Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 11. A children's museum is entitled to receive the benefits provided under this chapter for as long as the board of trustees or governing body of the children's museum performs or is willing to perform the duties set forth in section 9 of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary a…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "children's museum" means a museum located in a county containing a consolidated city, if the museum is: (1) incorporated under the Indiana law without stock and without purpose of gain to the museum's members; and (2) organized to maintain in the…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "incorporated town" means an incorporated town located in a county containing a consolidated city. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-17-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.47.

Sec. 8. (a) The board of school trustees of a town may provide financial assistance to a children's museum. The assistance shall be: (1) paid from the funds of the school town; and (2) in an amount each year not to exceed the product of twenty-five cents ($0.25) multiplied by the…

Sec. 9. (a) A children's museum is not entitled to receive financial assistance under section 8 of this chapter until the governing body of the museum agrees with the board of school trustees, by proper resolution, to do the following: (1) To allow the board of school trustees of…

Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 20-14-13 (before its repeal, now codified in this chapter) by P.L.343-1989(ss) applies to property taxes first due and payable after December 31, 1989. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.688.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "emergency" means: (1) when used with respect to repair or replacement, a fire, flood, windstorm, mechanical failure of any part of a structure, or other unforeseeable circumstance; and (2) when used with respect to site acquisition, the unforesee…

Sec. 10. To provide for the capital projects fund, the library board may, for each year in which a plan adopted under section 3 of this chapter is in effect, impose a property tax rate that does not exceed one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars…

Sec. 11. Interest on the capital projects fund, including the fund's pro rata share of interest earned on the investment of total money on deposit, shall be deposited in the fund. The library board may allocate the interest among the accounts within the fund. [Pre-2005 Elementary…

Sec. 12. The department of local government finance may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-13-14.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.

Sec. 2. (a) A library district may establish a capital projects fund. (b) With respect to a facility used or to be used by the library district, the fund may be used to pay for the following: (1) Planned construction, repair, replacement, or remodeling. (2) Site acquisition. (3) …

Sec. 3. (a) Before a library board may collect property taxes for a capital projects fund in a particular year, the library board must, after January 1 and before May 15 of the immediately preceding year, hold a public hearing on a proposed plan, pass a resolution to adopt a plan…

Sec. 4. (a) If the library board passes a resolution under section 3 of this chapter, not later than ten (10) days after passing the resolution the board shall transmit a certified copy of the plan to the appropriate fiscal body or fiscal bodies, whichever applies. The appropriat…

Sec. 5. (a) If the library board passes a resolution under section 3 of this chapter and the appropriate fiscal body or bodies approve the plan, the library board shall publish notice of adoption in accordance with IC 5-3-1-2(i). (b) Ten (10) or more taxpayers who will be affecte…

Sec. 6. The department of local government finance shall, within a reasonable time, fix a date for a hearing on the petition filed under section 5(b) of this chapter. The hearing shall be held in a county in which the library district is located. The department of local governmen…

Sec. 7. (a) After a hearing upon the petition under section 6 of this chapter, the department of local government finance shall certify the department's approval, disapproval, or modification of the plan to the library board and the auditor of the county. (b) A: (1) taxpayer who …

Sec. 8. Notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-17, the department of local government finance may approve appropriations from the capital projects fund only if the appropriations conform to a plan that has been adopted and approved in compliance with this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Seco…

Sec. 9. (a) A library board may amend an adopted and approved plan to: (1) provide money for the purposes described in section 2(b)(4) of this chapter; or (2) supplement money accumulated in the capital projects fund for those purposes. (b) If an emergency arises that results in …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "employee" refers to an employee of a political subdivision. As added by P.L.254-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to a cost saving incentive program established by a political subdivision under this chapter. As added by P.L.254-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. (a) A political subdivision may establish a program to provide incentives to employees of the political subdivision to develop and implement cost saving measures for the political subdivision. (b) A program established under this chapter may include awards to employees wh…

Sec. 4. If a political subdivision that elects to establish a program has the power to adopt ordinances, the program shall be established by ordinance. If a political subdivision that elects to establish a program does not have the power to adopt ordinances, the program shall be …

Sec. 5. (a) An ordinance or a resolution adopted under section 4 of this chapter must provide for the following: (1) The designation of an established or a new entity of the political subdivision to: (A) review cost saving measures and suggestions submitted by employees; and (B) …

Sec. 6. (a) A decision of the entity designated or established under the ordinance or resolution that establishes a program is final as to the following: (1) The eligibility of a measure or a suggestion for an award. (2) The amount of an award. (b) An employee of a political subd…

Sec. 7. A political subdivision that establishes a program under this chapter may terminate the program by adopting an ordinance or a resolution that provides for payment of awards for measures or suggestions: (1) eligible for an award under the program; and (2) implemented or ma…

Sec. 0.1. The addition of section 14 of this chapter by P.L.219-1991 applies to the following: (1) An insurance policy that is issued or renewed after June 30, 1991. (2) A contract entered into or renewed after June 30, 1991, under which a prepaid health care delivery plan is to …

Sec. 1. Except for sections 15.3 and 16.3 of this chapter, this chapter applies to all counties. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: Ind. Const. Art. 6, §§ 2 and 11.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2002, SEC.156.

