Bill Text: IN HB1276 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Township board meetings.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 6 [HB1276 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1276-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1276

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 36-6-6-9.

Synopsis: Township board meetings. Requires a township board to meet in February (instead of January) to approve the annual report of the township trustee.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Niemeyer

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    January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1276

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 36-6-6-9; (13)IN1276.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 36-6-6-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 9. (a) The legislative body shall meet on or before the third Tuesday after the first Monday in January February of each year. At this meeting it shall consider and approve, in whole or in part, the annual report of the executive presented under IC 36-6-4-12.
    (b) The legislative body may send for persons, books, and papers necessary in the examination of the report. A member may administer oaths necessary in the examination of the report.
    (c) Any sum in the control of the executive that remains unexpended and is subject to no liability shall be credited in favor of the fund for which it was appropriated.
    (d) Any fund expended, in whole or in part, for a purpose for which it was not appropriated shall be considered unexpended and in the control of the executive, who is liable on his the executive's bond for such an expenditure.
    (e) When its examination of the report is completed, the legislative

body shall take action on the report, specifying the parts of the report that are altered or disallowed. The report remains under the control of the legislative body and in custody of its chairman, who shall keep it open to inspection by taxpayers of the township.