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Chapter 1. General Provisions
36-1.5-1-1. Purpose - Sec. 1. The purpose of this article is to do...
36-1.5-1-2. Authority for Certain Actions - Sec. 2. This article contains full and complete authority for...
36-1.5-1-3. Other Laws, Procedures, and Requirements - Sec. 3. Except as provided in this article, no law,...
36-1.5-1-4. Exercise of Power to Reorganize Without Complying With Other Laws; Exercise of Powers After Reorganization - Sec. 4. A political subdivision: (1) may exercise the powers...
36-1.5-1-5. Liberal Construction - Sec. 5. This article shall be liberally construed to effect...
36-1.5-1-6. Provisions of This Article Inconsistent With Other Laws; Exercise of Powers After Reorganization - Sec. 6. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, to...
36-1.5-1-7. Actions Under Other Laws Not Prohibited - Sec. 7. This article does not prohibit the: (1) reorganization...
36-1.5-1-8. Combined Resolutions - Sec. 8. More than one (1) resolution permitted under this...
36-1.5-1-9. Political Subdivisions and Reorganization Committees Subject to Open Door Law and Public Records Law - Sec. 9. Political subdivisions and reorganization committees acting under this...
Chapter 2. Definitions
36-1.5-2-1. Application of Definitions - Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 4 of this...
36-1.5-2-2. Application of Definitions - Sec. 2. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this...
36-1.5-2-3. "Plan of Reorganization" - Sec. 3. "Plan of reorganization" refers to a plan of...
36-1.5-2-4. "Political Subdivision" - Sec. 4. "Political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in...
36-1.5-2-5. "Reorganization" - Sec. 5. "Reorganization" means a change in the structure or...
36-1.5-2-6. Repealed - As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.202-2013, SEC.1.
36-1.5-2-7. "Reorganized Political Subdivision" - Sec. 7. "Reorganized political subdivision" means the political subdivision that...
36-1.5-2-8. "Reorganizing Political Subdivision" - Sec. 8. "Reorganizing political subdivision" refers to a political subdivision...
Chapter 3. Adjustment of Maximum Permissible Levies, Tax Rates, and Budgets
36-1.5-3-1. Submission of Ordinance or Resolution to Department of Local Government Finance - Sec. 1. A certified copy of an ordinance or a...
36-1.5-3-2. Actions by Department of Local Government Finance - Sec. 2. The department of local government finance may take...
36-1.5-3-3. Petition by Political Subdivision for Review of Final Determination - Sec. 3. A political subdivision may petition for judicial review...
36-1.5-3-4. Adjustment of Maximum Property Tax Levies, Property Tax Rates, and Budgets - Sec. 4. (a) Subject to this chapter, the department of...
36-1.5-3-5. Savings Through Reorganization; Budgets, Rates, and Levies; Reductions in Property Tax Levies, Property Tax Rates, and Budgets; School Corporation Reorganizations - Sec. 5. (a) This subsection applies to the plan of...
Chapter 4. Reorganization by Referendum
36-1.5-4-1. Types of Reorganizations Authorized; Political Subdivisions Not Participating in Reorganization - Sec. 1. (a) Any of the following may reorganize under...
36-1.5-4-2. Adjacent Political Subdivisions - Sec. 2. For purposes of this chapter, two (2) political...
36-1.5-4-3. Types of Reorganization - Sec. 3. Political subdivisions described in section 1 of this...
36-1.5-4-4. Powers of Political Subdivisions in an Approved Reorganization - Sec. 4. As part of a reorganization in a finally...
36-1.5-4-5. Effective Date of Reorganization - Sec. 5. A reorganization approved under this chapter takes effect...
36-1.5-4-6. Results of Reorganization - Sec. 6. When a reorganization under this chapter is effective:...
36-1.5-4-7. Budgets, Tax Rates, and Tax Levies; Deadline for Certification; Election Districts - Sec. 7. (a) In the year before the year in...
36-1.5-4-8. Authority of Department of Local Government Finance to Prescribe Forms - Sec. 8. The department of local government finance may prescribe...
36-1.5-4-9. Initiation of Reorganization - Sec. 9. A reorganization may be initiated by: (1) adopting...
36-1.5-4-10. Initiation of Reorganization by Legislative Body - Sec. 10. (a) The legislative body of a political subdivision...
36-1.5-4-11. Initiation of Reorganization by Voters - Sec. 11. (a) The voters of a political subdivision may...
36-1.5-4-12. Action by Legislative Body on Proposed Reorganization; Hearing - Sec. 12. (a) If a petition is certified to the...
36-1.5-4-13. Action by Legislative Body Receiving Resolution on Proposed Reorganization From Another Political Subdivision; Hearing - Sec. 13. (a) The legislative body of a political subdivision...
36-1.5-4-14. Revision of Resolutions - Sec. 14. The legislative body of a political subdivision may...
36-1.5-4-15. Repealed - As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.202-2013, SEC.7.
36-1.5-4-16. Repealed - As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.202-2013, SEC.8.
36-1.5-4-17. Repealed - As added by P.L.186-2006, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.202-2013, SEC.9.
36-1.5-4-18. Preparation of Reorganization Plan; Required Elements - Sec. 18. (a) A reorganization committee (before January 1, 2014)...
36-1.5-4-19. Consideration of Reorganization Plan by Legislative Bodies - Sec. 19. The legislative body of each of the reorganizing...
36-1.5-4-20. Actions by Legislative Bodies on Reorganization Plan - Sec. 20. At a public hearing on a plan of...
36-1.5-4-21. Modifications to Reorganization Plan - Sec. 21. Any modifications in a plan of reorganization that...
