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2024 Indiana Code
Title 36. Local Government
Article 1. General Provisions
Chapter 3. Home Rule
36-1-3-3. Rule of Law; Resolution of Doubt as to Existence of Power of a Unit
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IN Code § 36-1-3-3 (2024)
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Sec. 3. (a) The rule of law that any doubt as to the existence of a power of a unit shall be resolved against its existence is abrogated.
(b) Any doubt as to the existence of a power of a unit shall be resolved in favor of its existence. This rule applies even though a statute granting the power has been repealed.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-2-2.5-6 part; 18-1-1.5-23 part; 18-4-2-36 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.
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