Sec. 2.1. Any locality that has elected city officers, and has governed itself as a city, for at least ten (10) years immediately preceding September 1, 1981, is a city for all purposes. All elections, contracts, acts, and other official proceedings of such a locality that occurred before September 1, 1981, and would have been valid if the locality had been a city, are legalized and validated.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.38.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally
Chapter 1. Classification of Municipalities; City Status and Town Status
36-4-1-1. Basis of Classification
36-4-1-1.1. Change of Status to Second Class City
36-4-1-1.5. Classification of Reorganized Political Subdivision
36-4-1-7. Petition to Change Name of City; Hearing; Ordinance
36-4-1-8. Classification Change Due to Population Change; Applicable Laws
36-4-1-9. Continuation of Prior Acts, Contracts, Obligations, Ordinances, and Regulations