Ind. Code § 36-4-9-4 – Executive departments; establishment by city legislative body; administrative functions; termination; transfer of powers, duties, functions, or obligations

(a) The city legislative body shall, by ordinance passed upon the recommendation of the city executive, establish the executive departments that it considers necessary to efficiently perform the administrative functions required to fulfill the needs of the city's citizens.
(b) The head of each city department or agency is under the jurisdiction of the executive.
(c) The following departments may be established:
1. (1) Department of finance or administration.
2. (2) Department of law.
3. (3) Department of public works.
4. (4) Department of public safety.
5. (5) Department of parks and recreation.
6. (6) Department of human resources and economic development.
7. (7) Any other department considered necessary.
  These departments shall perform the administrative functions assigned by statute and ordinance.
(d) The city legislative body may, by ordinance passed upon the recommendation of the city executive:
1. (1) terminate departments established under subsection (c); and
2. (2) transfer to or from those departments any powers, duties, functions, or obligations.
  [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: Part new; 18-1-6.5-1; 18-1-6.5-2; 18-1-6.5-3; 18-1-6.5-4; 18-1-6.5-5.]
  As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.17, SEC.23.