Ind. Code § 36-7-13-5 – Advisory commission on industrial development; creation; membership; duties

(a) In order to coordinate the efforts of the unit and any private industrial development committee in the community, an advisory commission on industrial development shall be appointed by the unit's executive.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the commission shall be composed of six (6) members, including at least one (1) representative of the unit's government, at least one (1) representative of the local industrial development committee, at least one (1) representative of a local banking institution, at least one (1) representative of a local utility company, and at least one (1) representative of organized labor from the building trades. A member of the commission may represent more than one (1) of the organizations enumerated.
(c) The unit's legislative body shall request the commission's recommendations. The legislative body may not conduct any business requiring expenditures from the industrial development fund or make any sale or lease of property acquired by the unit under this chapter without the approval, in writing, of a majority of the members of the commission.
(d) In addition to the members described in subsection (b), if the executive of a unit has submitted a petition to a commission under section 10 of this chapter or if the legislative body of a county or municipality has adopted an ordinance designating a district under section 10.5 of this chapter, the following persons are members of the commission:
1. (1) A member appointed by the governor.
2. (2) A member appointed by the lieutenant governor.
3. (3) A member appointed by the director of the department of workforce development.
  [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-14-6.]
  As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.32. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.78; P.L.262-1993, SEC.4; P.L.1-1994, SEC.175; P.L.125-1998, SEC.12; P.L.174-2001, SEC.4.