Bill Text: IN SB0107 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Deadline for adoption of salary ordinances.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Signed by the Governor [SB0107 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0107-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
(b) Subject to the approval of the city legislative body, the city executive shall fix the compensation of each appointive officer, deputy, and other employee of the city. The legislative body may reduce but may not increase any compensation fixed by the executive. Compensation must be fixed under this section not later than
(c) Compensation fixed under this section may be increased or decreased by the executive during the budget year for which it is fixed.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the city clerk may, with the approval of the legislative body, fix the salaries of deputies and employees appointed under IC 36-4-11-4.
SECTION 2. IC 36-8-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.33-2010, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 3. (a) A majority of the members of the safety
board constitutes a quorum. The board shall adopt rules concerning the
time of holding regular and special meetings and of giving notice of
them. The board shall elect one (1) of its members chairman, who
holds the position as long as prescribed by the rules of the board. The
board shall record all of its proceedings.
(b) The members of the safety board may act only as a board. No
member may bind the board or the city except by resolution entered in
the records of the board authorizing the member to act in its behalf as
its authorized agent.
(c) The safety board shall appoint:
(1) the members and other employees of the police department
other than those in an upper level policymaking position;
(2) the members and other employees of the fire department other
than those in an upper level policymaking position;
(3) a market master; and
(4) other officials that are necessary for public safety purposes.
(d) The annual compensation of all members of the police and fire
departments and other appointees shall be fixed by ordinance of the
legislative body not later than September 30 November 1 of each year
for the ensuing budget year. The ordinance may grade the members of
the departments and regulate their pay by rank as well as by length of
service. If the legislative body fails to adopt an ordinance fixing the
compensation of members of the police or fire department, the safety
board may fix their compensation, subject to change by ordinance.
(e) The safety board, subject to ordinance, may also fix the number
of members of the police and fire departments and the number of
appointees for other purposes and may, subject to law, adopt rules for
the appointment of members of the departments and for their
government.
(f) The safety board shall divide the city into police precincts and
fire districts.
(g) The police chief has exclusive control of the police department,
and the fire chief has exclusive control of the fire department, subject
to the rules and orders of the safety board. In time of emergency, the
police chief and the fire chief are, for the time being, subordinate to the
city executive and shall obey the city executive's orders and directions,
notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary.
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