Indiana § 36-5-5-2 Employment; compensation; tenure

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-5-5-2 — Employment; compensation; tenure

Indiana § 36-5-5-2

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 5GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS

Ch. 5Town Manager

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Ind. Code § 36-5-5-2 (2026).

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The town legislative body may employ a town manager to be the administrative head of the town government and may fix the manager's compensation and terms of employment. The manager may be employed to serve:

(1)at the pleasure of the legislative body; or

(2)for a definite tenure not to exceed the longest remaining term in office of a member of the legislative body, in which case the manager may be dismissed only for cause. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-3-1.5-1 part; 18-3-1.5-2.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.147.

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The town legislative body may employ a town
manager to be the administrative head of the town government and may
fix the manager's compensation and terms of employment. The
manager may be employed to serve:
(1) at the pleasure of the legislative body; or
(2) for a definite tenure not to exceed the longest remaining term
in office of a member of the legislative body, in which case the
manager may be dismissed only for cause.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-3-1.5-1
part; 18-3-1.5-2.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4. Amended by
P.L.127-2017, SEC.147.