Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-3-5-4

Sec. 4. (a) The following executive departments of the consolidated city are established, subject to IC 36-3-4-23:

These departments and their divisions have all the powers, duties, functions, and obligations prescribed by law for them as of August 31, 1981, subject to IC 36-3-4-23.

(b) The department of public utilities established under IC 8-1-11.1 continues as an agency of the consolidated city, which is the successor trustee of a public charitable trust created under Acts 1929, c. 78. The department of public utilities is governed under IC 8-1-11.1 and is not subject to this article.