Indiana Code 25-42-7-8. Bylaws and rules
(1) Establishing the fiscal year of the commission.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-42-7-8
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
(A) for the establishment and meetings of other committees; and
(B) governing general or specific delegation of any authority or function of the commission.
(3) Providing reasonable procedures for calling and conducting meetings of the commission, ensuring reasonable advance notice of all meetings and providing an opportunity for attendance of the meetings by interested parties, including the following:
(A) Enumerated exceptions designed to protect the public’s interest, the privacy of individuals, and proprietary information, including trade secrets.
(B) A provision:
(i) allowing the commission to meet in closed session only after a majority of the administrators vote with no proxy voting to close a meeting in whole or in part; and
(ii) if the commission meets in closed session as described in item (i), requiring the commission to, as soon as practicable, make public a copy of the vote to close the meeting and revealing the vote of each administrator.
(4) Establishing the titles, duties, and authority and reasonable procedures for the election of the officers of the commission.
(5) Providing reasonable standards and procedures for the establishment of the personnel policies and programs of the commission.
(6) Providing a mechanism for winding up the operations of the commission and the equitable disposition of any surplus funds that may exist after the termination of this compact after the payment or reserving of all of the commission’s debts and obligations.
(b) Notwithstanding any civil service or other similar laws of any party state, the bylaws prescribed under this section exclusively govern the personnel policies and programs of the commission.
As added by P.L.135-2019, SEC.5.