Sec. 15. (a) The court's judgment under section 12 or 15.5 of this chapter must specify the annexation ordinance on which the remonstrance is based. The clerk of the court shall deliver a certified copy of the final and unappealable judgment to the clerk of the municipality. The clerk of the municipality shall:

(1) record the judgment in the clerk's ordinance record; and

(2) make a cross-reference to the record of the judgment on the margin of the record of the annexation ordinance.

(b) If a final and unappealable judgment under section 12 or 15.5 of this chapter is adverse to annexation, the municipality may not make further attempts to annex the territory or any part of the territory during the four (4) years after the later of:

(1) the judgment of the circuit or superior court; or

(2) the date of the final disposition of all appeals to a higher court;

unless the annexation is petitioned for under section 5 or 5.1 of this chapter.

(c) This subsection applies if a municipality repeals the annexation ordinance:

(1) less than sixty-one (61) days after the publication of the ordinance under section 7(a) of this chapter; and

(2) before the hearing commences on the remonstrance under section 11(c) of this chapter.

A municipality may not make further attempts to annex the territory or any part of the territory during the twelve (12) months after the date the municipality repeals the annexation ordinance. This subsection does not prohibit an annexation of the territory or part of the territory that is petitioned for under section 5 or 5.1 of this chapter.

(d) This subsection applies if a municipality repeals the annexation ordinance:

(1) at least sixty-one (61) days but not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the publication of the ordinance under section 7(a) of this chapter; and

(2) before the hearing commences on the remonstrance under section 11(c) of this chapter.

A municipality may not make further attempts to annex the territory or any part of the territory during the twenty-four (24) months after the date the municipality repeals the annexation ordinance. This subsection does not prohibit an annexation of the territory or part of the territory that is petitioned for under section 5 or 5.1 of this chapter.

(e) This subsection applies if a municipality repeals the annexation ordinance:

(1) either:

(A) at least one hundred twenty-one (121) days after publication of the ordinance under section 7(a) of this chapter but before the hearing commences on the remonstrance under section 11(c) of this chapter; or

(B) after the hearing commences on the remonstrance as set forth in section 11(c) of this chapter; and

(2) before the date of the judgment of the circuit or superior court as set forth in subsection (b).

A municipality may not make further attempts to annex the territory or any part of the territory during the forty-two (42) months after the date the municipality repeals the annexation ordinance. This subsection does not prohibit an annexation of the territory or part of the territory that is petitioned for under section 5 or 5.1 of this chapter.

(f) An annexation is effective when the clerk of the municipality complies with the filing requirement of section 22(a) of this chapter.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-10-26.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.308, SEC.6; P.L.56-1988, SEC.14; P.L.5-1989, SEC.97; P.L.12-1992, SEC.158; P.L.231-1996, SEC.3; P.L.2-1997, SEC.82; P.L.248-1999, SEC.8; P.L.224-2001, SEC.11; P.L.1-2002, SEC.157; P.L.228-2015, SEC.21.