Sec. 7. (a) Upon the filing of a petition described in section 4 of this chapter, the clerk of the court shall do the following:
(1) Fix by endorsement upon the petition a day in the next term of the court, not less than twenty (20) days later than the date of the filing of the petition, for the hearing.
(2) Give notice of the filing and hearing at least ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing as follows:
(A) By summons, which shall be served by United States mail, return receipt requested.
(B) For owners of land in the city or town, by reading to the legislative body of the city or town or a majority of the members.
(C) By posting notice in five (5) of the most public places within the proposed district.
(D) By posting one (1) notice at the door of the courthouse in the county in which the petition is filed.
(E) For nonresidents of Indiana, by publication one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(b) When notified under subsection (a), the legislative body shall make every reasonable effort to see that landowners in the city or town included in the proposed district are informed of the proposed district.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-21-3(a), (b), (c) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20.
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