§ 36-9-13-6 — Trustees; appointment; terms of office; oaths

(a) Within sixty (60) days after the adoption of
the concurrent resolution under section 5 of this chapter, a board of
building authority trustees shall be appointed. The board consists of
five (5) trustees who are appointed in the following manner and for the
following initial terms:
(1) One (1) appointed by the municipal fiscal body of the county
seat, for a term of one (1) year.
(2) One (1) appointed by the county fiscal body, for a term of two
(2) years.
(3) One (1) appointed by the county executive, for a term of three
(3) years.
(4) One (1) appointed by the municipal executive of the county
seat, for a term of four (4) years.
(5) One (1) appointed by the county executive, for a term of four
(4) years.
(b) A person may be appointed as a trustee only if the person:
(1) is at least thirty (30) years of age;
(2) has been a resident of the county for five (5) years
immediately preceding the person's appointment; and
(3) is not an officer or employee of an eligible entity.
(c) The names of all persons appointed under subsection (a) shall be
transmitted in writing to the circuit court for the county at least ten (10)
days before the end of the sixty (60) day period. The court shall mail a
notice of appointment to each trustee immediately after the sixty (60)
day period.
(d) Before entering upon the trustee's duties, each trustee shall take
and subscribe an oath of office (in the usual form), which shall be
endorsed upon the trustee's certificate of appointment. The certificate
shall be promptly filed with the county clerk.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-8-4-3
part; 19-8-4-4 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.86. Amended by
P.L.7-1983, SEC.39; P.L.127-2017, SEC.301.