Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-8-11-9 (2026)
Petition against establishment of district
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 9. (a) A petition against the establishment of the fire protection district may be presented to the county legislative body at or after a hearing on the petition to establish a district and before the adoption of an ordinance or resolution establishing the district.
(b) If the legislative body finds that it contains the signatures of fifty-one percent (51%) of the freeholders within the proposed district or of the freeholders who own two-thirds (2/3) of the real property within the proposed district, determined by assessed valuation, the legislative body shall dismiss the petition for the establishment of the district.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-45-12 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.63.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2008–2008 · leading case: Sanders v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Brown Cnty., 892 N.E.2d 1249 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008).
Sanders v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Brown Cnty., 892 N.E.2d 1249 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “Ind.Code § 36-8-11-9 (2006). The trial court concluded, and we agree, that sections 36-8-11-4 and -5 are not ambiguous when read separately.”
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