§ 36-7-30.5-11 — Terms of members; oath; bond; qualifications; reimbursement for expenses

Indiana § 36-7-30.5-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 30.5: Development of Multicounty Federal Military Bases

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(a) Each member of a military base
development authority shall serve the longer of:
(1) three (3) years beginning with the first day of January after the
member's appointment; or
(2) 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. The successor shall serve for the remainder of
the vacated term.
(b) Each member of a development 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.
(c) Each member of a development 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:
(1) in the penal sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000); and
(2) 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.
(d) A member of a development authority must be:
(1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) a resident of the county responsible for the member's
appointment.
(e) If a member ceases to be qualified under this section, the
member forfeits the member's office.
(f) Members of a development 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.203-2005, SEC.11.