Sec. 7. (a) When a municipality and a lessor agree on the terms and conditions of a lease proposed to be entered into under this chapter, notice of a hearing to be held before the municipal legislative body shall be given to all interested persons by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must name the date, place, and hour of the hearing, and set forth a summary of the principal terms of the lease agreed upon, including the name of the lessor, the character of the property to be leased, the lease rental to be paid, and the number of years the lease is to be in effect.

(b) The date of the hearing may not be less than twenty (20) days after publication of the notice.

(c) The proposed lease shall be kept available for inspection by the public before and at the hearing.

(d) At the hearing, all interested persons are entitled to be heard as to the necessity for the execution of the lease and whether the rental to be paid to the proposed lessor under the lease is a fair and reasonable rental for the facilities. The hearing may be adjourned to a later date or dates.

(e) After the hearing, the municipal legislative body may authorize the execution of the lease as originally agreed on, or may, with the consent of the proposed lessor, modify the lease. However, the lease rental as set out in the published notice may not be increased without a new notice and hearing.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-2-5.5-6.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.97. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.63; P.L.186-1988, SEC.4.