Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1300
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 3-11-6-9; IC 4-4-8-9; IC 4-33; IC 5-10.3-11-4;
IC 6-1.1; IC 6-3.5; IC 8-1-11.1-16; IC 8-10-5-17; IC 8-16; IC 8-22-3;
IC 10-4-1-29; IC 12-19-7; IC 12-20-25; IC 12-29; IC 13-21-3;
IC 14-9-9-8; IC 14-27-6; IC 14-33; IC 15-1-6-2; IC 16-22; IC 16-23;
IC 16-41; IC 20-1-1.3-8; IC 20-5; IC 20-8.1; IC 20-14; IC 21-2;
IC 23-13-17-1; IC 23-14; IC 36-2-6-18; IC 36-3-4-22; IC 36-4-6-20;
IC 36-5-2-11; IC 36-7; IC 36-8; IC 36-9; IC 36-10.
Synopsis: Elimination of property tax controls. Eliminates property tax
rate and levy controls except for school general fund controls related
to the school tuition support formula.
Effective: January 1, 2004.
Kruse
January 13, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced
First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1300
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
taxation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 3-11-6-9; (03)IN1300.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 3-11-6-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 9. To provide for a cumulative
fund, a county may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 on all
taxable property within the county. The tax may not exceed one and
sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of assessed valuation.
SOURCE: IC 4-4-8-9; (03)IN1300.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 4-4-8-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 9. Any qualified entity
receiving a loan under this chapter may levy an annual tax on personal
and real property located within its geographical limits for industrial
development purposes, in addition to any other tax authorized by
statute to be levied for such purposes, at such rate as will produce
sufficient revenue to pay the annual installment and interest on any
loan made under this chapter. Such a tax may be in addition to the
maximum annual rates prescribed by IC 6-1.1-18, IC 6-1.1-18.5,
IC 6-1.1-19, and other statutes.
SOURCE: IC 4-33-12-6; (03)IN1300.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 4-33-12-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.192-2002(ss),
SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 6. (a) The department shall place in the state
general fund the tax revenue collected under this chapter.
(b) Except as provided by subsections (c) and (d) and IC 6-3.1-20-7,
the treasurer of state shall quarterly pay the following amounts:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (k), one dollar ($1) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person
embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter or
admitted to a riverboat that has implemented flexible scheduling
under IC 4-33-6-21 during the quarter shall be paid to:
(A) the city in which the riverboat is docked, if the city:
(i) is located in a county having a population of more than
one hundred ten thousand (110,000) but less than one
hundred fifteen thousand (115,000); or
(ii) is contiguous to the Ohio River and is the largest city in
the county; and
(B) the county in which the riverboat is docked, if the
riverboat is not docked in a city described in clause (A).
(2) Except as provided in subsection (k), one dollar ($1) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the county in which the riverboat is docked. In the
case of a county described in subdivision (1)(B), this one dollar
($1) is in addition to the one dollar ($1) received under
subdivision (1)(B).
(3) Except as provided in subsection (k), ten cents ($0.10) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the county convention and visitors bureau or
promotion fund for the county in which the riverboat is docked.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (k), fifteen cents ($0.15) of
the admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each
person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during a quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the state fair commission, for use in any activity
that the commission is authorized to carry out under IC 15-1.5-3.
(5) Except as provided in subsection (k), ten cents ($0.10) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the division of mental health and addiction. The
division shall allocate at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the
funds derived from the admissions tax to the prevention and
treatment of compulsive gambling.
(6) Except as provided in subsection (k), sixty-five cents ($0.65)
of the admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each
person embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter or
admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has implemented
flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21 shall be paid to the
Indiana horse racing commission to be distributed as follows, in
amounts determined by the Indiana horse racing commission, for
the promotion and operation of horse racing in Indiana:
(A) To one (1) or more breed development funds established
by the Indiana horse racing commission under IC 4-31-11-10.
(B) To a racetrack that was approved by the Indiana horse
racing commission under IC 4-31. The commission may make
a grant under this clause only for purses, promotions, and
routine operations of the racetrack. No grants shall be made
for long term capital investment or construction and no grants
shall be made before the racetrack becomes operational and is
offering a racing schedule.
(c) With respect to tax revenue collected from a riverboat that
operates on Patoka Lake, the treasurer of state shall quarterly pay the
following amounts:
(1) The counties described in IC 4-33-1-1(3) shall receive one
dollar ($1) of the admissions tax collected for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to the riverboat during the quarter (if the
riverboat has implemented flexible scheduling).
This amount shall be divided equally among the counties
described in IC 4-33-1-1(3).
(2) The Patoka Lake development account established under
IC 4-33-15 shall receive one dollar ($1) of the admissions tax
collected for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to the riverboat during the quarter (if the
riverboat has implemented flexible scheduling).
(3) The resource conservation and development program that:
(A) is established under 16 U.S.C. 3451 et seq.; and
(B) serves the Patoka Lake area;
shall receive forty cents ($0.40) of the admissions tax collected
for each person embarking on a gambling excursion during the
quarter or admitted to the riverboat during the quarter (if the
riverboat has implemented flexible scheduling).
(4) The state general fund shall receive fifty cents ($0.50) of the
admissions tax collected for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to the riverboat during the quarter (if the
riverboat has implemented flexible scheduling).
(5) The division of mental health and addiction shall receive ten
cents ($0.10) of the admissions tax collected for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to the riverboat during the quarter (if the
riverboat has implemented flexible scheduling).
The division shall allocate at least twenty-five percent (25%) of
the funds derived from the admissions tax to the prevention and
treatment of compulsive gambling.
(d) With respect to tax revenue collected from a riverboat that
operates from a county having a population of more than four hundred
thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000),
the treasurer of state shall quarterly pay the following amounts:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (k), one dollar ($1) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the city in which the riverboat is docked.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (k), one dollar ($1) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the county in which the riverboat is docked.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (k), nine cents ($0.09) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the county convention and visitors bureau or
promotion fund for the county in which the riverboat is docked.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (k), one cent ($0.01) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the northwest Indiana law enforcement training
center.
(5) Except as provided in subsection (k), fifteen cents ($0.15) of
the admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each
person:
(A) embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a riverboat during a quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the state fair commission for use in any activity
that the commission is authorized to carry out under IC 15-1.5-3.
(6) Except as provided in subsection (k), ten cents ($0.10) of the
admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each person:
(A) embarking on gambling excursion during the quarter; or
(B) admitted to a a riverboat during the quarter that has
implemented flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21;
shall be paid to the division of mental health and addiction. The
division shall allocate at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the
funds derived from the admissions tax to the prevention and
treatment of compulsive gambling.
(7) Except as provided in subsection (k), sixty-five cents ($0.65)
of the admissions tax collected by the licensed owner for each
person embarking on a gambling excursion during the quarter or
admitted to a riverboat during the quarter that has implemented
flexible scheduling under IC 4-33-6-21 shall be paid to the
Indiana horse racing commission to be distributed as follows, in
amounts determined by the Indiana horse racing commission, for
the promotion and operation of horse racing in Indiana:
(A) To one (1) or more breed development funds established
by the Indiana horse racing commission under IC 4-31-11-10.
(B) To a racetrack that was approved by the Indiana horse
racing commission under IC 4-31. The commission may make
a grant under this clause only for purses, promotions, and
routine operations of the racetrack. No grants shall be made
for long term capital investment or construction, and no grants
shall be made before the racetrack becomes operational and is
offering a racing schedule.
(e) Money paid to a unit of local government under subsection
(b)(1) through (b)(2), (c)(1), or (d)(1) through (d)(2):
(1) must be paid to the fiscal officer of the unit and may be
deposited in the unit's general fund or riverboat fund established
under IC 36-1-8-9, or both;
(2)
may not be used to reduce the unit's maximum levy under
IC 6-1.1-18.5, but may be used at the discretion of the unit to
reduce the property tax levy of the unit for a particular year;
(3) may be used for any legal or corporate purpose of the unit,
including the pledge of money to bonds, leases, or other
obligations under IC 5-1-14-4; and
(4) is considered miscellaneous revenue.
(f) Money paid by the treasurer of state under subsection (b)(3) or
(d)(3) shall be:
(1) deposited in:
(A) the county convention and visitor promotion fund; or
(B) the county's general fund if the county does not have a
convention and visitor promotion fund; and
(2) used only for the tourism promotion, advertising, and
economic development activities of the county and community.
(g) Money received by the division of mental health and addiction
under subsections (b)(5), (c)(5), and (d)(6):
(1) is annually appropriated to the division of mental health and
addiction;
(2) shall be distributed to the division of mental health and
addiction at times during each state fiscal year determined by the
budget agency; and
(3) shall be used by the division of mental health and addiction
for programs and facilities for the prevention and treatment of
addictions to drugs, alcohol, and compulsive gambling, including
the creation and maintenance of a toll free telephone line to
provide the public with information about these addictions. The
division shall allocate at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the
money received to the prevention and treatment of compulsive
gambling.
(h) This subsection applies to the following:
(1) Each entity receiving money under subsection (b).
(2) Each entity receiving money under subsection (d)(1) through
(d)(2).
(3) Each entity receiving money under subsection (d)(5) through
(d)(7).
The treasurer of state shall determine the total amount of money paid
by the treasurer of state to an entity subject to this subsection during
the state fiscal year 2002. The amount determined under this subsection
is the base year revenue for each entity subject to this subsection. The
treasurer of state shall certify the base year revenue determined under
this subsection to each entity subject to this subsection.
(i) This subsection applies to an entity receiving money under
subsection (d)(3) or (d)(4). The treasurer of state shall determine the
total amount of money paid by the treasurer of state to the entity
described in subsection (d)(3) during state fiscal year 2002. The
amount determined under this subsection multiplied by nine-tenths
(0.9) is the base year revenue for the entity described in subsection
(d)(3). The amount determined under this subsection multiplied by
one-tenth (0.1) is the base year revenue for the entity described in
subsection (d)(4). The treasurer of state shall certify the base year
revenue determined under this subsection to each entity subject to this
subsection.
(j) For state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2002, the total
amount of money distributed to an entity under this section during a
state fiscal year may not exceed the entity's base year revenue as
determined under subsection (h) or (i). If the treasurer of state
determines that the total amount of money distributed to an entity under
this section during a state fiscal year is less than the entity's base year
revenue, the treasurer of state shall make a supplemental distribution
to the entity under IC 4-33-13-5(f).
(k) For state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2002, the treasurer
of state shall pay that part of the riverboat admissions taxes that:
(1) exceed a particular entity's base year revenue; and
(2) would otherwise be due to the entity under this section;
to the property tax replacement fund instead of to the entity.
SOURCE: IC 4-33-13-5; (03)IN1300.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 4-33-13-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.192-2002(ss),
SECTION 26, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5.
(a) After funds are appropriated under
section 4 of this chapter, each month the treasurer of state shall
distribute the tax revenue deposited in the state gaming fund under this
chapter to the following:
(1) The first thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) of tax
revenues collected under this chapter shall be set aside for
revenue sharing under subsection (d).
(2) Subject to subsection (b), twenty-five percent (25%) of the
remaining tax revenue remitted by each licensed owner shall be
paid:
(A) to the city that is designated as the home dock of the
riverboat from which the tax revenue was collected, in the case
of:
(i) a city described in IC 4-33-12-6(b)(1)(A); or
(ii) a city located in a county having a population of more
than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven
hundred thousand (700,000);
(B) in equal shares to the counties described in IC 4-33-1-1(3),
in the case of a riverboat whose home dock is on Patoka Lake;
or
(C) to the county that is designated as the home dock of the
riverboat from which the tax revenue was collected, in the case
of a riverboat whose home dock is not in a city described in
clause (A) or a county described in clause (B).
(3) Subject to subsection (c), the remainder of the tax revenue
remitted by each licensed owner shall be paid to the property tax
replacement fund.
(b) For each city and county receiving money under subsection
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(C), the treasurer of state shall determine the total
amount of money paid by the treasurer of state to the city or county
during the state fiscal year 2002. The amount determined is the base
year revenue for the city or county. The treasurer of state shall certify
the base year revenue determined under this subsection to the city or
county. The total amount of money distributed to a city or county under
this section during a state fiscal year may not exceed the entity's base
year revenue. For each state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2002,
the treasurer of state shall pay that part of the riverboat wagering taxes
that:
(1) exceeds a particular city or county's base year revenue; and
(2) would otherwise be due to the city or county under this
section;
to the property tax replacement fund instead of to the city or county.
(c) Each state fiscal year the treasurer of state shall transfer from the
tax revenue remitted to the property tax replacement fund under
subsection (a)(3) to the build Indiana fund an amount that when added
to the following may not exceed two hundred fifty million dollars
($250,000,000):
(1) Surplus lottery revenues under IC 4-30-17-3.
(2) Surplus revenue from the charity gaming enforcement fund
under IC 4-32-10-6.
(3) Tax revenue from pari-mutuel wagering under IC 4-31-9-3.
The treasurer of state shall make transfers on a monthly basis as needed
to meet the obligations of the build Indiana fund. If in any state fiscal
year insufficient money is transferred to the property tax replacement
fund under subsection (a)(3) to comply with this subsection, the
treasurer of state shall reduce the amount transferred to the build
Indiana fund to the amount available in the property tax replacement
fund from the transfers under subsection (a)(3) for the state fiscal year.
(d) Before August 15 of 2003 and each year thereafter, the treasurer
of state shall distribute the wagering taxes set aside for revenue sharing
under subsection (a)(1) to the county treasurer of each county that does
not have a riverboat according to the ratio that the county's population
bears to the total population of the counties that do not have a
riverboat. The county treasurer shall distribute the money received by
the county under this subsection as follows:
(1) To each city located in the county according to the ratio the
city's population bears to the total population of the county.
(2) To each town located in the county according to the ratio the
town's population bears to the total population of the county.
(3) After the distributions required in subdivisions (1) and (2) are
made, the remainder shall be retained by the county.
(e) Money received by a city, town, or county under subsection (d)
may be used only:
(1) to reduce the property tax levy of the city, town, or county for
a particular year; (a property tax reduction under this subdivision
does not reduce the maximum levy of the city, town, or county
under IC 6-1.1-18.5);
(2) for deposit in a special fund or allocation fund created under
IC 8-22-3.5, IC 36-7-14, IC 36-7-14.5, IC 36-7-15.1, and
IC 36-7-30 to provide funding for additional credits for property
tax replacement in property tax increment allocation areas;
(3) to fund sewer and water projects, including storm water
management projects; or
(4) for police and fire pensions.
However, not more than twenty percent (20%) of the money received
under subsection (d) may be used for the purpose described in
subdivision (4).
(f) Before September 15 of 2003 and each year thereafter, the
treasurer of state shall determine the total amount of money distributed
to an entity under IC 4-33-12-6 during the preceding state fiscal year.
If the treasurer of state determines that the total amount of money
distributed to an entity under IC 4-33-12-6 during the preceding state
fiscal year was less than the entity's base year revenue (as determined
under IC 4-33-12-6), the treasurer of state shall make a supplemental
distribution to the entity from taxes collected under this chapter and
deposited into the property tax replacement fund. The amount of the
supplemental distribution is equal to the difference between the entity's
base year revenue (as determined under IC 4-33-12-6) and the total
amount of money distributed to the entity during the preceding state
fiscal year under IC 4-33-12-6.
SOURCE: IC 4-33-13-6; (03)IN1300.1.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 4-33-13-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 6. (a) Money paid
to a unit of local government under this chapter:
(1) must be paid to the fiscal officer of the unit and may be
deposited in the unit's general fund or riverboat fund established
under IC 36-1-8-9, or both;
(2) may not be used to reduce the unit's maximum or actual levy
under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(3) (2) may be used for any legal or corporate purpose of the unit,
including the pledge of money to bonds, leases, or other
obligations under IC 5-1-14-4.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit the city or county designated as
the home dock of the riverboat from entering into agreements with
other units of local government in Indiana or in other states to share the
city's or county's part of the tax revenue received under this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 5-10.3-11-4; (03)IN1300.1.6. -->
SECTION 6. IC 5-10.3-11-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.38-2001,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) Monies from the pension relief fund
shall be paid annually by the state board under the procedures specified
in this section.
(b) Before April 1 of each year, each unit of local government must
certify to the state board:
(1) the amount of payments made during the preceding year for
benefits under its pension funds covered by this chapter, referred
to in this section as "pension payments";
(2) the data determined necessary by the state board to perform an
actuarial valuation of the unit's pension funds covered by this
chapter; and
(3) the names required to prepare the list specified in subsection
(c).
A unit is ineligible to receive a distribution under this section if it does
not supply before April 1 of each year (i) the complete information
required by this subsection; or (ii) a substantial amount of the
information required if it is accompanied by an affidavit of the chief
executive officer of the unit detailing the steps which have been taken
to obtain the information and the reasons the complete information has
not been obtained. This subsection supersedes the reporting
requirement of IC 5-10-1.5 as it applies to pension funds covered by
this chapter.
(c) Before July 1 of each year, the state board shall prepare a list of
all police officers and firefighters, active, retired, and deceased if their
beneficiaries are eligible for benefits, who are members of a police or
fire pension fund that was established before May 1, 1977. The list may
not include police officers, firefighters, or their beneficiaries for whom
no future benefits will be paid. The state board shall then compute the
present value of the accrued liability to provide the pension and other
benefits to each person on the list.
(d) Before July 1 of each year, the state board shall determine the
total pension payments made by all units of local government for the
preceding year and shall estimate the total pension payments to be
made to all units in the calendar year in which the July 1 occurs and in
the following calendar year.
(e) Each calendar year, the state board shall, with respect to the
following calendar year, determine for each unit of local government
an amount (Dy). The state board shall, in two (2) equal installments
before July 1 and before October 2, distribute to each eligible unit of
local government the amount (Dy) determined for the unit with respect
to the following calendar year. The amount (Dy) shall be determined by
the following STEPS:
STEP ONE. Subtract the total distribution made to units (Dy-1) in the
preceding calendar year from the total pension payments made by units
(Py-1) in the preceding calendar year.
STEP TWO. Multiply the STEP ONE difference by (1+k) as (k) is
determined in STEP THREE.
STEP THREE. Determine the annual percentage increase (k) in the
STEP ONE difference which will allow the present value of all future
estimated distributions, as computed under STEP FOUR, from the
pension relief fund to equal the "k portion" of the pension relief fund
balance plus the present value of all future receipts to the "k portion"
of the fund, but which will not allow the "k portion" of the pension
relief fund balance to be negative. These present values shall be
determined based on the current long term actuarial assumptions. The
"k portion" of the pension relief fund balance is the total pension relief
fund balance less the "m portion" of the fund. The percentage increase
(k) shall be computed to the nearest one thousandth of one percent
(.001%). All years, after the year 2000, in which the receipts to the
fund plus the net pension payments by all the units equal or exceed the
total pension payments shall be ignored for the purposes of these
calculations.
STEP FOUR. Subtract the STEP TWO product from the estimated
total pension payments to be made by all units (P
y) in the calendar year
for which the distribution is to be made.
STEP FIVE. Multiply the STEP FOUR difference by one-half (½)
of the sum of two quotients, (1) the quotient of the unit's number of
police officers and firefighters on December 31 of the year before the
year of the distribution who are members of a pension fund established
before May 1, 1977, who are retired, and who are deceased if their
beneficiaries are eligible for benefits (unit) divided by the total number
of these police officers and firefighters (total units) on December 31 of
the year before the year of the distribution in all units plus (2) the
quotient of the unit's pension payments (payments) divided by the total
pension payments (total payments) by all units.
Expressed mathematically:
D
y = (P
y - ((P
y-1 - D
y-1) x (1 + k))) x ½
(unit/(total unit) + payment/(total payment)).
(f) If in any year the distribution made to a unit of local government
is larger than the unit's pension payments to its retirees and their
beneficiaries for that year, the excess may not be distributed to the unit
but must be transferred to the 1977 police officers' and firefighters'
pension and disability fund and the unit's contributions to that fund
shall be reduced for that year by the amount of the transfer.
(g) If in any year after 2000, the STEP FOUR difference under
subsection (e) is smaller than the revenue to the pension relief fund in
that year, then the revenue plus interest plus the fund balance in that
year shall be used in STEP FIVE of subsection (e) instead of the STEP
FOUR difference.
(h) The state board shall have its actuary report annually on the
appropriateness of the actuarial assumptions used in determining the
distribution amount under subsection (e). At least every five (5) years,
the state board shall have its actuary recompute the value of (k) under
STEP TWO of subsection (e).
