36-5-1-20. Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution

IN Code § 36-5-1-20 (2019) (N/A)
Copy with citation
Copy as parenthetical citation

Sec. 20. (a) This section does not apply to a town described by IC 36-5-1-11.5.

(b) A town subject to this chapter may be dissolved if the county election board of the county in which the greatest percentage of population of the town is located conducts a public hearing and finds that the town has not elected town officers or had a functioning town government during the preceding ten (10) years.

(c) The county election board shall certify the board's findings to the county executive, who may adopt an ordinance.

As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.269. Amended by P.L.77-2014, SEC.21; P.L.278-2019, SEC.190.