Sec. 1.1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a third class city remains a third class city even though the city attains a population of at least thirty-five thousand (35,000) at a federal decennial census.
(b) The legislative body of a city to which subsection (a) applies may, by ordinance, adopt second class city status.
As added by P.L.209-1999, SEC.1.