HB 1223 Summary

• Eliminates the board of county commissioners effective January 1, 2015, in counties with a second class city of at least 200,000 population, replacing it with a single elected county commissioner.

• Requires election of one county commissioner in 2014 and every four years thereafter; shortens the term of county commissioners elected in 2012 to two years rather than four years.

• Makes the county council the legislative body and fiscal body after December 31, 2014, with the single county commissioner serving as the county executive with administrative and executive powers.

• Divides county government powers between separate executive and legislative branches, prohibiting one branch from exercising powers belonging to the other.

• Applies only to counties meeting the population and city size requirements specified in IC 36-2-2.5; effective upon passage with most provisions taking effect July 1, 2010.