§ 36-2-13-2.5 — Salary contracts for sheriffs; required provisions; legalization of certain contracts entered into before January 1, 1993

Indiana § 36-2-13-2.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 13: County Sheriff

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5. (a) The sheriff, the executive, and the fiscal
body may enter into a salary contract for the sheriff.
(b) A sheriff's salary contract must contain the following provisions:
(1) A fixed amount of compensation for the sheriff in place of fee
compensation.
(2) Payment of the full amount of the sheriff's compensation from
the county general fund in the manner that salaries of other county
officials are paid.
(3) Deposit by the sheriff of the sheriff's tax warrant collection
fees (as described in IC 6-8.1-8-3) in the county general fund for
use for any general fund purpose.
(4) A procedure for financing prisoners' meals that uses one (1)
of the following methods:
(A) The county fiscal body shall make an appropriation in the
usual manner from the county general fund to the sheriff for
feeding prisoners. The sheriff or the sheriff's officers, deputies,
or employees may not make a profit from the appropriation.
The sheriff shall deposit all meal allowances received under IC 36-8-10-7 in the county general fund for use for any general
fund purpose.
(B) The sheriff shall pay for feeding prisoners from meal
allowances received under IC 36-8-10-7. The sheriff or the
sheriff's officers, deputies, or employees may not make a profit
from the meal allowances. After the expenses of feeding
prisoners are paid, the sheriff shall deposit any unspent meal
allowance money in the county general fund for use for any
general fund purpose.
(5) A requirement that the sheriff shall file an accounting of
expenditures for feeding prisoners with the county auditor on the
first Monday of January and the first Monday of July of each year.
(6) An expiration date that is not later than the date that the term
of the sheriff expires.
(7) Other provisions concerning the sheriff's compensation to
which the sheriff, the county executive, and the fiscal body agree.
A contract entered before January 1, 1993, by a county sheriff and a
county executive or county fiscal body that substantially complies with
this subsection is legalized.
(c) A salary contract is entered under this section when a written
document containing the provisions of the contract is:
(1) approved by resolution of both the executive and the fiscal
body; and
(2) signed by the sheriff.
(d) A salary contract entered into under this section before
November 1, 2010, with a sheriff who is reelected to office in 2010 is
subject to section 17 of this chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.83-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.40-2008, SEC.2; P.L.220-2011, SEC.644.