§ 16-23-1-14 — Separate treasurer

Indiana § 16-23-1-14

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 23: MUNICIPAL AND OTHER TYPES OF
• Ch. 1: City Hospitals in Third Class Cities

Text

(a) If the governing board desires to have a
separate treasurer, the board shall adopt a resolution providing for a
separate treasurer for the hospital and the governing board. The
resolution must be adopted at least one hundred (100) days before the
beginning of a calendar year and takes effect the first day of the next
calendar year after the passage of the resolution. A true copy of the
resolution of the board shall be certified, within ten (10) days after
adoption by the board, to the city legislative body and shall be filed in
the city clerk-treasurer's office. The city legislative body shall approve
or disapprove the board's resolution, by ordinance or resolution of the
city legislative body, at the next regular meeting held after the
resolution is adopted by the board and after the deposit of a copy of the
resolution in the city clerk-treasurer's office. The failure of the city
legislative body to act at the next regular meeting is not a waiver of the
right to do so, and the time provisions for the city legislative body's
action are directory and not mandatory. The board resolution and city
legislative body resolution or ordinance of approval must be adopted
not later than November 1 of any given year to authorize the
appointment of a separate treasurer for the board on January 1 of the
following year.
(b) Upon the adoption of an ordinance or a resolution under
subsection (a) by the city legislative body and the completion of the
board and city legislative body action, the governing board shall
appoint a hospital treasurer to serve for the ensuing year in place of the
city clerk-treasurer.
(c) The treasurer appointed each year may be a member of the board
or any other competent person residing in the county in which the
hospital is situated. The treasurer shall subscribe an oath and execute
a bond in the amount required by the board for the proper and honest
performance of duties, to the approval of the hospital board, with
proper surety on the bond.
(d) The provision for a separate treasurer of the hospital and board
remains in effect without further proceedings of the board or council,
unless the board and city legislative body restore the ex officio status
of the city clerk-treasurer for the board effective at the beginning of the
next calendar year. The resolution of the board and resolution or
ordinance of the city legislative body also must be adopted not later
than November 1 before the change takes effect.
(e) The board shall fix the separate treasurer's compensation in an
amount not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600) each year. If the
treasurer is a member of the board, the compensation is in addition to
the salary fixed for board members.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-9(c), (d), (e),
(f), (g).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6.