(a) Municipalities are classified according to their status and population as follows: STATUS AND POPULATION CLASS Cities of 600,000 or more First class cities Cities of 34,000 to 599,999 Second class cities Cities of less than 34,000 Third class cities Other municipalities of any population Towns (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a city that attains a population of thirty-four thousand (34,000) remains a second class city even though its population decreases to less than thirty-four thousand (34,000) at the next federal decennial census.(c) The legislative body of a city to which subsection (b) applies may, by ordinance, adopt third class city status.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-2-1-1; 18-2-1-1.5; 18-2-1-2 part; 18-3-2-1 part; 18-3-3-1 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.37; P.L.340-1987, SEC.1; P.L.71-1997, SEC.2; P.L.64-2004, SEC.34; P.L.81-2004, SEC.46; P.L.119-2012, SEC.184; P.L.56-2022, SEC.3.
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