Section 36-5-1-20 - Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution(a) This section does not apply to a town described by IC 36-5-1-11.5.(b) A town subject to this chapter may be dissolved if the county election board of the county in which the greatest percentage of population of the town is located conducts a public hearing and finds that the town has not elected town officers or had a functioning town government during the preceding ten (10) years.(c) The county election board shall certify the board's findings to the county executive, who may adopt an ordinance or (in a county subject to IC 36-2-3.5) issue an order to dissolve the town.Amended by P.L. 22-2021,SEC. 6, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 278-2019,SEC. 190, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 77-2014, SEC. 21, eff. 3/24/2014.As added by P.L. 3-1993, SEC.269.