(i) Each calendar year the state board shall determine the amounts
to be allocated to the "m portion" of the pension relief fund under the
following STEPS, which shall be completed before July 1 of each year:
STEP ONE. The state board shall determine the following:
(1) "Excess earnings", which are the state board's projection of
earnings for the calendar year from investments of the "k portion" of
the fund that exceed the amount of earnings that would have been
earned if the rate of earnings was the rate assumed by the actuary of the
state board in his calculation of (k) under STEP THREE of subsection
(e).
(2) "Prior deficit amount", which is:
(A) the amount of earnings that would have been earned under
the rate assumed by the actuary of the state board in his
calculation of (k) under STEP THREE of subsection (e);
minus
(B) the amount of earnings received;
for a calendar year after 1981 in which (B) is less than (A).
STEP TWO. The state board shall distribute to the "m portion" the
excess earnings less any prior deficit amounts.
(j) The "m portion" of the fund shall be any direct allocations plus:
(1) amounts allocated under subsection (i); and
(2) any earnings on the "m portion" less amounts previously
distributed under subsection (l).
(k) The state board shall determine, based on actual experience and
reasonable projections, the units eligible for distribution from the "m
portion" of the pension relief fund according to the following STEPS:
STEP ONE. Determine the amount of pension payments to be paid
by the unit in the calendar year, net of the amount of the distribution to
be received by the unit under subsection (e) in that year, plus
contributions to be made under IC 36-8-8 in that year.
STEP TWO. Divide the amount determined under STEP ONE by
the amount of the
maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy
for the unit
as determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for the calendar year.
STEP THREE. If the quotient determined under STEP TWO is
equal to or greater than one-tenth (0.1), the unit shall receive a
distribution under subsection (l).
(l) For a calendar year, the state board shall, before July 1 of the
year, distribute from the "m portion" of the pension relief fund to the
extent there are assets in the "m portion" to each eligible unit an
amount, not less than zero (0), determined according to the following
STEPS:
STEP ONE. For the first of consecutive years that a unit is eligible
to receive a distribution under this subsection, determine the amount
of pension payments paid by the unit in the calendar year two (2) years
preceding the calendar year net of the amount of distributions received
by the unit under subsection (e) in the calendar year two (2) years
preceding the calendar year.
STEP TWO. For the first of consecutive years that a unit is eligible
to receive a distribution under this subsection, divide the amount
determined under STEP ONE by the amount of the
maximum
permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the unit
as determined
under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for the calendar year two (2) years preceding the
calendar year.
STEP THREE. For the first and all subsequent consecutive years
that a unit is eligible to receive a distribution under this subsection,
multiply the amount of the maximum permissible ad valorem property
tax levy for the unit as determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for the calendar
year by the quotient determined under STEP TWO.
STEP FOUR. Subtract the amount determined under STEP THREE
from the amount of pension payments to be paid by the unit in the
calendar year, net of distributions to be received under subsection (e)
for the calendar year.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-1-3; (03)IN1300.1.7. -->
SECTION 7. IC 6-1.1-1-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.291-2001,
SECTION 204, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in
subsection (b), "assessed value" or "assessed valuation" means an
amount equal to:
(1) for assessment dates before March 1, 2001, thirty-three and
one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the true tax value of property; and
(2) for assessment dates after February 28, 2001, the true tax
value of property.
(b) For purposes of calculating a budget, rate, or levy under
IC 6-1.1-17, IC 6-1.1-18, IC 6-1.1-18.5, IC 6-1.1-19, IC 6-1.1-20,
IC 21-2-11.5, and IC 21-2-15, "assessed value" or "assessed valuation"
does not include the assessed value of tangible property excluded and
kept separately on a tax duplicate by a county auditor under
IC 6-1.1-17-0.5.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-17-6; (03)IN1300.1.8. -->
SECTION 8. IC 6-1.1-17-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2001,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 6. (a) The county board of tax adjustment
shall review the budget, tax rate, and tax levy of each political
subdivision filed with the county auditor under section 5 or 5.6 of this
chapter. The board shall revise or reduce, but not increase, any budget,
tax rate, or tax levy in order
(1) to limit the tax rate to the maximum amount permitted under
IC 6-1.1-18; and
(2) to limit the budget to the amount of revenue to be available in
the ensuing budget year for the political subdivision.
(b) The county board of tax adjustment shall make a revision or
reduction in a political subdivision's budget only with respect to the
total amounts budgeted for each office or department within each of the
major budget classifications prescribed by the state board of accounts.
(c) When the county board of tax adjustment makes a revision or
reduction in a budget, tax rate, or tax levy, it shall file with the county
auditor a written order which indicates the action taken. If the board
reduces the budget, it shall also indicate the reason for the reduction in
the order. The chairman of the county board shall sign the order.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-17-8; (03)IN1300.1.9. -->
SECTION 9. IC 6-1.1-17-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 150, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. (a) If the county board of
tax adjustment determines that the maximum aggregate tax rate
permitted within a political subdivision under IC 6-1.1-18 is
inadequate, the county board shall subject to the limitations prescribed
in IC 6-1.1-19-2, file its written recommendations in duplicate with the
county auditor. The board shall include with its recommendations:
(1) an analysis of the aggregate tax rate within the political
subdivision;
(2) a recommended breakdown of the aggregate tax rate among
the political subdivisions whose tax rates compose the aggregate
tax rate within the political subdivision; and
(3) any other information which the county board considers
relevant to the matter.
(b) The county auditor shall forward one (1) copy of the county
board's recommendations to the department of local government
finance and shall retain the other copy in the county auditor's office.
The department of local government finance shall, in the manner
prescribed in section 16 of this chapter, review the budgets, tax rates,
and tax levies of the political subdivisions described in subsection
(a)(2).
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-17-9; (03)IN1300.1.10. -->
SECTION 10. IC 6-1.1-17-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 9. (a) The county
board of tax adjustment shall complete the duties assigned to it under
this chapter on or before October 1st of each year, except that in a
consolidated city and county and in a county containing a second class
city, the duties of this board need not be completed until November 1
of each year.
(b) If the county board of tax adjustment fails to complete the duties
assigned to it within the time prescribed in this section,
or to reduce
aggregate tax rates so that they do not exceed the maximum rates
permitted under IC 6-1.1-18, the county auditor shall calculate and fix
the tax rate within each political subdivision of the county.
so that the
maximum rate permitted under IC 6-1.1-18 is not exceeded.
(c) When the county auditor calculates and fixes tax rates, he shall
send a certificate notice of the rate he has fixed to each political
subdivision of the county. He shall send these notices within five (5)
days after publication of the notice required by section 12 of this
chapter.
(d) When the county auditor calculates and fixes tax rates, his action
shall be treated as if it were the action of the county board of tax
adjustment.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-17-16; (03)IN1300.1.11. -->
SECTION 11. IC 6-1.1-17-16, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 156, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 16. (a) Subject to the
limitations and requirements prescribed in this section, the department
of local government finance may revise, reduce, or increase a political
subdivision's budget, tax rate, or tax levy which the department reviews
under section 8 or 10 of this chapter.
(b) Subject to the limitations and requirements prescribed in this
section, the department of local government finance may review,
revise, reduce, or increase the budget, tax rate, or tax levy of any of the
political subdivisions whose tax rates compose the aggregate tax rate
within a political subdivision whose budget, tax rate, or tax levy is the
subject of an appeal initiated under this chapter.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (i), before the department of
local government finance reviews, revises, reduces, or increases a
political subdivision's budget, tax rate, or tax levy under this section,
the department must hold a public hearing on the budget, tax rate, and
tax levy. The department of local government finance shall hold the
hearing in the county in which the political subdivision is located. The
department of local government finance may consider the budgets, tax
rates, and tax levies of several political subdivisions at the same public
hearing. At least five (5) days before the date fixed for a public hearing,
the department of local government finance shall give notice of the
time and place of the hearing and of the budgets, levies, and tax rates
to be considered at the hearing. The department of local government
finance shall publish the notice in two (2) newspapers of general
circulation published in the county. However, if only one (1)
newspaper of general circulation is published in the county, the
department of local government finance shall publish the notice in that
newspaper.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (h),
IC 6
-1.1-19, or
IC 6-1.1-18.5, the department of local government finance may not
increase a political subdivision's budget, tax rate, or tax levy to an
amount which exceeds the amount originally fixed by the political
subdivision. The department of local government finance shall give the
political subdivision written notification specifying any revision,
reduction, or increase the department proposes in a political
subdivision's tax levy or tax rate. The political subdivision has one (1)
week from the date the political subdivision receives the notice to
provide a written response to the department of local government
finance's Indianapolis office specifying how to make the required
reductions in the amount budgeted for each office or department. The
department of local government finance shall make reductions as
specified in the political subdivision's response if the response is
provided as required by this subsection and sufficiently specifies all
necessary reductions. The department of local government finance may
make a revision, a reduction, or an increase in a political subdivision's
budget only in the total amounts budgeted for each office or department
within each of the major budget classifications prescribed by the state
board of accounts.
(e) The department of local government finance may not approve a
levy for lease payments by a city, town, county, library, or school
corporation if the lease payments are payable to a building corporation
for use by the building corporation for debt service on bonds and if:
(1) no bonds of the building corporation are outstanding; or
(2) the building corporation has enough legally available funds on
hand to redeem all outstanding bonds payable from the particular
lease rental levy requested.
(f) The action of the department of local government finance on a
budget, tax rate, or tax levy is final. The department of local
government finance shall certify its action to:
(1) the county auditor; and
(2) the political subdivision if the department acts pursuant to an
appeal initiated by the political subdivision.
(g) The department of local government finance is expressly
directed to complete the duties assigned to it under this section not later
than February 15th of each year for taxes to be collected during that
year.
(h) Subject to the provisions of all applicable statutes, the
department of local government finance may increase a political
subdivision's tax levy to an amount that exceeds the amount originally
fixed by the political subdivision if the increase is:
(1) requested in writing by the officers of the political
subdivision;
(2) either:
(A) based on information first obtained by the political
subdivision after the public hearing under section 3 of this
chapter; or
(B) results from an inadvertent mathematical error made in
determining the levy; and
(3) published by the political subdivision according to a notice
provided by the department.
(i) The department of local government finance shall annually
review the budget of each school corporation not later than April 1. The
department of local government finance shall give the school
corporation written notification specifying any revision, reduction, or
increase the department proposes in the school corporation's budget. A
public hearing is not required in connection with this review of the
budget.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-17-17; (03)IN1300.1.12. -->
SECTION 12. IC 6-1.1-17-17, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 159, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 17. Subject to the limitations
contained in IC 6-1.1-19 and IC 6-1.1-18.5, The department of local
government finance may at any time increase the tax rate and tax levy
of a political subdivision for the following reasons:
(1) To pay the principal or interest upon a funding, refunding, or
judgment funding obligation of a political subdivision.
(2) To pay the interest or principal upon an outstanding obligation
of the political subdivision.
(3) To pay a judgment rendered against the political subdivision.
(4) To pay lease rentals that have become an obligation of the
political subdivision under IC 21-5-11 or IC 21-5-12.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-19-1; (03)IN1300.1.13. -->
SECTION 13. IC 6-1.1-19-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 1. As used in this
chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the
context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "School year" means the period of time from July 1 of each year
until June 30 of the following year.
(b) "ADA" means, as to any school corporation, the average number
of pupils in daily attendance in the school corporation, determined in
accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Indiana
state board of education.
(c) "Current ADA" means the most recently determined ADA for
the school corporation in question.
(d) With the exception provided for in section 6(b) of this chapter,
"ADA ratio" means, as to any school corporation, the quotient resulting
from a division of that school corporation's current ADA by that school
corporation's ADA for the school year ending in 1973. However, in any
case in which the quotient is less than one (1), the ADA ratio for the
school corporation is one (1).
(e) "General fund" means the fund that the governing body of each
school corporation is required to establish by IC 21-2-11-2.
(f) With the exceptions provided for in sections 4.4(a)(4), 4.5(c),
6(b), and 6(c) of this chapter, "base tax levy" means the total dollar
amount of the ad valorem tax levy for its general fund that was levied
by a school corporation for taxes collectible in 1973, assuming one
hundred percent (100%) tax collection.
(g) "Excessive tax levy" means a school corporation's general fund
ad valorem property tax levy for a calendar year which exceeds the
maximum general fund ad valorem property tax levy permitted under
section 1.5 of this chapter.
(h) "Normal tax levy" means the total dollar amount of any general
fund ad valorem property tax levy that is made by a school corporation
for a calendar year, and that is not an excessive tax levy.
(i) "Tax control board" means the school property tax control board
established by section 4.1 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-20-1.1; (03)IN1300.1.14. -->
SECTION 14. IC 6-1.1-20-1.1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 30, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 1.1. As used in this chapter, "controlled
project" means any project financed by bonds or a lease, except for the
following:
(1) A project for which the political subdivision reasonably
expects to pay:
(A) debt service; or
(B) lease rentals;
from funds other than property taxes that are were exempt from
the levy limitations of IC 6-1.1-18.5 or IC 6-1.1-19 (before their
repeal). A project is not a controlled project even though the
political subdivision has pledged to levy property taxes to pay the
debt service or lease rentals if those other funds are insufficient.
(2) A project that will not cost the political subdivision more than
two million dollars ($2,000,000).
(3) A project that is being refinanced for the purpose of providing
gross or net present value savings to taxpayers.
(4) A project for which bonds were issued or leases were entered
into before January 1, 1996, or where the state board of tax
commissioners has approved the issuance of bonds or the
execution of leases before January 1, 1996.
(5) A project that is required by a court order holding that a
federal law mandates the project.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-20-1.3; (03)IN1300.1.15. -->
SECTION 15. IC 6-1.1-20-1.3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 1.3. As used in
this chapter, "lease" means a lease by a political subdivision of any
controlled project with lease rentals payable from property taxes that
are were exempt from the levy limitations of IC 6-1.1-18.5 or
IC 6-1.1-19 (before their repeal).
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-21-2; (03)IN1300.1.16. -->
SECTION 16. IC 6-1.1-21-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.192-2002(ss),
SECTION 39, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2.
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Taxpayer" means a person who is liable for taxes on property
assessed under this article.
(b) "Taxes" means property taxes payable in respect to property
assessed under this article. The term does not include special
assessments, penalties, or interest, but does include any special charges
which a county treasurer combines with all other taxes in the
preparation and delivery of the tax statements required under
IC 6-1.1-22-8(a).
(c) "Department" means the department of state revenue.
(d) "Auditor's abstract" means the annual report prepared by each
county auditor which under IC 6-1.1-22-5, is to be filed on or before
March 1 of each year with the auditor of state.
(e) "Mobile home assessments" means the assessments of mobile
homes made under IC 6-1.1-7.
(f) "Postabstract adjustments" means adjustments in taxes made
subsequent to the filing of an auditor's abstract which change
assessments therein or add assessments of omitted property affecting
taxes for such assessment year.
(g) "Total county tax levy" means the sum of:
(1) the remainder of:
(A) the aggregate levy of all taxes for all taxing units in a
county which are to be paid in the county for a stated
assessment year as reflected by the auditor's abstract for the
assessment year, adjusted, however, for any postabstract
adjustments which change the amount of the aggregate levy;
minus
(B) the sum of any increases in property tax levies of taxing
units of the county that result from appeals described in:
(i) IC 6-1.1-18.5-13(5) and IC 6-1.1-18.5-13(6)
(before
their repeal) filed after December 31, 1982; plus
(ii) the sum of any increases in property tax levies of taxing
units of the county that result from any other appeals
described in IC 6-1.1-18.5-13
(before its repeal) filed after
December 31, 1983; plus
(iii) IC 6-1.1-18.6-3
(children in need of services and
delinquent children who are wards of the county) (before its
repeal); minus
(C) the total amount of property taxes imposed for the stated
assessment year by the taxing units of the county under the
authority of IC 12-1-11.5 (repealed), IC 12-2-4.5 (repealed),
IC 12-19-5, or IC 12-20-24; minus
(D) the total amount of property taxes to be paid during the
stated assessment year that will be used to pay for interest or
principal due on debt that:
(i) is entered into after December 31, 1983;
(ii) is not debt that is issued under IC 5-1-5 to refund debt
incurred before January 1, 1984; and
(iii) does not constitute debt entered into for the purpose of
building, repairing, or altering school buildings for which
the requirements of IC 20-5-52 were satisfied prior to
January 1, 1984; minus
(E) the amount of property taxes imposed in the county for the
stated assessment year under the authority of IC 21-2-6
(repealed) or any citation listed in IC 6-1.1-18.5-9.8
(before
its repeal) for a cumulative building fund whose property tax
rate was initially established or reestablished for a stated
assessment year that succeeds the 1983 stated assessment year;
minus
(F) the remainder of:
(i) the total property taxes imposed in the county for the
stated assessment year under authority of IC 21-2-6
(repealed) or any citation listed in IC 6-1.1-18.5-9.8
(before
its repeal) for a cumulative building fund whose property
tax rate was not initially established or reestablished for a
stated assessment year that succeeds the 1983 stated
assessment year; minus
(ii) the total property taxes imposed in the county for the
1984 stated assessment year under the authority of IC 21-2-6
(repealed) or any citation listed in IC 6-1.1-18.5-9.8
(before
its repeal) for a cumulative building fund whose property
tax rate was not initially established or reestablished for a
stated assessment year that succeeds the 1983 stated
assessment year; minus
(G) the amount of property taxes imposed in the county for the
stated assessment year under:
(i) IC 21-2-15 for a capital projects fund; plus
(ii) IC 6-1.1-19-10
(before its repeal) for a racial balance
fund; plus
(iii) IC 20-14-13 for a library capital projects fund; plus
(iv) IC 20-5-17.5-3 for an art association fund; plus
(v) IC 21-2-17 for a special education preschool fund; plus
(vi) IC 21-2-11.6 for a referendum tax levy fund; plus
(vii) an appeal filed under IC 6-1.1-19-5.1
(before its
repeal) for an increase in a school corporation's maximum
permissible general fund levy for certain transfer tuition
costs; plus
(viii) an appeal filed under IC 6-1.1-19-5.4
(before its
repeal) for an increase in a school corporation's maximum
permissible general fund levy for transportation operating
costs; minus
(H) the amount of property taxes imposed by a school
corporation that is attributable to the passage, after 1983, of a
referendum for an excessive tax levy under IC 6-1.1-19
(before its repeal), including any increases in these property
taxes that are attributable to the adjustment set forth in
IC 6-1.1-19-1.5(a) STEP ONE
(before its repeal) or any other
law; minus
(I) for each township in the county, the lesser of:
(i) the sum of the amount determined in IC 6-1.1-18.5-19(a)
STEP THREE or IC 6-1.1-18.5-19(b) STEP THREE
(before
their repeal), whichever is applicable, plus the part, if any,
of the township's ad valorem property tax levy for calendar
year 1989 that represents increases in that levy that resulted
from an appeal described in IC 6-1.1-18.5-13(5)
(before its
repeal) filed after December 31, 1982; or
(ii) the amount of property taxes imposed in the township for
the stated assessment year under the authority of
IC 36-8-13-4; minus
(J) for each participating unit in a fire protection territory
established under IC 36-8-19-1, the amount of property taxes
levied by each participating unit under IC 36-8-19-8 and
IC 36-8-19-8.5 less the maximum levy limit for each of the
participating units that would have otherwise been available
for fire protection services under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3 and
IC 6-1.1-18.5-19
(before their repeal) for that same year;
minus
(K) for each county, the sum of:
(i) the amount of property taxes imposed in the county for
the repayment of loans under IC 12-19-5-6 (repealed) that is
included in the amount determined under IC 12-19-7-4(a)
STEP SEVEN for property taxes payable in 1995, or for
property taxes payable in each year after 1995, the amount
determined under IC 12-19-7-4(b); and
(ii) the amount of property taxes imposed in the county
attributable to appeals granted under IC 6-1.1-18.6-3
(before its repeal) that is included in the amount
determined under IC 12-19-7-4(a) STEP SEVEN for
property taxes payable in 1995, or the amount determined
under IC 12-19-7-4(b) for property taxes payable in each
year after 1995; plus
(2) all taxes to be paid in the county in respect to mobile home
assessments currently assessed for the year in which the taxes
stated in the abstract are to be paid; plus
(3) the amounts, if any, of county adjusted gross income taxes that
were applied by the taxing units in the county as property tax
replacement credits to reduce the individual levies of the taxing
units for the assessment year, as provided in IC 6-3.5-1.1; plus
(4) the amounts, if any, by which the maximum permissible ad
valorem property tax levies of the taxing units of the county were
reduced under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(b) STEP EIGHT (before its
repeal) for the stated assessment year; plus
(5) the difference between:
(A) the amount determined in IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(e) STEP FOUR
(before its repeal); minus
(B) the amount the civil taxing units' levies were increased
because of the reduction in the civil taxing units' base year
certified shares under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(e) (before its repeal).
