36-4-6-17. Ordinance adoption; recording; contents of record; effect as evidence

IN Code § 36-4-6-17 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 17. Within a reasonable time after an ordinance of the legislative body is adopted, the clerk shall record it in a book kept for that purpose. The record must include:

(1) the signature of the presiding officer;

(2) the attestation of the clerk;

(3) the executive's approval or veto of the ordinance;

(4) if applicable, a memorandum of the passage of the ordinance over the veto; and

(5) the date of each recorded item.

The record or a certified copy of it constitutes presumptive evidence of the adoption of the ordinance.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-3-6 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3.