1. (a) Not more than forty (40) days after the certification of a petition and remonstrance under section 7 of this chapter, the county legislative body shall compare the petition and any remonstrance.

2. (b) If:

   1. (1) a remonstrance has not been filed; or

   2. (2) a greater number of registered voters have signed the petition than have signed the remonstrance;

      the county legislative body shall agree to the expansion by written resolution. The expansion is effective on the date the written resolution is filed.

3. (c) If the number of registered voters who have signed a remonstrance against the establishment of an expanded library district is equal to or greater than the number who have signed the petition in favor of the expansion, the legislative body shall dismiss the petition. Another petition to establish the expanded library district may not be initiated until one (1) year after the date the legislative body dismissed the latest unsuccessful petition.

   [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-5.1-8.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.