36-1.5-4-22. Action by Legislative Bodies on Revised Reorganization Plan - Sec. 22. The legislative body of each reorganizing political subdivision...
36-1.5-4-23. Certification by Legislative Bodies of Final Action - Sec. 23. The legislative body of a reorganizing political subdivision...
36-1.5-4-23.5. Failure to Adopt Reorganization Plan; Petition Requesting a Public Question - Sec. 23.5. This section does not apply to a final...
36-1.5-4-24. Filing of Reorganization Plan - Sec. 24. The legislative body of the reorganizing political subdivision...
36-1.5-4-25. Recording of Certifications and Reorganization Plan by County Recorder - Sec. 25. Each county recorder receiving a certification under section...
36-1.5-4-26. Notification of County Election Board Upon Receipt of Certifications From All Reorganizing Political Subdivisions - Sec. 26. When a county recorder has received certifications under...
36-1.5-4-27. County Election Board Preparing Ballot Language; Submission of Language to Department of Local Government Finance - Sec. 27. After the county recorder of each county in...
36-1.5-4-27.5. Certification of Resolution to Rescind Plan of Reorganization - Sec. 27.5. (a) Before the public question on a reorganization...
36-1.5-4-28. Form of Public Question; Approval by Department of Local Government Finance; Certification of Public Question; Placing Public Question on Ballot - Sec. 28. (a) A public question under this chapter shall...
36-1.5-4-29. Application of Ic 3 - Sec. 29. IC 3 applies to the election at which...
36-1.5-4-30. Certification by Circuit Court Clerk of Results of Public Question - Sec. 30. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and...
36-1.5-4-31. Recording of Certification From Circuit Court Clerk - Sec. 31. Each county recorder receiving a certification from a...
36-1.5-4-32. Approval of Public Question - Sec. 32. (a) This subsection does not apply to a...
36-1.5-4-33. Termination of Reorganization if Public Question Not Approved - Sec. 33. Except in the case of a reorganization described...
36-1.5-4-34. Reorganization According to Reorganization Plan if Public Question Approved - Sec. 34. (a) This section applies if: (1) in the...
36-1.5-4-34.5. Establishment of Equipment Replacement Funds - Sec. 34.5. (a) This section applies to a reorganization under...
36-1.5-4-35. Appointment of Town Precinct Boards - Sec. 35. (a) This section applies to an initial election:...
36-1.5-4-36. Initial Election of Officials of Reorganized Political Subdivision - Sec. 36. (a) This section applies if section 5 of...
36-1.5-4-37. Change of Boundaries - Sec. 37. The legislative bodies of the reorganizing political subdivisions...
36-1.5-4-38. Powers of Reorganized Political Subdivision - Sec. 38. (a) A reorganized political subdivision has the powers...
36-1.5-4-39. Exercise of Powers of Reorganizing Political Subdivisions - Sec. 39. (a) If a law does not permit the...
36-1.5-4-39.5. Reorganization Plan - Sec. 39.5. A plan of reorganization may establish within a...
36-1.5-4-40. Debt; Pension Obligations - Sec. 40. The following apply in the case of a...
36-1.5-4-40.5. Reorganization of a Township and Another Political Subdivision; Powers and Duties; Remonstrance; Borrowing; Tax Levies - Sec. 40.5. The following apply in the case of a...
36-1.5-4-41. Pension Fund Membership - Sec. 41. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an individual: (1)...
36-1.5-4-42. Transfer of Functions of Elected Office - Sec. 42. If the functions of an elected office are...
36-1.5-4-43. Termination of Reorganization; Restoration of Reorganizing Political Subdivisions - Sec. 43. The legislative body or voters of a reorganized...
36-1.5-4-44. Reorganized Political Subdivision - Sec. 44. (a) A reorganized political subdivision consisting of: (1)...
36-1.5-4-45. Actions Prohibited While Reorganization Pending - Sec. 45. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) through...
36-1.5-4-46. Promoting Position on Public Question Prohibited - Sec. 46. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...
Chapter 5. Cooperative Agreements and Transfers of Responsibilities
36-1.5-5-1. Cooperative Agreements; Method to Enter Cooperative Agreements - Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, two (2) or more...
36-1.5-5-2. Required Elements of Cooperative Agreements - Sec. 2. (a) A cooperative agreement under this chapter must...
36-1.5-5-3. Transfer of Functions of Employee, Department, or Elected Office - Sec. 3. (a) The cooperative agreement may transfer the functions...
36-1.5-5-4. Sharing of Services of Employees - Sec. 4. A political subdivision may enter into a cooperative...
36-1.5-5-5. Appropriation and Pledge of Revenues - Sec. 5. A cooperative agreement may provide that a political...
36-1.5-5-6. Limit on Actions Under Cooperative Agreement - Sec. 6. (a) A cooperative agreement may not permit an...
36-1.5-5-7. Effective Date of Cooperative Agreement Transferring Functions of Elected Office - Sec. 7. (a) A cooperative agreement transferring the functions of...
36-1.5-5-8. Adjustment of Property Tax Levies, Property Tax Rates, and Budgets - Sec. 8. The department of local government finance shall adjust...
Chapter 6. School Corporation Efficiency Incentive Grants
36-1.5-6-1. "Adm" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "ADM" means average...
36-1.5-6-2. School Corporation Efficiency Incentive Grant; Eligibility - Sec. 2. A school corporation that is formed from a...
36-1.5-6-3. Grant Amount - Sec. 3. The grant amount is: (1) two hundred fifty...
36-1.5-6-4. Use of Grant - Sec. 4. A reorganized school corporation that receives a grant...