Sec. 2. If a majority of the owners of taxable real property residing within and owning real property within that part of a township located outside the corporate boundaries of a municipality petition the township executive and legislative body to provide fire protection in that part of the township, the executive and legislative body shall grant the petition and proceed without delay to provide for fire protection. The executive and legislative body shall determine which of the methods in section 3 of this chapter for providing fire protection in townships will be followed.
Ind. Code § 36-8-13-2
Establishment of fire protection; procedure
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Certain Home Place Annexation Territory Landowners v. City of Carmel, Indiana (2017)
Most recently applied in Certain Home Place Annexation Territory Landowners v. City of Carmel, Indiana (October 2017)
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.65.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.