Indiana § 16-22-7-21 - Notice and hearing on proposed lease
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§ 16-22-7-21. Notice and hearing on proposed lease
Sec. 21. (a) When the authority, the governing board of the hospital, the county executive, and the county fiscal body of the county or the city fiscal body have agreed on the terms and conditions of a proposed lease and before the final execution of the lease, the recording officer shall publish notice of a public hearing to be held in the county or city by the governing body of the proposed lessee. The hearing shall be held not earlier than ten (10) days after the date of publication of the notice. The notice must name the day, place, and hour of the hearing and must set forth a brief summary of the principal terms of the lease, including the character and location of the property to be leased, the lease rental to be paid, the lease term, and where the proposed lease, drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates may be examined.
(b) The proposed lease and the drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates of construction cost for the buildings are open to inspection by the public during the ten (10) days before the meeting and at the meeting.
(c) Interested persons are entitled to be heard at the meeting concerning the necessity for and fairness of the lease. The hearing may be adjourned to a later date and to a place fixed before adjournment.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20.5-14(a) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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