§ 16-22-6-18 — Hearing on terms of proposed lease; notice

Indiana § 16-22-6-18

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 22: COUNTY HOSPITALS
• Ch. 6: County Hospital Building Authorities

Text

When the authority, the governing board of
the hospital, the county executive, and a majority of the county fiscal
body of the county have agreed upon the terms and conditions of a
lease proposed to be entered into under the terms and conditions of this
chapter and before the final execution of the lease, the county auditor
shall publish notice of a public hearing to be held in the county by the
county executive not less than ten (10) days after the publication of the
notice. The notice of the hearing shall be published one (1) time in a
newspaper of general circulation printed in the English language and
published in the county. The notice must name the day, place, and hour
of the hearing and must set forth a brief summary of the principal terms
of the lease, including a description of the property to be leased, the
lease rental, the term of the lease, and where the proposed lease,
drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates may be examined. The
proposed lease and the drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates
of construction cost for the building shall be open to inspection by the
public during the ten (10) day notice period and at the meeting. All
persons have a right to be heard at the meeting on the necessity for the
lease and whether the lease rental is fair and reasonable. The hearing
may be adjourned to a later date or dates and to a place fixed before the
adjournment.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-13(a)
part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.