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Chapter 1

IC 36-5-1

Incorporation; Dissolution

1Application of chapter 2Requirements of petition to incorporate town 3Items to accompany petition 4Sufficiency of petition; plan commission recommendations 5Public hearing on petition; notice 6Parties entitled to be heard; remonstrance; dismissal of petition 7Petition to incorporate town within certain distance of city boundaries 7.1Exemption from city consent requirements 8County executive action on petition; public question 9Denied petition; resubmittal 10Repealed 10.1Adoption 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 11Liability for existing indebtedness or other obligations; payment to township 11.5Localities considered towns for all purposes 12Proceedings to dissolve or change name; petition, signatures, and reasons 13Bond for costs and expenses 14Notice of filing of petition and day of hearing 15Hearing; withdrawal of petitioner's name; decision 16Dissolution or change of name; date of election; notice 17Election; ballots; clerk's statement of votes cast 18Number of votes and voters required; effective dates of change of name and dissolution; disposition of property; validity of contracts 19Aggrieved persons; appeal; procedure 20Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution 21Approvals of proceedings to incorporate town across county boundaries commenced before July 1, 1999