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36-5-1.1-12. Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution

IN Code § 36-5-1.1-12 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 12. (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 or (in a county having a consolidated city or subject to IC 36-2-3.5) issue an order to dissolve the town.

As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.271.

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36-5-1.1-12. Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution