Indiana Code 36-2-3-7. Meetings; location; duties; special meetings; notice; emergency meetings
(b) The fiscal body:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-2-3-7
- 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
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) shall hold a regular meeting annually, as prescribed by IC 6-1.1-17, to adopt the county’s annual budget and tax rate;
(3) may hold a special meeting under subsection (c) or (d); and
(4) in the case of a county subject to IC 36-2-3.5, shall hold meetings at a regularly scheduled time each month that does not conflict with the meetings of the county executive.
(c) A special meeting of the fiscal body may be called:
(1) by the county auditor or the president of the fiscal body; or
(2) by a majority of the members of the fiscal body.
At least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting, the auditor, president, or members calling the meeting shall give written notice of the meeting to each member of the fiscal body and publish, at least one (1) day before the meeting, the notice in accordance with IC 5-3-1-4. This subsection does not apply to a meeting called to deal with an emergency under IC 5-14-1.5-5.
(d) If a court orders the county auditor to make an expenditure of county money for a purpose for which an appropriation has not been made, the auditor shall immediately call an emergency meeting of the fiscal body to discuss the matter. Notwithstanding subsection (c), the meeting must be held within three (3) working days of the receipt of the order by the auditor, and notice of the meeting day, time, and places is sufficient if:
(1) given by telephone to the members of the fiscal body; and
(2) given according to IC 5-14-1.5.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-24-6 part; 17-1-24-6.5; 17-1-28-7 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.125, SEC.19; Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.146; Acts 1981, P.L.17, SEC.13; Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.17.