Sec. 22. (a) This section applies only to a county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and less than three hundred thousand (300,000).

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision, in the case of a building or structure owned by a political subdivision that is classified by a commission as historic and for which the classification is approved by the legislative body of the unit that established the commission, the commission may remove the historic classification of the building or structure without the adoption of an ordinance by the legislative body of the unit if the commission determines that removal of the classification is in the best interest of the unit and the political subdivision.

As added by P.L.158-2001, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.119-2012, SEC.202; P.L.104-2022, SEC.183.