County surveyor authorized to appoint chief or other deputies and employees; bridge engineer; field notes
Ind. Code § 36-2-16-5
in effectSec. 5. (a) The county surveyor may appoint one (1) first or chief deputy, if authorized by the county fiscal body, and also may appoint the number of other full-time or part-time deputies and employees authorized by the county fiscal body.
(b) The surveyor of a county having a population of one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000) or more may appoint a registered professional civil engineer as bridge engineer.
(c) If a deputy surveyor takes field notes, the deputy surveyor shall return them to the county surveyor within sixty (60) days.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-58-3 part; 17-3-60-1; 17-3-71-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.155; P.L.154-1993, SEC.2; P.L.127-2017, SEC.101.
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