Sec. 7.1. The petitioners of a county having a population of more than seventy thousand (70,000) but less than seventy thousand fifty (70,050) are exempt from:
(1) the requirements of section 7(a) of this chapter; and
(2) the requirements of section 7(b) of this chapter if the second or third class city is within a county containing a consolidated city.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.210, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.12-1992, SEC.162; P.L.170-2002, SEC.145; P.L.119-2012, SEC.191; P.L.147-2013, SEC.4.