Sec. 3. (a) Two hundred fifty (250) or more owners of real property in a township may petition the department to assess the real property of an industrial facility in the township.
(b) An industrial company may at any time petition the department to assess the real property of an industrial facility owned or used by the company.
(c) Before January 1 of any year, the county assessor of the county in which an industrial facility is located may petition the department to assess the real property of the industrial facility for the assessment date in the following year.