Indiana § 10-18-3-2 Memorial committee; report

Indiana Statutes

§ 10-18-3-2 — Memorial committee; report

Indiana·Title 10 PUBLIC SAFETY·Art. 18 WAR MEMORIALS·Ch. 3 City and County War Memorials

(a)The board of commissioners of a county or the common council of a city shall, on petition of at least one hundred

(100)adult citizens of the county or city, appoint a committee to be known as the memorial committee. The appointments may not be made until after notice of the filing of the petition has been published for at least two (2) weeks, once each week:

(1)with each publication of notice made in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or city; or

(2)with the first publication of notice made in a newspaper described in subdivision (1) and the second publication of notice:

(A)in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and

(B)on the official website of the county or city.

(b)The committee must have at least five (5) but not more than fifteen (15) members. Each committee member must

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(a) The board of commissioners of a county or
the common council of a city shall, on petition of at least one hundred
(100) adult citizens of the county or city, appoint a committee to be
known as the memorial committee. The appointments may not be made
until after notice of the filing of the petition has been published for at
least two (2) weeks, once each week:
(1) with each publication of notice made in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county or city; or
(2) with the first publication of notice made in a newspaper
described in subdivision (1) and the second publication of notice:
(A) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and
(B) on the official website of the county or city.
(b) The committee must have at least five (5) but not more than
fifteen (15) members. Each committee member must be a citizen of the
county or city in which the memorial is proposed. The members must
be appointed based solely upon their fitness, and the committee must
include representatives of educational, benevolent, labor, and other
interests.
(c) The members of the committee serve without compensation.
However, the board of commissioners or common council may
compensate members for necessary expenses in the performance of
their duty, including compensation of expert advisers. The board of
commissioners or common council may make an appropriation in
advance to compensate members for necessary expenses.
(d) The committee shall make a careful study of the subject of a
suitable memorial in the county or city and report its conclusions to the
board of commissioners or common council. The report must include:
(1) the kind of memorial regarded by the committee as
appropriate;
(2) the estimated cost of erection and maintenance;
(3) the method of control; and
(4) any other matter the committee considers proper.
The committee shall make the report within six (6) months after
appointment, unless a longer time is given by the board of
commissioners or common council. A committee that fails to report
within the time allowed is immediately regarded as dissolved, and the
board of commissioners or common council shall appoint a new
committee. A new committee appointed under this subsection is
governed by the same rule regarding the filing of a report and
dissolution.
(e) A vacancy in the committee shall be filled by the board of
commissioners or common council.
(f) A county or city in which a memorial committee has been
appointed may not erect or provide for the erection of a memorial until
the committee has made its report.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-7-5-2.]