CHAPTER 31:  TOWN COUNCIL
Section
General Provisions
   31.001   Term of office
   31.002   Residency required
   31.003   Powers and duties
   31.004   President
Meetings; General Provisions
   31.020   Open meetings
   31.021   Executive sessions
   31.022   Notice of meetings
   31.023   Agenda
   31.024   Record of meetings
   31.025   Quorum
   31.026   Clerk of Council; tie-breaking vote
Meetings; Rules of Procedure
   31.040   Presiding officer
   31.041   Quorum for conducting business
   31.042   Absence of President
   31.043   Duties of the President
   31.044   Duties of Council members
   31.045   Seconding of motions required
   31.046   Withdrawal of motions
   31.047   Division of questions
   31.048   Record of motions
   31.049   Vote
   31.050   Precedence of motion
   31.051   Undebatable motions and exceptions to order
   31.052   Motion to adjourn
   31.053   Motion to postpone indefinitely
   31.054   Motion to amend
   31.055   Amendments
   31.056   Reconsideration
   31.057   Visitors and petitioners
   31.058   Reports, communications, petitions and the like
   31.059   Adoption of Robert’s Rules of Order, revised
   31.060   Temporary suspension of rules; amendment of rules
Ordinances and Resolutions
   31.075   Majority vote; when required
   31.076   Two-thirds vote; when required
   31.077   Date of adoption; publication
   31.078   Record of ordinances
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 31.001  TERM OF OFFICE.
   Except as otherwise provided in I.C. 36-5-2-3(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), the term of office of a member of the Town Council is four years, beginning at 12:00 p.m. January 1 after the member’s election and continuing until the member’s successor is elected and qualified.
(I.C. 36-5-2-3(a))
§ 31.002  RESIDENCY REQUIRED.
   (A)   A member of the Town Council must reside within:
      (1)   The town as provided in the state’s Constitution, Article 6, § 6; and
      (2)   The district from which the member was elected, if applicable.
   (B)   A member of the Town Council who is elected by the voters of a district forfeits office if the member ceases to be a resident of the district.
   (C)   A member of the Town Council who is elected by the voters of the entire town but is elected or selected as a candidate from a district forfeits office if the member ceases to be a resident of the district.
   (D)   An at-large member of the Town Council forfeits office if the member ceases to be a resident of the town.
(I.C. 36-5-2-6)
§ 31.003  POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Town Council may:
   (A)   Adopt ordinances and resolutions for the performance of functions of the town;
   (B)   Purchase, hold and convey any interest in property for the use of the town; and
   (C)   Adopt and use a common seal.
(I.C. 36-5-2-9)
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