Sec. 12. (a) If, after the adjournment of its annual meeting under IC 36-2-3-7(b)(2), the county fiscal body finds that an emergency requiring additional appropriations exists, it may make additional appropriations at a special meeting. Estimates of the necessary amount of additional appropriations must be prepared and presented in an ordinance as prescribed by this chapter.

     (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an additional appropriation under this section must be passed by at least a majority vote of all elected members of the county fiscal body.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-2-5-12

  • 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
     (c) Notwithstanding IC 36-2-4-5, a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance that requires an additional appropriation under this section to be passed by an affirmative vote of a certain number of members greater than a majority of all elected members of the county fiscal body.

     (d) An ordinance adopted under subsection (c) requiring an affirmative vote of a certain number of members greater than a majority of all elected members of the fiscal body to pass an additional appropriation must be adopted or repealed by a majority vote of all elected members of the county fiscal body.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-24-20.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.125, SEC.20; P.L.125-2001, SEC.3.