§ 36-7-14-7 — Commissioners; terms of office; vacancies; oaths; bonds; qualifications; reimbursement for expenses; compensation

(a) Each redevelopment commissioner shall
serve for one (1) year from the first day of January after the
commissioner's appointment and until the commissioner's successor is
appointed and has qualified, except that the original commissioners
shall serve from the date of their appointment until the first day of
January in the second year after their appointment. If a vacancy occurs,
a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original
commissioner, and the successor shall serve for the remainder of the
vacated term.
(b) Each redevelopment commissioner, before beginning the
commissioner's duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the
usual form, to be endorsed on the certificate of the commissioner's
appointment, which shall be promptly filed with the clerk for the unit
that the commissioner serves.
(c) Each redevelopment commissioner, before beginning the
commissioner's duties, shall execute a bond payable to the state, with
surety to be approved by the executive of the unit. The bond must be
in the penal sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and must be
conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of the
commissioner's office and the accounting for all monies and property
that may come into the commissioner's hands or under the
commissioner's control. The cost of the bond shall be paid by the
special taxing district.
(d) A redevelopment commissioner must be at least eighteen (18)
years of age, and must be a resident of the unit that the commissioner
serves.
(e) If a commissioner ceases to be qualified under this section, the
commissioner forfeits the commissioner's office.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (g), redevelopment
commissioners are not entitled to salaries but are entitled to
reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of
their duties.
(g) A redevelopment commissioner who does not otherwise hold a
lucrative office for the purpose of Article 2, Section 9 of the Indiana
Constitution may receive:
(1) a salary; or
(2) a per diem;
and is entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in
the performance of the redevelopment commissioner's duties.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-7
part; 18-7-7.1-4; 18-7-7.1-7.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by Acts
1981, P.L.310, SEC.84; P.L.10-1997, SEC.35; P.L.2-1998, SEC.84;
P.L.127-2017, SEC.203.