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Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-1.5-4-36

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 36. (a) This section applies if section 5 of this chapter requires an election for a reorganization to become effective.

(b) At the next:

(1) general election, if:

(A) the reorganized political subdivision is not a municipality or a school corporation;  or

(B) the reorganized political subdivision results from a reorganization including a county and at least one (1) municipality;

(2) municipal election, if the reorganized political subdivision is a municipality;  or

(3) primary or general election, as specified in an election plan adopted in substantially identical resolutions by the legislative body of each of the participating political subdivisions if the reorganized political subdivision is a school corporation;

after the voters approve a reorganization, one (1) set of officers for the reorganized political subdivision having the combined population of the reorganizing political subdivisions shall be elected by the voters in the territory of the reorganized political subdivision as prescribed by statute.

(c) In the election described in subsection (b):

(1) one (1) member of the legislative body of the reorganized political subdivision shall be elected from each election district established by the reorganizing political subdivisions in substantially identical resolutions adopted by the legislative body of each of the reorganizing political subdivisions;  and

(2) the total number of at large members shall be elected as prescribed by statute for the reorganized political subdivision.

(d) If appointed officers are required in the reorganized political subdivision, one (1) set of appointed officers shall be appointed for the reorganized political subdivision.  The appointments shall be made as required by statute for the reorganized political subdivision.  Any statute requiring an appointed officer to reside in the political subdivision where the appointed officer resides shall be treated as permitting the appointed officer to reside in any part of the territory of the reorganized political subdivision.

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