Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the legislative body of a second class city may by resolution provide for a full-time city health department.
(b) A local official, city legislative body, city fiscal body, or county may not establish a full-time or part-time city health department in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000).
(c) A health ordinance adopted by a city legislative body after December 31, 1993, in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) is void.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-7-14 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.87-1994, SEC.8; P.L.95-1994, SEC.2; P.L.170-2002, SEC.101; P.L.119-2012, SEC.128.