Ind. Code § 36-7-7-3
Counties transferring membership between commissions or joining existing commissions; procedure
- (a) A county may request a change in its participation from one (1) commission to another, or request to join a commission if it is not participating, under subsection (b).
- (b) The legislative body of the county must, by resolution, request the inclusion of the county in the commission. The county auditor shall transmit a copy of the resolution to the governor, the chair of the commission, and, if applicable, the chair of the commission that the county is requesting to leave.
- (c) The commission to be joined may consider a request under subsection (b). It may, by a majority vote of all its members, adopt a resolution including the requesting county in the commission.
(d) Whenever a resolution is adopted under subsection (c), the chair of the commission shall call a meeting to organize the enlarged commission. The chair shall call to this meeting all members of the commission plus:
- (1) if the new county is changing its participation from one (1) commission to another, the persons from that county who served on the commission that the county is leaving; or
(2) if the new county has not been participating, a representative of the executive of that county.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-1.1-2.5.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.26. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.178.