Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Incorporation; Dissolution
36-5-1-5. Public Hearing on Petition; Notice

Sec. 5. The county executive shall hold a public hearing on a petition for incorporation not less than sixty (60) nor more than ninety (90) days after the date of the filing of the petition, and shall require the petitioners to send notice of the hearing by certified mail to:
(1) the residents and landowners of the territory as listed in the petition;
(2) the legislative body of each municipality having any corporate boundary within three (3) miles of the perimeter of the proposed new town;
(3) the executive of any other county in which a part of the proposed new town is located; and
(4) the executive of a township in which all or a part of the proposed new town is located.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-1-7.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4.

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 Repealed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