(h) "December settlement sheet" means the certificate of settlement
filed by the county auditor with the auditor of state, as required under
IC 6-1.1-27-3.
(i) "Tax duplicate" means the roll of property taxes which each
county auditor is required to prepare on or before March 1 of each year
under IC 6-1.1-22-3.
(j) "Eligible property tax replacement amount" is equal to the sum
of the following:
(1) Sixty percent (60%) of the total county tax levy imposed by
each school corporation in a county for its general fund for a
stated assessment year.
(2) Twenty percent (20%) of the total county tax levy (less sixty
percent (60%) of the levy for the general fund of a school
corporation that is part of the total county tax levy) imposed in a
county on real property for a stated assessment year.
(3) Twenty percent (20%) of the total county tax levy (less sixty
percent (60%) of the levy for the general fund of a school
corporation that is part of the total county tax levy) imposed in a
county on tangible personal property, excluding business personal
property, for an assessment year.
(k) "Business personal property" means tangible personal property
(other than real property) that is being:
(1) held for sale in the ordinary course of a trade or business; or
(2) held, used, or consumed in connection with the production of
income.
(l) "Taxpayer's property tax replacement credit amount" means the
sum of the following:
(1) Sixty percent (60%) of a taxpayer's tax liability in a calendar
year for taxes imposed by a school corporation for its general fund
for a stated assessment year.
(2) Twenty percent (20%) of a taxpayer's tax liability for a stated
assessment year for a total county tax levy (less sixty percent
(60%) of the levy for the general fund of a school corporation that
is part of the total county tax levy) on real property.
(3) Twenty percent (20%) of a taxpayer's tax liability for a stated
assessment year for a total county tax levy (less sixty percent
(60%) of the levy for the general fund of a school corporation that
is part of the total county tax levy) on tangible personal property
other than business personal property.
(m) "Tax liability" means tax liability as described in section 5 of
this chapter.
(n) "General school operating levy" means the ad valorem property
tax levy of a school corporation in a county for the school corporation's
general fund.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-21.2-15; (03)IN1300.1.17. -->
SECTION 17. IC 6-1.1-21.2-15, AS ADDED BY P.L.192-2002(ss),
SECTION 44, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 15. (a) A tax levied under this chapter shall
be certified by the department of local government finance to the
auditor of the county in which the district is located and shall be:
(1) estimated and entered upon the tax duplicates by the county
auditor; and
(2) collected and enforced by the county treasurer;
in the same manner as state and county taxes are estimated, entered,
collected, and enforced.
(b) As the tax is collected by the county treasurer, it shall be
transferred to the governing body and accumulated and kept in the
special fund for the allocation area.
(c) A tax levied under this chapter
(1) is exempt from the levy limitations imposed under
IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(2) is not subject to IC 6-1.1-20.
(d) A tax levied under this chapter and the use of revenues from a
tax levied under this chapter by a governing body do not create a
constitutional or statutory debt, pledge, or obligation of the governing
body, the district, or any unit.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-21.5-5; (03)IN1300.1.18. -->
SECTION 18. IC 6-1.1-21.5-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.291-2001,
SECTION 209, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5. (a) The board shall
determine the terms of a loan made under this chapter. However,
interest may not be charged on the loan, and the loan must be repaid
not later than ten (10) years after the date on which the loan was made.
(b) The loan shall be repaid only from property tax revenues of the
qualified taxing unit. that are subject to the levy limitations imposed by
IC 6-1.1-18.5 or IC 6-1.1-19. The payment of any installment of
principal constitutes a first charge against such property tax revenues
as collected by the qualified taxing unit during the calendar year the
installment is due and payable.
(c) The obligation to repay the loan is not a basis for the qualified
taxing unit to obtain an excessive tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5 or
IC 6-1.1-19.
(d) (c) Whenever the board receives a payment on a loan made
under this chapter, the board shall deposit the amount paid in the
counter-cyclical revenue and economic stabilization fund.
(e) (d) This section may not be construed to prevent the qualified
taxing unit from repaying a loan made under this chapter before the
date specified in subsection (a) if a taxpayer described in section 3 of
this chapter resumes paying property taxes to the qualified taxing unit.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-21.8-4; (03)IN1300.1.19. -->
SECTION 19. IC 6-1.1-21.8-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.157-2002,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) The board shall determine the terms
of a loan made under this chapter. However, the interest charged on the
loan may not exceed the percent of increase in the United States
Department of Labor Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers during the most recent twelve (12) month period
for which data is available as of the date that the unit applies for a loan
under this chapter. A loan must be repaid not later than ten (10) years
after the date on which the loan was made. The total amount of all the
loans made under this chapter may not exceed twenty-eight million
dollars ($28,000,000). The board may disburse the proceeds of a loan
in installments. However, not more than one-third (1/3) of the total
amount to be loaned under this chapter may be disbursed at any
particular time without the review of the budget committee and the
approval of the budget agency.
(b) A loan made under this chapter shall be repaid only from:
(1) property tax revenues of the qualified taxing unit; that are
subject to the levy limitations imposed by IC 6-1.1-18.5 or
IC 6-1.1-19; or
(2) any other source of revenues (other than property taxes) that
is legally available to the qualified taxing unit.
The payment of any installment of principal constitutes a first charge
against the property tax revenues described in subdivision (1) that are
collected by the qualified taxing unit during the calendar year the
installment is due and payable.
(c) The obligation to repay a loan made under this chapter is not a
basis for the qualified taxing unit to obtain an excessive tax levy under
IC 6-1.1-18.5 or IC 6-1.1-19.
(d) (c) Whenever the board receives a payment on a loan made
under this chapter, the board shall deposit the amount paid in the
counter-cyclical revenue and economic stabilization fund.
(e) (d) This section does not prohibit a qualified taxing unit from
repaying a loan made under this chapter before the date specified in
subsection (a) if a taxpayer described in section 3 of this chapter
resumes paying property taxes to the qualified taxing unit.
(f) (e) Interest accrues on a loan made under this chapter until the
date the board receives notice from the county auditor that the county
has adopted at least one (1) of the following:
(1) The county adjusted gross income tax under IC 6-3.5-1.1.
(2) The county option income tax under IC 6-3.5-6.
(3) The county economic development income tax under
IC 6-3.5-7.
Notwithstanding subsection (a), interest may not be charged on a loan
made under this chapter if a tax described in this subsection is adopted
before a qualified taxing unit applies for the loan.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-29-9; (03)IN1300.1.20. -->
SECTION 20. IC 6-1.1-29-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.273-1999,
SECTION 57, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 9. (a) A county council may adopt an
ordinance to abolish the county board of tax adjustment. This ordinance
must be adopted by July 1 and may not be rescinded in the year it is
adopted. Notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-17,
IC 6-1.1-18, IC 6-1.1-19,
IC 12-19-7, IC 21-2-14, IC 36-8-6, IC 36-8-7, IC 36-8-7.5, IC 36-8-11,
IC 36-9-3, IC 36-9-4, and IC 36-9-13, if such an ordinance is adopted,
this section governs the treatment of tax rates, tax levies, and budgets
that would otherwise be reviewed by a county board of tax adjustment
under IC 6-1.1-17.
(b) The time requirements set forth in IC 6-1.1-17 govern all filings
and notices.
(c) A tax rate, tax levy, or budget that otherwise would be reviewed
by the county board of tax adjustment is considered and must be treated
for all purposes as if the county board of tax adjustment approved the
tax rate, tax levy, or budget. This includes the notice of tax rates that is
required under IC 6-1.1-17-12.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-41-10; (03)IN1300.1.21. -->
SECTION 21. IC 6-1.1-41-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 10. To provide for
a fund, a political subdivision may levy a tax on all taxable property
within the jurisdiction authorized to establish the fund. The tax may not
exceed the tax rate specified in the statute authorizing the fund.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.5; (03)IN1300.1.22. -->
SECTION 22. IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 289, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies
only to a county having a population of more than forty-one thousand
(41,000) but less than forty-three thousand (43,000).
(b) The county council of a county described in subsection (a) may,
by ordinance, determine that additional county adjusted gross income
tax revenue is needed in the county to fund the operation and
maintenance of a jail and juvenile detention center opened after July 1,
1998.
(c) Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, if the county council
adopts an ordinance under subsection (b), the county council may
impose the county adjusted gross income tax at a rate of one and
one-tenth percent (1.1%) on adjusted gross income. However, a county
may impose the county adjusted gross income tax at a rate of one and
one-tenth percent (1.1%) for only eight (8) years. After the county has
imposed the county adjusted gross income tax at a rate of one and
one-tenth percent (1.1%) for eight (8) years, the rate is reduced to one
percent (1%). If the county council imposes the county adjusted gross
income tax at a rate of one and one-tenth percent (1.1%), the county
council may decrease the rate or rescind the tax in the manner provided
under this chapter.
(d) If a county imposes the county adjusted gross income tax at a
rate of one and one-tenth percent (1.1%) under this section, the revenue
derived from a tax rate of one-tenth percent (0.1%) on adjusted gross
income:
(1) shall be paid to the county treasurer;
and
(2) may be used only to pay the costs of operating a jail and
juvenile detention center opened after July 1, 1998. and
(3) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance in determining the county's maximum permissible
property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.7; (03)IN1300.1.23. -->
SECTION 23. IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2002,
SECTION 3 AND P.L.90-2002, SECTION 290, IS AMENDED TO
READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2.7. (a)
This section applies to a county having a population of more than
seventy-one thousand (71,000) but less than seventy-one thousand four
hundred (71,400).
(b) The county council may, by ordinance, determine that additional
county adjusted gross income tax revenue is needed in the county to:
(1) finance, construct, acquire, improve, renovate, or equip the
county jail and related buildings and parking facilities, including
costs related to the demolition of existing buildings and the
acquisition of land; and
(2) repay bonds issued, or leases entered into, for constructing,
acquiring, improving, renovating, and equipping the county jail
and related buildings and parking facilities, including costs
related to the demolition of existing buildings and the acquisition
of land.
(c) In addition to the rates permitted by section 2 of this chapter, the
county council may impose the county adjusted gross income tax at a
rate of:
(1) fifteen-hundredths percent (0.15%);
(2) two-tenths percent (0.2%); or
(3) twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%);
on the adjusted gross income of county taxpayers if the county council
makes the finding and determination set forth in subsection (b). The tax
imposed under this section may be imposed only until the later of the
date on which the financing on, acquisition, improvement, renovation,
and equipping described in subsection (b) is completed or the date on
which the last of any bonds issued or leases entered into to finance the
construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, and equipping
described in subsection (b) are fully paid. The term of the bonds issued
(including any refunding bonds) or a lease entered into under
subsection (b)(2) may not exceed twenty (20) years.
(d) If the county council makes a determination under subsection
(b), the county council may adopt a tax rate under subsection (c). The
tax rate may not be imposed at a rate greater than is necessary to pay
the costs of financing, acquiring, improving, renovating, and equipping
the county jail and related buildings and parking facilities, including
costs related to the demolition of existing buildings and the acquisition
of land.
(e) The county treasurer shall establish a county jail revenue fund
to be used only for purposes described in this section. County adjusted
gross income tax revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under this
section shall be deposited in the county jail revenue fund before
making a certified distribution under section 11 of this chapter.
(f) County adjusted gross income tax revenues derived from the tax
rate imposed under this section:
(1) may only be used for the purposes described in this section;
(2) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance in determining the county's maximum permissible
property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(3) (2) may be pledged to the repayment of bonds issued, or leases
entered into, for purposes described in subsection (b).
(g) A county described in subsection (a) possesses unique economic
development challenges due to underemployment in relation to
similarly situated counties. Maintaining low property tax rates is
essential to economic development and the use of county adjusted
gross income tax revenues as provided in this chapter to pay any bonds
issued or leases entered into to finance the construction, acquisition,
improvement, renovation, and equipping described under subsection
(b), rather than use of property taxes, promotes that purpose.
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, funds accumulated from the
county adjusted gross income tax imposed under this section after:
(1) the redemption of bonds issued; or
(2) the final payment of lease rentals due under a lease entered
into under this section;
shall be transferred to the county highway fund to be used for
construction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of county
highways, roads, and bridges.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.8; (03)IN1300.1.24. -->
SECTION 24. IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.8, AS ADDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 53, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2.8. (a) This section applies to:
(1) a county having a population of more than one hundred
eighty-two thousand seven hundred ninety (182,790) but less than
two hundred thousand (200,000); and
(2) a county having a population of more than forty-five thousand
(45,000) but less than forty-five thousand nine hundred (45,900).
(b) The county council may, by ordinance, determine that additional
county adjusted gross income tax revenue is needed in the county to:
(1) finance, construct, acquire, improve, renovate, or equip:
(A) jail facilities;
(B) juvenile court, detention, and probation facilities;
(C) other criminal justice facilities; and
(D) related buildings and parking facilities;
located in the county, including costs related to the demolition of
existing buildings and the acquisition of land; and
(2) repay bonds issued or leases entered into for the purposes
described in subdivision (1).
(c) In addition to the rates permitted by section 2 of this chapter, the
county council may impose the county adjusted gross income tax at a
rate of:
(1) fifteen-hundredths percent (0.15%);
(2) two-tenths percent (0.2%); or
(3) twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%);
on the adjusted gross income of county taxpayers if the county council
makes the finding and determination set forth in subsection (b). The tax
imposed under this section may be imposed only until the later of the
date on which the financing, construction, acquisition, improvement,
renovation, and equipping described in subsection (b) are completed
or the date on which the last of any bonds issued or leases entered into
to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, and
equipping described in subsection (b) are fully paid. The term of the
bonds issued (including any refunding bonds) or a lease entered into
under subsection (b)(2) may not exceed twenty (20) years.
(d) If the county council makes a determination under subsection
(b), the county council may adopt a tax rate under subsection (c). The
tax rate may not be imposed at a rate greater than is necessary to pay
the costs of carrying out the purposes described in subsection (b)(1).
(e) The county treasurer shall establish a criminal justice facilities
revenue fund to be used only for purposes described in this section.
County adjusted gross income tax revenues derived from the tax rate
imposed under this section shall be deposited in the criminal justice
facilities revenue fund before making a certified distribution under
section 11 of this chapter.
(f) County adjusted gross income tax revenues derived from the tax
rate imposed under this section:
(1) may be used only for the purposes described in this section;
(2) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance in determining the county's maximum permissible
property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(3) (2) may be pledged to the repayment of bonds issued or leases
entered into for any or all the purposes described in subsection
(b).
(g) Notwithstanding any other law, funds accumulated from the
county adjusted gross income tax imposed under this section after:
(1) the completion of the financing, construction, acquisition,
improvement, renovation, and equipping described in subsection
(b);
(2) the payment or provision for payment of all the costs for
activities described in subdivision (1);
(3) the redemption of bonds issued; and
(4) the final payment of lease rentals due under a lease entered
into under this section;
shall be transferred to the county highway fund to be used for
construction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of county
highways, roads, and bridges.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.9; (03)IN1300.1.25. -->
SECTION 25. IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.9, AS ADDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 54, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2.9. (a) This section applies to a county
having a population of more than twenty-nine thousand (29,000) but
less than thirty thousand (30,000).
(b) The county council may, by ordinance, determine that additional
county adjusted gross income tax revenue is needed in the county to:
(1) finance, construct, acquire, improve, renovate, remodel, or
equip the county jail and related buildings and parking facilities,
including costs related to the demolition of existing buildings, the
acquisition of land, and any other reasonably related costs; and
(2) repay bonds issued or leases entered into for constructing,
acquiring, improving, renovating, remodeling, and equipping the
county jail and related buildings and parking facilities, including
costs related to the demolition of existing buildings, the
acquisition of land, and any other reasonably related costs.
(c) In addition to the rates permitted by section 2 of this chapter, the
county council may impose the county adjusted gross income tax at a
rate of:
(1) fifteen-hundredths percent (0.15%);
(2) two-tenths percent (0.2%); or
(3) twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%);
on the adjusted gross income of county taxpayers if the county council
makes the finding and determination set forth in subsection (b). The tax
imposed under this section may be imposed only until the later of the
date on which the financing on, acquisition, improvement, renovation,
remodeling, and equipping described in subsection (b) are completed
or the date on which the last of any bonds issued or leases entered into
to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation,
remodeling, and equipping described in subsection (b) are fully paid.
The term of the bonds issued (including any refunding bonds) or a
lease entered into under subsection (b)(2) may not exceed twenty-five
(25) years.
(d) If the county council makes a determination under subsection
(b), the county council may adopt a tax rate under subsection (b). The
tax rate may not be imposed at a rate greater than is necessary to pay
the costs of financing, acquiring, improving, renovating, remodeling,
and equipping the county jail and related buildings and parking
facilities, including costs related to the demolition of existing
buildings, the acquisition of land, and any other reasonably related
costs.
(e) The county treasurer shall establish a county jail revenue fund
to be used only for purposes described in this section. County adjusted
gross income tax revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under this
section shall be deposited in the county jail revenue fund before
making a certified distribution under section 11 of this chapter.
(f) County adjusted gross income tax revenues derived from the tax
rate imposed under this section:
(1) may be used only for the purposes described in this section;
(2) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance in determining the county's maximum permissible
property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(3) (2) may be pledged to the repayment of bonds issued or leases
entered into for purposes described in subsection (b).
(g) A county described in subsection (a) possesses unique
governmental and economic development challenges due to:
(1) underemployment in relation to similarly situated counties and
the loss of a major manufacturing business;
(2) an increase in property taxes for taxable years after December
31, 2000, for the construction of a new elementary school; and
(3) overcrowding of the county jail, the costs associated with
housing the county's inmates outside the county, and the potential
unavailability of additional housing for inmates outside the
county.
The use of county adjusted gross income tax revenues as provided in
this chapter is necessary for the county to provide adequate jail
capacity in the county and to maintain low property tax rates essential
to economic development. The use of county adjusted gross income tax
revenues as provided in this chapter to pay any bonds issued or leases
entered into to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement,
renovation, remodeling, and equipping described in subsection (b),
rather than the use of property taxes, promotes those purposes.
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, funds accumulated from the
county adjusted gross income tax imposed under this section after:
(1) the redemption of bonds issued; or
(2) the final payment of lease rentals due under a lease entered
into under this section;
shall be transferred to the county highway fund to be used for
construction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of county
highways, roads, and bridges.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-3.5; (03)IN1300.1.26. -->
SECTION 26. IC 6-3.5-1.1-3.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 291, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies
only to a county having a population of more than thirteen thousand
five hundred (13,500) but less than fourteen thousand (14,000).
(b) The county council of a county described in subsection (a) may,
by ordinance, determine that additional county adjusted gross income
tax revenue is needed in the county to fund the operation and
maintenance of a jail and justice center.
(c) Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, if the county council
adopts an ordinance under subsection (b), the county council may
impose the county adjusted gross income tax at a rate of one and
three-tenths percent (1.3%) on adjusted gross income. However, a
county may impose the county adjusted gross income tax at a rate of
one and three-tenths percent (1.3%) for only eight (8) years. After the
county has imposed the county adjusted gross income tax at a rate of
one and three-tenths percent (1.3%) for eight (8) years, the rate is
reduced to one percent (1%). If the county council imposes the county
adjusted gross income tax at a rate of one and three-tenths percent
(1.3%), the county council may decrease the rate or rescind the tax in
the manner provided under this chapter.
(d) If a county imposes the county adjusted gross income tax at a
rate of one and three-tenths percent (1.3%) under this section, the
revenue derived from a tax rate of three-tenths percent (0.3%) on
adjusted gross income:
(1) shall be paid to the county treasurer; and
(2) may be used only to pay the costs of operating and
maintaining a jail and justice center. and
(3) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance under any provision of IC 6-1.1-18.5, including the
determination of the county's maximum permissible property tax
levy.
(e) Notwithstanding section 3 of this chapter, the county fiscal body
may adopt an ordinance under this section before June 1.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-3.6; (03)IN1300.1.27. -->
SECTION 27. IC 6-3.5-1.1-3.6, AS ADDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 55, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3.6. (a) This section applies only to a county
having a population of more than six thousand (6,000) but less than
eight thousand (8,000).
(b) The county council may, by ordinance, determine that additional
county adjusted gross income tax revenue is needed in the county to:
(1) finance, construct, acquire, improve, renovate, or equip the
county courthouse; and
(2) repay bonds issued, or leases entered into, for constructing,
acquiring, improving, renovating, and equipping the county
courthouse.
