Indiana § 36-3-4-16 - Ordinance or resolution; approval or veto; executive's failure to perform duty; passage over veto
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§ 36-3-4-16. Ordinance or resolution; approval or veto; executive's failure to perform duty; passage over veto
Sec. 16. (a) Within ten (10) days after an ordinance or resolution is presented to the executive, the executive shall:
(1) approve the ordinance or resolution, by entering the executive's approval on it, signing it, and sending the legislative body a message announcing the executive's approval; or
(2) veto the ordinance or resolution, by returning it to the legislative body with a message announcing the executive's veto and stating the executive's reasons for the veto.
The executive may approve or veto separate items of an ordinance appropriating money or levying a tax.
(b) If the executive fails to perform the executive's duty under subsection (a), the ordinance or resolution is considered vetoed.
(c) Whenever an ordinance or resolution is vetoed by the executive, it is considered defeated unless the legislative body, at its first regular or special meeting after the ten (10) day period prescribed by subsection (a), passes the ordinance or resolution over the executive's veto by a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-5-2 part; 18-1-6-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.115.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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