Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to a county with a population of at least one hundred thousand (100,000) that is adjoined by three (3) or fewer other counties.

     (b) In addition to listing the adjoining counties, the court shall also list the two (2) nonadjoining counties, the county seats of which are nearest measured along the most direct improved and main traveled highways to the county seat of the county from which the change of venue is sought. The additional two (2) nonadjoining counties shall, together with the adjoining counties, comprise the original list from which the parties shall strike on all initial changes of venue taken from the county in which the cause is first filed.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-9-1 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.31.