§ 13-21-3-10 — Controllers; powers and duties

(a) A controller selected under section 9 of
this chapter shall do the following:
(1) Be the official custodian of all district money and, subject to
the terms of any resolution or trust indenture under which bonds
are issued under this article, deposit and invest all district money
in the same manner as other county money is deposited and
invested under IC 5-13.
(2) Be responsible to the board for the fiscal management of the
district.
(3) Be responsible for the proper safeguarding and accounting of
the district's money.
(4) Subject to subsection (c), issue warrants approved by the
board after a properly itemized and verified claim has been
presented to the board on a claim docket.
(5) Make financial reports of district money and present the
reports to the board for the board's approval.
(6) Prepare the district's annual budget.
(7) Perform any other duties:
(A) prescribed by the board; and
(B) consistent with this chapter.
(b) A controller selected under section 9 of this chapter:
(1) does not exercise any sovereign authority of the state; and
(2) does not hold a lucrative office for purposes of Article 2,
Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(c) The board may, by resolution, authorize the controller to make
claim payments for:
(1) payroll;
(2) the state solid waste management fee imposed by IC 13-20-22-1; and
(3) certain specific vendors identified in the resolution;
without the claims being first approved by the board if before payment
the claims are approved in writing by the chairperson of the board or
in the absence of the chairperson another member of the board
designated by the chairperson. The claims shall be reviewed and
allowed by the board at the board's next regular or special meeting.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-9.5-2-9.3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.214-2005, SEC.58.