Indiana § 36-10-4-6.1 Extended districts in other counties; board of park commissioners;
term; vacancy

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-10-4-6.1 — Extended districts in other counties; board of park commissioners; term; vacancy

Indiana § 36-10-4-6.1

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 10RECREATION, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY

Ch. 4Parks Department in Certain Cities

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Ind. Code § 36-10-4-6.1 (2026).

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(a)This section applies whenever a district is extended under section 5 of this chapter and the district is located in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) and less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).

(b)After the district is extended under section 5 of this chapter, the board consists of five (5) commissioners. Three (3) commissioners shall be appointed by the city executive, and two (2) commissioners shall be appointed by the county executive of the county in which the city is located. The commissioners appointed by the county executive must be residents of the areas of the district outside the corporate boundaries of the city. No more than two (2) of the three (3) commissioners appointed by the city executive may be members of

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1. (a) This section applies whenever a district
is extended under section 5 of this chapter and the district is located in
a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty
thousand (180,000) and less than one hundred eighty-five thousand
(185,000).
(b) After the district is extended under section 5 of this chapter, the
board consists of five (5) commissioners. Three (3) commissioners
shall be appointed by the city executive, and two (2) commissioners
shall be appointed by the county executive of the county in which the
city is located. The commissioners appointed by the county executive
must be residents of the areas of the district outside the corporate
boundaries of the city. No more than two (2) of the three (3)
commissioners appointed by the city executive may be members of the
same political party, and the commissioners appointed by the county
executive may not be members of the same political party.
(c) A commissioner of an extended district may hold office for an
unlimited number of terms.
(d) All commissioners after the extension of the district shall be
appointed for terms of four (4) years, beginning on January 1. The three
(3) commissioners whose terms of office have not expired continue in
office and are considered appointees of the city executive until the
expiration of the four (4) year terms for which they each were
originally appointed. The county executive shall appoint two (2)
commissioners, one for a term of two (2) years and the other for a term
of four (4) years. As the term of each commissioner expires, a new
commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years so that at
all times the board consists of three (3) commissioners appointed by
the city executive and two (2) commissioners appointed by the county
executive.
(e) A vacancy in the office of a commissioner shall be filled for the
remainder of the term by the appointing authority.