Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "district" refers to a special taxing district created under this chapter. As added by P.L.157-1991, SEC.15.

Sec. 3.5. As used in this chapter, "park governor" means the following: (1) The executive, if a township park and recreation board is not established under section 5.5 of this chapter. (2) The township park and recreation board, if a township park and recreation board is establis…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "superintendent" refers to a superintendent of parks and recreation appointed under this chapter. As added by P.L.157-1991, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.271-1993, SEC.6.

Sec. 5. (a) The legislative body of a township may adopt a resolution creating a department of parks and recreation under this chapter and repealing prior resolutions creating other park and recreation authorities. Except as provided in IC 36-10-7-9, the department consists of: (…

Sec. 5.5. (a) In a township having a department of parks and recreation established under section 5 of this chapter, the executive may establish a township park and recreation board. (b) A township park and recreation board established under this section consists of: (1) the exec…

Sec. 6. The park governor shall do the following: (1) Exercise general supervision of and make rules for the department. (2) Establish rules governing the use of the park and recreation facilities by the public. (3) Provide police protection for park property and activities, eith…

Sec. 7. The park governor may do the following: (1) Enter into contracts and leases for facilities and services. (2) Contract with persons for joint use of facilities for the operation of park and recreation programs and related services. (3) Contract with another park board, a u…

Sec. 8. The park governor may lease any buildings or grounds that: (1) belong to the township; and (2) are located within a park; to a person for a period not greater than fifty (50) years. The lease may authorize the lessee to provide upon the premises educational, research, vet…

Sec. 9. (a) The park governor may sell or order sold through a designated representative by public or private sale any personal property that the park governor has declared to be surplus and declared to have an aggregate appraised value not greater than five thousand dollars ($5,…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the area consisting of the following counties: (1) A county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000). (2) A county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand …

Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall elect from among its members, by the affirmative votes of a majority of the members serving on the commission, an executive board that consists of the following: (1) The four (4) officers of the commission. (2) Two (2) members of the commission f…

Sec. 11. (a) After review and recommendation by the executive board, the commission shall appoint an executive director, who serves at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director must be qualified by training and experience in the management of public agencies and must…

Sec. 12. The purpose of the commission is to institute and maintain a comprehensive planning and programming process for: (1) transportation; (2) economic development; and (3) environmental; policy and provide a coordinative management process for the counties described in sectio…

Sec. 13. The commission may do any of the following in support of a purpose listed under section 12 of this chapter: (1) Transact business and enter into contracts. (2) Receive grants or appropriations from federal, state, or local governmental entities or from individuals or fou…

exemption Sec. 14. The commission may adopt by resolution any regional comprehensive or functional plan, program, or policy as the commission's official recommendation for the development of the region, subject to the power of a county to exempt itself under section 15 of this ch…

Sec. 15. If the commission receives a petition that: (1) is signed by a majority of the commission members representing a county affected by a particular program; and (2) objects to the establishment of the program within that county; the commission may not implement the program …

Sec. 16. (a) The commission must appoint advisory committees to assist in the achievement of its objectives. The membership of advisory committees shall not be limited to the members of the commission. (b) At least one (1) advisory committee must be appointed with a membership th…

Sec. 17. A county or municipality may periodically, upon the request of the commission, assign or detail to the commission any employees of the county or municipality to make special surveys or studies requested by the commission. As added by P.L.165-2003, SEC.6.

Sec. 18. (a) The commission shall prepare and adopt an annual appropriation budget for its operation. The appropriation budget shall be apportioned to each participating county on a pro rata per capita basis. After adoption of the appropriation budget, any amount that does not ex…

Sec. 19. (a) The commission may adopt a resolution to make loans or issue notes to obtain money to pay current operating expenses of the commission in anticipation of the payment to the commission of the appropriation budget apportioned to participating counties under section 18 …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" means the northwestern Indiana regional planning commission established by section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.165-2003, SEC.6.

Sec. 3. The northwestern Indiana regional planning commission is established for the area described in section 1 of this chapter. As added by P.L.165-2003, SEC.6.

