(A) The County Elected Officials Training Fund, a non-reverting fund, is established for the deposit of $1 of the identification security protection fee charged for recording a document pursuant to I.C. 36-2-7.5-6(b)(2), in addition to any other sources required or permitted by law.
(B) Money in this Fund shall be used solely to provide training of county elected officials, namely, Surveyor, Clerk, Recorder, Auditor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Assessor, Coroner, County Council Members, Board of Commissioners and individuals first elected to a county office required by I.C. 33-32-2-9, I.C. 36-2-9-2.5, I.C. 36-2-9.5-2.5, I.C. 36-2-10-2.5, I.C. 36-2-11-2.5, I.C. 36-2-12-2.5.
(C) Except as provided in I.C. 5-11-14-1, money in the Fund shall be used to provide travel, lodging, and related expenses associated with any training paid for from the fund; training of one or more designees of a county elected official if sufficient funds are appropriated by the County Council.
(D) Pursuant to I.C. 36-2-5-2(b), the Lake County fiscal body shall appropriate all money to be paid out of the Fund except as otherwise provided by law.
(E) Any money remaining in the Fund at the end of the year shall not revert to any other fund but continues in the County Elected Officials Training Fund.
(Ord. 1475B, passed 9-13-2022)