January 28, 2005





HOUSE BILL No. 1200

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DIGEST OF HB 1200 (Updated January 27, 2005 7:05 am - DI 73)



Citations Affected: IC 13-21.

Synopsis: Solid waste district board. Allows a county that does not contain a city to change the composition of the county solid waste district board if the county executive and the county fiscal body agree to the change.

Effective: July 1, 2005.





Thompson




    January 6, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
    January 27, 2005, amended, reported _ Do Pass.






January 28, 2005

First Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2005)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1200



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

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

SOURCE: IC 13-21-3-5; (05)HB1200.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 13-21-3-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (d), (e), the board of a county district consists of the following members:
        (1) Two (2) members appointed by the county executive from the membership of the county executive.
        (2) One (1) member appointed by the county fiscal body from the membership of the fiscal body.
        (3) One (1) member:
            (A) who is the executive of the municipality having the largest population in the county if that municipality is a city; or
            (B) appointed from the membership of the legislative body of a town if the town is the municipality having the largest population in the county.
        (4) One (1) member of the legislative body of the municipality with the largest population in the county appointed by the legislative body of that municipality.
        (5) One (1) member:
            (A) who is the executive of a city in the county that is not the municipality having the largest population in the county; or
            (B) who is a member of the legislative body of a town that is not the municipality having the largest population in the county;
        and who is appointed by the executive of that county to represent the municipalities in the county other than the municipality having the largest population.
        (6) One (1) additional member appointed by the county executive from the membership of the county executive.
    (b) If a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000) is designated as a county district, the executives of the three (3) cities in the county having the largest populations each serve as a member of the board or may appoint a member of the legislative body of their city to serve as a member of the board. If a county having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) but less than three hundred thousand (300,000) is designated as a county district, the executives of the two (2) cities in the county having the largest populations each serve as a member of the board. If a county having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) but less than three hundred thousand (300,000) is designated as a county district, the board of that county district must include the following:
        (1) One (1) member of the legislative body of the city having the second largest population in the county, appointed by the president of the city legislative body.
        (2) One (1) member of the legislative body of a town located in the county, appointed by the judge of the circuit court in the county.
    (c) If a county having a consolidated city is designated a county district, the board of public works established under IC 36-3-5-6 constitutes the board of the county district.
    (d) If a county designated as a county district has a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000), the board of the district consists of the following members:
        (1) One (1) member appointed by the county executive from the membership of the county executive.
        (2) Two (2) members appointed from the county fiscal body appointed from the membership of the county fiscal body.
        (3) The executive of each second or third class city or a member

of the legislative body of their city appointed by the executive.
        (4) One (1) member of the legislative body of each town appointed by the legislative body.
        (5) One (1) member of the legislative body of the municipality with the largest population in the county appointed by the legislative body of that municipality.
        (6) If a local government unit in the county has an operating final disposal facility located within the unit's jurisdiction, one (1) member of the unit's board of public works appointed by the board of public works.
     (e) This subsection applies only to a county that does not contain a city. If the county executive and the county fiscal body of a county designated as a county district agree, the board of the district shall consist of the following nine (9) members:
        (1) The three (3) members of the county executive.
        (2) Two (2) members of the county fiscal body, chosen by the county fiscal body.
        (3) One (1) member of each of the town legislative bodies of the four (4) towns in the county having the largest population, chosen by each town legislative body.