Sec. 3. (a) A petition must be signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the freeholders owning land in each of the existing districts.

     (b) The court shall, before conducting an election under section 6 of this chapter, determine whether the petition bears the necessary signatures. If the petition does not bear the necessary signatures, the court shall dismiss the petition. The court may not dismiss a petition with the requisite signatures because of alleged defects without permitting amendments to correct errors in form or content.

     (c) IC 14-33-2-16(c) and IC 14-33-2-16(d) apply to the petition.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-96.5(c) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.