Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 1. A development authority shall do the following: (1) Assist in the coordination of local efforts concerning projects that are of regional importance. (2) Assist a county, a municipality, a commuter transportation district, an airport authority, and a regional transportatio…

Sec. 2. (a) A development authority may do any of the following: (1) Finance, improve, construct, reconstruct, renovate, purchase, lease, acquire, and equip land and projects that are of regional importance. (2) Lease land or a project to an eligible political subdivision. (3) Fi…

Sec. 3. A development authority may enter into an agreement with another development authority or any other entity to: (1) jointly equip, own, lease, and finance projects and facilities; or (2) otherwise carry out the purposes of the development authority; in any location. As add…

Sec. 4. A development authority shall before April 1 of each year issue a report to the legislative council, the budget committee, the Indiana economic development corporation, and the executive of each member of the development authority concerning the operations and activities …

Sec. 5. (a) A development authority shall prepare a comprehensive strategic development plan that includes detailed information concerning the following: (1) The proposed projects to be undertaken or financed by the development authority. (2) The following information for each pr…

Sec. 1. (a) In order to establish a development authority under this article, the fiscal bodies of a combination of any two (2) or more counties or municipalities described in subsection (b) must adopt substantially similar resolutions to adopt a preliminary development plan prep…

Sec. 10. A county or municipality that establishes or joins a development authority under this chapter shall be a member of the development authority for not less than five (5) years or until the expiration of this article. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. A development authority established under this chapter is a separate body corporate and politic that shall carry out the purposes of this article by: (1) acquiring, constructing, equipping, owning, and financing projects and facilities to or for the benefit of eligible po…

Sec. 3. Units that wish to establish a development authority under this chapter must prepare and adopt a preliminary strategic economic development plan that includes provisions and general information concerning the following: (1) The participating members of the development aut…

Sec. 4. (a) A development authority established under this chapter shall prepare a comprehensive strategic economic development plan to serve as a roadmap to diversify and strengthen the regional economy, establish regional goals and objectives, develop and implement a regional a…

Sec. 5. (a) A development authority established under this chapter is governed by a strategy committee. (b) A strategy committee is composed of members according to the terms of the preliminary development plan adopted by the fiscal bodies of development authority members under s…

Sec. 6. (a) In January of each year, a strategy committee shall hold an organizational meeting at which the strategy committee shall elect the following officers from the members of the strategy committee: (1) A chair. (2) A vice chair. (3) A secretary-treasurer. (b) The affirmat…

Sec. 7. (a) A strategy committee shall meet at least quarterly. (b) The chair of a strategy committee or any two (2) members of a strategy committee may call a special meeting of the strategy committee. (c) A majority of the appointed members of a strategy committee constitutes a…

Sec. 8. A strategy committee shall adopt the bylaws and rules that the strategy committee considers necessary for the proper conduct of the strategy committee's duties and the safeguarding of the development authority's funds and property. As added by P.L.83-2020, SEC.2.

Sec. 9. (a) Only one (1) development authority may be established under this article. However, a county or municipality described in subsection (b) may join a development authority established under section 1 of this chapter if the fiscal body of the county or municipality: (1) a…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to all units. (b) Section 11 of this chapter does not apply to townships. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: Part new; 18-1-1.5-1 part; 18-1-1.5-1.5 part; 18-1-1.5-30 part.] As added by Acts 1980,…

Sec. 10. A unit may accept donations of money or other property and execute any documents necessary to receive money or other property from the state or federal government or any other source. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(8); 18-1-1.5-2(15); 18-4-2-3…

Sec. 11. A unit may adopt, codify, and enforce ordinances. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(9); 18-3-1-48 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 12. A unit may require the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents relevant to matters being considered at meetings of a department or agency. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(10); 18-4-3-11 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC…

Sec. 13. A unit may punish contempt and disorder in rooms of a department or agency. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-1.5-2(11).] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 14. A unit may hire and discharge employees and establish a system of employment for any class of employees based on merit and qualification. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(12); 18-1-1.5-2(14); 18-3-1-34 part; 18-4-2-28.] As added by Acts 1980, P.…

