1. (a) If:

   1. (1) a state lien for delinquent taxes, penalties, or interest exists upon real property outside a city or town that:

      1. (A) has been offered for sale for delinquent taxes, interest, and penalty by the treasurer of the county for two (2) successive years; and
      2. (B) has not been sold at tax sale for all or a part of the taxes, penalties, or interest; and

   2. (2) the real property can, in the opinion of the commission, be used for conservation or land use purposes;

      the commission may, subject to subsection (b), designate the real property as conservation land.

2. (b) Real property upon which delinquent taxes are being paid in installments according to law may not be designated as conservation land unless an installment is due and unpaid.

   [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 4-17-11-1 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.10.