Sec. 4. (a) The following members shall be appointed to the commission: (1) A member of the county executive of each county described in section 1 of this chapter, to be appointed by the county executive. (2) A member of the county fiscal body of each county described in section …

Sec. 5. (a) All commission members must be elected officials. (b) All persons appointed to the commission must be: (1) knowledgeable in matters of physical, social, or economic development of the region; and (2) residents of the municipality, county, or region that they represent…

Sec. 6. (a) At its first regular meeting in each year, the commission shall elect from its members a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and treasurer. (b) Not more than two (2) of the officers elected under subsection (a) may be from the same county. (c) The vice chairpers…

Sec. 7. (a) The commission shall fix the time and place for holding regular meetings, but it shall meet: (1) at least quarterly; and (2) at other times established by the commission or the executive board of the commission. (b) The chairperson of the commission or five (5) member…

Sec. 8. The commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations. The commission's record is a public record. As added by P.L.165-2003, SEC.6.

Sec. 9. (a) A majority of the commission members constitute a quorum. (b) An action of the commission is official only if both the following apply: (1) The action is authorized at a regular meeting or a properly called special meeting in which at least one (1) member from each co…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an eligible political subdivision located within the metropolitan planning area of the MPO. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. After review and recommendation by the executive board, the MPO may appoint an executive director, who serves at the pleasure of the MPO. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 11. Before October 1, 2021, the MPO shall do the following: (1) Develop a comprehensive asset management report, in collaboration with the Indiana department of transportation centralized electronic statewide asset management data base developed under IC 8-14-3-3, which anal…

Sec. 2. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Eligible political subdivision" means any of the following: (A) A county. (B) A municipality. (C) An urban mass transportation system (as described in IC 36-9-4). (2) "Metropolitan planning area" of the MPO mea…

Sec. 3. The Indianapolis metropolitan planning organization is established. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. (a) An eligible political subdivision that: (1) is not a member of the MPO; and (2) is in a county adjacent to a county that: (A) is a member of the MPO; or (B) contains a member of the MPO; may join the MPO under this chapter. (b) An eligible political subdivision descri…

Sec. 5. The purpose of the MPO is to institute and maintain a comprehensive planning and programming process for transportation policy and to assist the central Indiana regional development authority in carrying out its duties under IC 36-7.7. The MPO shall coordinate its activit…

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to any eligible political subdivision authorized to join the MPO under section 4 of this chapter. (b) An eligible political subdivision described in subsection (a) may withdraw from the MPO without the approval of the MPO. However, the withdrawal …

Sec. 7. (a) Each eligible political subdivision described in section 2 of this chapter and each eligible political subdivision that joins the MPO under section 4 of this chapter is considered a member of the MPO. (b) The highest ranking elected official, executive director, or bo…

Sec. 8. The MPO may adopt bylaws and rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations. The MPO's record is a public record. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. The MPO may perform any function or duty necessary to carry out the purposes authorized by 23 CFR 450.300 through 23 CFR 450.340 or in support of the purposes of the central Indiana regional development authority authorized by IC 36-7.7. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a 1977 fund member who receives a final determination of an impairment for a mental health illness under IC 36-8-8-13.1 after December 31, 2012. As added by P.L.54-2020, SEC.3.

Sec. 10. The system board may, during the provisional periods described in sections 5 and 7 of this chapter, suspend a member's disability benefit if the member fails to comply with reasonable requests by the review panel for information pursuant to its authority under this chapt…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "review panel" refers to a mental health disability review panel established under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.54-2020, SEC.3.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "system board" refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-3-1. As added by P.L.54-2020, SEC.3.

Sec. 4. (a) This chapter provides for the establishment of mental health disability review panels to review impairment determinations in the case of a mental health disability. (b) A mental health disability review panel consists of: (1) one (1) psychologist licensed under IC 25-…

Sec. 5. (a) The final determination of an impairment for a mental illness is provisional for two (2) years: (1) for a final determination made after June 30, 2020, from the date of the final determination by the system board under IC 36-8-8-13.1; or (2) for a final determination …

Sec. 6. (a) At the conclusion of the initial two (2) year provisional period described in section 5 of this chapter, a mental health disability review panel, as described in section 4 of this chapter, shall conduct a confidential evaluation of the fund member. (b) The review pane…