Ind. Code § 36-6-1-3
Alteration of boundaries; withdrawal of state or federally owned land from taxation; petition; effective date of alteration
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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 3. (a) When part of a township is owned by the state or the United States, devoted to a public use, and withdrawn from taxation for local purposes, and:
Sec. 3. (a) When part of a township is owned by the state or the United States, devoted to a public use, and withdrawn from taxation for local purposes, and:
(1) less than eighteen (18) square miles of the township remains subject to taxation; or
(1) less than eighteen (18) square miles of the township remains subject to taxation; or
(2) the township is divided into two (2) or more separate sections by the government owned part;
(2) the township is divided into two (2) or more separate sections by the government owned part;
the county executive may issue an order to alter the boundaries of the township and adjoining townships on receipt of a petition signed by at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the resident freeholders of a part of the township adjoining another township.
the county executive may issue an order to alter the boundaries of the township and adjoining townships on receipt of a petition signed by at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the resident freeholders of a part of the township adjoining another township.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a boundary alteration under this section is effective when a copy of the order is filed with:
(b) A boundary alteration under this section is effective when a copy of the order is filed with:
(1) the circuit court clerk; and
(1) the circuit court clerk; and
(2) the office of the secretary of state.
(2) the office of the secretary of state.
(c) A boundary alteration under this section may not take effect during the year preceding a year in which a federal decennial census is conducted. A boundary alteration that would otherwise take effect during the year preceding a year in which a federal decennial census is conducted takes effect January 1 of the year in which a federal decennial census is conducted.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c) as that subsection existed on December 31, 2009, a boundary alteration that took effect January 2, 2010, because of the application of subsection (c), as that subsection existed on December 31, 2009, is instead considered to take effect January 1, 2010, without any additional action being required.
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