Bill Text: IN HB1276 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Township board meetings.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 6 [HB1276 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1276-Enrolled.html
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(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
(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.
SECTION 713, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 10. (a) This section does not apply
to the appropriation of money to pay a deputy or an employee of a
township assessor with assessment duties or to an elected township
assessor.
(b) The township legislative body shall fix the:
(1) salaries;
(2) wages;
(3) rates of hourly pay; and
(4) remuneration other than statutory allowances;
of all officers and employees of the township.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), the township legislative body may
reduce the salary of an elected or appointed official. However, except
as provided in subsection (h), the official is entitled to a salary that is
not less than the salary fixed for the first year of the term of office that
immediately preceded the current term of office.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (h), the township legislative
body may not alter the salaries of elected or appointed officers during
the fiscal year for which they are fixed, but it may add or eliminate any
other position and change the salary of any other employee, if the
necessary funds and appropriations are available.
(e) If a change in the mileage allowance paid to state officers and
employees is established by July 1 of any year, that change shall be
included in the compensation fixed for the township executive and
assessor under this section, to take effect January 1 of the next year.
However, the township legislative body may by ordinance provide for
the change in the sum per mile to take effect before January 1 of the
next year.
(f) The township legislative body may not reduce the salary of the
township executive without the consent of the township executive
during the term of office of the township executive as set forth in
IC 36-6-4-2.
(g) This subsection applies when a township executive dies or
resigns from office. The person filling the vacancy of the township
executive shall receive at least the same salary the previous township
executive received for the remainder of the unexpired term of office of
the township executive (as set forth in IC 36-6-4-2), unless the person
consents to a reduction in salary.
(h) In a year in which there is not an election of members to the
township legislative body, the township legislative body may by
unanimous vote to reduce the salaries of the members of the township
legislative body by any amount.
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