Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 17. (a) At the semiannual settlement under IC 6-1.1-27, the auditor shall issue calls for the redemption of outstanding county warrants if there is any money available in the county treasury for redemption of those warrants. (b) A warrant included in a call under this sectio…

Sec. 18. (a) Before the auditor makes the endorsement required by IC 36-2-11-14, the auditor may require that a tax identification number identifying the affected real property be placed on an instrument that conveys, creates, encumbers, assigns, or otherwise disposes of an inter…

Sec. 19. If a county auditor is held personally liable for penalties and interest assessed by the Internal Revenue Service, the county treasurer shall reimburse the county auditor in an amount equal to the penalties and interest. However, the county treasurer may not reimburse th…

Sec. 2. (a) The county auditor must reside within the county as provided in Article 6, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. The auditor forfeits office if the auditor ceases to be a resident of the county. (b) The term of office of the county auditor under Artic…

Sec. 2.5. (a) As used in this section, "training courses" refers to training courses related to the office of county auditor that are compiled or developed by the Association of Indiana Counties and approved by the state board of accounts. (b) An individual elected to the office …

Sec. 20. The county auditor shall: (1) maintain an electronic data file of the information contained on the tax duplicate for all: (A) parcels; and (B) personal property returns; for each township in the county as of each assessment date; (2) maintain the electronic data file in …

Sec. 21. (a) If a disposal fee is charged under IC 13-20-21-6(c), the county treasurer shall: (1) establish a dedicated fund for the purposes described in subsection (b); and (2) deposit in the fund all revenue remitted to the county treasurer under IC 13-20-21-14(b). (b) Money i…

Sec. 22. If the county auditor is unable to perform the fiscal requirements of the county auditor's position, the county shall hire or contract with a qualified certified public accountant to: (1) provide guidance to the county auditor regarding the performance of the county audi…

Sec. 3. The auditor shall keep the auditor's office in a building provided at the county seat by the county executive. The auditor shall keep the auditor's office open for business during regular business hours on every day of the year except Sundays and legal holidays. However, …

Sec. 4. A legal action required to be taken in the auditor's office on a day when the auditor's office is closed under section 3 of this chapter may be taken on the next day the auditor's office is open. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-2-1 part.] As added by A…

Sec. 5. The auditor shall replace worn maps and plats as required in IC 36-2-17-5(c). [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-57-1 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 6. The auditor shall furnish standard forms for use in the transaction of business under this article and for use in the performance of services for which the auditor receives a specific fee. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-24-42 part; 17-2-44-3.] As add…

Sec. 7. (a) The auditor shall perform the duties of clerk of the county executive under IC 36-2-2-11. (b) If the auditor cannot perform the duties of clerk during a meeting of the county executive, and the auditor does not have a deputy or the auditor's deputy cannot attend the m…

Sec. 8. The auditor shall perform the duties of clerk of the county fiscal body under IC 36-2-3-6(b). [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-24-8 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.227-2005, SEC.15.

Sec. 9. (a) The auditor may administer the following: (1) Oaths necessary in the performance of the auditor's duties. (2) The oath of office to an officer who receives the officer's certificate of appointment from the auditor. (3) Oaths relating to the duty of an officer who rece…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to second and third class cities. [Local Government Recodification Citation: New.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.46.

Sec. 11. (a) In a second class city, the corporation counsel is the head of the department of law. The corporation counsel's first deputy is the city attorney, and the corporation counsel's second deputy is the assistant city attorney. (b) In a third class city, the city attorney…

Sec. 12. The head of the department of law shall: (1) manage the legal affairs of the city; (2) prosecute violators of city ordinances; (3) give legal advice to the officers, departments, boards, commissions, and other agencies of the city; (4) draft ordinances or other legal pap…

Sec. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the city executive shall appoint the head of each department established under section 4 of this chapter. However, the executive's appointment of the head of the department is subject to the approval of any statutory board or commission …

Sec. 4. (a) The city legislative body shall, by ordinance passed upon the recommendation of the city executive, establish the executive departments that it considers necessary to efficiently perform the administrative functions required to fulfill the needs of the city's citizens…

Sec. 5. (a) A board of public works and safety is established in each city. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the legislative body of a second class city may by ordinance establish as separate boards: (1) a board of public works; and (2) a board of public safety; to perform the…

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies only to second class cities. (b) The city executive shall appoint: (1) a city controller; (2) a city civil engineer; (3) a corporation counsel; (4) a chief of the fire department; (5) a chief of the police department; and (6) other officers, emplo…

Sec. 7. The city legislative body may by ordinance establish the position of deputy mayor, who serves as the city executive's deputy. The ordinance must: (1) provide that the deputy is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the executive; and (2) set forth all the powers of t…

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies only to third class cities. (b) The city executive shall appoint: (1) a city civil engineer; (2) a city attorney; (3) a chief of the fire department; (4) a chief of the police department; and (5) other officers, employees, boards, and commissions …

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the preparation of a budget for a township for a year after December 31, 2019. As added by P.L.129-2019, SEC.4.

