April 3, 2001





ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 371

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DIGEST OF SB 371 (Updated March 29, 2001 10:21 AM - DI 84)



Citations Affected: IC 8-22; noncode.

Synopsis: Airport authorities. Increases the membership of the board of the airport authority of the city of Frankfort from four members to five members. Provides that the initial fifth member of the Frankfort airport authority serves for a term that expires December 31, 2003.

Effective: Upon passage.





Harrison, Hershman
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ THOMPSON, BUCK, KLINKER, HASLER)




    January 18, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Governmental and Regulatory Affairs.
    February 1, 2001, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    February 5, 2001, read second time, ordered engrossed.
    February 6, 2001, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 49, nays 0.

HOUSE ACTION

    February 26, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures.
    April 2, 2001, amended, reported _ Do Pass.







April 3, 2001

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 371



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 8-22-3-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), the board consists of four (4) members, whenever the fiscal body of an eligible entity, acting individually, establishes an authority. The members of the board shall be appointed by the executive of the entity, and not more than two (2) members of the board may be of the same political party.
    (b) In the event that two (2) cities or one (1) city and one (1) town act jointly to establish an authority under this chapter, the board consists of five (5) members. The executive of each city or town shall each appoint two (2) members to the board. The county executive shall appoint one (1) member to the board. Each member appointed by an executive must be of a different political party than the other appointed member.
    (c) In the event that an authority is established by a city or town and a county, acting jointly, the board consists of six (6) members. The executive of each entity shall appoint three (3) members. Not more

than two (2) members appointed by each executive may be of the same political party.
    (d) In the event that an authority was established under IC 19-6-3 (before its repeal on April 1, 1980) the board consists of five (5) members. Three (3) members of the board shall be appointed by the mayor of the city, and two (2) members of the board shall be appointed by the board of commissioners of the county. Not more than two (2) members representing the city may be members of the same political party, and not more than one (1) member representing the county may be a member of the same political party.
    (e) Except as provided in section 4.1(b)(3) of this chapter, the county executive of each Indiana county that is adjacent to a county establishing an authority under this chapter and in which the authority owns real property may appoint one (1) advisory member to the board. An advisory member who is appointed under this subsection:
        (1) must be a resident of the adjacent county;
        (2) may not vote on any matter before the board;
        (3) serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority; and
        (4) serves without compensation or payment for expenses.
     (f) The board of an authority established in a city that has a population of more than fourteen thousand seven hundred fifty (14,750) but less than fifteen thousand (15,000) and that is located in a county having a population of more than thirty thousand six hundred (30,600) but less than thirty-one thousand (31,000) consists of five (5) members. The members of the board shall be appointed by the executive of the eligible entity, and not more than three (3) members of the board may be of the same political party.
    SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The executive of a city referred to in IC 8-22-3-4(f), as amended by this act, shall appoint one (1) additional member to the board of the airport authority established in the city to fill the position on the board created by the amendment of IC 8-22-3-4 by this act. The member appointed under this SECTION is appointed for an initial term that expires December 31, 2003. However, the member is eligible for reappointment.
    (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2004.
        
SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.