§ 36-2-6-8 — Prohibited allowances; exception; allowances to certain officers; violation; offense

Indiana § 36-2-6-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 6: Fiscal Administration

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(a) Except as permitted by IC 36-2-5-3.7, the
county executive or a court may not make an allowance to a county
officer for:
(1) services rendered in a criminal action;
(2) services rendered in a civil action; or
(3) extra services rendered in the county officer's capacity as a
county officer.
(b) The county executive may make an allowance to the clerk of the
circuit court, county auditor, county treasurer, county sheriff, township
assessor (if any), or county assessor, or to any of those officers'
employees, only if:
(1) the allowance is specifically required by law; or
(2) the county executive finds, on the record, that the allowance
is necessary in the public interest.
(c) A member of the county executive who recklessly violates
subsection (b) commits a Class C misdemeanor and forfeits the
member's office.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-7-9-7;
17-2-44-8 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.222-1997, SEC.2; P.L.146-2008, SEC.689; P.L.257-2019,
SEC.102; P.L.209-2019, SEC.12.