Sec. 31. (a) The rules and regulations of the commission must specify a particular time on a particular day of the week in a particular week of the month for holding regular meetings to consider any matters properly coming before the commission. Except as provided in subsection (b), the commission shall regularly meet at the designated time, if there is any matter requiring consideration or determination as specified in this chapter.

     (b) The commission may designate in the rules and regulations July or August as a vacation month during which the commission will not hold a regular meeting despite the existence of matters requiring consideration or determination. A person desiring the commission to consider or determine any matter that is within the commission’s jurisdiction under this chapter must, at least thirty (30) days before a regular meeting date of the commission upon which the person desires the commission to determine or consider the matter, file with the commission a petition that does the following:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-31

  • commission: refers to the Meridian Street preservation commission established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-3
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust, a governmental body or agency, or other entity, public or private, capable of entering into an enforceable contract. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-14
(1) Specifies in detail the matter the petitioner desires the commission to consider or determine.

(2) Requests that the matter be placed upon the commission’s docket for matters to be considered and determined at the meeting.

[Pre-1995 Title 14 Recodification Citation: 14-3-3.2-7 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.83.