2013 Indiana Code 36-3-4-16. Ordinance or resolution; approval or veto; executive’s failure to perform duty; passage over veto
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Sec. 16. (a) Within ten (10) days after an ordinance or resolution is presented to him, the executive shall:
(1) approve the ordinance or resolution, by entering his approval on it, signing it, and sending the legislative body a message announcing his approval; or
(2) veto the ordinance or resolution, by returning it to the legislative body with a message announcing his veto and stating his reasons for the veto.
The executive may approve or veto separate items of an ordinance appropriating money or levying a tax.
(b) If the executive fails to perform his duty under subsection (a), the ordinance or resolution is considered vetoed.
(c) Whenever an ordinance or resolution is vetoed by the executive, it is considered defeated unless the legislative body, at its first regular or special meeting after the ten (10) day period prescribed by subsection (a), passes the ordinance or resolution over his veto by a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2.
(1) approve the ordinance or resolution, by entering his approval on it, signing it, and sending the legislative body a message announcing his approval; or
(2) veto the ordinance or resolution, by returning it to the legislative body with a message announcing his veto and stating his reasons for the veto.
The executive may approve or veto separate items of an ordinance appropriating money or levying a tax.
(b) If the executive fails to perform his duty under subsection (a), the ordinance or resolution is considered vetoed.
(c) Whenever an ordinance or resolution is vetoed by the executive, it is considered defeated unless the legislative body, at its first regular or special meeting after the ten (10) day period prescribed by subsection (a), passes the ordinance or resolution over his veto by a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2.