Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following counties:

(1) A county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-2-3.5-1

(2) A county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than three hundred thousand (300,000) that opts in to the system of county government as described in IC 36-2-2-4(c).

(3) Any other county not having a consolidated city, if both the county executive and the county fiscal body adopt identical ordinances providing for the county to be governed by this chapter beginning on a specified effective date.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-1-28-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.147. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.307, SEC.1; P.L.12-1992, SEC.154; P.L.119-2012, SEC.183; P.L.104-2022, SEC.151; P.L.201-2023, SEC.270.