Sec. 1206. (a) ADVISORY. If a township is partially within the corporate boundaries of a municipality or is partially within the jurisdictional limits of a municipality, as specified in section 205 of the advisory planning law, it may seek joinder only with that municipality.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-4-1206

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     (b) ADVISORY. If a township is within the jurisdictional limits of two (2) municipalities and one (1) of those municipalities is exercising control within the jurisdictional limit, the township must first seek joinder with that municipality. If both municipalities are exercising jurisdiction, then the township may choose the municipality with which it wants to join.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-4-1206; 18-7-6-7.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23.

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