Indiana § 36-7-4-214 - Membership of commission; additional members required for unincorporated jurisdictional area
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§ 36-7-4-214. Membership of commission; additional members required for unincorporated jurisdictional area
Sec. 214. (a) ADVISORY. When a municipal plan commission exercises jurisdiction outside the incorporated area of the municipality as provided for in section 205 of the advisory planning law, the executive of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall appoint two (2) additional citizen members to the municipal plan commission. The citizen members must:
(1) be residents of:
(A) the unincorporated area; or
(B) the county, and must also be owners of real property located in whole or in part within the unincorporated area; and
(2) not be of the same political party.
However, at least one (1) of the members must be a resident of the unincorporated area.
(b) ADVISORY. Initially, one (1) member under subsection (a) shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year and the other for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter, each appointment is for a term of four (4) years. The additional citizen members are entitled to participate and vote in all deliberations of the municipal plan commission.
(c) ADVISORY. If the unincorporated area referred to in subsection (a) lies in two (2) counties, the executive of each of those counties shall appoint one (1) of the additional citizen members. The executive of the county having the larger proportion of the unincorporated area shall appoint its member first, and the executive of the other county shall then appoint its member, who must not be of the same political party.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-214; 18-7-5-35.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.7-1983, SEC.37; P.L.220-1986, SEC.8; P.L.126-2011, SEC.9; P.L.6-2012, SEC.242.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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