Sec. 3. A petition for incorporation must be accompanied by the following items to be supplied at the expense of the petitioners:
(1) A survey, certified by a professional surveyor registered under IC 25-21.5, showing the boundaries of and quantity of land contained in the territory sought to be incorporated.
(2) An enumeration of the territory's residents and landowners and their mailing addresses, completed not more than thirty (30) days before the time of filing of the petition and verified by the persons supplying it.
(3) A statement of the assessed valuation of all real property within the territory, certified by the township assessor of the township in which the territory is located, or the county assessor if there is no township assessor for the township.
(4) A statement of the services to be provided to the residents of the proposed town and the approximate times at which they are to be established.
(5) A statement of the estimated cost of the services to be provided and the proposed tax rate for the town.
(6) The name to be given to the proposed town.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-1-5.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.241-1999, SEC.3; P.L.219-2007, SEC.115; P.L.146-2008, SEC.707; P.L.57-2013, SEC.96.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 5. Government of Towns
Chapter 1. Incorporation; Dissolution
36-5-1-1. Application of Chapter
36-5-1-2. Requirements of Petition to Incorporate Town
36-5-1-3. Items to Accompany Petition
36-5-1-4. Sufficiency of Petition; Plan Commission Recommendations
36-5-1-5. Public Hearing on Petition; Notice
36-5-1-6. Parties Entitled to Be Heard; Remonstrance; Dismissal of Petition
36-5-1-7. Petition to Incorporate Town Within Certain Distance of City Boundaries
36-5-1-7.1. Exemption From City Consent Requirements
36-5-1-8. County Executive Action on Petition; Public Question
36-5-1-9. Denied Petition; Resubmittal
36-5-1-11. Liability for Existing Indebtedness or Other Obligations; Payment to Township
36-5-1-11.5. Localities Considered Towns for All Purposes
36-5-1-12. Proceedings to Dissolve or Change Name; Petition, Signatures, and Reasons
36-5-1-13. Bond for Costs and Expenses
36-5-1-14. Notice of Filing of Petition and Day of Hearing
36-5-1-15. Hearing; Withdrawal of Petitioner's Name; Decision
36-5-1-16. Dissolution or Change of Name; Date of Election; Notice
36-5-1-17. Election; Ballots; Clerk's Statement of Votes Cast