Sec. 5. (a) If, at least thirty (30) days before an election held under section 3 of this chapter, voters of each municipality involved in the election file with each of their municipal clerks a petition signed by at least the number of voters required under IC 3-8-6-3 to place a candidate on the ballot in each of the municipalities and proposing a name for the new municipality, the election board shall place that name on the ballot for the election. The election board shall list names added to the ballot under this subsection in the order in which the petitions proposing them were received, but shall place them after the name included on the ballot under section 2 of this chapter.
(b) The names proposed under this section shall be submitted as public questions in the form prescribed by IC 3-10-9-4 and must state "Shall the merged municipality be named _________________?".
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-5-10-11 part; 18-5-10-13.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.73, SEC.5; P.L.3-1987, SEC.555; P.L.12-1995, SEC.128.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 4. Government of Cities and Towns Generally
Chapter 2. Merger of Adjoining Municipalities
36-4-2-1. Application of Chapter
36-4-2-3. Petition; Contents; Affidavit
36-4-2-4. Election; Date; Notice
36-4-2-5. Petition Proposing Name of Municipality; Submission to Electorate
36-4-2-6. Place of Election; Manner; Expense; Voting
36-4-2-7. Filing of Returns of Election; Effect
36-4-2-8. Election Year Under This Chapter
36-4-2-9. Effective Date of Merger; Effect of Merger
36-4-2-10. Election of Officers at Large and by District
36-4-2-11. Joint Election Board; Members; Powers and Duties
36-4-2-13. Elected Officers; Date of Taking Office
36-4-2-15. Terms of Office of Elective and Appointed Officers of Merging Municipalities
36-4-2-16. Effect of Merger; Rights, Powers, and Liabilities; Pending Actions
36-4-2-17. Effect of Merger; Ordinances, Rules, and Resolutions; Continuation