Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in IC 16-20-3, the executive of each county shall by ordinance establish and maintain a local health department.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-20-2-2

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) The executive of a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000) may only establish and maintain one (1) local health department having countywide jurisdiction.

     (c) The county executive in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000) may adopt health ordinances that apply to the entire county.

     (d) A health ordinance adopted by a city legislative body after December 31, 1993, in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000) is void.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3.8-1 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.2-1993, SEC.127; P.L.87-1994, SEC.7; P.L.95-1994, SEC.1; P.L.170-2002, SEC.98; P.L.119-2012, SEC.124; P.L.104-2022, SEC.101.

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