§ 20-47-3-9 — Required public hearing; notice of lease terms

(a) After the lessor corporation and the school
corporation or corporations have agreed upon the terms and conditions
of a lease proposed to be entered into under this chapter, and before the
final execution of the lease, a notice shall be given by publication to all
persons interested of a hearing or joint hearing to be held before the
governing body or governing bodies of the school corporations
authorized to approve the lease. The hearing must be not earlier than:
(1) ten (10) days afer publication of the notice, if new
construction is proposed; or
(2) thirty (30) days after publication of the notice, if improvement
or expansion is proposed.
(b) The notice required by subsection (a) must:
(1) be published one (1) time in:
(A) a newspaper of general circulation printed in the English
language in the school corporation;
(B) a newspaper described in clause (A) in each school
corporation if the proposed lease is a joint lease; or
(C) if no such paper is published in the school corporation, in
any newspaper of general circulation published in the county;
(2) name the date, time, and place of the hearing; and
(3) set forth a brief summary of the principal terms of the lease
agreed upon, including the:
(A) location of the property to be leased;
(B) name of the proposed lessor corporation;
(C) character of the property to be leased;
(D) rental to be paid; and
(E) number of years the lease is to be in effect.
The cost of publication of the notice shall be paid by the lessor
corporation.
(c) The proposed lease, drawings, plans, specifications, and
estimates for the school building or buildings must be available for
inspection by the public during the ten (10) day or thirty (30) day
period described in subsection (a) and at the hearing under section 10
of this chapter.
[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-5-12-7(a)
part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.170.