Section 36-4-1-1 - Basis of classification(a) Municipalities are classified according to their status and population as follows: STATUS AND POPULATION | CLASS |
Cities of 600,000 or more | First class cities |
Cities of 34,000 to 599,999 | Second class cities |
Cities of less than 34,000 | Third class cities |
Other municipalities of any population | Towns |
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a city that attains a population of thirty-four thousand (34,000) remains a second class city even though its population decreases to less than thirty-four thousand (34,000) at the next federal decennial census.(c) The legislative body of a city to which subsection (b) applies may, by ordinance, adopt third class city status.Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-2-1-1; 18-2-1-1.5; 18-2-1-2 part; 18-3-2-1 part; 18-3-3-1 part.
Amended by P.L. 56-2022,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.L. 119-2012, SEC. 184, eff. 4/1/2012.As added by Acts1980 , P.L. 212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts1981 , P.L. 44, SEC.37; P.L. 340-1987, SEC.1; P.L. 71-1997, SEC.2; P.L. 64-2004, SEC.34; P.L. 81-2004, SEC.46.