Bill Text: IN HB1112 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Municipal elections in a consolidated city.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment [HB1112 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1112-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-10-6-2.3; IC 36-5-1.1-10.7.
Synopsis: Municipal elections in a consolidated city. Provides that the
terms of office of the individuals elected as mayor and members of the
city-county council of a consolidated city at the 2011 municipal
election expire January 1, 2015. Provides for the election of the mayor
and the members of the city-county council of a consolidated city to be
at the general election in 2014 and every four years thereafter. Requires
a public question to be placed on the ballot in each included town
located in a county having a consolidated city asking the voters of the
town whether the town should be dissolved. Provides for dissolution of
an included town if the voters of the town vote in favor of the
dissolution.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and
Apportionment.
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(1) The mayor of a consolidated city elected under IC 36-3-3-2.
(2) A member of a city-county council elected under IC 36-3-4-2.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the term of the mayor elected at the 2011 municipal election expires at noon January 1, 2015. The successor of the mayor elected at the 2011 municipal election shall:
(1) be elected at the 2014 general election; and
(2) take office at noon January 1, 2015.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the term of a member of the city-county council elected at the 2011 municipal election expires at noon January 1, 2015. The successor of a member of the city-county council elected at the 2011 municipal election shall:
(1) be elected at the 2014 general election; and
(2) take office at noon January 1, 2015.
(d) The successors of the individuals elected at the 2014 general election under subsections (b) and (c) shall be elected at the 2018 general election and every four (4) years thereafter.
(b) The circuit court clerk of a county having a consolidated city shall place the following public question on the ballot at the 2015 municipal election in each included town in the county:
"Shall the town of ________ dissolve?".
The circuit court clerk shall insert in the blank the name of the town on the ballot in each precinct of each respective town.
(c) If the public question is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question in an included town, the county election board shall file a copy of the certification prepared under IC 3-12-4-9 concerning the public question described by this section with the following:
(1) The circuit court clerk of the county.
(2) The office of the secretary of state.
(d) If a public question under subsection (c) is approved in an included town, dissolution of the town occurs on the earlier of the following:
(1) Sixty (60) days after certification under IC 3-12-4-9.
(2) When the certification is filed under subsection (c).
(e) If an included town is dissolved under this section, the following apply:
(1) The territory of the town as of the date the public question is certified under subsection (c) becomes a part of the consolidated city.
(2) The books and records of the town become the property of the county executive.
(3) The property owned by the town after payment of debts and liabilities shall be disposed of by the county executive.
(4) The county executive shall deposit any proceeds remaining after payment of debts and liabilities into the county general fund.
(f) The dissolution of a town under this section does not affect the validity of a contract to which the town is a party.
(g) This section expires July 1, 2016.
