Authorized Referenda

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Constitutional Amendments

Approving a proposed state constitutional amendment or other statewide public questions.   (IC 3-10-3)

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Local Government Structure

Forming a new county from Perry and Spencer Counties.  (State Constitution, Schedule, Paragraph 1)

Changing county boundaries.  (IC 36-2-1-2)

Town with a population of more than 2,000 becoming a city.  (IC 36-4-1-4)

Merging municipalities.  (IC 36-4-2-2; See also IC 36-4-2-3, 36-4-2-4, 36-5-2-6)

Choosing a new name for merged municipalities.  (IC 36-4-2-5)

Dissolving a town located outside Marion County.  (IC 36-5-1-17; See also IC 36-5-1-16)

Dissolving an included town in Marion County.  (IC 36-5-1.1-10.6; See also IC 36-5-1.1-10.5)

Increasing or decreasing the number of town council members.  (IC 36-5-2-4.2)

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Schools

Providing an additional tax levy for school corporations.  (IC 6-1.1-19-4.5)

Creating a community school corporation.  (IC 20-4-1-21; See also IC 20-4-1-26.1)

Creating a consolidated school corporation.  (IC 20-4-5-2; See also IC 20-4-5-4; 20-4-5-5)

Creating a county school corporation.  (IC 20-4-8-2)

Creating a metropolitan school district.  (IC 20-4-8-12)

Creating metropolitan school districts in school township.  (IC 20-4-8-24; 20-4-10.1-12)

Changing a school board organization plan.  (IC 20-4-10.1-10;  See also IC 20-4-10.1-5; 20-4-10.1-11; 20-4-10.1-12)

Using school facilities for community activities.  (IC 20-5-37-2)

Sale of congressional township school lands.  (IC 21-1-1-19)

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Gambling

Allowing pari-mutuel wagering at horse racing meetings in a county.  (IC 4-31-4-3)

Allowing pari-mutuel wagering at satellite facilities in a county.  (IC 4-31-4-3)

Issuing licenses to permit riverboat gambling.  (IC 4-33-6-19; 4-33-6-20)

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Special Service Districts

Creating a local airport authority.  (IC 8-22-3-2)

Creating a county soil and water conservation district.  (only landowners eligible to vote.) (IC 14-32-3-10)

Changing the boundaries of a soil and water conservation district or dissolving the district.  (Only land occupiers eligible to vote.) (IC 14-32-6.5-11 & 12)

Levying and discontinuing library tax for 1899 Township Library.  (IC 20-14-7-5.1)

Withdrawing a township from the zoning and subdivision control jurisdiction of a municipality or county.  (IC 36-7-1-1212)

Extending park and recreation service by a city or town to an unincorporated area of a township.  (IC 36-10-3-35; 36-10-3-33)

Extending a second class city park district to establish a county park district.  (IC 36-10-4-5)

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Utilities

Refinancing and improving a municipally owned public utility, issuance of refunding bonds.  (IC 5-1-6-4)

Selling non-surplus municipally owned utility property.  (IC 8-1.5-2-5)

Constructing, acquiring or condemning property for a utility.  (IC 8-1.5-2-16)

Creating or abolishing a city or town utility service board.  (IC 8-1.5-3-3)

Removing a municipal utility from the jurisdiction of the Utility Regulatory Commission that was removed from Commission jurisdiction under IC 8-1.5-3-9.  (IC 8-1.5-3-9.5)

Returning a second class city, third class city, or town water utility to the jurisdiction of the Utility Regulatory Commission that was removed from Commission jurisdiction under IC 8-1.5-3-9.1.  (IC 8-1.5-3-9.6)

Removing a rural electric membership corporation from the jurisdiction of the Utility Regulatory Commission or returning the corporation to URC jurisdiction.  (Only members eligible to vote.)  (IC 8-1-13-18.5)