§ 36-10-4-3 — Department of public parks; establishment; board of park commissioners; membership; compensation; oath

(a) A department of public parks is established
as an executive department of the city.
(b) The department is under the control of a board of park
commissioners. The board consists of four (4) commissioners
appointed by the city executive. Each commissioner must be a
freeholder residing in the city, and no more than two (2) commissioners
may have the same political affiliation.
(c) A second class city may pay each commissioner an annual salary
in an amount fixed by the fiscal body. The commissioners shall be paid
their actual expenses upon approval by the city executive.
(d) Before beginning the commissioner's duties, each commissioner
shall take and subscribe the usual oath of office. The oath shall be
indorsed upon the certificate of appointment and filed with the city
clerk. If a commissioner has not filed the commissioner's oath:
(1) within thirty (30) days after the beginning of the
commissioner's term; or
(2) by the date of the commissioner's appointment if the
commissioner was appointed after the beginning of the term;
the commissioner is considered to have refused to serve and the office
becomes vacant.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection
(a) formerly 19-7-9-1 part; 19-7-12-1 part; 19-7-30-1 part;
subsections (b), (d) formerly 19-7-9-1 part; 19-7-30-1 part;
subsection (c) formerly 19-7-14-1.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.111. Amended by
P.L.176-2002, SEC.10; P.L.127-2017, SEC.379.