Indiana § 36-5-1-5 Public hearing on petition; notice

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-5-1-5 — Public hearing on petition; notice

Indiana § 36-5-1-5

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 5GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS

Ch. 1Incorporation; Dissolution

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Ind. Code § 36-5-1-5 (2026).

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The county executive shall hold a public hearing on a petition for incorporation not less than sixty (60) nor more than ninety (90) days after the date of the filing of the petition, and shall require the petitioners to send notice of the hearing by certified mail to:

(1)the residents and landowners of the territory as listed in the petition;

(2)the legislative body of each municipality having any corporate boundary within three (3) miles of the perimeter of the proposed new town;

(3)the executive of any other county in which a part of the proposed new town is located; and

(4)the executive of a township in which all or a part of the proposed new town is located. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-1-7.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4.

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The county executive shall hold a public hearing
on a petition for incorporation not less than sixty (60) nor more than
ninety (90) days after the date of the filing of the petition, and shall
require the petitioners to send notice of the hearing by certified mail to:
(1) the residents and landowners of the territory as listed in the
petition;
(2) the legislative body of each municipality having any corporate
boundary within three (3) miles of the perimeter of the proposed
new town;
(3) the executive of any other county in which a part of the
proposed new town is located; and
(4) the executive of a township in which all or a part of the
proposed new town is located.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
18-3-1-7.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4.