Indiana § 36-2-3.5-4 Executive powers and duties

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-2-3.5-4 — Executive powers and duties

Indiana § 36-2-3.5-4

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 2GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY

Ch. 3.5Division of Powers of Certain Counties

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(a)All powers and duties of the county that are executive or administrative in nature shall be exercised or performed by its executive, except to the extent that these powers and duties are expressly assigned to other elected officers.

(b)The executive shall:

(1)report the state of the county annually before March 1 to the county legislative body and to the people of the county;

(2)recommend annually before March 1 to the legislative body whatever action or program it considers necessary for the improvement of the county and the welfare of its residents;

(3)submit to the legislative body an annual budget in accordance with IC 36-2-5;

(4)establish the procedures to be followed by all county departments, offices, and agencies under its jurisdiction to the extent these procedures are no

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(a) All powers and duties of the county that are
executive or administrative in nature shall be exercised or performed
by its executive, except to the extent that these powers and duties are
expressly assigned to other elected officers.
(b) The executive shall:
(1) report the state of the county annually before March 1 to the
county legislative body and to the people of the county;
(2) recommend annually before March 1 to the legislative body
whatever action or program it considers necessary for the
improvement of the county and the welfare of its residents;
(3) submit to the legislative body an annual budget in accordance
with IC 36-2-5;
(4) establish the procedures to be followed by all county
departments, offices, and agencies under its jurisdiction to the
extent these procedures are not expressly assigned to other elected
officers;
(5) administer all statutes applicable to the county, and its
ordinances and regulations, to the extent these matters are not
expressly assigned to other elected officers;
(6) supervise the care and custody of all county property;
(7) supervise the collection of revenues and control all
disbursements and expenditures, and prepare a complete account
of all expenditures, to the extent these matters are not expressly
assigned to other elected officers;
(8) review, analyze, and forecast trends for county services and
finances, and programs of all county governmental entities, and
report and recommend on these to the legislative body by March
15 each year;
(9) negotiate contracts for the county;
(10) make recommendations concerning the nature and location
of county improvements, and provide for the execution of those
improvements;
(11) supervise county administrative offices except for the offices
of elected officers; and
(12) perform other duties and functions that are imposed on it by
statute or ordinance.
(c) The executive may:
(1) order any agency under its jurisdiction to undertake any task
for any other agency under its jurisdiction on a temporary basis,
if necessary for the proper and efficient administration of county
government;
(2) approve or veto ordinances passed by the legislative body, in
the manner prescribed by IC 36-2-4-8; and
(3) establish and administer centralized budgeting, centralized
personnel selection, and centralized purchasing.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-28-3
part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.147.