Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP! Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights. Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-4-1-1 Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5 STATUS AND POPULATION	CLASS
	Cities of 600,000 or more	First class cities
	Cities of 34,000 to 599,999	Second class cities
	Cities of less than 34,000	Third class cities
	Other municipalities of any
	population	Towns

     (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a city that attains a population of thirty-four thousand (34,000) remains a second class city even though its population decreases to less than thirty-four thousand (34,000) at the next federal decennial census.

     (c) The legislative body of a city to which subsection (b) applies may, by ordinance, adopt third class city status.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-2-1-1; 18-2-1-1.5; 18-2-1-2 part; 18-3-2-1 part; 18-3-3-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.37; P.L.340-1987, SEC.1; P.L.71-1997, SEC.2; P.L.64-2004, SEC.34; P.L.81-2004, SEC.46; P.L.119-2012, SEC.184; P.L.56-2022, SEC.3.