§ 36-10-8-4 — Membership; terms; vacancies; removal; oath; reimbursement of expenses

(a) The board is composed of seven (7)
members.
(b) The county executive shall determine in the creating ordinance
which units within the county shall make appointments to the board. In
addition, the creating ordinance must provide that no more than four
(4) of the members be affiliated with the same political party. The
creating ordinance must also provide staggered terms for the
appointments.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a board was created under IC 18-7-18 (before its repeal on February 24, 1982), three (3) members
shall be appointed by the executive of the second class city and three
(3) members shall be appointed by the executive of the county. Those
members shall select the seventh member, who serves as president.
One (1) of the members appointed by the city executive must be
engaged in the hospitality industry in the city. No more than two (2) of
the members appointed by the city executive may be affiliated with the
same political party and no more than two (2) of the members
appointed by the county executive may be affiliated with the same
political party. In addition, each member must have been a resident of
the county for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the member's
appointment. Initial terms of the members are as follows:
(1) One (1) of the members appointed by each appointing
authority for a term ending January 15 of the year following the
appointment.
(2) Two (2) of the members appointed by each appointing
authority for a term ending January 15 of the second year
following the appointment.
(3) The seventh member serves for a term ending January 15 of
the second year following the appointment.
(d) Subsequent terms of members are for two (2) years. All terms
begin on January 15. A member serves until a successor is appointed
and qualified. A member may be reappointed after the member's term
has expired.
(e) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the appointing authority shall
appoint a new member. That member serves for the remainder of the
vacated term.
(f) A board member may be removed for cause by the appointing
authority who appointed the member.
(g) Each member, before entering upon the member's duties, shall
take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form. The oath shall
be endorsed upon the member's certificate of appointment. The
certificate shall be promptly filed with the records of the board.
However, if the board was created under IC 18-7-18 (before its repeal
on February 24, 1982), the certificate shall be filed with the clerk of the
circuit court of the county in which the board is created.
(h) A member may not receive a salary, but is entitled to
reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of the member's duties.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.3. Amended by
P.L.163-1987, SEC.9; P.L.3-1990, SEC.144; P.L.176-2009, SEC.27;
P.L.229-2011, SEC.267.