§ 151-7 — Litigation procedures
Revised Code of the Consolidated City and County of Indianapolis-Marion County (Supp. No. 47, Update 2: codified through Ordinance No. 42, 2026, passed June 1, 2026) · Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 151-7
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Sec. 151-7. - Litigation procedures.
(a) If the city-county council or members of the city-county council are named as parties in any judicial or administrative proceeding under circumstances that any member of the council or the corporation counsel deems the interests of the council or the city may be adverse to each other, such councilor or the corporation counsel shall inform the president of the city-county council of such circumstances. Upon being so advised the president shall determine if such a conflict exists. If he determines that a conflict does exist, the general counsel shall represent the city-county council in accordance with section 151-101(d) of the Code. (b) In any judicial or administrative proceeding that either the city-county council or members of the city-county council are named as parties or in which the city-county council has intervened as a party, the president is authorized to provide instructions to the attorney representing the city-county council as to the conduct of the proceeding, including agreeing to settlement, decisions to petition for review or appeal, and other issues arising during the proceedings. (c) During any such proceeding, any member of the city-county council may introduce a proposal for a council resolution that specific instructions issued by the president to the attorney representing the council be reviewed or reconsidered. The president shall refer such proposal to the committee on rules and public policy. If the city-county council adopts the proposal, the instructions of the president's are overruled and replaced by those contained in the proposal. (d) The instructions of the president to the attorney representing the city-county council shall be in force and effect until and unless those instructions are overruled or replaced by those contained in a resolution adopted by the city-county council. If such a resolution is adopted, the instructions contained in such resolution shall be in force and effect and the president may issue further instructions, provided that the president's further instructions do not conflict with the instructions contained in such resolution. Thereafter, the city-county council may modify or rescind its prior resolution in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(G.O. 104, 2000, § 1; G.O. 55, 2023, § 1)