Indiana § 36-8-11-9 Petition against establishment of district

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-8-11-9 — Petition against establishment of district

Indiana § 36-8-11-9

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 8PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 11Fire Protection Districts

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Ind. Code § 36-8-11-9 (2026).

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(a)A petition against the establishment of the fire protection district may be presented to the county legislative body at or after a hearing on the petition to establish a district and before the adoption of an ordinance or resolution establishing the district.

(b)If the legislative body finds that it contains the signatures of fifty-one percent (51%) of the freeholders within the proposed district or of the freeholders who own two-thirds (2/3) of the real property within the proposed district, determined by assessed valuation, the legislative body shall dismiss the petition for the establishment of the district. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-45-12 part.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.63.

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(a) A petition against the establishment of the
fire protection district may be presented to the county legislative body
at or after a hearing on the petition to establish a district and before the
adoption of an ordinance or resolution establishing the district.
(b) If the legislative body finds that it contains the signatures of
fifty-one percent (51%) of the freeholders within the proposed district
or of the freeholders who own two-thirds (2/3) of the real property
within the proposed district, determined by assessed valuation, the
legislative body shall dismiss the petition for the establishment of the
district.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-45-12
part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.63.