Sec. 3.1. (a) The board shall appoint an executive director to carry out the duties and daily operations of the board. The executive director may be removed by the board for just cause.

     (b) The executive director’s duties include the following:

(1) To establish a principal office in Indianapolis.

(2) To conduct any administrative function on behalf of the board with respect to any hearing, investigation, inquiry, election, or review, including designating a staff person or ad hoc panel member to serve as an agent of the board for any of the following:

(A) Hearing examiner.

(B) Hearing officer.

(C) Factfinder.

(D) Compliance officer.

(E) Financial consultant.

The executive director may conduct additional related administrative functions under this subdivision.

(3) To hire and appoint staff and attorneys as necessary to ensure efficient and effective operation of the board. The attorneys appointed under this subdivision may, at the direction of the board, appear for and represent the board in court.

(4) To pay the reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses of an employee, a member, or an agent of the board.

(5) To request from any public agency the assistance, services, and data that will enable the board to properly carry out the board’s functions and powers.

(6) To publish and report in full an opinion in every case decided by the board.

(7) To declare impasse under IC 20-29-6-13.

     (c) The executive director has financial and signatory powers necessary to ensure efficient and effective board operations. In addition, the board may authorize the executive director to carry out any or all of the board’s powers under section 11 of this chapter unless otherwise prohibited by statute.

As added by P.L.169-2016, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.83.