(c) In addition to the rates permitted under section 2 of this chapter,
the county council may impose the county adjusted gross income tax
at a rate of twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) on the adjusted
gross income of county taxpayers if the county council makes the
finding and determination set forth in subsection (b). The tax imposed
under this section may be imposed only until the later of the date on
which the financing on, acquisition, improvement, renovation, and
equipping described in subsection (b) is completed or the date on
which the last of any bonds issued or leases entered into to finance the
construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, and equipping
described in subsection (b) are fully paid. The term of the bonds issued
(including any refunding bonds) or a lease entered into under
subsection (b)(2) may not exceed twenty-two (22) years.
(d) If the county council makes a determination under subsection
(b), the county council may adopt a tax rate under subsection (b). The
tax rate may not be imposed for a time greater than is necessary to pay
the costs of financing, constructing, acquiring, renovating, and
equipping the county courthouse.
(e) The county treasurer shall establish a county jail revenue fund
to be used only for purposes described in this section. County adjusted
gross income tax revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under this
section shall be deposited in the county jail revenue fund before a
certified distribution is made under section 11 of this chapter.
(f) County adjusted gross income tax revenues derived from the tax
rate imposed under this section:
(1) may only be used for the purposes described in this section;
(2) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance in determining the county's maximum permissible
property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(3) (2) may be pledged to the repayment of bonds issued or leases
entered into for purposes described in subsection (b).
(g) A county described in subsection (a) possesses unique economic
development challenges due to:
(1) the county's heavy agricultural base;
(2) the presence of a large amount of state owned property in the
county that is exempt from property taxation; and
(3) recent obligations of the school corporation in the county that
have already increased property taxes in the county and imposed
additional property tax burdens on the county's agricultural base.
Maintaining low property tax rates is essential to economic
development. The use of county adjusted gross income tax revenues as
provided in this chapter to pay any bonds issued or leases entered into
to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, and
equipping described in subsection (b), rather than the use of property
taxes, promotes that purpose.
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, funds accumulated from the
county adjusted gross income tax imposed under this section after:
(1) the redemption of the bonds issued; or
(2) the final payment of lease rentals due under a lease entered
into under this section;
shall be transferred to the county highway fund to be used for
construction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of county
highways, roads, and bridges.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-12; (03)IN1300.1.28. -->
SECTION 28. IC 6-3.5-1.1-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 293, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 12. (a) The part of a county's
certified distribution for a calendar year that is to be used as property
tax replacement credits shall be allocated by the county auditor among
the civil taxing units and school corporations of the county.
(b) Except as provided in section 13 of this chapter, the amount of
property tax replacement credits that each civil taxing unit and school
corporation in a county is entitled to receive during a calendar year
equals the product of:
(1) that part of the county's certified distribution that is dedicated
to providing property tax replacement credits for that same
calendar year; multiplied by
(2) a fraction:
(A) The numerator of the fraction equals the sum of the total
property taxes being collected by the civil taxing unit or school
corporation during that calendar year, plus with respect to a
civil taxing unit, the amount of federal revenue sharing funds
and certified shares received by it during that calendar year to
the extent that they are used to reduce its property tax levy
below the limit imposed by IC 6-1.1-18.5 (before its repeal)
for that same calendar year.
(B) The denominator of the fraction equals the sum of the total
property taxes being collected by all civil taxing units and
school corporations, plus the amount of federal revenue
sharing funds and certified shares received by all civil taxing
units in the county to the extent that they are used to reduce
the civil taxing units' property tax levies below the limits
imposed by IC 6-1.1-18.5 (before its repeal) for that same
calendar year.
(c) The department of local government finance shall provide each
county auditor with the amount of property tax replacement credits that
each civil taxing unit and school corporation in the auditor's county is
entitled to receive. The county auditor shall then certify to each civil
taxing unit and school corporation the amount of property tax
replacement credits it is entitled to receive (after adjustment made
under section 13 of this chapter) during that calendar year. The county
auditor shall also certify these distributions to the county treasurer.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-14; (03)IN1300.1.29. -->
SECTION 29. IC 6-3.5-1.1-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 295, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 14. (a) In determining the
amount of property tax replacement credits civil taxing units and
school corporations of a county are entitled to receive during a calendar
year, the department of local government finance shall consider only
property taxes imposed on tangible property that was assessed in that
county.
(b) If a civil taxing unit or a school corporation is located in more
than one (1) county and receives property tax replacement credits from
one (1) or more of the counties, then the property tax replacement
credits received from each county shall be used only to reduce the
property tax rates that are imposed within the county that distributed
the property tax replacement credits.
(c) A civil taxing unit shall treat any property tax replacement
credits that it receives or is to receive during a particular calendar year
as a part of its property tax levy for that same calendar year for
purposes of fixing its budget.
and for purposes of the property tax levy
limits imposed by IC 6-1.1-18.5.
(d) A school corporation shall treat any property tax replacement
credits that the school corporation receives or is to receive during a
particular calendar year as a part of its property tax levy for its general
fund, debt service fund, capital projects fund, transportation fund, and
special education preschool fund in proportion to the levy for each of
these funds for that same calendar year for purposes of fixing its
budget. and for purposes of the property tax levy limits imposed by
IC 6-1.1-19. A school corporation shall allocate the property tax
replacement credits described in this subsection to all five (5) funds in
proportion to the levy for each fund.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-15; (03)IN1300.1.30. -->
SECTION 30. IC 6-3.5-1.1-15, AS AMENDED BY P.L.120-2002,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 15. (a) As used in this section, "attributed
levy" of a civil taxing unit means the sum of:
(1) the ad valorem property tax levy of the civil taxing unit that is
currently being collected at the time the allocation is made; plus
(2) the current ad valorem property tax levy of any special taxing
district, authority, board, or other entity formed to discharge
governmental services or functions on behalf of or ordinarily
attributable to the civil taxing unit; plus
(3) the amount of federal revenue sharing funds and certified
shares that were used by the civil taxing unit (or any special
taxing district, authority, board, or other entity formed to
discharge governmental services or functions on behalf of or
ordinarily attributable to the civil taxing unit) to reduce its ad
valorem property tax levies below the limits imposed by
IC 6-1.1-18.5 (before its repeal); plus
(4) in the case of a county, an amount equal to:
(A) the property taxes imposed by the county in 1999 for the
county's welfare fund and welfare administration fund; plus
(B) after December 31, 2004, the greater of zero (0) or the
difference between:
(i) the county hospital care for the indigent property tax levy
imposed by the county in 2004, adjusted each year after
2004 by the statewide average assessed value growth
quotient described in IC 12-16-14-3; minus
(ii) the current uninsured parents program property tax levy
imposed by the county.
(b) The part of a county's certified distribution that is to be used as
certified shares shall be allocated only among the county's civil taxing
units. Each civil taxing unit of a county is entitled to receive a
percentage of the certified shares to be distributed in the county equal
to the ratio of its attributed levy to the total attributed levies of all civil
taxing units of the county.
(c) The local government tax control board established by
IC 6-1.1-18.5-11 department of local government finance shall
determine the attributed levies of civil taxing units that are entitled to
receive certified shares during a calendar year. If the ad valorem
property tax levy of any special taxing district, authority, board, or
other entity is attributed to another civil taxing unit under subsection
(b)(2), (a)(2), then the special taxing district, authority, board, or other
entity shall not be treated as having an attributed levy of its own. The
local government tax control board department of local government
finance shall certify the attributed levy amounts to the appropriate
county auditor. The county auditor shall then allocate the certified
shares among the civil taxing units of the auditor's county.
(d) Certified shares received by a civil taxing unit shall be treated
as additional revenue for the purpose of fixing its budget for the
calendar year during which the certified shares will be received. The
certified shares may be allocated to or appropriated for any purpose,
including property tax relief or a transfer of funds to another civil
taxing unit whose levy was attributed to the civil taxing unit in the
determination of its attributed levy.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-6-17.6; (03)IN1300.1.31. -->
SECTION 31. IC 6-3.5-6-17.6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.120-2002,
SECTION 3, AND AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2002, SECTION 66,
IS CORRECTED AND AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 17.6. (a) This section applies
to a county containing a consolidated city.
(b) On or before July
15 2 of each year, the budget agency shall
make the following calculation:
STEP ONE: Determine the cumulative balance in a county's
account established under section 16 of this chapter as of the end
of the current calendar year.
STEP TWO: Divide the amount estimated under section 17(b) of
this chapter before any adjustments are made under section 17(c)
or 17(d) of this chapter by twelve (12).
STEP THREE: Multiply the STEP TWO amount by three (3).
STEP FOUR: Subtract the amount determined in STEP THREE
from the amount determined in STEP ONE.
(c) For 1995, the budget agency shall certify the STEP FOUR
amount to the county auditor on or before July 15, 1994. Not later than
January 31, 1995, the auditor of state shall distribute the STEP FOUR
amount to the county auditor to be used to retire outstanding
obligations for a qualified economic development tax project (as
defined in IC 36-7-27-9).
(d) After 1995, the STEP FOUR amount shall be distributed to the
county auditor in January of the ensuing calendar year. The STEP
FOUR amount shall be distributed by the county auditor to the civil
taxing units within thirty (30) days after the county auditor receives the
distribution. Each civil taxing unit's share equals the STEP FOUR
amount multiplied by the quotient of:
(1) the maximum permissible property tax levy under
IC 6-1.1-18.5 for the civil taxing unit, plus, for a county, an
amount equal to:
(A) the property taxes imposed by the county in 1999 for the
county's welfare administration fund; plus
(B) after December 31, 2002, 2004, the greater of zero (0) or
the difference between:
(i) the county hospital care for the indigent property tax levy
imposed by the county in 2002, 2004 adjusted each year
after 2002 2004 by the statewide average assessed value
growth quotient described in IC 12-16-14-3; minus
(ii) the current uninsured parents program property tax levy
imposed by the county; divided by
(2) the sum of the maximum permissible property tax levies under
IC 6-1.1-18.5 for all civil taxing units of the county, plus an
amount equal to:
(A) the property taxes imposed by the county in 1999 for the
county's welfare administration fund; plus
(B) after December 31, 2002, 2004, the greater of zero (0) or
the difference between:
(i) the county hospital care for the indigent property tax levy
imposed by the county in 2002, 2004 adjusted each year
after 2002 2004 by the statewide average assessed value
growth quotient described in IC 12-16-14-3; minus
(ii) the current uninsured parents program property tax levy
imposed by the county.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-6-18.5; (03)IN1300.1.32. -->
SECTION 32. IC 6-3.5-6-18.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.120-2002,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 18.5. (a) This section applies to a county
containing a consolidated city.
(b) Notwithstanding section 18(e) of this chapter, the distributive
shares that each civil taxing unit in a county containing a consolidated
city is entitled to receive during a month equals the following:
(1) For the calendar year beginning January 1, 1995, calculate the
total amount of revenues that are to be distributed as distributive
shares during that month multiplied by the following factor:
Center Township .0251
Decatur Township .00217
Franklin Township .0023
Lawrence Township .01177
Perry Township .01130
Pike Township .01865
Warren Township .01359
Washington Township .01346
Wayne Township .01307
Lawrence-City .00858
Beech Grove .00845
Southport .00025
Speedway .00722
Indianapolis/Marion County .86409
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), for the calendar year
beginning January 1, 1995, the distributive shares for each civil
taxing unit in a county containing a consolidated city shall be not
less than the following:
Center Township $1,898,145
Decatur Township $164,103
Franklin Township $173,934
Lawrence Township $890,086
Perry Township $854,544
Pike Township $1,410,375
Warren Township $1,027,721
Washington Township $1,017,890
Wayne Township $988,397
Lawrence-City $648,848
Beech Grove $639,017
Southport $18,906
Speedway $546,000
(3) For each year after 1995, calculate the total amount of
revenues that are to be distributed as distributive shares during
that month as follows:
STEP ONE: Determine the total amount of revenues that were
distributed as distributive shares during that month in calendar
year 1995.
STEP TWO: Determine the total amount of revenue that the
department has certified as distributive shares for that month
under section 17 of this chapter for the calendar year.
STEP THREE: Subtract the STEP ONE result from the STEP
TWO result.
STEP FOUR: If the STEP THREE result is less than or equal
to zero (0), multiply the STEP TWO result by the ratio
established under subdivision (1).
STEP FIVE: Determine the ratio of:
(A) the maximum permissible property tax levy under
IC 6-1.1-18.5 and IC 6-1.1-18.6 for each civil taxing unit for
the calendar year in which the month falls, plus, for a
county, an amount equal to the property taxes imposed by
the county in 1999 for the county's welfare fund and welfare
administration fund, and after December 31, 2004, the
greater of zero (0) or the difference between the county
hospital care for the indigent property tax levy imposed by
the county in 2004, adjusted each year after 2004 by the
statewide average assessed value growth quotient described
in IC 12-16-14-3, minus the current uninsured parents
program property tax levy imposed by the county; divided
by
(B) the sum of the maximum permissible property tax levies
under IC 6-1.1-18.5 and IC 6-1.1-18.6 for all civil taxing
units of the county during the calendar year in which the
month falls, and an amount equal to the property taxes
imposed by the county in 1999 for the county's welfare fund
and welfare administration fund, and after December 31,
2004, the greater of zero (0) or the difference between the
county hospital care for the indigent property tax levy
imposed by the county in 2004, adjusted each year after
2004 by the statewide average assessed value growth
quotient described in IC 12-16-14-3, minus the current
uninsured parents program property tax levy imposed by the
county.
STEP SIX: If the STEP THREE result is greater than zero (0),
the STEP ONE amount shall be distributed by multiplying the
STEP ONE amount by the ratio established under subdivision
(1).
STEP SEVEN: For each taxing unit determine the STEP FIVE
ratio multiplied by the STEP TWO amount.
STEP EIGHT: For each civil taxing unit determine the
difference between the STEP SEVEN amount minus the
product of the STEP ONE amount multiplied by the ratio
established under subdivision (1). The STEP THREE excess
shall be distributed as provided in STEP NINE only to the civil
taxing units that have a STEP EIGHT difference greater than
or equal to zero (0).
STEP NINE: For the civil taxing units qualifying for a
distribution under STEP EIGHT, each civil taxing unit's share
equals the STEP THREE excess multiplied by the ratio of:
(A) the
maximum permissible property tax levy
under
IC 6-1.1-18.5 and IC 6-1.1-18.6 for the qualifying civil
taxing unit during the calendar year in which the month
falls, plus, for a county, an amount equal to the property
taxes imposed by the county in 1999 for the county's welfare
fund and welfare administration fund, and after December
31, 2004, the greater of zero (0) or the difference between
the county hospital care for the indigent property tax levy
imposed by the county in 2004, adjusted each year after
2004 by the statewide average assessed value growth
quotient described in IC 12-16-14-3, minus the current
uninsured parents program property tax levy imposed by the
county; divided by
(B) the sum of the
maximum permissible property tax levies
under IC 6-1.1-18.5 and IC 6-1.1-18.6 for all qualifying civil
taxing units of the county during the calendar year in which
the month falls, and an amount equal to the property taxes
imposed by the county in 1999 for the county's welfare fund
and welfare administration fund, and after December 31,
2004, the greater of zero (0) or the difference between the
county hospital care for the indigent property tax levy
imposed by the county in 2004, adjusted each year after
2004 by the statewide average assessed value growth
quotient described in IC 12-16-14-3, minus the current
uninsured parents program property tax levy imposed by the
county.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-22.5; (03)IN1300.1.33. -->
SECTION 33. IC 6-3.5-7-22.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 299, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 22.5. (a) This section applies
to a county having a population of more than twenty-seven thousand
four hundred (27,400) but less than twenty-seven thousand five
hundred (27,500).
(b) In addition to the rates permitted by section 5 of this chapter, the
county council may impose the county economic development income
tax at a rate of twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) on the adjusted
gross income of county taxpayers if the county council makes the
finding and determination set forth in subsection (c).
(c) In order to impose the county economic development income tax
as provided in this section, the county council must adopt an ordinance
finding and determining that revenues from the county economic
development income tax are needed to pay the costs of financing,
constructing, acquiring, renovating, and equipping the county
courthouse and renovating the former county hospital for additional
office space, educational facilities, nonsecure juvenile facilities, and
other county functions, including the repayment of bonds issued, or
leases entered into, for constructing, acquiring, renovating, and
equipping the county courthouse and renovating the former county
hospital for additional office space, educational facilities, nonsecure
juvenile facilities, and other county functions.
(d) If the county council makes a determination under subsection
(c), the county council may adopt a tax rate under subsection (b). The
tax rate may not be imposed at a rate or for a time greater than is
necessary to pay the costs of financing, constructing, acquiring,
renovating, and equipping the county courthouse and renovating the
former county hospital for additional office space, educational
facilities, nonsecure juvenile facilities, and other county functions.
(e) The county treasurer shall establish a county courthouse revenue
fund to be used only for the purposes described in this section. County
economic development income tax revenues derived from the tax rate
imposed under this section shall be deposited in the county courthouse
revenue fund before making a certified distribution under section 11 of
this chapter.
(f) County economic development income tax revenues derived
from the tax rate imposed under this section:
(1) may only be used for the purposes described in this section;
(2) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance in determining the county's maximum permissible
property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(3) (2) may be pledged to the repayment of bonds issued, or leases
entered into, for the purposes described in subsection (c).
(g) A county described in subsection (a) possesses:
(1) unique fiscal challenges to finance the operations of county
government due to the county's ongoing obligation to repay
amounts received by the county due to an overpayment of the
county's certified distribution under IC 6-3.5-1.1-9 for a prior
year; and
(2) unique capital financing needs due to the imminent transfer
from the governing board of the county hospital of facilities no
longer needed for hospital purposes and the need to undertake
immediate improvements in order to make those facilities suitable
for use by the county for additional office space, educational
facilities, nonsecure juvenile facilities, and other county
functions.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-23; (03)IN1300.1.34. -->
SECTION 34. IC 6-3.5-7-23, AS AMENDED BY P.L.192-2002(ss),
SECTION 126, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 23.
(a) This section applies
only to a county having a population of more than fifty-five thousand
(55,000) but less than sixty-five thousand (65,000).
(b) The county council may by ordinance determine that, in order to
promote the development of libraries in the county and thereby
encourage economic development, it is necessary to use economic
development income tax revenue to replace library property taxes in
the county. However, a county council may adopt an ordinance under
this subsection only if all territory in the county is included in a library
district.
(c) If the county council makes a determination under subsection
(b), the county council may designate the county economic
development income tax revenue generated by the tax rate adopted
under section 5 of this chapter, or revenue generated by a portion of the
tax rate, as revenue that will be used to replace public library property
taxes imposed by public libraries in the county. The county council
may not designate for library property tax replacement purposes any
county economic development income tax revenue that is generated by
a tax rate of more than fifteen-hundredths percent (0.15%).
(d) The county treasurer shall establish a library property tax
replacement fund to be used only for the purposes described in this
section. County economic development income tax revenues derived
from the portion of the tax rate designated for property tax replacement
credits under subsection (c) shall be deposited in the library property
tax replacement fund before certified distributions are made under
section 12 of this chapter. Any interest earned on money in the library
property tax replacement fund shall be credited to the library property
tax replacement fund.
(e) The amount of county economic development income tax
revenue dedicated to providing library property tax replacement credits
shall, in the manner prescribed in this section, be allocated to public
libraries operating in the county and shall be used by those public
libraries as property tax replacement credits. The amount of property
tax replacement credits that each public library in the county is entitled
to receive during a calendar year under this section equals the lesser of:
(1) the product of:
(A) the amount of revenue deposited by the county auditor in
the library property tax replacement fund; multiplied by
(B) a fraction described as follows:
(i) The numerator of the fraction equals the sum of the total
property taxes that would have been collected by the public
library during the previous calendar year from taxpayers
located within the library district if the property tax
replacement under this section had not been in effect.
(ii) The denominator of the fraction equals the sum of the
total property taxes that would have been collected during
the previous year from taxpayers located within the county
by all public libraries that are eligible to receive property tax
replacement credits under this section if the property tax
replacement under this section had not been in effect; or
(2) the total property taxes that would otherwise be collected by
the public library for the calendar year if the property tax
replacement credit under this section were not in effect.
The department of local government finance shall make any
adjustments necessary to account for the expansion of a library district.
However, a public library is eligible to receive property tax
replacement credits under this section only if it has entered into
reciprocal borrowing agreements with all other public libraries in the
county. If the total amount of county economic development income
tax revenue deposited by the county auditor in the library property tax
replacement fund for a calendar year exceeds the total property tax
liability that would otherwise be imposed for public libraries in the
county for the year, the excess shall remain in the library property tax
replacement fund and shall be used for library property tax replacement
purposes in the following calendar year.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (e), if a public library did not impose
a property tax levy during the previous calendar year, that public
library is entitled to receive a part of the property tax replacement
credits to be distributed for the calendar year. The amount of property
tax replacement credits the public library is entitled to receive during
the calendar year equals the product of:
(1) the amount of revenue deposited in the library property tax
replacement fund; multiplied by
(2) a fraction. The numerator of the fraction equals the budget of
the public library for that calendar year. The denominator of the
fraction equals the aggregate budgets of public libraries in the
county for that calendar year.
