§ 36-7-4-207 — Membership of commission; nonvoting adviser

(a) ADVISORY. In a city having a park
board and a city civil engineer, the city plan commission consists of
nine (9) members, as follows:
(1) One (1) member appointed by the city legislative body from
its membership.
(2) One (1) member appointed by the park board.
(3) One (1) member or designated representative appointed by the
city works board.
(4) The city civil engineer or a qualified assistant appointed by the
city civil engineer.
(5) Five (5) citizen members, of whom no more than three (3)
may be of the same political party, appointed by the city
executive.
(b) ADVISORY. If a city lacks either a park board or a city civil
engineer, or both, subsection (a) does not apply. In such a city or in any
town, the municipal plan commission consists of seven (7) members,
as follows:
(1) The municipal legislative body shall appoint three (3) persons,
who must be elected or appointed municipal officials or
employees in the municipal government, as members.
(2) The municipal executive shall appoint four (4) citizen
members, of whom no more than two (2) may be of the same
political party.
(c) AREA. To provide equitable representation of rural and urban
populations, representation on the area plan commission is determined
as follows:
(1) Seven (7) representatives from each city having a population
of more than one hundred five thousand (105,000).
(2) Six (6) representatives from each city having a population of
not less than seventy thousand (70,000) nor more than one
hundred five thousand (105,000).
(3) Five (5) representatives from each city having a population of
not less than thirty-five thousand (35,000) but less than seventy
thousand (70,000).
(4) Four (4) representatives from each city having a population of
not less than twenty thousand (20,000) but less than thirty-five
thousand (35,000).
(5) Three (3) representatives from each city having a population
of not less than ten thousand (10,000) but less than twenty
thousand (20,000).
(6) Two (2) representatives from each city having a population of
less than ten thousand (10,000).
(7) One (1) representative from each town having a population of
more than two thousand one hundred (2,100), and one (1)
representative from each town having a population of two
thousand one hundred (2,100) or less that had a representative
before January 1, 1979.
(8) Such representatives from towns having a population of not
more than two thousand one hundred (2,100) as are provided for
in section 210 of this chapter.
(9) Six (6) county representatives if the total number of municipal
representatives in the county is an odd number, or five (5) county
representatives if the total number of municipal representatives is
an even number.
(d) METRO. The metropolitan development commission consists
of nine (9) citizen members, as follows:
(1) Five (5) members, of whom no more than three (3) may be of
the same political party, appointed by the executive of the
consolidated city.
(2) Four (4) members, of whom no more than two (2) may be of
the same political party, appointed by the legislative body of the
consolidated city.
(e) METRO. The legislative body of the consolidated city shall
appoint an individual to serve as a nonvoting adviser to the
metropolitan development commission when the commission is acting
as the redevelopment commission of the consolidated city under IC 36-7-15.1. If the duties of the metropolitan development commission
under IC 36-7-15.1 are transferred to another entity under IC 36-3-4-23, the individual appointed under this subsection shall serve
as a nonvoting adviser to that entity. A nonvoting adviser appointed
under this subsection:
(1) must also be a member of the school board of a school
corporation that includes all or part of the territory of the
consolidated city;
(2) is not considered a member of the metropolitan development
commission for purposes of IC 36-7-15.1 but is entitled to attend
and participate in the proceedings of all meetings of the
metropolitan development commission (or any successor entity
designated under IC 36-3-4-23) when it is acting as a
redevelopment commission under IC 36-7-15.1;
(3) is not entitled to a salary, per diem, or reimbursement of
expenses;
(4) serves for a term of two (2) years and until a successor is
appointed; and
(5) serves at the pleasure of the legislative body of the
consolidated city.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-8-8
part; 18-7-2-5; 18-7-4-207; 18-7-4-8; 18-7-5-5; 18-7-5-6.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts
1981, P.L.44, SEC.53; Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.62; P.L.192-1984,
SEC.4; P.L.336-1985, SEC.1; P.L.164-1995, SEC.16; P.L.225-1997,
SEC.1; P.L.32-2004, SEC.1; P.L.146-2008, SEC.718; P.L.266-2013,
SEC.13; P.L.193-2017, SEC.4.