Sec. 15. A unit may fix the level of compensation of its officers and employees. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(13); 18-4-2-14; 18-4-2-29 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 16. A unit may ratify any action of the unit or its officers or employees if that action could have been approved in advance. Ratification of an action under this section must be made by the same procedure that would have been required for approval of the action in advance. …

Sec. 17. (a) A unit may compromise claims made against it. (b) A unit or a person designated in writing by the unit may do the following: (1) Collect any money that is owed to the unit. (2) Compromise the amount of money owed to the unit. (c) A unit shall determine the costs of c…

Sec. 19. (a) As used in this section, "subject property" refers to the property in Vanderburgh County within the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 6 South, Range 10 West. (b) An ordinance of a unit that regulates the parking of motor vehicles is not applicable within the …

Sec. 2. A unit may establish and operate a government. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2 part; 18-4-2-27 part; 18-4-2-32.6 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 20. (a) This section does not apply to units located in a county for which the total amount of net property taxes allocated to all allocation areas or other tax increment financing areas established by a redevelopment commission, military base reuse authority, military base …

Sec. 21. If a political subdivision permits or authorizes the placement or display of materials: (1) advocating the election or defeat of a candidate or public question; or (2) supporting or opposing a political party; on the real or personal property of the political subdivision…

Sec. 22. (a) As used in this section, "license bond" refers to a surety bond required by a political subdivision as a condition that the political subdivision issue a license or a permit to a person. The term does not refer to a performance bond. (b) If a political subdivision re…

Sec. 22.1. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Contractor" means a person that enters into a contract requiring the person to perform one (1) or more tasks in a residential construction project or a similar project. (2) "License bond" refers to a sur…

Sec. 3. A unit may sue and be sued. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(1); 18-3-1-21 part; 18-4-2-1 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. A unit may have a corporate seal. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(2); 18-1-1.5-5(a) part; 18-3-1-21 part; 18-3-1-35 part; 18-4-1-4 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. (a) A unit may acquire by eminent domain or other means, and own interests in real and personal property. (b) A municipality may exercise the powers in subsection (a), except for the power of eminent domain, within four (4) miles outside of its corporate boundaries. A mun…

Sec. 6. A unit may use, improve, develop, insure, protect, maintain, lease, and dispose of its interests in property. A municipality may exercise the powers granted in this section within four (4) miles outside of its corporate boundaries. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Cit…

Sec. 7. A unit may enter into contracts. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(5); 18-4-2-10.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to a transaction that involves a parcel of real estate that is owned or leased by a unit and the unit or a board, an agency, a department, a commission, or other division of the unit has determined in a resolution, an ordinance, a lease, a contr…

Sec. 8. A unit may pay debts. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(6); 18-4-2-4.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. Subject to IC 5-1-11.5 and IC 5-11-1-4(c), a unit may borrow money. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-1-1.5-2(7); 18-3-1-27; 18-4-2-5.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.184-2015, SEC.12; P.L.244-2017, SEC.123.

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to sections 7 and 8 of this chapter by P.L.335-1985 do not affect a proposal initiated before September 1, 1986, to amend, repeal, or otherwise change a comprehensive plan or zoning ordinance under IC 36-7-4. Such a proposal may be considered, adopte…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties not having a consolidated city. [Local Government Recodification Citation: New.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. A county executive or county fiscal body may adopt rules for the transaction of business at its meetings. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-14-8 part; 17-1-24-7 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 11. A county executive shall use a common seal. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-14-9 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. A county executive or county fiscal body adopting an ordinance, order, resolution, or motion for the government of the county or the transaction of county business must comply with this chapter. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-16-3; 17-1-28-3 part; 17…

Sec. 3. (a) A majority of all the elected members constitutes a quorum, except as provided by subsection (b). (b) A county fiscal body may, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, adopt a rule specifying that a certain number of members greater than a majority constitutes a quorum. [Pre-Loca…

Sec. 4. (a) A requirement that an ordinance, resolution, or other action be passed by a majority vote means at least a majority vote of all the elected members. (b) A requirement that an ordinance, resolution, or other action be passed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote means at least a …

Sec. 5. A majority vote is required to pass an ordinance, unless a greater vote is required by statute. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-28-3 part; 17-1-28-10 part; 17-2-2.5-8 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.