If for a calendar year a public library is allocated a part of the property
tax replacement credits under this subsection, then the amount of
property tax credits distributed to other public libraries in the county
for the calendar year shall be reduced by the amount to be distributed
as property tax replacement credits under this subsection. The
department of local government finance shall make any adjustments
required by this subsection and provide the adjustments to the county
auditor.
(g) The department of local government finance shall inform the
county auditor of the amount of property tax replacement credits that
each public library in the county is entitled to receive under this
section. The county auditor shall certify to each public library the
amount of property tax replacement credits that the public library is
entitled to receive during that calendar year. The county auditor shall
also certify these amounts to the county treasurer.
(h) A public library receiving property tax replacement credits under
this section shall allocate the credits among each fund for which a
distinct property tax levy is imposed. The amount that must be
allocated to each fund equals:
(1) the amount of property tax replacement credits provided to the
public library under this section; multiplied by
(2) the amount determined in STEP THREE of the following
formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the property taxes that would have
been collected for each fund by the public library during the
previous calendar year if the property tax replacement under
this section had not been in effect.
STEP TWO: Determine the sum of the total property taxes that
would have been collected for all funds by the public library
during the previous calendar year if the property tax
replacement under this section had not been in effect.
STEP THREE: Divide the STEP ONE amount by the STEP
TWO amount.
However, if a public library did not impose a property tax levy during
the previous calendar year or did not impose a property tax levy for a
particular fund during the previous calendar year, but the public library
is imposing a property tax levy in the current calendar year or is
imposing a property tax levy for the particular fund in the current
calendar year, the department of local government finance shall adjust
the amount of property tax replacement credits allocated among the
various funds of the public library and shall provide the adjustment to
the county auditor. If a public library receiving property tax
replacement credits under this section does not impose a property tax
levy for a particular fund that is first due and payable in a calendar year
in which the property tax replacement credits are being distributed, the
public library is not required to allocate to that fund a part of the
property tax replacement credits to be distributed to the public library.
Notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-20-1.1(1), a public library that receives
property tax replacement credits under this section is subject to the
procedures for the issuance of bonds set forth in IC 6-1.1-20.
(i) For each public library that receives property tax credits under
this section, the department of local government finance shall certify
to the county auditor the property tax rate applicable to each fund after
the property tax replacement credits are allocated.
(j) A public library shall treat property tax replacement credits
received during a particular calendar year under this section as a part
of the public library's property tax levy for each fund for that same
calendar year for purposes of fixing the public library's budget. and for
purposes of the property tax levy limits imposed by IC 6-1.1-18.5.
(k) The property tax replacement credits that are received under this
section do not reduce the total county tax levy that is used to compute
the state property tax replacement credit under IC 6-1.1-21. For the
purpose of computing and distributing certified distributions under
IC 6-3.5-1.1 and tax revenue under IC 6-5.5 or IC 6-6-5, the property
tax replacement credits that are received under this section shall be
treated as though they were property taxes that were due and payable
during that same calendar year.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-24; (03)IN1300.1.35. -->
SECTION 35. IC 6-3.5-7-24, AS ADDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 71, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 24. (a) This section applies to a county
having a population of more than thirty-nine thousand (39,000) but less
than thirty-nine thousand six hundred (39,600).
(b) In addition to the rates permitted by section 5 of this chapter, the
county council may impose the county economic development income
tax at a rate of twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) on the adjusted
gross income of county taxpayers if the county council makes the
finding and determination set forth in subsection (c).
(c) In order to impose the county economic development income tax
as provided in this section, the county council must adopt an ordinance
finding and determining that revenues from the county economic
development income tax are needed to pay the costs of financing,
constructing, acquiring, renovating, and equipping a county jail
including the repayment of bonds issued, or leases entered into, for
constructing, acquiring, renovating, and equipping a county jail.
(d) If the county council makes a determination under subsection
(c), the county council may adopt a tax rate under subsection (b). The
tax rate may not be imposed at a rate or for a time greater than is
necessary to pay the costs of financing, constructing, acquiring,
renovating, and equipping a county jail.
(e) The county treasurer shall establish a county jail revenue fund
to be used only for the purposes described in this section. County
economic development income tax revenues derived from the tax rate
imposed under this section shall be deposited in the county jail revenue
fund before making a certified distribution under section 11 of this
chapter.
(f) County economic development income tax revenues derived
from the tax rate imposed under this section:
(1) may only be used for the purposes described in this section;
(2) may not be considered by the department of local government
finance in determining the county's maximum permissible
property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
(3) (2) may be pledged to the repayment of bonds issued, or leases
entered into, for the purposes described in subsection (c).
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-8-12; (03)IN1300.1.36. -->
SECTION 36. IC 6-3.5-8-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 301, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 12. (a) If the fiscal body of a
municipality in a qualifying county adopts an ordinance under section
11(a) of this chapter, the department of local government finance may
not certify a budget for the municipality under IC 6-1.1-17-16(f) for the
2002 calendar year that is greater than ninety-seven percent (97%) of
the budget of the municipality certified by the department for the 2001
calendar year. The department of local government finance may not
certify a budget for the municipality under IC 6-1.1-17-16(f) for any
later calendar year that is greater than ninety-seven percent (97%) of
the budget of the municipality certified by the department for the
calendar year that immediately precedes the later calendar year.
(b) If the fiscal body of a municipality in a qualifying county adopts
an ordinance in a calendar year under section 11(c) of this chapter, the
department of local government finance may not certify a budget for
the municipality under IC 6-1.1-17-16(f) for the calendar year that
immediately succeeds the calendar year in which the ordinance is
adopted that is greater than ninety-seven percent (97%) of the budget
of the municipality certified by the department for the calendar year in
which the ordinance was adopted. The department of local government
finance may not certify a budget for the municipality under
IC 6-1.1-17-16(f) for any later calendar year that is greater than
ninety-seven percent (97%) of the budget of the municipality certified
by the department for the calendar year that immediately precedes the
later calendar year.
(c) Before July 1 of 2002 and of each year thereafter, the department
of local government finance shall review the budget approved for each
municipality in a qualifying county in which a municipal option income
tax is in effect to determine whether the restriction under subsection (a)
or (b) has been applied. If the restriction has not been applied:
(1) the municipal option income tax is rescinded as of July 1 of
the year in which the review was made;
(2) the municipality may not impose the municipal option income
tax for any later year; and
(3) the municipality is:
(A) subject to subsection (d), if the municipality adopted the
municipal option income tax in 2002; or
(B) subject to subsection (e), if the municipality adopted the
municipal option income tax in a year that succeeds 2002.
(d) In May 2003, the department of state revenue shall determine for
each municipality subject to this subsection the amount of tax revenue
collected for the municipality after August 31, 2001, and before July 1,
2002. The department of state revenue shall immediately notify the
municipality of the amount determined under this subsection. Not later
than thirty (30) days after receiving notification from the department
of state revenue, the municipality shall transfer the amount determined
by the department under this subsection from the municipality's general
fund to the county family and children's fund of the qualifying county
in which the municipality is located.
(e) In May 2004, and in May of each year thereafter, the department
of state revenue shall determine for each municipality subject to this
subsection the amount of tax revenue collected for the municipality
after June 30 of the calendar year that precedes by two (2) years the
calendar year in which the determination is made and before July 1 of
the year that immediately precedes the calendar year in which the
determination is made. The department of state revenue shall
immediately notify the municipality of the amount determined under
this subsection. Not later than thirty (30) days after receiving
notification from the department of state revenue, the municipality
shall transfer the amount determined by the department under this
section from the municipality's general fund to the county family and
children's fund of the qualifying county in which the municipality is
located.
(f) If a municipality makes a transfer from its general fund to the
county's family and children's fund as described in subsection (d) or
(e), the department of local government finance shall reduce by the
amount transferred the county's
maximum family and children's fund
levy under IC 6-1.1-18.6 for the calendar year that immediately
succeeds the year in which the transfer is made.
(g) This subsection applies if the fiscal body of a municipality in a
qualifying county adopts an ordinance under section 11 of this chapter
to impose a municipal option income tax. The maximum permissible
ad valorem property tax levy of the municipality is not subject to any
increase under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(a) or IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(b) for taxes
payable in:
(1) the calendar year that immediately succeeds the calendar year
in which the ordinance is adopted; and
(2) each succeeding calendar year in which the municipal option
income tax remains in effect.
(h) This subsection applies if the fiscal body of a municipality in a
qualifying county adopts an ordinance under section 14 of this chapter
to rescind the municipal option income tax, or if the municipal option
income tax in a municipality is rescinded by operation of law. For
purposes of IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(a) STEP ONE or IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(b) STEP
ONE, the preceding calendar year is considered to be the calendar year
in which an ordinance was adopted under section 11 of this chapter to
impose the municipal option income tax.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-8-20; (03)IN1300.1.37. -->
SECTION 37. IC 6-3.5-8-20, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 302, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 20. (a) The department of
local government finance shall each year reduce the general fund
property tax levy of a municipality receiving a distribution under this
chapter in that year. The municipality's general fund property tax levy
shall be reduced by the amount of the distribution received or to be
received by the municipality during the year. The department of local
government finance shall certify to the auditor of the qualifying county
the property tax rate applicable to the municipality's general fund after
the property tax reduction under this section.
(b) A municipality shall treat a distribution that the municipality
receives or is to receive during a particular calendar year as a part of
the municipality's property tax levy for the general fund for that same
calendar year for purposes of fixing the municipality's budget.
and for
purposes of the property tax levy limits imposed by IC 6-1.1-18.5.
However, the distributions shall not reduce the total county tax levy
that is used to compute the state property tax replacement credit under
IC 6-1.1-21. In addition, for purposes of computing and distributing
any excise taxes or income taxes in which the distribution is based on
property taxes, the distributions shall be treated as though they were
property taxes that were due and payable during that same calendar
year.
(c) A municipality may use distributions received under this chapter
for any purpose for which the municipality may use property tax
revenues.
SOURCE: IC 8-1-11.1-16; (03)IN1300.1.38. -->
SECTION 38. IC 8-1-11.1-16 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 16. The
provisions of IC 6-1.1-17 and IC 6-1.1-18 shall not apply to the board
of directors created by this chapter, but such board of directors shall
annually, on or before the thirty-first day of December, furnish to the
city controller an estimate of the moneys to be expended by them for
the succeeding calendar year.
SOURCE: IC 8-10-5-17; (03)IN1300.1.39. -->
SECTION 39. IC 8-10-5-17 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 17. (a) The board
of directors of any port authority may, by resolution, recommend to any
municipal corporation or county that a cumulative channel
maintenance fund be established under IC 6-1.1-41 to provide funds for
dredging channels, cleaning channels and shores of debris and any
other pollutants, and providing or repairing of bulkheads, pilings,
docks, and wharves, and the purchase and development of land
adjoining channels within the jurisdiction of the port authority and
which land is necessary to the fulfillment of the plan adopted by the
port authority for the future development, construction, and
improvement of its facilities. The purchased and developed land shall
be available to the residents of the taxing district without further
charge.
(b) To provide for the cumulative channel maintenance fund, a
county, city, or town fiscal body may levy a tax in compliance with
IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents
($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100) on all taxable property
within the county, town, or city.
(c) The tax, when collected, shall be held in a special fund to be
known as the cumulative channel maintenance fund.
SOURCE: IC 8-16-3-3; (03)IN1300.1.40. -->
SECTION 40. IC 8-16-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 322, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3. (a) To provide for the
cumulative bridge fund, county executives and municipal legislative
bodies may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed ten
cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation of
on all taxable personal and real property within the county or
municipality.
(b) The tax, when collected, shall be held in a special fund to be
known as the bridge fund.
(c) An appropriation from the bridge fund may be made without the
approval of the department of local government finance if:
(1) the county executive requests the appropriation; and
(2) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or grade
separations.
SOURCE: IC 8-16-3.1-4; (03)IN1300.1.41. -->
SECTION 41. IC 8-16-3.1-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 78, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) The executive of any eligible county
may provide a major bridge fund in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 to
make available funding for the construction of major bridges.
(b) The executive of any eligible county may levy a tax in
compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed three and thirty-three
hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100)
assessed valuation of on all taxable personal and real property within
the county to provide for the major bridge fund.
SOURCE: IC 8-16-3.5-1; (03)IN1300.1.42. -->
SECTION 42. IC 8-16-3.5-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 1. (a) A county
may lease a bridge and pay the lease rental from the cumulative bridge
fund and levy under IC 8-16-3.
(b) A contract of lease may not be entered into unless there is first
filed with the county executive a petition for a longer lease, signed by
fifty (50) or more taxpaying citizens of the county, and the county
executive has, after investigation, determined that a need exists for the
bridge. The total annual dollar obligation under all contracts of lease
for bridges made by a county may not exceed the county's estimated
annual revenue from a cumulative bridge fund levy of twenty cents
($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) on all taxable personal and
real property within the county.
SOURCE: IC 8-22-3-11; (03)IN1300.1.43. -->
SECTION 43. IC 8-22-3-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.98-2001,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 11. The board may do all acts necessary or
reasonably incident to carrying out the purposes of this chapter,
including the following:
(1) As a municipal corporation, to sue and be sued in its own
name.
(2) To have all the powers and duties conferred by statute upon
boards of aviation commissioners. The board supersedes all
boards of aviation commissioners within the district. The board
has exclusive jurisdiction within the district.
(3) To protect all property owned or managed by the board.
(4) To adopt an annual budget and levy taxes in accordance with
this chapter.
(A) The board may not levy taxes on property in excess of the
following rate schedule, except as provided in sections 17 and
25 of this chapter:
Total Assessed Rate Per $100 Of
Property Valuation Assessed Valuation
$300 million or less $0.10
More than $300 million
but not more than $450 million $0.0833
More than $450 million
but not more than $600 million $0.0667
More than $600 million
but not more than $900 million $0.05
More than $900 million $0.0333
(B) Clause (A) does not apply to an authority that was
established under IC 19-6-2 or IC 19-6-3 (before their repeal
on April 1, 1980).
(C) The board of an authority that was established under
IC 19-6-3 (before its repeal on April 1, 1980) may levy taxes
on property not in excess of six and sixty-seven hundredths
cents ($0.0667) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of
assessed valuation.
(5) To incur indebtedness in the name of the authority in
accordance with this chapter.
(6) To adopt administrative procedures, rules, and regulations.
(7) To acquire property, real, personal, or mixed, by deed,
purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise and dispose of it for
use or in connection with or for administrative purposes of the
airport; to receive gifts, donations, bequests, and public trusts and
to agree to conditions and terms accompanying them and to bind
the authority to carry them out; to receive and administer federal
or state aid; and to erect buildings or structures that may be
needed to administer and carry out this chapter.
(8) To determine matters of policy regarding internal organization
and operating procedures not specifically provided for otherwise.
(9) To adopt a schedule of reasonable charges and to collect them
from all users of facilities and services within the district.
(10) To purchase supplies, materials, and equipment to carry out
the duties and functions of the board in accordance with
procedures adopted by the board.
(11) To employ personnel that are necessary to carry out the
duties, functions, and powers of the board.
(12) To establish an employee pension plan. The board may, upon
due investigation, authorize and begin a fair and reasonable
pension or retirement plan and program for personnel, the cost to
be borne by either the authority or by the employee or by both, as
the board determines. If the authority was established under
IC 19-6-2 (before its repeal on April 1, 1980), the entire cost must
be borne by the authority, and ordinances creating the plan or
making changes in it must be approved by the mayor of the city.
The plan may be administered and funded by a trust fund or by
insurance purchased from an insurance company licensed to do
business in Indiana or by a combination of them. The board may
also include in the plan provisions for life insurance, disability
insurance, or both.
(13) To sell surplus real or personal property in accordance with
law. If the board negotiates an agreement to sell trees situated in
woods or forest areas owned by the board, the trees are considered
to be personal property of the board for severance or sale.
(14) To adopt and use a seal.
(15) To acquire, establish, construct, improve, equip, maintain,
control, lease, and regulate municipal airports, landing fields, and
other air navigation facilities, either inside or outside the district;
to acquire by lease (with or without the option to purchase)
airports, landing fields, or navigation facilities, and any structures,
equipment, or related improvements; and to erect, install,
construct, and maintain at the airport or airports facilities for the
servicing of aircraft and for the comfort and accommodation of air
travelers and the public. The Indiana department of transportation
must grant its approval before land may be purchased for the
establishment of an airport or landing field and before an airport
or landing field may be established.
(16) To fix and determine exclusively the uses to which the
airport lands may be put. All uses must be necessary or desirable
to the airport or the aviation industry and must be compatible with
the uses of the surrounding lands as far as practicable.
(17) To elect a secretary from its membership, or to employ a
secretary, an airport director, superintendents, managers, a
treasurer, engineers, surveyors, attorneys, clerks, guards,
mechanics, laborers, and all employees the board considers
expedient, and to prescribe and assign their respective duties and
authorities and to fix and regulate the compensation to be paid to
the persons employed by it in accordance with the authority's
appropriations. All employees shall be selected irrespective of
their political affiliations.
(18) To make all rules and regulations, consistent with laws
regarding air commerce, for the management and control of its
airports, landing fields, air navigation facilities, and other
property under its control.
(19) To acquire by lease the use of an airport or landing field for
aircraft pending the acquisition and improvement of an airport or
landing field.
(20) To manage and operate airports, landing fields, and other air
navigation facilities acquired or maintained by an authority; to
lease all or part of an airport, landing field, or any buildings or
other structures, and to fix, charge, and collect rentals, tolls, fees,
and charges to be paid for the use of the whole or a part of the
airports, landing fields, or other air navigation facilities by aircraft
landing there and for the servicing of the aircraft; to construct
public recreational facilities that will not interfere with air
operational facilities; to fix, charge, and collect fees for public
admissions and privileges; and to make contracts for the operation
and management of the airports, landing fields, and other air
navigation facilities; and to provide for the use, management, and
operation of the air navigation facilities through lessees, its own
employees, or otherwise. Contracts or leases for the maintenance,
operation, or use of the airport or any part of it may be made for
a term not exceeding fifteen (15) years and may be extended for
similar terms of years, except that any parcels of the land of the
airport may be leased for any use connected with the operation
and convenience of the airport for an initial term not exceeding
forty (40) years and may be extended for a period not to exceed
ten (10) years. If a person whose character, experience, and
financial responsibility has been determined satisfactory by the
board offers to erect a permanent structure that facilitates and is
consistent with the operation, use, and purpose of the airport on
land belonging to the airport, a lease may be entered into for a
period not to exceed ninety-nine (99) years. However, the board
must pass an ordinance to enter into such a lease. The board may
not grant an exclusive right for the use of a landing area under its
jurisdiction. However, this does not prevent the making of leases
in accordance with other provisions of this chapter. All contracts
and leases are subject to restrictions and conditions that the board
prescribes. The authority may lease its property and facilities for
any commercial or industrial use it considers necessary and
proper, including the use of providing airport motel facilities.
(21) To sell machinery, equipment, or material that is not required
for aviation purposes. The proceeds shall be deposited with the
treasurer of the authority.
(22) To negotiate and execute contracts for sale or purchase,
lease, personal services, materials, supplies, equipment, or any
other transaction or business relative to an airport under the
board's control and operation. However, whenever the board
determines to sell part or all of aviation lands, buildings, or
improvements owned by the authority, the sale must be in
accordance with law.
(23) To vacate all or parts of roads, highways, streets, or alleys,
whether inside or outside the district, in the manner provided by
statute.
(24) To annex lands to itself if the lands are owned by the
authority or are streets, roads, or other public ways.
(25) To approve any state, county, city, or other highway, road,
street or other public way, railroad, power line, or other
right-of-way to be laid out or opened across an airport or in such
proximity as to affect the safe operation of the airport.
(26) To construct drainage and sanitary sewers with connections
and outlets as are necessary for the proper drainage and
maintenance of an airport or landing field acquired or maintained
under this chapter, including the necessary buildings and
improvements and for the public use of them in the same manner
that the authority may construct sewers and drains. However, with
respect to the construction of drains and sanitary sewers beyond
the boundaries of the airport or landing field, the board shall
proceed in the same manner as private owners of property and
may institute proceedings and negotiate with the departments,
bodies, and officers of an eligible entity to secure the proper
orders and approvals; and to order a public utility or public
service corporation or other person to remove or to install in
underground conduits wires, cables, and power lines passing
through or over the airport or landing field or along the borders or
within a reasonable distance that may be determined to be
necessary for the safety of operations, upon payment to the utility
or other person of due compensation for the expense of the
removal or reinstallation. The board must consent before any
franchise may be granted by state or local authorities for the
construction of or maintenance of railway, telephone, telegraph,
electric power, pipe, or conduit line upon, over, or through land
under the control of the board or within a reasonable distance of
land that is necessary for the safety of operation. The board must
also consent before overhead electric power lines carrying a
voltage of more than four thousand four hundred (4,400) volts and
having poles, standards, or supports over thirty (30) feet in height
within one-half (½) mile of a landing area acquired or maintained
under this chapter may be installed.
