Indiana § 36-2-3-6 Election of presiding officers; county auditor to serve as clerk; certain
counties posting roll call votes on Internet web site; execution of orders
by sheriff; employment of legal and administrative personnel

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-2-3-6 — Election of presiding officers; county auditor to serve as clerk; certain counties posting roll call votes on Internet web site; execution of orders by sheriff; employment of legal and administrative personnel

Indiana § 36-2-3-6

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 2GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY

Ch. 3County Fiscal Body

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Ind. Code § 36-2-3-6 (2026).

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(a)At its regular meeting required by section 7(b)(1) of this chapter, the fiscal body shall elect a president and president pro tempore from its members.

(b)The county auditor is the clerk of the fiscal body and shall do the following:

(1)Preserve the fiscal body's records in the county auditor's office.

(2)Keep an accurate record of the fiscal body's proceedings.

(3)Record the ayes and nays on each vote appropriating money or fixing the rate of a tax levy.

(4)Record the ayes and nays on other votes when requested to do so by two (2) or more members.

(5)This subdivision applies only to a county having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) that maintains an Internet web site. The county auditor shall post on the county's Internet web site the roll call votes of th

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(a) At its regular meeting required by section
7(b)(1) of this chapter, the fiscal body shall elect a president and
president pro tempore from its members.
(b) The county auditor is the clerk of the fiscal body and shall do the
following:
(1) Preserve the fiscal body's records in the county auditor's
office.
(2) Keep an accurate record of the fiscal body's proceedings.
(3) Record the ayes and nays on each vote appropriating money
or fixing the rate of a tax levy.
(4) Record the ayes and nays on other votes when requested to do
so by two (2) or more members.
(5) This subdivision applies only to a county having a population
of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) that maintains an
Internet web site. The county auditor shall post on the county's
Internet web site the roll call votes of the county fiscal body not
later than three (3) business days after the following:
(A) The date the roll call vote is taken if the county's software
is able to generate a roll call vote.
(B) If the county's software is not able to generate a roll call
vote, the date the county fiscal body is first able to approve the
minutes of the meeting at which the roll call vote was taken.
The county auditor shall maintain the roll call vote information on
the Internet web site for a period of four (4) years.
(c) The county sheriff or a county police officer shall attend the
meetings of the fiscal body, if requested by the fiscal body, and shall
execute its orders.
(d) The fiscal body may employ legal and administrative personnel
necessary to assist and advise it in the performance of its functions and
duties.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-24-6
part; 17-1-24-8; 17-1-24-8.5; 17-1-24-9; 17-1-28-6 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts
1980, P.L.125, SEC.18; Acts 1981, P.L.17, SEC.12; P.L.131-1983,
SEC.12; P.L.127-2017, SEC.22; P.L.204-2017, SEC.2.