Indiana Code 36-2-3.5-4. Executive powers and duties
(b) The executive shall:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-2-3.5-4
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) recommend annually before March 1 to the legislative body whatever action or program it considers necessary for the improvement of the county and the welfare of its residents;
(3) submit to the legislative body an annual budget in accordance with IC 36-2-5;
(4) establish the procedures to be followed by all county departments, offices, and agencies under its jurisdiction to the extent these procedures are not expressly assigned to other elected officers;
(5) administer all statutes applicable to the county, and its ordinances and regulations, to the extent these matters are not expressly assigned to other elected officers;
(6) supervise the care and custody of all county property;
(7) supervise the collection of revenues and control all disbursements and expenditures, and prepare a complete account of all expenditures, to the extent these matters are not expressly assigned to other elected officers;
(8) review, analyze, and forecast trends for county services and finances, and programs of all county governmental entities, and report and recommend on these to the legislative body by March 15 each year;
(9) negotiate contracts for the county;
(10) make recommendations concerning the nature and location of county improvements, and provide for the execution of those improvements;
(11) supervise county administrative offices except for the offices of elected officers; and
(12) perform other duties and functions that are imposed on it by statute or ordinance.
(c) The executive may:
(1) order any agency under its jurisdiction to undertake any task for any other agency under its jurisdiction on a temporary basis, if necessary for the proper and efficient administration of county government;
(2) approve or veto ordinances passed by the legislative body, in the manner prescribed by IC 36-2-4-8; and
(3) establish and administer centralized budgeting, centralized personnel selection, and centralized purchasing.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-28-3 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.147.