§ 36-4-9-4 — Executive departments; establishment by city legislative body; administrative functions; termination; transfer of powers, duties, functions, or obligations

Indiana § 36-4-9-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 4: GOVERNMENT OF CITIES AND TOWNS
• Ch. 9: City Departments, Boards, and Appointed Officers

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(a) The city legislative body shall, by ordinance
passed upon the recommendation of the city executive, establish the
executive departments that it considers necessary to efficiently perform
the administrative functions required to fulfill the needs of the city's
citizens.
(b) The head of each city department or agency is under the
jurisdiction of the executive.
(c) The following departments may be established:
(1) Department of finance or administration.
(2) Department of law.
(3) Department of public works.
(4) Department of public safety.
(5) Department of parks and recreation.
(6) Department of human resources and economic development.
(7) Any other department considered necessary.
These departments shall perform the administrative functions assigned
by statute and ordinance.
(d) The city legislative body may, by ordinance passed upon the
recommendation of the city executive:
(1) terminate departments established under subsection (c); and
(2) transfer to or from those departments any powers, duties,
functions, or obligations.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: Part new;
18-1-6.5-1; 18-1-6.5-2; 18-1-6.5-3; 18-1-6.5-4; 18-1-6.5-5.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts
1981, P.L.17, SEC.23.