Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 28. (a) The board shall establish and administer the commission fund. (b) The commission fund consists of the following: (1) Amounts transferred to the fund by an eligible county or eligible unit, including any payments required under an interlocal agreement or other similar…

Sec. 29. (a) Bonds issued under IC 36-7-12, IC 36-7-14, or other applicable law may be refunded as provided in this section. (b) An eligible participant or Indiana nonprofit corporation may sell all or a part of land or an economic improvement project or projects to the commissio…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Midwest continental divide commission which is the governing body of the district. As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 30. (a) Before a lease may be entered into by an eligible participant under this chapter, the eligible participant must find that the lease rental provided for is fair and reasonable. (b) A lease of land or an economic improvement project from the commission to an eligible p…

Sec. 31. This chapter contains full and complete authority for leases between the commission and an eligible participant. No law, procedure, proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders, or acts by the commission or the eligible participant or any other officer…

Sec. 32. If the lease provides for an economic improvement project or improvements to an economic improvement project to be constructed by the commission, the plans and specifications shall be submitted to and approved by all agencies designated by law to pass on plans and specif…

Sec. 33. The commission may enter into common wall (party wall) agreements or other agreements concerning easements or licenses. These agreements shall be recorded with the recorder of the county in which the economic improvement project is located. As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.…

Sec. 34. (a) An eligible participant or Indiana nonprofit may sell to the commission one (1) or more economic improvement projects or parts of an economic improvement project or land on which an economic improvement project is located or is to be constructed. (b) An eligible part…

Sec. 35. (a) All: (1) property owned by the commission or lease interest of the commission; and (2) revenue of the commission; are exempt from taxation in Indiana for all purposes except the financial institutions tax imposed under IC 6-5.5. (b) A contractor may issue an exemptio…

Sec. 36. (a) This section applies if an eligible county or an eligible unit fails to make a transfer or part of a transfer required by section 28 of this chapter. (b) The treasurer of state or treasurer of county, as applicable, shall do the following: (1) Withhold an amount equa…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "commuter transportation district" refers to a commuter transportation district established under IC 8-5-15. As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "development authority" refers to a development authority established under IC 36-7.6-2-3. As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "district" refers to the Midwest continental divide district designated under this chapter. As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "economic improvement project" means the following: (1) Planning or managing development or improvement activities. (2) Designing, landscaping, beautifying, constructing, or maintaining common areas and attractions, public improvements, a trail pr…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "eligible city" refers to a city having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than one hundred ten thousand (110,000). As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "eligible county" refers to a county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and less than three hundred thousand (300,000). As added by P.L.141-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "criminal action" means a prosecution against an individual alleging the commission of a felony or misdemeanor. As added by P.L.128-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, a unit or municipal corporation may not pay the legal expenses incurred by an officer or employee of the unit or the municipal corporation: (1) in defending against: (A) a criminal action; (B) a civil action brought by the …

Sec. 3. (a) An officer or employee of a unit or municipal corporation who is charged with: (1) a crime; or (2) an infraction; relating to an act that was within the scope of the official duties of the officer or employee may apply to the fiscal body of the unit or municipal corpo…

Sec. 4. The fiscal body of a unit or municipal corporation may: (1) act on an application under section 3 of this chapter without a hearing; and (2) require an officer or employee seeking reimbursement under this chapter to: (A) answer questions under oath; or (B) provide informa…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties. [Local Government Recodification Citation: New.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. (a) A person who has an interest in preserving evidence of a document, the record of which in the recorder's office has been destroyed, shall make a verified statement before the recorder that: (1) the person has an interest in preserving evidence of the document; (2) th…

certified copies; fee for recording Sec. 11. (a) A party to a legal proceeding may introduce a record of testimony made under section 10 of this chapter into evidence. Such a record has the same force as oral testimony at the trial by the witness whose statement makes up the reco…

Sec. 12. If the record of a will, letters testamentary, or letters of administration is destroyed, and an authenticated copy of the will or letters is presented to the clerk of the proper court, the clerk shall record the copy as if it was the original and shall note on the recor…

Sec. 13. A guardian, administrator, or executor whose official bond is destroyed in a general destruction of a county's records shall file a new bond with the proper officer within three (3) months after the bond is destroyed. The liability on the new bond commences with its fili…

Sec. 14. If: (1) the official bond of a county officer is destroyed; and (2) the county officer receives a written notice of the destruction of the county officer's bond from the officer having custody of the bond; the county officer shall file a new bond with the proper officer …

