§ 36-5-6-6 — Powers and duties; exception

Indiana § 36-5-6-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 5: GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS
• Ch. 6: Town Clerk-Treasurer

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(a) This section does not apply to a town that has
adopted an ordinance under IC 36-5-6.5.
(b) The clerk-treasurer shall do the following:
(1) Receive and care for all town money and pay the money out
only on order of the town legislative body.
(2) Keep accounts showing when and from what sources the
clerk-treasurer has received town money and when and to whom
the clerk-treasurer has paid out town money.
(3) Prescribe payroll and account forms for all town offices.
(4) Prescribe the manner in which creditors, officers, and
employees shall be paid.
(5) Manage the finances and accounts of the town and make
investments of town money.
(6) Prepare for the legislative body the budget estimates of
miscellaneous revenue, financial statements, and the proposed tax
rate.
(7) Maintain custody of the town seal and the records of the
legislative body.
(8) Issue all licenses authorized by statute and collect the fees
fixed by ordinance.
(9) Serve as clerk of the legislative body by attending its meetings
and recording its proceedings.
(10) Administer oaths, take depositions, and take
acknowledgment of instruments that are required by statute to be
acknowledged, without charging a fee.
(11) Serve as clerk of the town court under IC 33-35-3-2, if the
judge of the court does not serve as clerk of the court or appoint
a clerk of the court under IC 33-35-3-1.
(12) Perform all other duties prescribed by statute.
(c) Except as provided in IC 5-11, a clerk-treasurer is not liable, in
an individual capacity, for any act or omission occurring in connection
with the performance of the requirements set forth in subsection (b),
unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or an intentional
disregard of the requirements.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: Part new;
18-3-1-30; 18-3-1-31 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4. Amended by Acts
1981, P.L.17, SEC.27; P.L.189-1988, SEC.5; P.L.10-1997, SEC.33;
P.L.33-1998, SEC.11; P.L.98-2004, SEC.162; P.L.56-2022, SEC.7;
P.L.58-2023, SEC.28.