Section 13-26-4-4 - Number of trustees; appointments by the governor or commissioner of the department of correction(a) If: (1) a district will include territory in more than one (1) county;(2) a county executive has filed a petition for a district including territory owned, leased, or controlled by the department of natural resources; or(3) the department of natural resources has filed a petition; the order establishing the district may provide that the governor appoints any number of trustees, but less than one-half (1/2) of the total.
(b) If a district contains or a proposed district will contain a state correctional facility, the department, when:(1) issuing an order establishing the district under IC 13-26-2-10; or(2) approving or modifying a petition filed by the district's board of trustees under IC 13-26-1-2; may allow for the appointment of one (1) member of the board of trustees of the district by the commissioner of the department of correction.
Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-3-2-5(d) part.
As added by P.L. 1-1996, SEC.16. Amended by P.L. 101-2003, SEC.3.