§ 201-5. Emergency powers and procedure for successor.

(a)

The mayor may, upon declaring a local disaster emergency (as this term is defined in chapter 279 division 8) and in compliance with IC 10-14-3, take such actions as are appropriate to assure the public well-being, safety of public and private property and the environment including, but not limited to, the imposition of travel bans on streets and highways; the imposition of curfews; the alteration of normal business working hours; the ordering of evacuation and relocation of civilian populations; all as may be necessary to effect emergency response and recovery.

(b)

The mayor shall, via executive order, designate a line of successors to establish which government officials may act in his or her place whenever:

(1)

Under IC 36-3-3-3, the mayor is incapacitated and unable to make a designation and the president of the city-county council, as determined by the rules of succession established by the council, is incapacitated to the extent that he or she is unable to perform the duties as acting mayor; or

(2)

The office of mayor becomes vacant and the chief deputy mayor is unable to assume the duties of that office as provided in IC 3-13-11.

(G.O. 13, 2016, § 2)