Indiana § 36-12-4-4 Filing resolution; interim board; combination of budgets; new budget
and tax levy

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-12-4-4 — Filing resolution; interim board; combination of budgets; new budget and tax levy

Indiana·Title 36 LOCAL GOVERNMENT·Art. 12 LIBRARIES·Ch. 4 Merger of Class 1 Public Libraries

(a)A copy of the resolution adopting the merger described in section 3(e) of this chapter must be filed with:

(1)the county recorder in each county in which merging library districts are located; and

(2)the Indiana state library.

(b)After the resolution adopting the merger is filed, each library board that is not the board of the primary library shall appoint four (4) members to serve with the primary library board on an interim board.

(c)The interim board has the same duties and powers of a public library board under IC 36-12-3.

(d)After the resolution adopting the merger is filed, the budgets of the merging libraries shall be:

(1)combined for the remainder of the current year; and

(2)administered by the interim board.

(e)The interim board described in subsection (b) is dissolved

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) A copy of the resolution adopting the
merger described in section 3(e) of this chapter must be filed with:
(1) the county recorder in each county in which merging library
districts are located; and
(2) the Indiana state library.
(b) After the resolution adopting the merger is filed, each library
board that is not the board of the primary library shall appoint four (4)
members to serve with the primary library board on an interim board.
(c) The interim board has the same duties and powers of a public
library board under IC 36-12-3.
(d) After the resolution adopting the merger is filed, the budgets of
the merging libraries shall be:
(1) combined for the remainder of the current year; and
(2) administered by the interim board.
(e) The interim board described in subsection (b) is dissolved on
December 31 of the year in which the merger takes place.
(f) The members of a merged library board shall be appointed under
IC 36-12-2, and the terms of office for the members of the merged
library board begin January 1 following the dissolution of the interim
board.
(g) If a merger takes place after December 31 but before July 1 of
the ensuing year, the interim library board described in subsection (b)
shall present a new budget and tax rate to the department of local
government finance to receive a new tax levy for the merged library
district.
(h) If a merger takes place after June 30 but before January 1 of the
ensuing year, the merged library board described in subsection (f) shall
present a new budget and tax rate to the department of local
government finance to receive a new tax levy for the merged library
district.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-14-4-3.]

Indiana § 36-12-4-4 (Filing resolution; interim board; combination of budgets; new budget and tax levy) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.