(27) To contract with any other state agency or instrumentality or
any political subdivision for the rendition of services, the rental
or use of equipment or facilities, or the joint purchase and use of
equipment or facilities that are necessary for the operation,
maintenance, or construction of an airport operated under this
chapter.
(28) To provide air transportation in furtherance of the duties and
responsibilities of the board.
(29) To promote or encourage aviation-related trade or commerce
at the airports that it operates.
SOURCE: IC 8-22-3-25; (03)IN1300.1.44. -->
SECTION 44. IC 8-22-3-25, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-1999,
SECTION 24, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 25. (a) The board may provide a cumulative
building fund in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 to provide for the
acquisition of real property, and the construction, enlarging, improving,
remodeling, repairing, or equipping of buildings, structures, runways,
or other facilities for use in connection with the airport, and needed to
carry out this chapter.
(b) The board may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41. a tax
not to exceed:
(1) thirty-three hundredths of one cent ($0.0033) on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of taxable property
within the district, if an eligible entity other than a city established
the district or if the district was established jointly with an eligible
entity that is not a city;
(2) one and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0133) on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of taxable property
within the district, if the authority was established under
IC 19-6-3 (before its repeal on April 1, 1980); and
(3) for any other district not described in subdivision (1) or (2),
the following:
Total Assessed Rate Per $100 Of
Property Valuation Assessed Valuation
$300 million or less $0.0167
More than $300 million
but not more than $450 million $0.0133
More than $450 million
but not more than $600 million $0.01
More than $600 million
but not more than $900 million $0.0067
More than $900 million $0.0033
As the tax is collected it may be invested in negotiable United States
bonds or other securities that the federal government has the direct
obligation to pay. Any of the funds collected that are not invested in
government obligations shall be deposited in accordance with
IC 5-13-6 and shall be withdrawn in the same manner as money is
regularly withdrawn from the general fund but without further or
additional appropriation. The levy authorized by this section is in
addition to the levies authorized by section 11 and section 23 of this
chapter.
SOURCE: IC 10-4-1-29; (03)IN1300.1.45. -->
SECTION 45. IC 10-4-1-29, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 337, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 29. (a) As used in this section,
"eligible entity" means a county, city, or town.
(b) As used in this section, "fund" refers to the state disaster relief
fund established by this section.
(c) As used in this section, "public facility" means any:
(1) building or structure;
(2) bridge, road, highway, or public way;
(3) park or recreational facility;
(4) sanitary sewer system or wastewater treatment facility;
(5) drainage or flood control facility;
(6) water treatment, water storage, or water distribution facility;
or
(7) other improvement or infrastructure;
owned by, maintained by, or operated by or on behalf of an eligible
entity.
(d) The state disaster relief fund is established to provide money to
assist eligible entities in paying for the costs of damage to public
facilities resulting from disasters.
(e) The fund consists of money appropriated by the general
assembly. The fund shall be administered by the department. Expenses
of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. The
treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently
needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other
public funds may be invested. Interest that accrues from these
investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(f) Money in the fund is appropriated to carry out the purposes of
the fund as provided in this section. Money in the fund at the end of a
state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(g) Subject to the restrictions under this section, the department may
use money in the fund to make grants to an eligible entity that:
(1) contains territory for which a disaster emergency has been
declared by the governor;
(2) has suffered damage to the entity's public facilities because of
the disaster for which the disaster emergency was declared;
(3) has applied to the department for a grant; and
(4) complies with all other requirements established by the
department.
(h) Except as provided in subsection (i), the department may not
make a grant to an eligible entity under this section unless the damage
to the entity's public facilities caused by the disaster exceeds an amount
equal to one dollar ($1) multiplied by the population of the entity. A
grant to an eligible entity under this subsection may not exceed an
amount equal to:
(1) fifty percent (50%); multiplied by
(2) the result of:
(A) the total cost of the damage to the entity's public facilities
caused by the disaster; minus
(B) an amount equal to one dollar ($1) multiplied by the
population of the entity.
(i) If the governor declares more than one (1) disaster emergency in
the same year for territory in an eligible entity, the department may, in
addition to a grant under subsection (h), make a grant to the entity
under this subsection if the total cumulative cost of the damage to the
entity's public facilities caused by the disasters exceeds an amount
equal to two dollars ($2) multiplied by the population of the entity. A
grant to an eligible entity under this subsection may not exceed:
(1) the product of:
(A) fifty percent (50%); multiplied by
(B) the total cumulative cost of the damage to the entity's
public facilities caused by all disasters in the year; minus
(2) any grants previously made under subsection (h) to the entity
during the year.
(j) To qualify for a grant under this section, the executive of an
eligible entity must apply to the department on forms provided by the
department. The application must include the following:
(1) A description and estimated cost of the damage caused by the
disaster to the entity's public facilities.
(2) The manner in which the entity intends to use the grant
money.
(3) Any other information required by the department.
(k) The fiscal officer of an entity receiving a grant under this section
shall:
(1) establish a separate account within the entity's general fund;
and
(2) deposit any grant proceeds received under this section in the
account.
The department of local government finance may not reduce an entity's
maximum or actual property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5 on account
of grant money deposited in the account.
(l) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out
this section.
SOURCE: IC 12-19-7-6; (03)IN1300.1.46. -->
SECTION 46. IC 12-19-7-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 6. (a) The county
director, upon the advice of the judges of the courts with juvenile
jurisdiction in the county, shall annually compile and adopt a child
services budget, which must be in a form prescribed by the state board
of accounts. The budget may not exceed the levy limitation set forth in
IC 6-1.1-18.6.
(b) The budget must contain an estimate of the amount of money
that will be needed by the county office during the fiscal year to defray
the expenses and obligations incurred by the county office in the
payment of services for children adjudicated to be children in need of
services or delinquent children and other related services, but not
including the payment of AFDC.
SOURCE: IC 12-19-7-7; (03)IN1300.1.47. -->
SECTION 47. IC 12-19-7-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 7. (a) The county
director shall, with the assistance of the judges of courts with juvenile
jurisdiction in the county and at the same time the budget is compiled
and adopted, recommend to the division the tax levy that the director
and judges determine will be required to raise the amount of revenue
necessary to pay the expenses and obligations of the county office set
forth in the budget under section 6 of this chapter.
However, the tax
levy may not exceed the maximum permissible levy set forth in
IC 6-1.1-18.6 and the budget may not exceed the levy limitation set
forth in IC 6-1.1-18.
(b) After the county budget has been compiled, the county director
shall submit a copy of the budget and the tax levy recommended by the
county director and the judges of courts with juvenile jurisdiction in the
county to the division. The division shall examine the budget and the
tax levy for the purpose of determining whether, in the judgment of the
division:
(1) the appropriations requested in the budget will be adequate to
defray the expenses and obligations incurred by the county office
in the payment of child services for the next fiscal year; and
(2) the tax levy recommended will yield the amount of the
appropriation set forth in the budget.
SOURCE: IC 12-19-7-8; (03)IN1300.1.48. -->
SECTION 48. IC 12-19-7-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. The division
may do the following after examining a budget submitted by the county
office:
(1) Increase or decrease the amount of the budget or an item of
the budget. subject to the maximum levy set forth in
IC 6-1.1-18.6.
(2) Approve the budget as compiled by the county director and
judges of courts with juvenile jurisdiction in the county.
(3) Recommend the increase or decrease of the tax levy. subject
to the maximum levy set forth in IC 6-1.1-18.6.
(4) Approve the tax levy as recommended by the county director
and judges of courts with juvenile jurisdiction in the county.
SOURCE: IC 12-19-7-11; (03)IN1300.1.49. -->
SECTION 49. IC 12-19-7-11 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 11. In September
of each year, at the time provided by law, the county fiscal body shall
do the following:
(1) Make the appropriations out of the family and children's fund
that are:
(A) based on the budget as submitted; and
(B) necessary to maintain the child services of the county for
the next fiscal year. subject to the maximum levy set forth in
IC 6-1.1-18.6.
(2) Levy a tax in an amount necessary to produce the appropriated
money.
SOURCE: IC 12-20-25-4; (03)IN1300.1.50. -->
SECTION 50. IC 12-20-25-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. As used in this
chapter, "distressed township" means:
(1) a township that:
(A) has a valid poor relief claim that the county auditor cannot
pay within thirty (30) days after the claim is approved for
payment under IC 12-2-1-31 (before its repeal) or
IC 12-20-20;
(B) has poor relief expenditures during a year that exceed the
year's poor relief revenues, excluding any advances from the
state and revenues from short term loans from the county or a
financial institution or advances from the county from the
proceeds of bonds, made or issued under:
(i) this article; or
(ii) IC 12-2-1, IC 12-2-4.5, or IC 12-2-5 (before the repeal
of those statutes);
(C) has imposed and dedicated to poor relief at least ninety
percent (90%) of the maximum permissible ad valorem
property tax levy permitted for all of the township's money
under IC 6-1.1-18.5 (before its repeal); and
(D) has outstanding indebtedness that exceeds one and
eight-tenths percent (1.8%) of the township's adjusted value of
taxable property in the district as determined under
IC 36-1-15; or
(2) a township that:
(A) has been a controlled township during any part of the
preceding five (5) years;
(B) has a valid poor relief claim that the county auditor cannot
pay within thirty (30) days after the claim is approved for
payment under IC 12-2-1-31 (before its repeal) or
IC 12-20-20; and
(C) uses advances from the county from proceeds of bonds
issued under IC 12-2-1 (before its repeal) or this article.
SOURCE: IC 12-20-25-32; (03)IN1300.1.51. -->
SECTION 51. IC 12-20-25-32 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 32. (a) As soon
as the management committee has completed the financial,
compliance, economy, and efficiency audits required by section 15 of
this chapter, the management committee shall make a report to the
control board. The report must include the following:
(1) The findings of the financial, compliance, economy, and
efficiency audits.
(2) An itemization of each creditor's claims against the distressed
township that were found to be valid and reasonable.
(3) An itemization of each claim that was found to be invalid.
(4) An itemization of each claim that was found to be
unreasonable and on which no settlement was negotiated.
(5) A proposed operating budget for the township trustee's office.
(6) An estimate of future operating and debt service costs for poor
relief.
(7) The amount of outstanding poor relief bonds issued and loans
incurred by the county and advancements made by the county.
(8) The maximum permissible poor relief levy of the township
under IC 6-1.1-18.5.
(b) The county fiscal body may recommend a financial plan to the
management committee that ensures that future revenue increases, if
necessary, come from sources other than ad valorem property taxes
imposed on property within the distressed township and will
accomplish the purposes set forth in section 33(a)(2) of this chapter.
The financial plan may include any of the options set forth in section
34 of this chapter. The management committee shall include any
submitted plan in the committee's report to the control board.
SOURCE: IC 12-20-25-36; (03)IN1300.1.52. -->
SECTION 52. IC 12-20-25-36, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 359, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 36. (a) Notwithstanding
IC 6-1.1-17, if the county fiscal body:
(1) adopts an ordinance under section 35(b)(2) of this chapter; or
(2) fails to adopt an ordinance under section 35(b) of this chapter;
the department shall reduce the county's general fund budget and
increase the distressed township's poor relief account budget in an
amount sufficient to satisfy the requirements of section 33(a)(2) of this
chapter. The department shall notify the county auditor and county
treasurer of the county general fund reduction and the county treasurer
shall transfer from the county general fund to the distressed township's
poor relief account the amount specified by the department.
(b) Notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-18.5, if a county is required to transfer
money to a distressed township's poor relief account under subsection
(a), the county may not appeal for an excessive levy under
IC 6-1.1-18.5 to replace money that is transferred from the county
general fund.
SOURCE: IC 12-20-25-40; (03)IN1300.1.53. -->
SECTION 53. IC 12-20-25-40 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 40. The county
treasurer shall deposit the disbursements from the treasurer of state in
a county fund to be known as the county income tax poor relief control
fund. Notwithstanding IC 6-3.5-1.1
and IC 6-3.5-6,
and IC 6-1.1-18.5,
the county treasurer shall disburse the money in the fund in the
following priority:
(1) To ensure the payment within thirty (30) days of all valid poor
relief claims in the distressed township that are not covered by
subdivision (3).
(2) At the end of each calendar year, to redeem any outstanding
bonds issued or repay loans incurred by the county for poor relief
purposes under IC 12-2-4.5 (before its repeal), IC 12-2-5 (before
its repeal), IC 12-20-23, or IC 12-20-24 to the extent the proceeds
of the bonds or loans were advanced to the distressed township.
(3) To pay claims approved under section 27 or 28 of this chapter
(or IC 12-2-14-22 or IC 12-2-14-23 before their repeal).
(4) As provided in IC 6-3.5-6 if the county option income tax is
imposed under this chapter. If the county adjusted gross income
tax is imposed under this chapter, to provide property tax
replacement credits for each civil taxing unit and school
corporation in the county as provided in IC 6-3.5-1.1. No part of
the county adjusted gross income tax revenue is considered a
certified share of a governmental unit as provided in
IC 6-3.5-1.1-15. In addition, the county adjusted gross income tax
revenue (except for the county adjusted gross income tax
revenues that are to be treated as property tax replacements under
this subdivision) is in addition to and not a part of the revenue of
the township for purposes of determining the township's
maximum permissible property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5.
SOURCE: IC 12-20-25-41; (03)IN1300.1.54. -->
SECTION 54. IC 12-20-25-41, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 360, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 41. (a) As used in subsection
(c), "advance" refers to money provided to a distressed township from
the state general fund under section 38 of this chapter.
(b) As used in subsection (c), "support" refers to money provided
from the distressed township supplemental poor relief fund established
by section 51 of this chapter to pay poor relief claims and the operating
costs of the management committee during the period the management
committee is in control of the township trustee's office.
(c) The controlled status of a township under this chapter terminates
at the end of a year if at that time the county, with respect to each
controlled township:
(1) has repaid:
(A) all state advances provided to the county under this
chapter; and
(B) state support provided to the county under this chapter if
the department has reduced the county's general fund budget
under section 36 of this chapter;
(2) has paid all valid poor relief claims in the distressed township,
including the claims approved under section 27 or 28 of this
chapter;
(3) will have sufficient money to pay, not more than thirty (30)
days after a claim is submitted for payment, all valid poor relief
claims in the distressed township that are expected to be
submitted in the following year as determined by the control
board, excluding any advances from the state, revenues from short
term loans from the county or a financial institution under
IC 12-2-4.5 (before its repeal) or IC 12-20-24, and proceeds from
bonds issued under IC 12-2-1 (before its repeal), IC 12-2-5
(before its repeal), or this article; and
(4) has no bonds outstanding that were issued to pay for poor
relief in the distressed township.
(d) Notwithstanding IC 6-3.5-1.1 and IC 6-3.5-6, if the control board
finds that:
(1) the requirements of subsection (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) are
satisfied; and
(2) the requirements of subsection (c)(3) cannot be satisfied
because the township's maximum permissible ad valorem
property tax levy provides insufficient revenue to ensure the
payment of all valid poor relief claims in the distressed township
that will be incurred during the year following the termination of
the controlled status of the township;
the county fiscal body may dedicate to the provision of poor relief,
from the county adjusted gross income tax or the county option income
tax imposed as a result of adopting a financial plan under section 35 of
this chapter, an amount necessary to satisfy the requirements of
subsection (c)(3).
(e) If the control board finds that the income tax dedicated under
subsection (d) will satisfy the requirements of subsection (c)(3), the
controlled status of the township under this chapter terminates at the
end of the year in which the control board makes the board's finding.
SOURCE: IC 12-29-1-1; (03)IN1300.1.55. -->
SECTION 55. IC 12-29-1-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 1. (a) The county
executive of a county may authorize the furnishing of financial
assistance to the following:
(1) A community mental health center that is located or will be
located in the county.
(2) A community mental retardation and other developmental
disabilities center that is located or will be located in the county.
(b) Assistance authorized under this section shall be used for the
following purposes:
(1) Constructing a center.
(2) Operating a center.
(c) Upon request of the county executive, the county fiscal body
may appropriate annually from the county's general fund the money to
provide financial assistance for the purposes described in subsection
(b).
The appropriation may not exceed the amount that could be
collected from an annual tax levy of not more than three and
thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of taxable property within the county.
SOURCE: IC 12-29-1-2; (03)IN1300.1.56. -->
SECTION 56. IC 12-29-1-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. (a) If a
community mental health center or a community mental retardation and
other developmental disabilities center is organized to provide services
to at least two (2) counties, the county executive of each county may
authorize the furnishing of financial assistance for the purposes
described in section 1(b) of this chapter.
(b) Upon the request of the county executive of the county, the
county fiscal body of each county may appropriate annually from the
county's general fund the money to provide financial assistance for the
purposes described in section 1(b) of this chapter. The appropriation of
each county may not exceed the amount that could be collected from
an annual tax levy of three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333)
on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property within the
county.
SOURCE: IC 12-29-1-3; (03)IN1300.1.57. -->
SECTION 57. IC 12-29-1-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3. (a) The county
executive of each county whose residents may receive services from a
community mental health center or a community mental retardation and
other developmental disabilities center may authorize the furnishing of
a share of financial assistance for the purposes described in section
1(b) of this chapter if the following conditions are met:
(1) The facilities for the center are located in a state adjacent to
Indiana.
(2) The center is organized to provide services to Indiana
residents.
(b) Upon the request of the county executive of a county, the county
fiscal body of the county may appropriate annually from the county's
general fund the money to provide financial assistance for the purposes
described in section 1(b) of this chapter. The appropriations of the
county may not exceed the amount that could be collected from an
annual tax levy of three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on
each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property within the county.
SOURCE: IC 12-29-2-13; (03)IN1300.1.58. -->
SECTION 58. IC 12-29-2-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.215-2001,
SECTION 80, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to a county
having a population of not less than four hundred thousand (400,000)
but not more than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
(b) In addition to any other appropriation under this article, a county
annually may fund each center serving the county from the county's
general fund in an amount not exceeding the amount that would be
raised by a tax rate of one cent ($0.01) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of taxable property within the county.
(c) The receipts from the tax levied under this section shall be used
for the leasing, purchasing, constructing, or operating of community
residential facilities for the chronically mentally ill (as defined in
IC 12-7-2-167).
(d) Money appropriated under this section must be:
(1) budgeted under IC 6-1.1-17; and
(2) included in the center's budget submitted to the division of
mental health and addiction.
(e) Permission for a levy increase in excess of the levy limitations
may be ordered under IC 6-1.1-18.5-15 only if the levy increase is
approved by the division of mental health and addiction for a
community mental health center.
SOURCE: IC 13-21-3-12; (03)IN1300.1.59. -->
SECTION 59. IC 13-21-3-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 87, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 12. Except as provided in section 14.5 of this
chapter, the powers of a district include the following:
(1) The power to develop and implement a district solid waste
management plan under IC 13-21-5.
(2) The power to impose district fees on the final disposal of solid
waste within the district under IC 13-21-13.
(3) The power to receive and disburse money, if the primary
purpose of activities undertaken under this subdivision is to carry
out the provisions of this article.
(4) The power to sue and be sued.
(5) The power to plan, design, construct, finance, manage, own,
lease, operate, and maintain facilities for solid waste
management.
(6) The power to enter with any person into a contract or an
agreement that is necessary or incidental to the management of
solid waste. Contracts or agreements that may be entered into
under this subdivision include those for the following:
(A) The design, construction, operation, financing, ownership,
or maintenance of facilities by the district or any other person.
(B) The managing or disposal of solid waste.
(C) The sale or other disposition of materials or products
generated by a facility.
Notwithstanding any other statute, the maximum term of a
contract or an agreement described in this subdivision may not
exceed forty (40) years.
(7) The power to enter into agreements for the leasing of facilities
in accordance with IC 36-1-10 or IC 36-9-30.
(8) The power to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire real or
personal property for the management or disposal of solid waste.
(9) The power to sell or lease any facility or part of a facility to
any person.
(10) The power to make and contract for plans, surveys, studies,
and investigations necessary for the management or disposal of
solid waste.
(11) The power to enter upon property to make surveys,
soundings, borings, and examinations.
