Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to claims for salaries fixed in a definite amount by ordinance or statute, per diem of jurors, and salaries of officers of a court.

     (b) The county auditor shall publish all allowances made by courts of the county. Court allowances shall be published at least three (3) days before the issuance of warrants in payment of those allowances. Allowances subject to this section shall be published as prescribed by IC 5-3-1 except that only one (1) publication in two (2) newspapers is required.

     (c) A county auditor who issues warrants in payment of allowances made by a court of the county, before compliance with subsection (b), commits a Class C infraction.

     (d) A county auditor shall publish one (1) time in accordance with IC 5-3-1 a notice of all allowances made by a circuit or superior court. The notice must be published within sixty (60) days after the allowances are made and must state their amount, to whom they are made, and for what purpose they are made.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-30-1; 17-3-30-2; 17-3-30-3; 17-3-30-4.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.127, SEC.2; P.L.52-1987, SEC.2; P.L.64-1995, SEC.12; P.L.141-2009, SEC.7.