Opinion ID: 853063
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Subsection 36-4-3-13(g)

Text: The offending portion of Ind.Code § 36-4-3-13(g) is the 200,000 to 300,000 population category. In order to save the remainder of the subsection, its provisions would have to apply statewide such that any annexation by an Indiana municipality could be defeated by a majority vote of landowners in the affected area. We reject that conclusion for two reasons. First, applying subsection (g) statewide would conflict with subsection (e), which provides for the defeat of annexation by a sixty-five percent vote in every other county in the state. Second, it seems clear to us that the legislature would not have passed subsection (g) as appropriate for the entire state.