Sec. 9. (a) When a first class city becomes a consolidated city, every ordinance of:

(1) the first class city;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-3-1-9

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(2) the county;

(3) a mass transportation authority of the county; or

(4) any other municipal corporation the functions of which are transferred to the consolidated city by this title;

becomes an ordinance of the consolidated city and shall be enforced only by the consolidated city.

     (b) Such an ordinance continues to apply only in the territory in which it applied before becoming an ordinance of the consolidated city, subject to subsection (c).

     (c) Such an ordinance may be codified, amended, or repealed by the city-county legislative body in the same manner as other ordinances under this title.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-4-5-9.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2.