Indiana § 36-5-1-20 - Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution
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§ 36-5-1-20. Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution
Sec. 20. (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 subject to IC 36-2-3.5) issue an order to dissolve the town.
As added by P.L.3-1993, SEC.269. Amended by P.L.77-2014, SEC.21; P.L.278-2019, SEC.190; P.L.22-2021, SEC.6.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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