(12) The power to:
(A) accept gifts, grants, loans of money, other property, or
services from any source, public or private; and
(B) comply with the terms of the gift, grant, or loan.
(13) The power to levy a tax within the district to pay costs of
operation in connection with solid waste management, subject to
the following:
(A) Regular budget and tax levy procedures.
(B) Section 16 of this chapter.
However, except as provided in sections 15 and 15.5 of this
chapter, a property tax rate imposed under this article may not
exceed eight and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0833) on each
one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in
the district.
(14) The power to borrow in anticipation of taxes.
(15) The power to hire the personnel necessary for the
management or disposal of solid waste in accordance with an
approved budget and to contract for professional services.
(16) The power to otherwise do all things necessary for the:
(A) reduction, management, and disposal of solid waste; and
(B) recovery of waste products from the solid waste stream;
if the primary purpose of activities undertaken under this
subdivision is to carry out the provisions of this article.
(17) The power to adopt resolutions that have the force of law.
However, a resolution is not effective in a municipality unless the
municipality adopts the language of the resolution by ordinance
or resolution.
(18) The power to do the following:
(A) Implement a household hazardous waste and conditionally
exempt small quantity generator (as described in 40 CFR
261.5(a)) collection and disposal project.
(B) Apply for a household hazardous waste collection and
disposal project grant under IC 13-20-20 and carry out all
commitments contained in a grant application.
(C) Establish and maintain a program of self-insurance for a
household hazardous waste and conditionally exempt small
quantity generator (as described in 40 CFR 261.5(a))
collection and disposal project, so that at the end of the
district's fiscal year the unused and unencumbered balance of
appropriated money reverts to the district's general fund only
if the district's board specifically provides by resolution to
discontinue the self-insurance fund.
(D) Apply for a household hazardous waste project grant as
described in IC 13-20-22-2 and carry out all commitments
contained in a grant application.
(19) The power to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement
under IC 36-1-7 to obtain:
(A) fiscal;
(B) administrative;
(C) managerial; or
(D) operational;
services from a county or municipality.
(20) The power to compensate advisory committee members for
attending meetings at a rate determined by the board.
(21) The power to reimburse board and advisory committee
members for travel and related expenses at a rate determined by
the board.
(22) In a joint district, the power to pay a fee from district money
to the counties in the district in which a final disposal facility is
located.
(23) The power to make grants or loans of:
(A) money;
(B) property; or
(C) services;
to public or private recycling programs, composting programs, or
any other programs that reuse any component of the waste stream
as a material component of another product, if the primary
purpose of activities undertaken under this subdivision is to carry
out the provisions of this article.
(24) The power to establish by resolution a nonreverting capital
fund. A district's board may appropriate money in the fund for:
(A) equipping;
(B) expanding;
(C) modifying; or
(D) remodeling;
an existing facility. Expenditures from a capital fund established
under this subdivision must further the goals and objectives
contained in a district's solid waste management plan. Not more
than five percent (5%) of the district's total annual budget for the
year may be transferred to the capital fund that year. The balance
in the capital fund may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of
the district's total annual budget. If a district's board determines
by resolution that a part of a capital fund will not be needed to
further the goals and objectives contained in the district's solid
waste management plan, that part of the capital fund may be
transferred to the district's general fund, to be used to offset
tipping fees, property tax revenues, or both tipping fees and
property tax revenues.
(25) The power to conduct promotional or educational programs
that include giving awards and incentives that further the district's
solid waste management plan.
(26) The power to conduct educational programs under
IC 13-20-17.5 to provide information to the public concerning:
(A) the reuse and recycling of mercury in:
(i) mercury commodities; and
(ii) mercury-added products; and
(B) collection programs available to the public for:
(i) mercury commodities; and
(ii) mercury-added products.
(27) The power to implement mercury collection programs under
IC 13-20-17.5 for the public and small businesses.
SOURCE: IC 14-9-9-8; (03)IN1300.1.60. -->
SECTION 60. IC 14-9-9-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. (a) If a county
is awarded a grant under this chapter, the county must establish a
special account within the county's general fund. The grant must be
deposited in the special account for the county sheriff's exclusive use
in providing law enforcement services on lakes located within the
county.
(b) The county sheriff may use grant money as authorized under this
chapter without appropriation. However, the county sheriff must
provide itemized receipts for expenditures of money granted from the
fund for inspection and review upon request of the county fiscal body.
(c) The receipt of a grant under this chapter may not be used as a
basis for lowering the county's maximum permissible ad valorem
property tax levy.
SOURCE: IC 14-27-6-30; (03)IN1300.1.61. -->
SECTION 61. IC 14-27-6-30 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 30. The board
may perform all acts necessary or reasonably incident to carrying out
the purposes of this chapter, including the following powers:
(1) To sue and be sued collectively by the board's name
"__________ Levee Authority", with service of process being had
on the president of the board. However, costs may not be taxed
against the board or any of the board's members in an action.
(2) To have exclusive jurisdiction within the district.
(3) To adopt ordinances to protect all property owned or managed
by the board.
(4) To adopt an annual budget and levy taxes not to exceed two
and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0267) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed property in accordance with this
chapter.
(5) To incur indebtedness in the name of the authority in
accordance with this chapter.
(6) To:
(A) acquire real, personal, or mixed property by deed,
purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise; and
(B) dispose of the property;
for flood control purposes.
(7) To do the following:
(A) Receive gifts, donations, bequests, and public trusts.
(B) Agree to accompanying conditions and terms and bind the
authority to carry out the terms and conditions.
(8) To determine matters of policy regarding internal organization
and operating procedures not specifically provided for otherwise.
(9) In addition to all other powers conferred by this chapter and
IC 14-27-3, to do the following:
(A) Cooperate with an officer or agency of the federal
government in the performance of any of the work authorized
by this chapter.
(B) Accept labor, material, or financial assistance.
(C) Do all things not inconsistent with this chapter necessary
to satisfy the requirements of the federal authorities for the
purpose of obtaining aid from the federal government.
(10) To purchase supplies, materials, and equipment to carry out
the duties and functions of the board in accordance with
procedures adopted by the board and in accordance with general
law.
(11) To employ personnel as necessary to carry out the duties,
functions, and powers of the board.
(12) To sell surplus or unneeded property in accordance with
procedures prescribed by the board.
(13) To adopt administrative rules to do the following:
(A) Carry out the board's powers and duties.
(B) Govern the duties of the board's officers, employees, and
personnel.
(C) Govern the internal management of the affairs of the
board.
The board shall publish all rules adopted by the board for at least
ten (10) days in a newspaper of general circulation printed in the
district.
(14) To fix the salaries or compensation of the officers and
employees of the authority, except as otherwise provided by this
chapter.
(15) To carry out the purposes and objects of the authority.
(16) To adopt and use a seal.
(17) To:
(A) acquire land, easements, and rights-of-way; and
(B) establish, construct, improve, equip, maintain, control,
lease, and regulate levees and the land owned adjacent to the
levees, either within or outside the district;
for flood prevention purposes. However, if at the time of the
creation of the levee authority a political subdivision owns or
controls a levee, upon the qualification of the members of the
board the exclusive control, management, and authority over each
levee owned or controlled by a political subdivision shall be
transferred to the board without the passage of an ordinance. The
board of public works of the political subdivision or other persons
having possession or control of a levee shall immediately deliver
to the board all personal property and records, books, maps, and
other papers and documents relating to the levee.
(18) To:
(A) elect a secretary from the board's membership; or
(B) employ a secretary;
and fix the compensation of the secretary.
(19) To do the following:
(A) Employ superintendents, managers, engineers, surveyors,
attorneys, clerks, guards, mechanics, laborers, and all other
employees the board considers expedient. All employees shall
be selected and appointed irrespective of political affiliations.
(B) Prescribe and assign the duties and authority of the
employees.
(C) Fix the compensation to be paid to the persons employed
by the board in accordance with appropriations made by the
city fiscal body.
(D) Require a bond on any officer or employee of the authority
in the amount, upon the terms and conditions, and with surety
to the approval of the board.
(20) To adopt rules not in conflict with:
(A) Indiana law;
(B) the ordinances of the city; or
(C) the laws or regulations of the United States and the United
States Corps of Army Engineers;
regulating the construction, maintenance, and control of the
board's levees and other property under the board's control.
(21) To establish the board's own detail or department of police
or to hire guards to execute the orders and enforce the rules of the
board.
(22) To permit the federal government to do the following:
(A) Construct or repair, on land or rights-of-way owned by the
authority, levees, dikes, breakwaters, pumping stations,
syphons, and flood gates.
(B) Construct or repair sewers, ditches, drains, diversion
channels, and watercourses if necessary in the actual
construction, repair, and maintenance of a levee and along
land or rights-of-way owned by the authority.
(23) To do the following:
(A) Construct, maintain, and repair levees, dikes, breakwaters,
pumping stations, and flood gates.
(B) Construct or repair sewers, ditches, drains, diversion
channels, and watercourses if necessary in the actual
construction, repair, and maintenance of a levee.
(24) To sell machinery, equipment, or material under the control
of the board that the board determines is not required for levee
purposes. The proceeds derived from the sale shall be deposited
with the treasurer of the authority.
(25) To negotiate and execute:
(A) contracts of sale or purchase;
(B) leases;
(C) contracts for personal services, materials, supplies, or
equipment; or
(D) any other transaction, business or otherwise;
relating to a levee under the board's control and operation.
However, if the board determines to sell part or all of levee land,
buildings, or improvements owned by the authority, the sale must
be in accordance with statute. If personal property under the
control of the board valued in excess of five hundred dollars
($500) is to be sold, the board shall sell to the highest and best
bidder after due publication of notice of the sale.
(26) To contract with other political subdivisions and state
agencies under IC 36-1-7 for:
(A) the provision of services;
(B) the rental or use of equipment or facilities; or
(C) the joint purchase and use of equipment or facilities;
considered proper by the contracting parties for use in the
operation, maintenance, or construction of a levee operated under
this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 14-27-6-48; (03)IN1300.1.62. -->
SECTION 62. IC 14-27-6-48 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 48. (a) The board
may provide a cumulative building fund in compliance with
IC 6-1.1-41 to provide for the erection of:
(1) levees, gates, and pumping stations; or
(2) other facilities or the addition to or improvement of the
facilities on the levees;
needed to carry out this chapter.
(b) In compliance with IC 6-1.1-41, the board may levy a property
tax not to exceed sixty-seven hundredths of one cent ($0.0067) on each
one hundred dollars ($100) of on taxable property within the district.
As the tax is collected, the tax may be invested in negotiable United
States bonds or other securities that the federal government has the
direct obligation to pay.
(c) Any money of the cumulative building fund not invested in
government obligations shall be withdrawn from the cumulative
building fund in the same manner as money is regularly withdrawn
from a general fund but without further or additional appropriation.
SOURCE: IC 14-33-21-5; (03)IN1300.1.63. -->
SECTION 63. IC 14-33-21-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 377, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5. The board may levy a
special benefits tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 in an amount not
to exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each
one hundred dollars ($100) of on real property in the district, except
the property that is exempt under IC 14-33-7-4. The board shall file
with the district plan or part of or amendment to the plan:
(1) the approval of the department of local government finance;
and
(2) any action taken to reduce or rescind the tax levy.
SOURCE: IC 15-1-6-2; (03)IN1300.1.64. -->
SECTION 64. IC 15-1-6-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. (a) Whenever
the president or secretary of any such society or organization shall file
with the county auditor of any county, a petition signed by thirty (30)
or more resident freeholders of such county, requesting the board of
commissioners to make any allowance provided for in section 1 of this
chapter, the county auditor shall cause such petition, without the
signatures attached thereto, to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the county, and said auditor shall
in said notice give the time when such petition will be considered by
the board of county commissioners, which time shall be fixed by the
auditor for not less than thirty (30) days after the publication of such
notice. If on or before the time fixed in said notice for the consideration
of said petition by the board of county commissioners, a remonstrance
signed by more resident freeholders of the county than the number
signing the petition shall be filed with the county auditor protesting the
making of the allowance as petitioned for, the said board shall consider
such remonstrance and if it finds that it is signed by a greater number
of resident freeholders than the petition asking for an allowance, the
board of county commissioners shall have no authority to make an
allowance for such purpose and shall dismiss said petition and take no
further action thereon.
(b) Any such petition, after final acceptance by the board of county
commissioners, shall be effective for one (1) or more years, such time
to be determined by the board, but in no event for a longer period of
time than five (5) years.
(c) The county council shall have the power and authority to levy an
annual tax of not to exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents
($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation for
the purpose of constructing, operating, or maintaining any building
owned and operated by such agricultural association. Provided,
however, that such tax may be levied only until the building has been
constructed and in no event for a longer period of time than five (5)
years. After the building has been constructed the county council may
levy an annual tax of not to exceed sixty-seven hundredths of one cent
($0.0067) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation for
the purpose of operating and maintaining such building.
(d) Any agricultural association shall have the power and authority
to solicit and accept contributions of any kind or nature for the
development and maintenance of any of their projects.
SOURCE: IC 16-22-5-4; (03)IN1300.1.65. -->
SECTION 65. IC 16-22-5-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. To provide for
the cumulative building fund, a tax on all taxable property within the
county may be levied annually for not more than twelve (12) years. and
may not exceed eleven and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.1167) on
each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in
the county.
SOURCE: IC 16-22-8-41; (03)IN1300.1.66. -->
SECTION 66. IC 16-22-8-41 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 41. (a) The board
may provide a cumulative building fund under IC 6-1.1-41 to erect
hospital buildings, additions, or other buildings, remodel buildings, or
acquire equipment needed to carry out this chapter. The cumulative
building fund may be funded by a property tax levy under subsection
(b), a transfer into the fund of other revenues of the hospital, or a
combination of these two (2) methods.
(b) The board may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 on all
taxable property within the county where the corporation is established.
However, the levy may not exceed six and sixty-seven hundredths cents
($0.0667) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property.
(c) All money in the cumulative building fund may be invested or
reinvested in the following:
(1) Securities backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States Treasury, including direct obligations of the United States
government and obligations of a federal agency or a federal
instrumentality that are fully guaranteed by the United States
government.
(2) Participation in loans under the conditions and in the manner
set forth in IC 5-13-10.5-12.
(d) The treasurer of the corporation may lend any securities in the
cumulative building fund under the conditions and in the manner set
forth in IC 5-13-10.5-12. Money collected and not invested in
government obligations shall be deposited and withdrawn in the
manner authorized by law for the deposit, withdrawal, and safekeeping
of the general funds of municipalities.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-1-28; (03)IN1300.1.67. -->
SECTION 67. IC 16-23-1-28 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 28. (a) If the
budget and estimate filed in the auditor's office of the county in any
year shows an anticipated deficiency, the amount of the deficiency
shall be set out in the copy of the budget and estimate filed, and the
board shall request that the fiscal body of the county appropriate
sufficient funds and levy a sufficient tax rate on the taxable property of
the county to meet the deficiency. The county auditor shall, upon the
basis of the request, compute the amount of money necessary to be
appropriated and the amount of tax levy necessary to be made on the
taxable property of the county to meet the estimated deficiency in the
anticipated hospital funds for the ensuing calendar year. The auditor
shall place the tax levy before the county fiscal body at the fiscal body's
annual budget meeting in September of the same year the request is
filed.
(b) The county fiscal body shall place the amount of the anticipated
deficiency in the county budget for the next calendar year and shall
levy a sufficient tax on all taxable property in the county to meet the
anticipated deficiency. However, the tax rate fixed by the county fiscal
body in any one (1) year may not exceed three and thirty-three
hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of
taxable property in the county. The levy is known as the hospital aid
tax.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-1-29; (03)IN1300.1.68. -->
SECTION 68. IC 16-23-1-29 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 29. (a) If the
county fiscal body is not authorized to appropriate sufficient funds
under this chapter to meet an anticipated deficiency in any one (1) year
reported and filed in the offices of the county auditor and city
clerk-treasurer, the city fiscal body may appropriate a sufficient amount
of funds for the next calendar year to meet the balance of the
anticipated deficiency and levy a special hospital aid tax on all taxable
property in the city for this purpose.
(b) The rate fixed by the city fiscal body for a hospital aid tax in any
one (1) year may not exceed two and thirty-three hundredths cents
($0.0233) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property. The
hospital aid tax is in addition to any tax levied by the city for the
retirement of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and payment of
interest charges for the alteration, repair, or improvement of the
hospital, including the construction of additions and extensions to the
hospital.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-3-6; (03)IN1300.1.69. -->
SECTION 69. IC 16-23-3-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 6. The city fiscal
body may annually levy and collect a tax of not more than two and
sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0267) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of the taxable property in the city to provide money to aid in the
maintenance of the hospital as provided in this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-4-2; (03)IN1300.1.70. -->
SECTION 70. IC 16-23-4-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. The city fiscal
body may levy a special tax for the maintenance of the hospital.
of not
less than sixty-seven hundredths of one cent ($0.0067) and not more
than one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property, to The tax must be levied
and collected the same as other city taxes are levied and collected.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-5-6; (03)IN1300.1.71. -->
SECTION 71. IC 16-23-5-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 6. A city may
provide for the support and maintenance of a hospital subject to this
chapter as follows:
(1) Appropriate money to the hospital.
(2) Levy and collect a special tax not exceeding two and
thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0233) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) valuation of on the taxable property of the city.
(3) Give other aid and support to the hospital that the city council
considers proper.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-7-2; (03)IN1300.1.72. -->
SECTION 72. IC 16-23-7-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. A city may do
the following:
(1) Appropriate money to the hospital for support and
maintenance.
(2) Aid in the support of the hospital by the levy and collection of
a special tax not exceeding one cent ($0.01) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) valuation of on the taxable property of the city.
(3) Give other aid and support in the maintenance of the hospital
that the city fiscal body considers proper.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-8-2; (03)IN1300.1.73. -->
SECTION 73. IC 16-23-8-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. A city may do
the following:
(1) Appropriate money to the hospital for support and
maintenance.
(2) Aid in the support of the hospital by the levy and collection of
a special tax not exceeding two and thirty-three hundredths cents
($0.0233) on each one hundred dollars ($100) valuation of on the
taxable property of the city.
(3) Give other aid and support in the maintenance of the hospital
in the manner that the city fiscal body considers proper.
SOURCE: IC 16-23-9-2; (03)IN1300.1.74. -->
SECTION 74. IC 16-23-9-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. The township
board may, at the request of the township trustee, levy annually and
cause to be collected as other taxes are collected a tax upon all of the
taxable property within the township. The tax may not exceed six and
sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0667) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of assessed valuation. The tax is for the use of the hospital in
defraying the expenses of the hospital's maintenance and support, for
providing necessary additions, and for the payment of mortgage
indebtedness.
SOURCE: IC 16-41-15-5; (03)IN1300.1.75. -->
SECTION 75. IC 16-41-15-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5. The appropriate
governing body may levy annually a tax of not more than one cent
($0.01) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property for the
control and prevention of venereal disease. The tax is in addition to
other taxes of the local governing body. The tax shall be collected in
the same manner as other taxes and shall be credited to the local board
of health venereal disease prevention and control fund.
SOURCE: IC 16-41-33-4; (03)IN1300.1.76. -->
SECTION 76. IC 16-41-33-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. The county
fiscal body or the governing board of a health and hospital corporation
may, on the fiscal body's or board of trustees' own initiative or after a
petition signed by five percent (5%) of the registered voters within the
jurisdiction of the health department, make an annual appropriation
specifically for the purpose of vector control to be used by the health
department solely for that purpose and levy a tax of not more than
sixty-seven hundredths of one cent ($0.0067) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed value of on the taxable property in the
county.
SOURCE: IC 20-1-1.3-8; (03)IN1300.1.77. -->
SECTION 77. IC 20-1-1.3-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. (a) A public
school that receives a monetary award under this chapter may expend
that award for any educational purpose for that school, except:
(1) athletics;
(2) salaries for school personnel; or
(3) salary bonuses for school personnel.
(b) A monetary award may not be used to determine
(1) the maximum permissible general fund ad valorem property
tax levy under IC 6-1.1-19-1.5; or
(2) the tuition support under IC 21-3-1.6
of the school corporation of which the school receiving the monetary
award is a part.
SOURCE: IC 20-5-17.5-2; (03)IN1300.1.78. -->
SECTION 78. IC 20-5-17.5-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. (a) This
subsection does not apply to a school corporation in a county having a
population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) but less than
three hundred thousand (300,000). The governing body of a school
corporation may annually appropriate, from its general fund, a sum of
not more than five-tenths of one cent ($0.005) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed valuation in the school corporation to be
paid to a historical society, subject to subsection (c).
