Assist in the coordination of local efforts concerning projects that are of regional importance. (2) Assist a county, a municipality, a commuter transportation district, an airport authority, and a regional transportatio…

Sec. 2. (a) A development authority may do any of the following: (1) Finance, improve, construct, reconstruct, renovate, purchase, lease, acquire, and equip land and projects that are of regional importance. (2) Lease land or a project to an eligible political subdivision. (3) Fi…

Sec. 3. A development authority may enter into an agreement with another development authority or any other entity to: (1) jointly equip, own, lease, and finance projects and facilities; or (2) otherwise carry out the purposes of the development authority; in any location. As add…

Sec. 4. A development authority shall before April 1 of each year issue a report to the legislative council, the budget committee, the Indiana economic development corporation, and the executive of each member of the development authority concerning the operations and activities …

Sec. 5. (a) A development authority shall prepare a comprehensive strategic development plan that includes detailed information concerning the following: (1) The proposed projects to be undertaken or financed by the development authority. (2) The following information for each pr…

Sec. 1. (a) In order to establish a development authority under this article, the fiscal bodies of a combination of any two (2) or more counties or municipalities described in subsection (b) must adopt substantially similar resolutions to adopt a preliminary development plan prep…

Sec. 10. A county or municipality that establishes or joins a development authority under this chapter shall be a member of the development authority for not less than five (5) years or until the expiration of this article. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.2.

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 po…

Sec. 3. Units that wish to establish a development authority under this chapter must prepare and adopt a preliminary strategic economic development plan that includes provisions and general information concerning the following: (1) The participating members of the development aut…

Sec. 4. (a) A development authority established under this chapter shall prepare a comprehensive strategic economic development plan to serve as a roadmap to diversify and strengthen the regional economy, establish regional goals and objectives, develop and implement a regional a…

Sec. 5. (a) A development authority established under this chapter is governed by a strategy committee. (b) A strategy committee is composed of members according to the terms of the preliminary development plan adopted by the fiscal bodies of development authority members under s…

Sec. 6. (a) In January of each year, a strategy committee shall hold an organizational meeting at which the strategy committee shall elect the following officers from the members of the strategy committee: (1) A chair. (2) A vice chair. (3) A secretary-treasurer. (b) The affirmat…

Sec. 7. (a) A strategy committee shall meet at least quarterly. (b) The chair of a strategy committee or any two (2) members of a strategy committee may call a special meeting of the strategy committee. (c) A majority of the appointed members of a strategy committee constitutes a…

Sec. 8. A strategy committee shall adopt the bylaws and rules that the strategy committee considers necessary for the proper conduct of the strategy committee's duties and the safeguarding of the development authority's funds and property. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.2.

Sec. 9. (a) Only one (1) development authority may be established under this article. However, a county or municipality described in subsection (b) may join a development authority established under section 1 of this chapter if the fiscal body of the county or municipality: (1) a…