Sec. 10. (a) The county shall furnish one (1) automobile and, with the approval of the county executive and the county fiscal body, may furnish additional automobiles, for use by the sheriff in the performance of the sheriff's official duties. The county shall maintain each autom…

Sec. 12. (a) The sheriff shall file with the appropriate court and, in the case of a person awaiting trial on a criminal charge, with the prosecuting attorney of the appropriate judicial circuit, a weekly report of each person confined in the county jail. The report must include …

Sec. 13. (a) Whenever the sheriff has reason to believe that a prisoner in the sheriff's custody is in danger of being unlawfully killed, the sheriff shall order all persons with whom the sheriff can directly communicate to assist in protecting the prisoner. If the sheriff remain…

Sec. 14. (a) As used in this section, "accident and sickness insurance policy" means an insurance policy that provides one (1) or more of the types of insurance described as Class 1(b) or 2(a) insurance under IC 27-1-5-1 on an individual basis or a group basis. (b) As used in thi…

Sec. 15. (a) As used in this section, "lawful detention" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-186. (b) This section applies to a county only if the legislative body for the county elects by ordinance to implement this section. (c) A person who is: (1) sentenced under this ar…

Sec. 15.3. (a) As used in this section, "lawful detention" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-186. (b) This section applies only: (1) to a county having a population of less than seven thousand (7,000); and (2) if the legislative body for the county elects by ordinance to …

maintenance, and housing of prisoners Sec. 16. (a) If the county legislative body adopts an ordinance electing to implement section 15 of this chapter, the county legislative body shall establish a nonreverting county prisoner reimbursement fund. (b) All amounts collected under s…

Sec. 16.3. (a) If the county legislative body adopts an ordinance electing to implement section 15.3 of this chapter, the county legislative body shall establish a nonreverting county prisoner reimbursement fund. (b) All amounts collected under section 15.3 of this chapter must b…

Sec. 17. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) A contract entered into under section 2.5 of this chapter with a sheriff who is elected or reelected to office after November 1, 2010. (2) Any other form of annual compensation provided to a sheriff who is elected or reelect…

Sec. 17.4. A sheriff or an employee of a jail may not charge an individual a fee for the individual to be incarcerated or held in a jail unless the individual has been convicted of a crime for which the individual was incarcerated or held in the jail. As added by P.L.83-2008, SEC…

Sec. 18. (a) As used in this section, "health care services" includes health care items and procedures. (b) As used in this section, "lawful detention" means the following: (1) Arrest. (2) Custody following surrender in lieu of arrest. (3) Detention in a penal facility. (4) Deten…

Sec. 19. (a) This section applies to a person who: (1) is subject to lawful detention; (2) incurs or will incur medical care expenses that are not otherwise reimbursable during the lawful detention; (3) is unwilling or unable to pay for the person's own health care services; and …

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

Sec. 2.5. (a) The sheriff, the executive, and the fiscal body may enter into a salary contract for the sheriff. (b) A sheriff's salary contract must contain the following provisions: (1) A fixed amount of compensation for the sheriff in place of fee compensation. (2) Payment of t…

Sec. 2.8. (a) In place of any other form of compensation, including a salary contract entered into under section 2.5 of this chapter, a county may pay a sheriff's compensation as provided in this section from the county general fund in the manner that salaries of other county off…

Sec. 3. The sheriff shall attend meetings of the county executive when required under IC 36-2-2-15(d). [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-14-6 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. The sheriff shall attend meetings of the county fiscal body when required under IC 36-2-3-6(c). [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-24-9 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. (a) The sheriff shall: (1) arrest without process persons who commit an offense within the sheriff's view, take them before a court of the county having jurisdiction, and detain them in custody until the cause of the arrest has been investigated; (2) suppress breaches of …

Sec. 5.5. (a) The sheriffs shall jointly establish and maintain an Indiana sex and violent offender registry web site, known as the Indiana sex and violent offender registry, to inform the general public about the identity, location, and appearance of every sex or violent offende…