Indiana Code 36-7-4-214. Membership of commission; additional members required for unincorporated jurisdictional area
(1) be residents of:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-4-214
- 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.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(B) the county, and must also be owners of real property located in whole or in part within the unincorporated area; and
(2) not be of the same political party.
However, at least one (1) of the members must be a resident of the unincorporated area.
(b) ADVISORY. Initially, one (1) member under subsection (a) shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year and the other for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter, each appointment is for a term of four (4) years. The additional citizen members are entitled to participate and vote in all deliberations of the municipal plan commission.
(c) ADVISORY. If the unincorporated area referred to in subsection (a) lies in two (2) counties, the executive of each of those counties shall appoint one (1) of the additional citizen members. The executive of the county having the larger proportion of the unincorporated area shall appoint its member first, and the executive of the other county shall then appoint its member, who must not be of the same political party.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-214; 18-7-5-35.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.7-1983, SEC.37; P.L.220-1986, SEC.8; P.L.126-2011, SEC.9; P.L.6-2012, SEC.242.