Indiana § 36-7-4-510 - Comprehensive plan; procedure following legislative rejection or amendment
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§ 36-7-4-510. Comprehensive plan; procedure following legislative rejection or amendment
Sec. 510. (a) ADVISORY─AREA. If the legislative body, by resolution, rejects or amends the comprehensive plan, then it shall return the comprehensive plan to the plan commission for its consideration, with a written statement of the reasons for its rejection or amendment.
(b) ADVISORY─AREA. The commission has sixty (60) days in which to consider the rejection or amendment and to file its report with the legislative body. However, the legislative body may grant the commission an extension of time, of specified duration, in which to file its report. If the commission approves the amendment, the comprehensive plan stands, as amended by the legislative body, as of the date of the filing of the commission's report with the legislative body. If the commission disapproves the rejection or amendment, the action of the legislative body on the original rejection or amendment stands only if confirmed by another resolution of the legislative body.
(c) ADVISORY─AREA. If the commission does not file a report with the legislative body within the time allotted under subsection (b), the action of the legislative body in rejecting or amending the comprehensive plan becomes final.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-510; 18-7-5-43.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.31; P.L.335-1985, SEC.12; P.L.220-1986, SEC.13.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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