§ 8-18-20-5 — Hearing on creation; notice by publication; resolution; filing; proof of establishment

(a) Whenever the county auditor receives a
notice that:
(1) is signed by the presiding officers of the county executive, the
county fiscal body, and the municipal fiscal body of the county
seat;
(2) states that those bodies have agreed to hold a public hearing
on and consider the creation of a county toll road authority; and
(3) fixes a time and place for that hearing;
the auditor shall give notice by publication of the hearing. The notice
shall be published in accordance with IC 5-3-1, and must state the time,
place, and purpose of the hearing.
(b) The members of the executive of the county and the fiscal bodies
of the county and county seat shall meet at the time and place fixed in
the notice. The presiding officers of each of the three (3) bodies shall
elect one (1) of their number to preside as chairman at the hearing,
another as vice chairman, and another as secretary.
(c) All interested citizens and taxpayers of the county may appear
and are entitled to be heard at the hearing.
(d) The authority shall be established if, within sixty (60) days after
the hearing, a concurrent resolution declaring a need for the authority
is agreed upon and separately adopted by the county executive and
county and municipal fiscal bodies.
(e) A copy of the concurrent resolution that is certified by affidavits
of the county auditor and municipal clerk showing the date of adoption
of the resolution by the three (3) bodies must be filed in the office of
the recorder of the county for recording in the miscellaneous records.
The certified and recorded copy of the resolution is admissible in
evidence in any action or proceeding as proof of the establishment of
the authority.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.386-1987(ss), SEC.20.