Ind. Code § 16-22-6-18

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 16-22-6-18 - Hearing on terms of proposed lease; notice

When the authority, the governing board of the hospital, the county executive, and a majority of the county fiscal body of the county have agreed upon the terms and conditions of a lease proposed to be entered into under the terms and conditions of this chapter and before the final execution of the lease, the county auditor shall publish notice of a public hearing to be held in the county by the county executive not less than ten (10) days after the publication of the notice. The notice of the hearing shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation printed in the English language and published in the county. 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 a description of the property to be leased, the lease rental, the term of the lease, and where the proposed lease, drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates may be examined. The proposed lease and the drawings, plans, specifications, and estimates of construction cost for the building shall be open to inspection by the public during the ten (10) day notice period and at the meeting. All persons have a right to be heard at the meeting on the necessity for the lease and whether the lease rental is fair and reasonable. The hearing may be adjourned to a later date or dates and to a place fixed before the adjournment.

IC 16-22-6-18

Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-13(a) part.

As added by P.L. 2-1993, SEC.5.