Indiana Code 15-14-7-3. Petition; notice; remonstrance; duration
(b) The county auditor shall have the petition, without the signatures, printed in a newspaper of general circulation that is published in the county.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 15-14-7-3
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- executive: means the board of commissioners of a county under IC 36-2-2-2. See Indiana Code 15-14-7-1
(d) If not later than the date and time published in the notice for the consideration of the petition by the executive, a remonstrance signed by more resident freeholders of the county than the number signing the petition is filed with the county auditor protesting the allowance, the executive shall consider the remonstrance. If the executive finds that the remonstrance is signed by a greater number of resident freeholders than the petition asking for an allowance, the executive:
(1) may not make an appropriation for the purposes set forth in section 2 of this chapter; and
(2) shall dismiss the petition and take no further action.
(e) After final acceptance by the executive, a petition under this section is effective for one (1) to five (5) years, as determined by the executive.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citations: part formerly 15-1-6-2(a); part formerly 15-1-6-2(b).]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.86-2008, SEC.9.