(180,000) but less than one hundred eighty-two thousand seven
hundred ninety (182,790).
(b) (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), The legislative body of
a municipality to which this section applies may, by ordinance, annex
territory that: if:
(1) the territory is contiguous to the municipality;
(2) in the case of a town that:
(A) has a population of:
(i) more than fifteen thousand (15,000); or
(ii) more than five thousand (5,000) but less than six
thousand three hundred (6,300); and
(B) is located in a county having a population of more than
one hundred thousand (100,000) but less than one hundred
five thousand (105,000);
municipality described in subsection (a)(1), has its the entire area
of the territory is within the township within which the
municipality is primarily located; and
(3) the territory is owned by a property owner who consents to
the annexation.
(c) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a town having a population
of:
(1) more than five thousand (5,000) but less than eight thousand
(8,000); or
(2) more than nine thousand (9,000) but less than twelve thousand
five hundred (12,500);
in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand
(400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
(d) (b) Territory annexed under this section is exempt from all
property tax liability under IC 6-1.1 for municipal purposes for all
portions of the annexed territory that is classified for zoning purposes
as agriculture and remains exempt from the property tax liability while
the property's zoning classification remains agriculture.
(e) (c) There may not be a change in the zoning classification of
territory annexed under this section without the consent of the owner
of the annexed territory.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to HB 2032 as printed February 27, 2003.)