§ 36-2-6.5-3 — Local board; membership; appointment; vacancy; removal; oath of office; reimbursement

Indiana § 36-2-6.5-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 6.5: Local Board Regarding County Transfers or Gifts to a

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(a) A local board established in accordance
with section 2 of this chapter consists of the following members:
(1) One (1) member appointed by the county executive.
(2) One (1) member appointed by the county fiscal body.
(3) One (1) member appointed by the mayor of the city or
executive of the town having the largest population within the
county.
(4) One (1) member who is a representative of the county's
business community, appointed by the county executive.
(5) The president of the governing body of the school corporation
located within the county.
(b) The term of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2),
(a)(3), or (a)(4) is two (2) years. A member serves until a successor is
appointed and qualified. A member may be reappointed after the
member's term has expired.
(c) If a vacancy of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
(a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) occurs on the local board, the appointing
authority shall appoint a new member. That member serves for the
remainder of the vacated term.
(d) A local board member appointed under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2),
(a)(3), or (a)(4) may be removed for cause by the appointing authority
who appointed the member.
(e) Each member, before entering upon the member's duties, shall
take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form. The oath shall
be endorsed upon the member's certificate of appointment. The
certificate shall be promptly filed with the records of the local board.
(f) A member may not receive a salary, but is entitled to
reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of the member's duties.
(g) The expenses of the local board shall be paid by the county.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.232-2025, SEC.31.