Sec. 15. (a) If public documents in the custody of the county treasurer are destroyed, the officer whose duty it is to furnish those documents shall immediately make new copies of them in the same manner in which they were originally made and shall deliver these copies to the tre…

Sec. 16. If the assessment rolls and tax duplicates of a county are destroyed, the county executive shall cause new assessments and appraisals to be made, in the same manner and under the same regulations that they were originally made, and shall conduct all proceedings necessary…

Sec. 17. (a) As used in this section: "Book" means a book, register, index, or file that the law requires a county recorder to maintain. "Electronic storage medium" means a magnetic tape, card, diskette, disk, or other medium on which data may be entered and retained and from whi…

Sec. 2. (a) The county auditor, county treasurer, county surveyor, and county sheriff shall keep in their offices all records that they are required to make and shall deliver them to their successors. (b) The clerk of the circuit court, county auditor, and county recorder shall u…

Sec. 3. (a) A county officer who is required to record documents may record them by a photographic process if: (1) the process is adopted by the county executive; and (2) the necessary photographic equipment and supplies are furnished for that purpose by the county executive. (b)…

Sec. 4. (a) A county officer may record documents by miniature photographic process or microfilm process if: (1) the installation of the process is approved by the county executive; and (2) the process provides for an original and a duplicate film copy of each document that the o…

Sec. 5. (a) If it is necessary to preserve the records of: (1) the circuit court clerk's office; (2) the county auditor's office; (3) the county treasurer's office; (4) the county recorder's office; (5) the county sheriff's office; (6) a court of record; or (7) the county surveyo…

Sec. 6. (a) If records belonging to the county or a court of record in the county are destroyed, the county auditor shall immediately notify the county executive, which shall meet at the time and place specified by the auditor. During the next twelve (12) months, the county execu…

Sec. 7. (a) Before performing any duties as commissioner, a commissioner appointed under section 6(c) of this chapter shall give twenty (20) days notice of: (1) the commissioner's appointment; (2) the time when the commissioner will begin to perform the commissioner's duties; and…

Sec. 8. (a) Records compiled by the commissioner, or certified copies of those records, are admissible in any legal proceeding and have the force that the same testimony would have if it were delivered orally. Complete or partial copies of a volume of the commissioner's records m…

Sec. 9. (a) If all or part of the records of the recorder's office are destroyed, the recorder shall immediately obtain a book in which the recorder shall restore the destroyed parts of the record. The recorder shall, in the order in which they are presented, record in this book …

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a county having a consolidated city. As added by P.L.134-2026, SEC.9.

Sec. 10. (a) Not later than March 31, 2027, a township that has been assigned four (4) or more points may file a petition with the department to reconsider and amend the township's point total on the grounds that the point total is incorrect or because compliance with a requireme…

Sec. 11. (a) This section applies if any township point totals are corrected by the department under section 10 of this chapter. (b) Not later than July 1, 2027, the department shall: (1) submit the final list to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6; an…

Sec. 12. (a) If none of the township point totals are corrected by the department, the list that was posted under section 9(d) of this chapter is the final list and may not be appealed. (b) The department shall post on the department's website each: (1) petition filed under secti…

Sec. 13. A designated township: (1) that satisfies the criteria specified in section 9(c) of this chapter shall reorganize in accordance with IC 36-1.5-4.1; and (2) that does not satisfy the criteria specified in section 9(c) of this chapter shall, except as otherwise provided, m…

Sec. 14. (a) Using the process set forth in IC 36-6-1.5, each designated township, excluding any township that has commenced a merger or consolidation under IC 36-1.5-4 or IC 36-6-1.5 with another unit before July 1, 2027, must merge with at least one (1) other township governmen…

Sec. 15. Not later than August 1, 2027, the county executive body shall conduct a public meeting of all township trustees within the county to discuss the merger. As added by P.L.134-2026, SEC.9.

Sec. 16. (a) The county executive shall determine which township governments will merge. The county executive's decision shall: (1) take into account the wishes of the designated townships and recipient townships; and (2) comply with the requirements of section 14 of this chapter…

Sec. 17. (a) Not later than February 28, 2028, the following must be submitted to the department: (1) The resolutions adopted by the participating townships and submitted by the township trustees under IC 36-6-1.5-5(d). (2) The estimated budget and proposed tax rate and tax levy …