Indiana § 36-3-4-16 Ordinance or resolution; approval or veto; executive's failure to
perform duty; passage over veto

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-3-4-16 — Ordinance or resolution; approval or veto; executive's failure to perform duty; passage over veto

Indiana § 36-3-4-16

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 3GOVERNMENT OF INDIANAPOLIS AND

Ch. 4Legislative Bodies

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Ind. Code § 36-3-4-16 (2026).

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(a)Within ten (10) days after an ordinance or resolution is presented to the executive, the executive shall:

(1)approve the ordinance or resolution, by entering the executive's approval on it, signing it, and sending the legislative body a message announcing the executive's approval; or

(2)veto the ordinance or resolution, by returning it to the legislative body with a message announcing the executive's veto and stating the executive's reasons for the veto. The executive may approve or veto separate items of an ordinance appropriating money or levying a tax.

(b)If the executive fails to perform the executive's duty under subsection (a), the ordinance or resolution is considered vetoed.

(c)Whenever an ordinance or resolution is vetoed by the executive, it is considered defeated unless

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(a) Within ten (10) days after an ordinance or
resolution is presented to the executive, the executive shall:
(1) approve the ordinance or resolution, by entering the
executive's approval on it, signing it, and sending the legislative
body a message announcing the executive's approval; or
(2) veto the ordinance or resolution, by returning it to the
legislative body with a message announcing the executive's veto
and stating the executive's reasons for the veto.
The executive may approve or veto separate items of an ordinance
appropriating money or levying a tax.
(b) If the executive fails to perform the executive's duty under
subsection (a), the ordinance or resolution is considered vetoed.
(c) Whenever an ordinance or resolution is vetoed by the executive,
it is considered defeated unless the legislative body, at its first regular
or special meeting after the ten (10) day period prescribed by
subsection (a), passes the ordinance or resolution over the executive's
veto by a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-5-2
part; 18-1-6-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2. Amended by
P.L.127-2017, SEC.115.