Section 33-26-7-1 - Representation of local officials by a private attorney of the attorney general(a) Notwithstanding IC 4-6-2-11 or IC 4-6-5-3, a township assessor, a county assessor, a county auditor, a member of a county property tax assessment board of appeals, or a county property tax assessment board of appeals that: (1) made an original determination that is the subject of a judicial proceeding in the tax court; and(2) is a defendant in a judicial proceeding in the tax court; may elect to be represented in the judicial proceeding by an attorney selected and paid by the defendant, the township, or the county.
(b) For purposes of this section, a party identified in subsection (a) may elect to be represented by the office of the attorney general under a written agreement between the party and the office of the attorney general.Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-3-5-14.2.
Amended by P.L. 257-2019,SEC. 93, eff. 7/1/2019.As added by P.L. 98-2004, SEC.5. Amended by P.L. 154-2006, SEC.70.