§ 36-9-4-27 — Controller

(a) The board of directors of a public
transportation corporation shall appoint a qualified person to serve as
controller. The controller is the chief fiscal officer of the corporation,
and the controller must give bond in the sum and with the conditions
prescribed by the board and with surety to the approval of the board.
(b) All money payable to the public transportation corporation shall
be paid to the controller, and the controller shall deposit it under IC 5-13-6. The controller shall deposit this money in the depositories and
in the accounts that the board designates by ordinance.
(c) The controller shall keep an accurate account of all
appropriations made and all taxes levied by the public transportation
corporation, all money owing or due to the corporation, and all money
received and disbursed by the corporation, and the controller shall
preserve all vouchers for payments and disbursements.
(d) The controller shall issue all warrants for the payment of money
from the funds of the public transportation corporation, but the
controller may not issue a warrant for the payment of a claim until the
claim has been allowed in accordance with the procedure prescribed by
the rules of the board. All warrants must be countersigned by the chair
of the board.
(e) If the controller is called upon to issue a warrant, the controller
may require evidence that the amount claimed is justly due, and for that
purpose the controller may summon before the controller any officer,
agent, or employee of the public transportation corporation and
examine the officer, agent, or employee on oath or affirmation relating
to the warrant. The controller may administer the oath or affirmation.
(f) Notwithstanding subsections (d) and (e), the board may authorize
the controller to pay a per diem in advance to a public transportation
employee or board member who will attend a training session or other
special business meeting required as a duty of the public transportation
employee or board member.
(g) Each year, and more often if required by the board, the controller
shall submit the controller's records of account as controller for audit
to the certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants
designated by the board. The certified public accountant or firm of
certified public accountants shall submit to the board a certified report
of the records of account, exhibiting the revenues, receipts, and
disbursements, the sources from which the revenues and funds are
derived, and the manner in which they have been disbursed.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
19-5-2-19.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by
P.L.19-1987, SEC.53; P.L.327-1995, SEC.2; P.L.127-2017,
SEC.281.