Sec. 10. A township trustee, with the approval of the township legislative body, may amend a plan to: (1) provide money for the purposes of a capital improvement fund; or (2) supplement money accumulated in a capital improvement fund for the purposes of the capital improvement fu…

Sec. 11. The plan adopted in the immediately preceding calendar year shall be considered by the county fiscal body in reviewing the township budget under IC 6-1.1-17-3.6. As added by P.L.129-2019, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.156-2026, SEC.30.

Sec. 12. (a) Beginning January 1, 2028, a township must adopt a plan on an annual basis. The township must file the plan with the department of local government finance in the form and manner prescribed by the department of local government finance. (b) A plan must include: (1) t…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "capital improvement" means: (1) acquisition of land; (2) site improvements; (3) infrastructure improvements; (4) construction of buildings or structures; (5) rehabilitation, renovation, or enlargement of buildings or structures; or (6) acquisitio…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "capital improvement fund" means a township fund, the money in which may be used for the payment of capital improvements. The term includes: (1) the general fund; (2) the fire protection and emergency services fund under IC 36-8-13; (3) a cumulati…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "plan" refers to a township capital improvement plan adopted or amended under this chapter. As added by P.L.129-2019, SEC.4.

Sec. 4.5. As used in this chapter, "unrestricted funds" means cash reserves that are not: (1) obligated by a township's following year budget; (2) committed to a township's capital improvement plan; (3) encumbered by a contract or purchase order; (4) restricted for a specific use…

Sec. 5. (a) Before January 1, 2028, this chapter applies to a township if the total amount of funds in a township's capital improvement funds exceeds: (1) one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the township's total annual budget estimate prepared under IC 6-1.1-17-2 for the ensuing …

Sec. 6. A township must adopt a capital improvement plan that meets the requirements of this chapter. The township trustee shall prepare the plan, and the township board shall hold a public hearing on a proposed or amended plan, before the township board adopts the plan. As added…

Sec. 7. A township that meets the requirements of section 5 of this chapter must: (1) adopt a capital improvement plan not later than September 30 of each calendar year; and (2) submit a copy of the adopted capital improvement plan to the department of local government finance no…

Sec. 8. A township may not collect property taxes in the ensuing year for a capital improvement fund described in section 3(3) through 3(8) of this chapter, unless the township has adopted a plan that meets the requirements of this chapter. As added by P.L.129-2019, SEC.4.

Sec. 9. (a) The department of local government finance shall prescribe the format of a plan not later than September 1, 2019. (b) A plan must: (1) apply to at least the three (3) years immediately following the year the plan is adopted; (2) estimate for each year to which the pla…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each consolidated city and its county. This chapter also applies to any other municipality or county that adopts an ordinance under section 3 of this chapter. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-5.5-1 part.] As added by Acts 1981, P…

Sec. 10. (a) The enforcement authority may cause the action required by an order issued under section 5(a)(2), 5(a)(3), 5(a)(4), or 5(a)(5) of this chapter to be performed by a contractor if: (1) the order has been served, in the manner prescribed by section 25 of this chapter, o…

Sec. 11. (a) The work required by an order of the enforcement authority may be performed in the following manner: (1) If the work is being performed under an order other than an order under section 5(a)(2), 5(a)(3), or 5(a)(4) of this chapter, and if the cost of this work is esti…

Sec. 12. (a) When action required by an order is performed by the enforcement authority or by a contractor acting under section 9 or 11 of this chapter, each person who held a fee interest, life estate interest, or equitable interest of a contract purchaser in the unsafe premises…

Sec. 13. (a) If all or any part of the costs listed in section 12 of this chapter remain unpaid for any unsafe premises (other than unsafe premises owned by a governmental entity) for more than fifteen (15) days after the completion of the work, the enforcement authority does not…

Sec. 13.5. (a) This section does not apply to the collection of an amount if a court determines under section 13 of this chapter that the enforcement authority is not entitled to the amount. (b) If: (1) all or any part of the costs listed in section 12 of this chapter remain unpa…

Sec. 14. (a) The enforcement authority shall establish in its operating budget a fund designated as the unsafe building fund. Any balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried over in the fund for the following year and does not revert to the general fund. (b) Mo…

Sec. 15. The board or commission having control over the department may transfer all or part of the money in a building, demolition, repair, and contingent fund that was established by IC 18-5-5-7 (before its repeal on September 1, 1981) to the unsafe building fund. [Pre-Local Go…

Sec. 16. (a) If the owners or those in possession of a building refuse inspection, an inspection officer of the enforcement authority may obtain an inspection warrant from any court of record in the county in which the building is located in order to determine if the building is …