Sec. 2. The policy of the state is to grant units all the powers that they need for the effective operation of government as to local affairs.
Ind. Code § 36-1-3-2
Policy
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case City of Crown Point v. Lake County (1987)
Most recently applied in City of Charlestown, Indiana v. Charlestown Pleasant Ridge Neighborhood Association Corporation, Joshua Craven, Tina Barnes, David and Ellen Keith, and Bolder Properties, LLC (September 2018)
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.