Section 4-31-4-2.5 - Satellite facility; adoption or amendment of ordinance; procedure(a) A county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance permitting the filing of applications under IC 4-31-5.5 for operation of a satellite facility in the county. However, before adopting the ordinance, the county fiscal body must:(1) conduct a public hearing on the proposed ordinance; and(2) publish notice of the public hearing in the manner prescribed by IC 5-3-1.(b) The county fiscal body may: (1) require in the ordinance adopted by the county fiscal body that before applications under IC 4-31-5.5 to operate a satellite facility in the county may be filed, the voters of the county must approve the operation of a satellite facility in the county under section 3 of this chapter; or(2) amend an ordinance already adopted in the county to require that before applications under IC 4-31-5.5 to operate a satellite facility in the county may be filed, the voters of the county must approve the operation of a satellite facility in the county under section 3 of this chapter. An ordinance adopted under this section may not be amended to apply to a person who was issued a license under IC 4-31-5.5 before the ordinance was amended.
As added by P.L. 24-1996, SEC.4.