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IN SB0110
Bill
Status
1/4/2012
Primary Sponsor
Travis Holdman
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AI Summary
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Allows county executives in non-Marion County counties to adopt an ordinance placing a public question on the ballot to restructure county government from a three-member board of commissioners to a single elected county commissioner serving as executive, with the county council assuming all legislative and fiscal powers
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Establishes that if voters approve the restructuring, the single county commissioner is elected at the second general election following approval, serves a four-year term with a maximum of eight years in any twelve-year period, and the board of commissioners is abolished when the single commissioner takes office
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Requires counties adopting the single commissioner structure (except Lake and St. Joseph counties) to redraw county council districts from four single-member districts plus three at-large seats to seven single-member districts
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Provides a process for counties with a single commissioner to revert to the previous three-member board structure through county council ordinance and voter approval via public question
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Updates county drainage board composition in single commissioner counties to consist of the single commissioner plus two or four council-appointed freeholders, and specifies appointment procedures for county hospital governing boards in these counties
Legislative Description
Local government issues.
Last Action
Amendment 4 (Holdman), prevailed; voice vote
1/31/2012