§ 36-7-30-5 — Term of members; oath; bond; qualifications; reimbursement for expenses

Indiana § 36-7-30-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 30: Reuse of Federal Military Bases

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), each
member of a military base reuse authority shall serve the longer of
three (3) years beginning with the first day of January after the
member's appointment or until the member's successor has been
appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs, a successor shall be
appointed in the same manner as the original member, and the
successor shall serve for the remainder of the vacated term.
(b) In the case of a municipal military base reuse authority in an
excluded city located in a county with a consolidated city, the original
members shall serve for the following terms:
(1) A member appointed by the executive of the excluded city or
the consolidated city executive shall serve for the longer of three
(3) years beginning with the first day of January after the
member's appointment or until the member's successor is
appointed and qualified.
(2) A member appointed by the legislative body of the excluded
city or the consolidated city legislative body shall serve for the
longer of one (1) year beginning with the first day of January after
the member's appointment or until the member's successor is
appointed and qualified.
(3) A member appointed by the board of county commissioners
shall serve for the longer of two (2) years beginning with the first
day of January after the member's appointment or until the
member's successor is appointed and qualified.
(c) Each member of a reuse authority, before beginning the
member's duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual
form, to be endorsed on the certificate of the member's appointment.
The endorsed certificate must be promptly filed with the clerk for the
unit that the member serves.
(d) Each member of a reuse authority, before beginning the
member'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 member's
office and the accounting for all money and property that may come
into the member's hands or under the member's control. The cost of the
bond shall be paid by the special taxing district.
(e) A member of a reuse authority must be at least eighteen (18)
years of age and must be a resident of the unit responsible for the
member's appointment.
(f) If a member ceases to be qualified under this section, the
member forfeits the member's office.
(g) Members of a reuse authority are not entitled to salaries but are
entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of their duties.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.26-1995, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.257-2019, SEC.134.