Town of Zionsville, Indiana v. Town of Whitestown, Indiana, and Angel Badillo

DICKSON, Justice.

Today we undertake to resolve various disputes between governmental entities in Boone County, Indiana, arising under the Indiana Government Modernization Act (“GMA”), Indiana Code Section 36-1.5-1-1 et seq. We reverse both the trial court’s rejection of the GMA reorganization of Zionsville and Perry Township and its approval of Whitestown’s attémpts to annex territory included in the 2014 Zionsville-Perry reorganization plan and territory included in Zionsyille’s previous 2010 reorganization.

This appeal arises from a declaratory judgment action by the Town of Whites-town,…