Within thirty (30) days after filing the petition for incorporation of a city, the board of county commissioners shall call for an election for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the proposed city the question of whether or not such town or community of people shall become an incorporated city. The order calling for the election shall name the date for the election and shall be submitted to the secretary of the county election board for the purpose of conducting the election. The order shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed city for a period of at least twenty (20) days prior to the election.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 4-102, eff. July 1, 1978.