Ind. Code § 36-4-9-4

Executive departments; establishment by city legislative body; administrative functions; termination; transfer of powers, duties, functions, or obligations

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Butler v. City of Peru (2000)

Most recently applied in City of Lawrence Utilites Service Board, City of Lawrence, Indiana, and Mayor Dean Jessup, Individually and in his Official Capacity v. Carlton E. Curry (February 2017)

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3

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Sec. 4. (a) The city legislative body shall, by ordinance passed upon the recommendation of the city executive, establish the executive departments that it considers necessary to efficiently perform the administrative functions required to fulfill the needs of the city's citizens.

(b) The head of each city department or agency is under the jurisdiction of the executive.

(1) Department of finance or administration.

(2) Department of law.

(3) Department of public works.

(4) Department of public safety.

(5) Department of parks and recreation.

(6) Department of human resources and economic development.

(7) Any other department considered necessary.

These departments shall perform the administrative functions assigned by statute and ordinance.

(d) The city legislative body may, by ordinance passed upon the recommendation of the city executive:

(1) terminate departments established under subsection (c); and

(2) transfer to or from those departments any powers, duties, functions, or obligations.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.