Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Incorporation; Dissolution
36-5-1-4. Sufficiency of Petition; Plan Commission Recommendations

Sec. 4. (a) On receipt of a petition for incorporation, the county executive shall examine the petition to see that the petition meets the requirements of sections 2 and 3 of this chapter. If the county executive rejects the petition, the county executive shall set forth in writing and with specificity the manner in which the petition fails to meet the requirements of sections 2 and 3 of this chapter. If the petition is in order, the executive shall mark it with the date of filing and immediately forward one (1) copy to the plan commission, if any, having jurisdiction.
(b) The commission shall investigate the proposed incorporation and report their recommendations of approval or disapproval to the county executive at least ten (10) days before the hearing required by section 5 of this chapter. In making their investigations, they may use the services of any state or local government agency, and in making their report and recommendations, they shall be guided by the requirements for incorporation set out in section 8 of this chapter.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-1-6.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.24-1995, SEC.25; P.L.147-2013, SEC.2.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 36. Local Government

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

36-5-1-10. Repealed

36-5-1-10.1. Adoption of Ordinance Incorporating Town; Required Provisions to Conduct Elections; Territory Not Included in Any District or in More Than One District; Effective Date of Ordinance

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

36-5-1-18. Number of Votes and Voters Required; Effective Dates of Change of Name and Dissolution; Disposition of Property; Validity of Contracts

36-5-1-19. Aggrieved Persons; Appeal; Procedure

36-5-1-20. Towns Not Functioning for Ten Years; Hearing; Findings; Adoption of Ordinance or Ordering Dissolution

36-5-1-21. Approvals of Proceedings to Incorporate Town Across County Boundaries Commenced Before July 1, 1999