§ 36-3-1-0.3 — General assembly findings

Indiana § 36-3-1-0.3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 3: GOVERNMENT OF INDIANAPOLIS AND
• Ch. 1: Consolidation and Transfer of Powers

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3. The general assembly finds the following:
(1) A consolidated city faces unique budget challenges due to a
high demand for services combined with the large number of tax
exempt properties located in a consolidated city as the seat of
state government, home to several institutions of higher
education, and home to numerous national, state, and regional
nonprofit corporations.
(2) By virtue of its size and population density, a consolidated city
has unique overlapping territories of county and city government
and an absence of unincorporated areas within its county.
(3) Substantial operational efficiencies, reduction of
administrative costs, and economies of scale may be obtained in
a consolidated city through consolidation of certain county, city,
and township functions.
(4) Consolidation of certain county, city, and township services
and operations will serve the public purpose by allowing the
consolidated city to:
(A) eliminate duplicative services;
(B) provide better coordinated and more uniform delivery of
local governmental services;
(C) provide uniform oversight and accountability for the
budgets for local governmental services; and
(D) allow local government services to be provided more
efficiently and at a lower cost than without consolidation.
(5) Efficient and fiscally responsible operation of local
government benefits the health and welfare of the citizens of a
consolidated city and is of public utility and benefit.
(6) The public purpose of those parts of P.L.227-2005 relating to
a consolidated city is to provide a consolidated city with the
means to perform essential governmental services for its citizens
in an effective, efficient, and fiscally responsible manner.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.647.