Commissioners; removal from office

Sec. 9. (a) A commissioner of a housing authority may be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, by:

(1) the city executive, for a city housing authority;

(2) the town fiscal body, for a town housing authority; or

(3) the county fiscal body, for a county housing authority.

(b) A commissioner may be removed under subsection (a) only if the commissioner was given a copy of the charges at least ten (10) days before a hearing on the charges and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In a city, the fiscal body shall appoint the hearing officer for the hearing, which may not be the city executive when the city executive is the person bringing the charges. The commissioner against whom the charges are made may require that the hearing be open to the public. After the removal of a commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the fiscal body of the unit.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-8-5 part; 18-7-11-7.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.37. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.313, SEC.1; P.L.344-1987, SEC.4; P.L.127-2017, SEC.213.