Indiana counties could end township assessor offices with unanimous votes

A county council and county commissioners could end township assessor offices and move their work to the county assessor. This applies in counties that still have township assessor offices. Each body must pass its own ordinance by a unanimous vote. The county assessor would receive the offices' staff positions, property, unpaid obligations, and funds. The ordinance provision would take effect upon passage. Offices would close, and their work would move, on January 1 after the ordinances are adopted.

Workers employed when a township assessor's office closes could stay in their transferred jobs until they resign or are dismissed. This applies to workers employed by a township assessor's office when it closes after the county votes. They could be dismissed only in the same way as other county assessor employees. Their jobs would transfer on January 1 after the ordinances are adopted.

Election officials would list township assessor races only where the county has not voted to end the office. This covers primary and general election ballots for township assessor seats where those seats exist. The race would appear only if the county council and commissioners have not unanimously voted to end the office. These ballot provisions would take effect July 1, 2026.