Citations Affected:
IC 36-2-3.5-1.
Synopsis: Division of government power in certain counties. Provides
that Lake County may opt out of the statute that divides county
government power into executive and legislative powers.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 22, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Governmental and
Regulatory Affairs.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
government.
SECTION 1.
IC 36-2-3.5-1
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as
provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to:
(1) a county having a population of:
(A) more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than
seven hundred thousand (700,000); or
(B) more than two hundred thousand (200,000) but less than
three hundred thousand (300,000); and
(2) any other county not having a consolidated city, if both the
county executive and the county fiscal body adopt identical
ordinances providing for the county to be governed by this
chapter beginning on a specified effective date.
(b) This chapter does not apply to a county described in
subsection (a)(1)(A) if both the county executive and the county
fiscal body adopt identical ordinances providing that the county is
not governed by this chapter beginning on a specified effective
date. On the effective date specified in the ordinance, the county is
governed as other counties not subject to this chapter.