Sec. 11.3. (a) This section applies only to an annexation ordinance adopted after June 30, 2015.
(b) An annexation ordinance is void if a written remonstrance petition is signed by one (1) of the following:
(1) At least sixty-five percent (65%) of the owners of land in the annexed territory. An owner of land may not:
(A) be counted in calculating the total number of owners of land in the annexation territory; or
(B) have the owner's signature counted on a remonstrance;
with regard to any single property that an owner has an interest in that was exempt from property taxes under IC 6-1.1-10 or any other state law for the immediately preceding year.
(2) The owners of at least eighty percent (80%) in assessed valuation of the land in the annexed territory. Land that was exempt from property taxes under IC 6-1.1-10 or any other state law for the immediately preceding year may not be included in calculating the total assessed valuation of the land in the annexation territory. The court may not count the owner's signature on a remonstrance with regard to any single property that the owner has an interest in that was exempt from property taxes under IC 6-1.1-10 or any other state law for the immediately preceding year.
(c) The annexation may be appealed to the court under section 11 of this chapter, if a written remonstrance is signed by one (1) of the following:
(1) At least fifty-one percent (51%) but less than sixty-five percent (65%) of the owners of land. An owner of land may not:
(A) be counted in calculating the total number of owners of land in the annexation territory; or
(B) have the owner's signature counted on a remonstrance;
with regard to any single property that the owner has an interest in that was exempt from property taxes under IC 6-1.1-10 or any other state law for the immediately preceding year.
(2) The owners of at least sixty percent (60%) but less than eighty percent (80%) in assessed valuation of land in the annexed territory. Land that was exempt from property taxes under IC 6-1.1-10 or any other state law for the immediately preceding year may not be included in calculating the total assessed valuation of the land in the annexation territory. The court may not count an owner's signature on a remonstrance with regard to any single property that the owner has an interest in that was exempt from property taxes under IC 6-1.1-10 or any other state law for the immediately preceding year.
As added by P.L.228-2015, SEC.15.
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