Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 7. If a municipality is located in a county having a county board, the municipal and county boards may each designate a member to sit with the other board in an advisory capacity. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-14.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.…

Sec. 8. (a) All meetings of the board are open to the public. The board shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings, but it shall meet at least quarterly. (b) Special meetings of the board may be called by the president or by any two (2) members by written request to the…

Sec. 9. (a) The members of the board may receive a salary in an amount fixed by the fiscal body. (b) If the board determines that members or employees should attend a state, regional, or national conference dealing with park and recreation problems, the board may authorize the pa…

Sec. 1. (a) The establishment of a district may be initiated only by the governing body. (b) The dissolution of a district may be initiated only by the governing body. (c) A notice of intent to establish or dissolve a district must be filed in: (1) the office of the executive of …

Sec. 10. Following a hearing under this chapter, if the governing body determines that the findings of the hearing officer show that: (1) the proposed district appears capable of accomplishing the purpose or purposes of the district in an economically feasible manner, a district …

Sec. 11. The district shall provide notice of the adoption of an ordinance under section 10 of this chapter to: (1) local health departments; (2) the department of environmental management; (3) the department of natural resources; and (4) the Indiana department of health. As adde…

Sec. 12. A district established under this chapter is not an independent municipal corporation. As added by P.L.161-2002, SEC.2 and P.L.172-2002, SEC.7.

Sec. 13. An ordinance adopted under section 10 of this chapter to establish a district must state the following: (1) The name of the district. (2) The need for the district. (3) The purpose to be accomplished by the district. (4) An accurate description of the territory included …

Sec. 14. (a) If the governing body adopts an ordinance under section 10 of this chapter to establish a district, a person who filed a written objection under section 8 of this chapter against the establishment of the district may file an objecting petition in the office of the co…

Sec. 2. A notice of intent to establish a district under this chapter must state the following: (1) The proposed name of the district. (2) The place in which the district's principal office is to be located. (3) The following information: (A) The need for the proposed district. (…

Sec. 3. A notice of intent to dissolve a district under this chapter must state the reasons why the district is not needed. As added by P.L.161-2002, SEC.2 and P.L.172-2002, SEC.7.

Sec. 4. The district may include area that is not contiguous, but the territory must be so situated that the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare will be promoted by the establishment of the area described as a single district. As added by P.L.161-2002, SEC.2 and P.L.17…

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the description of the area to be included in a district may not include a municipality. (b) The description of the area to be included in a district may include area located within a municipality if the municipal legislative body…

Sec. 6. Upon the filing of a notice of intent to establish or dissolve a district under this chapter, the governing body shall appoint a hearing officer to preside over public hearings concerning the establishment or dissolution of a district. The hearing officer does not have to…

Sec. 7. (a) The hearing officer shall fix a date, time, and place inside or within ten (10) miles of the proposed district for the hearing on any matter for which a hearing is authorized under this chapter. (b) The hearing officer shall provide notice of the hearing: (1) under IC…

Sec. 8. A person that resides in or partially resides in an area affected by the proposed establishment or dissolution of a district: (1) may, on or before the date set for the hearing, file a written objection to the proposed establishment or dissolution of the district; and (2)…

Sec. 9. (a) After the hearing on the proposed establishment or dissolution of the district, which may be adjourned periodically, the hearing officer shall make findings and recommendations as to whether: (1) the establishment of the district should be: (A) approved; (B) approved …

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to Class 1 public libraries. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-3-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.

Sec. 10. The library board may do the following: (1) Adopt a resolution to make loans or issue notes to refund the loans in anticipation of revenues of the library that are expected to be levied and collected during the term of the loans. The term of a loan made under this subdiv…

Sec. 11. (a) A library board shall establish funds to keep money and securities of the public library as follows: (1) All money collected from tax levies, interest on investments, fees, fines, rentals, and other revenues: (A) shall be deposited into the library operating fund, ex…

Sec. 12. (a) The library board shall determine the rate of taxation for the library district that is necessary for the proper operation of the library. The library board shall certify the rate to the county auditor. An additional rate may be levied under section 10(4) of this cha…

Sec. 13. A township may appropriate general revenue sharing funds that the township receives under the federal State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, as amended, to a Class 1 public library. Other units have authority under IC 36-10-2-4 to aid public libraries through any…

Sec. 14. When required by the interests of the library, the library board may authorize a member of the library board or an individual employed by the library to be absent from the public library. The library board may pay out of the library's funds the necessary hotel and board …

Sec. 15. The library board may appropriate funds necessary to provide membership of: (1) the public library; and (2) library employees; in local, state, and national associations of a civic, an educational, a professional, or a governmental nature that have as their purpose the b…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 16. (a) The library board may adopt a resolution allowing money to be disbursed under this section for lawful library purposes, including advertising and p…

Sec. 16.5. (a) As used in this section, "electronic funds transfer" means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone, or computer or magnetic tape for the pur…

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…