(b) This subsection applies only to a school corporation in a county
having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) but
less than three hundred thousand (300,000). To provide funding for a
historical society under this section, the governing body of a school
corporation may impose a an ad valorem property tax. of not more
than five-tenths of one cent ($0.005) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of assessed valuation in the school corporation. This tax is not
subject to the tax levy limitations imposed on the school corporation by
IC 6-1.1-19-1.5 or the provisions of IC 21-2-11-8. The school
corporation shall deposit the proceeds of the tax in a fund to be known
as the historical society fund. The historical society fund is separate
and distinct from the school corporation's general fund and may be
used only for the purpose of providing funds for a historical society
under this section. Subject to subsection (c), the governing body of the
school corporation may annually appropriate the money in the fund to
be paid in semiannual installments to a historical society having
facilities in the county.
(c) Before a historical society may receive payments under this
section, its governing board must adopt a resolution that entitles:
(1) the governing body of the school corporation to appoint its
superintendent and one (1) of its history teachers as visitors, with
the privilege of attending all meetings of the society's governing
board;
(2) the governing body of the school corporation to nominate two
(2) persons for membership on the society's governing board;
(3) the school corporation to use any of the society's facilities and
equipment for educational purposes consistent with the society's
purposes;
(4) the students and teachers of the school corporation to tour the
society's museum, if any, free of charge; and
(5) the school corporation to borrow artifacts from the society's
collection, if any, for temporary exhibit in the schools.
SOURCE: IC 20-5-17.5-3; (03)IN1300.1.79. -->
SECTION 79. IC 20-5-17.5-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2002,
SECTION 120, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to
school corporations in a county containing a city having a population
of:
(1) more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) but less than
five hundred thousand (500,000);
(2) more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) but less
than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000);
(3) more than ninety thousand (90,000) but less than one hundred
five thousand (105,000);
(4) more than one hundred five thousand (105,000) but less than
one hundred twenty thousand (120,000); or
(5) more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) but less than ninety
thousand (90,000).
(b) In order to provide funding for an art association under this
section, the governing body of a school corporation may impose a an
ad valorem property tax. of not more than five-tenths of one cent
($0.005) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation in
the school corporation. This tax is not subject to the tax levy limitations
imposed on the school corporation by IC 6-1.1-19-1.5 or the provisions
of IC 21-2-11-8.
(c) The school corporation shall deposit the proceeds of the tax
imposed under subsection (b) in a fund to be known as the art
association fund. The art association fund is separate and distinct from
the school corporation's general fund and may be used only for the
purpose of providing funds for an art association under this section.
The governing body of the school corporation may annually
appropriate the money in the fund to be paid in semiannual installments
to an art association having facilities in a city that is listed in subsection
(a), subject to subsection (d).
(d) Before an art association may receive payments under this
section, its governing board must adopt a resolution that entitles:
(1) the governing body of the school corporation to appoint its
superintendent and its director of art instruction as visitors, with
the privilege of attending all meetings of the association's
governing board;
(2) the governing body of the school corporation to nominate
persons for membership on the association's governing board,
with at least two (2) of the nominees to be elected;
(3) the school corporation to use any of the association's facilities
and equipment for educational purposes consistent with the
association's purposes;
(4) the students and teachers of the school corporation to tour the
association's museum and galleries free of charge;
(5) the school corporation to borrow materials from the
association for temporary exhibit in the schools;
(6) the teachers of the school corporation to receive normal
instruction in the fine and applied arts at half the regular rates
charged by the association; and
(7) the school corporation to expect such exhibits in the
association's museum as will supplement the work of the students
and teachers of the corporation.
A copy of the resolution, certified by the president and secretary of the
association, must be filed in the office of the school corporation before
payments may be received.
(e) A resolution filed under subsection (d) need not be renewed
from year to year but continues in effect until rescinded. An art
association that complies with this section is entitled to continue to
receive payments under this section as long as it so complies.
(f) Whenever more than one (1) art association in a city that is listed
in subsection (a) qualifies to receive payments under this section, the
governing body of the school corporation shall select the one (1) art
association best qualified to perform the services described by
subsection (c). A school corporation may select only one (1) art
association to receive payments under this section.
SOURCE: IC 20-5-37-4; (03)IN1300.1.80. -->
SECTION 80. IC 20-5-37-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) The board
of school trustees in a third class city may establish, maintain, and
equip public playgrounds to be used by children during the summer
vacation period. The board may use the public school buildings and
grounds in the cities as is necessary to carry out this section. The board
may levy a tax not exceeding sixty-seven hundredths of one cent
($0.0067) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of
on the property in the city to create a fund to carry out this section. The
board may lease or purchase grounds in addition to the school grounds,
either adjacent to the school grounds or elsewhere in the city. The
board may also, under eminent domain statutes, condemn ground to be
used for these purposes and pay for condemned ground out of the
school revenues of the city not otherwise appropriated.
(b) The board has full control of all playgrounds, including the
preservation of order on them, and may adopt suitable rules,
regulations, and bylaws for the control of them. The board may enforce
the rules by suitable penalties.
(c) The board may select and pay for directors and assistants. The
directors and assistants, while on duty and for the purpose of
preserving order and the observance of the rules, regulations, and
bylaws of the board, have all the powers of police officers of the city.
The compensation for the directors and assistants shall be fixed by the
board and paid for out of the school revenues not otherwise
appropriated.
SOURCE: IC 20-8.1-6.1-8; (03)IN1300.1.81. -->
SECTION 81. IC 20-8.1-6.1-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.111-2002,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, the following
terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Class of school" refers to a classification of each school or
program in the transferee corporation by the grades or special
programs taught at the school. Generally, these classifications are
denominated as kindergarten, elementary school, middle school
or junior high school, high school, and special schools or classes,
such as schools or classes for special education, vocational
training, or career education.
(2) "ADM" means the following:
(A) For purposes of allocating to a transfer student state
distributions under IC 21-1-30 (primetime), "ADM" as
computed under IC 21-1-30-2.
(B) For all other purposes, "ADM" as set forth in
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1.
(3) "Pupil enrollment" means the following:
(A) The total number of students in kindergarten through
grade 12 who are enrolled in a transferee school corporation
on a date determined by the Indiana state board of education.
(B) The total number of students enrolled in a class of school
in a transferee school corporation on a date determined by the
Indiana state board of education.
However, a kindergarten student shall be counted under clauses
(A) and (B) as one-half (1/2) a student.
(4) "Special equipment" means equipment that during a school
year:
(A) is used only when a child with disabilities is attending
school;
(B) is not used to transport a child to or from a place where the
child is attending school;
(C) is necessary for the education of each child with
disabilities that uses the equipment, as determined under the
individualized instruction program for the child; and
(D) is not used for or by any child who is not a child with
disabilities.
The Indiana state board of education may select a different date for
counts under subdivision (3). However, the same date shall be used for
all school corporations making a count for the same class of school.
(b) Each transferee corporation is entitled to receive for each school
year on account of each transferred student, except a student
transferred under section 3 of this chapter, transfer tuition from the
transferor corporation or the state as provided in this chapter. Transfer
tuition equals the amount determined under STEP THREE of the
following formula:
STEP ONE: Allocate to each transfer student the capital
expenditures for any special equipment used by the transfer
student and a proportionate share of the operating costs incurred
by the transferee school for the class of school where the transfer
student is enrolled.
STEP TWO: If the transferee school included the transfer student
in the transferee school's ADM for a school year, allocate to the
transfer student a proportionate share of the following general
fund revenues of the transferee school for, except as provided in
clause (C), the calendar year in which the school year ends:
(A) The following state distributions that are computed in any
part using ADM or other pupil count in which the student is
included:
(i) Primetime grant under IC 21-1-30.
(ii) Tuition support for basic programs and at-risk weights
under IC 21-3-1.7-8 (before January 1, 1996) and only for
basic programs (after December 31, 1995).
(iii) Enrollment growth grant under IC 21-3-1.7-9.5.
(iv) At-risk grant under IC 21-3-1.7-9.7.
(v) Academic honors diploma award under IC 21-3-1.7-9.8.
(vi) Vocational education grant under IC 21-3-12.
(vii) Special education grant under IC 21-3-2.1.
(viii) The portion of the ADA flat grant that is available for
the payment of general operating expenses under
IC 21-3-4.5-2(b)(1).
(B) For school years beginning after June 30, 1997, property
tax levies.
(C) For school years beginning after June 30, 1997, excise tax
revenue (as defined in IC 21-3-1.7-2) received for deposit in
the calendar year in which the school year begins.
(D) For school years beginning after June 30, 1997, allocations
to the transferee school under IC 6-3.5.
STEP THREE: Determine the greater of:
(A) zero (0); or
(B) the result of subtracting the STEP TWO amount from the
STEP ONE amount.
If a child is placed in an institution or facility in Indiana under a court
order, the institution or facility shall charge the county office of the
county of the student's legal settlement under IC 12-19-7 for the use of
the space within the institution or facility (commonly called capital
costs) that is used to provide educational services to the child based
upon a prorated per student cost.
(c) Operating costs shall be determined for each class of school
where a transfer student is enrolled. The operating cost for each class
of school is based on the total expenditures of the transferee
corporation for the class of school from its general fund expenditures
as specified in the classified budget forms prescribed by the state board
of accounts. This calculation excludes:
(1) capital outlay;
(2) debt service;
(3) costs of transportation;
(4) salaries of board members;
(5) contracted service for legal expenses; and
(6) any expenditure which is made out of the general fund from
extracurricular account receipts;
for the school year.
(d) The capital cost of special equipment for a school year is equal
to:
(1) the cost of the special equipment; divided by
(2) the product of:
(A) the useful life of the special equipment, as determined
under the rules adopted by the Indiana state board of
education; multiplied by
(B) the number of students using the special equipment during
at least part of the school year.
(e) When an item of expense or cost described in subsection (c)
cannot be allocated to a class of school, it shall be prorated to all
classes of schools on the basis of the pupil enrollment of each class in
the transferee corporation compared to the total pupil enrollment in the
school corporation.
(f) Operating costs shall be allocated to a transfer student for each
school year by dividing:
(1) the transferee school corporation's operating costs for the class
of school in which the transfer student is enrolled; by
(2) the pupil enrollment of the class of school in which the
transfer student is enrolled.
When a transferred student is enrolled in a transferee corporation for
less than the full school year of pupil attendance, the transfer tuition
shall be calculated by the portion of the school year for which the
transferred student is enrolled. A school year of pupil attendance
consists of the number of days school is in session for pupil attendance.
A student, regardless of the student's attendance, is enrolled in a
transferee school unless the student is no longer entitled to be
transferred because of a change of residence, the student has been
excluded or expelled from school for the balance of the school year or
for an indefinite period, or the student has been confirmed to have
withdrawn from school. The transferor and the transferee corporation
may enter into written agreements concerning the amount of transfer
tuition due in any school year. Where an agreement cannot be reached,
the amount shall be determined by the Indiana state board of education,
and costs may be established, when in dispute, by the state board of
accounts.
(g) A transferee school shall allocate revenues described in
subsection (b) STEP TWO to a transfer student by dividing:
(1) the total amount of revenues received; by
(2) the ADM of the transferee school for the school year that ends
in the calendar year in which the revenues are received.
However, for state distributions under IC 21-1-30, IC 21-3-2.1,
IC 21-3-12, or any other statute that computes the amount of a state
distribution using less than the total ADM of the transferee school, the
transferee school shall allocate the revenues to the transfer student by
dividing the revenues that the transferee school is eligible to receive in
a calendar year by the pupil count used to compute the state
distribution.
(h) In lieu of the payments provided in subsection (b), the transferor
corporation or state owing transfer tuition may enter into a long term
contract with the transferee corporation governing the transfer of
students. This contract is for a maximum period of five (5) years with
an option to renew, and may specify a maximum number of pupils to
be transferred and fix a method for determining the amount of transfer
tuition and the time of payment, which may be different from that
provided in section 9 of this chapter.
(i) If the school corporation can meet the requirements of
IC 21-1-30-5, it may negotiate transfer tuition agreements with a
neighboring school corporation that can accommodate additional
students. Agreements under this section may be for one (1) year or
longer and may fix a method for determining the amount of transfer
tuition or time of payment that is different from the method, amount,
or time of payment that is provided in this section or section 9 of this
chapter. A school corporation may not transfer a student under this
section without the prior approval of the child's parent or guardian.
(j) If a school corporation experiences a net financial impact with
regard to transfer tuition that is negative for a particular school year as
described in IC 6-1.1-19-5.1, the school corporation may appeal for an
excessive levy as provided under IC 6-1.1-19-5.1.
SOURCE: IC 20-8.1-6.5-4; (03)IN1300.1.82. -->
SECTION 82. IC 20-8.1-6.5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 409, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) Where a transfer is
ordered to commence in a school year, where the transferor corporation
has net additional costs over savings (on account of any transfer
ordered) allocable to the calendar year in which the school year begins,
and where the transferee corporation has no budgeted funds for such
net additional costs, they may be recovered by one (1) or more of the
following methods in addition to any other methods provided by
applicable law:
(1) An emergency loan made pursuant to IC 20-5-4-6 to be paid,
however, out of the debt service levy and fund, or a loan from any
state fund made available therefor.
(2) An advance in such calendar year of state funds, which would
otherwise become payable to the transferee corporation after such
calendar year pursuant to applicable law.
(3) A grant or grants in such calendar year from any funds of the
state made available therefor.
(b) The net additional costs shall be certified by the department of
local government finance. and any grant shall be made solely after
affirmative recommendation of the tax control board created by
IC 6-1.1-19-4.1. Repayment of any advance or loan from the state shall
be made in accordance with IC 6-1.1-19-4.5(d). The use of any of the
methods enumerated above shall not subject the transferor corporation
to the provisions of IC 6-1.1-19-4.7. from property taxes.
SOURCE: IC 20-8.1-6.5-9; (03)IN1300.1.83. -->
SECTION 83. IC 20-8.1-6.5-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 9.
Transportation
Costs . State Reimbursement. Transportation costs for transferred
students for each calendar year or for capital outlay and for operations
shall be reimbursed by the state to the transferor corporation in the
same percent of the total outlay which the distributions to the transferor
corporation under IC
1971, 21-3-1.5-3, or from the state flat grant
distribution account where it is credited to the general fund, constitute
of its total annual general fund appropriations for such year. In this
calculation there shall be excluded from general fund appropriations
capital outlay, debt service, and any expenditure which is made out of
the general fund from extracurricular accounts.
Any amount not thus
reimbursed and raised as part of the transferor corporation's general
fund levy shall constitute an increase in its base tax levy for such
budget year, as otherwise defined and as applied in IC 6-1.1-1-16 and
IC 6-1.1-19. In no event shall the state reimbursement for
transportation operating expense to the transferor corporation be less
than it would receive under applicable law without regard to this
section.
SOURCE: IC 20-14-7-5.1; (03)IN1300.1.84. -->
SECTION 84. IC 20-14-7-5.1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5.1. (a) The
library board of any library established as an 1899 township library
consists of the school township trustee in the township where the
library is located and two (2) residents of the township, to be appointed
by the board of commissioners of the county where the library is
located. Appointments are for a term of four (4) years. Members of the
board serve without compensation.
(b) The library board:
(1) shall control the purchase of books and the management of the
library;
(2) shall possess and retain custody of any books remaining in the
old township library in the township where the library is located;
(3) may receive donations, bequests, and legacies on behalf of the
library; and
(4) may receive copies of all documents of the state available for
distribution from the public library commission and the state
librarian.
(c) The 1899 township library is the property of the school
township, and the school township trustee is responsible for the safe
preservation of the township library.
(d) Two (2) or more adjacent townships may unite to maintain a
township library. The library is controlled by either:
(1) a combined library board, which consists of each of the
uniting township boards appointed under subsection (a); or
(2) the one (1) township library board appointed under subsection
(a) of the uniting townships that receives funding for the
operation of the uniting township library.
(e) The legislative body of any township within which there is a
library established as an 1899 township library, may levy a tax annually
of not more than three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on
each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property assessed for
taxation on taxable property in the township. If the legislative body
does not levy the tax, a petition signed by at least the number of
registered voters required under IC 3-8-6-3 to place a candidate on the
ballot may be filed with the circuit court clerk, who:
(1) shall determine if an adequate number of voters have signed
the petition; and
(2) if an adequate number of voters have signed the petition, shall
certify the public question to the county election board under
IC 3-10-9-3. The county election board shall then cause to be
printed on the ballot for the township the following question in
the form prescribed by IC 3-10-9-4: "Shall a township library tax
be levied?".
If a majority of the votes cast on this question are in the affirmative, the
township trustee shall annually levy a tax of not less than one and
sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) nor more than three and
thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of on taxable property taxable in the township for the
establishment and support of a township library. This township tax
shall be levied, assessed, collected, and paid according to the procedure
outlined in IC 6-1.1.
(f) The tax levy under subsection (e) shall be discontinued when the
question of discontinuing this levy has been submitted to a vote
according to the procedure provided in subsection (e) and the majority
of the votes cast on the question is in the negative.
(g) If a public library that is open for the use of all the residents of
the township is located in the township, then the proceeds of the tax
collected under subsection (e) shall be paid to that public library.
(h) In any township outside a city in which there is a library:
(1) established by private donations of the value of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) or more, including the real estate and buildings
used for the library; and
(2) used for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the township;
the township trustee of the township shall annually levy and collect not
more than two cents ($0.02) on each one hundred dollars ($100) a tax
upon the taxable property within the limits of the township. This money
shall be paid to the trustees of the library, to be applied by them for the
purchase of books and the payment of the maintenance costs for the
library. When it becomes necessary to purchase additional ground for
the extension or protection of library buildings already established by
private donation, the trustee, with the consent of the county legislative
body, may annually levy and collect not more than one and sixty-seven
hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of a
tax on the taxable property of the township for not more than three (3)
years successively, to be expended by the trustees for the purchase of
property and the erection and enlargement of library buildings.
(i) The 1899 township library is free to all the inhabitants of the
township.
SOURCE: IC 20-14-13-11; (03)IN1300.1.85. -->
SECTION 85. IC 20-14-13-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 417, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 11. (a) A library board may
amend an adopted and approved plan to:
(1) provide money for the purposes described in section 4(b)(4)
of this chapter; or
(2) supplement money accumulated in the capital projects fund
for those purposes.
(b) When an emergency arises that results in costs that exceed the
amount accumulated in the fund for the purposes described in section
4(b)(4) of this chapter, the library board must immediately apply to the
department of local government finance for a determination that an
emergency exists. If the department of local government finance
determines that an emergency exists, the library board may adopt a
resolution to amend the plan. The amendment is not subject to the
deadline and the procedures for adoption described in section 5 of this
chapter. However, the amendment is subject to modification by the
department of local government finance.
(c) An amendment adopted under this section may require the
payment of eligible emergency costs from:
(1) money accumulated in the capital projects fund for other
purposes; or
(2) money to be borrowed from other funds of the library board or
from a financial institution.
The amendment may also provide for an increase in the property tax
rate for the capital projects fund to restore money to the fund or to pay
principal and interest on a loan. However, before the property tax rate
for the fund may be increased, the library board must submit and obtain
the approval of the appropriate fiscal body or bodies, as provided in
section 6 of this chapter. An increase to the property tax rate for the
capital projects fund is effective for property taxes first due and
payable for the year next certified by the department of local
government finance under IC 6-1.1-17-16. However, the property tax
rate may not exceed the maximum rate established under section 12 of
this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 20-14-13-12; (03)IN1300.1.86. -->
SECTION 86. IC 20-14-13-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 12. To provide for
the capital projects fund, the library board may, for each year in which
a plan adopted under section 5 of this chapter is in effect, impose a
property tax rate that does not exceed one and sixty-seven hundredths
cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed
valuation of on taxable property within the library district. This rate
must be advertised in the same manner as other property tax rates.
SOURCE: IC 21-2-11.5-3; (03)IN1300.1.87. -->
SECTION 87. IC 21-2-11.5-3, AS AMENDED BY
P.L.192-2002(ss), SECTION 162, IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3.
(a) Subject to
subsection (b), each school corporation may levy for the calendar year
a property tax for the school transportation fund sufficient to pay all
operating costs attributable to transportation that:
(1) are not paid from other revenues available to the fund as
specified in section 4 of this chapter; and
(2) are listed in section 2(a)(1) through 2(a)(7) of this chapter.
(b) For each year after 2002, the levy for the fund may not exceed
the levy for the previous year multiplied by the assessed value growth
quotient determined under STEP FOUR of the following formula:
STEP ONE: For each of the six (6) calendar years immediately
preceding the year in which a budget is adopted under
IC 6-1.1-17-5 or IC 6-1.1-17-5.6 for part or all of the ensuing
calendar year, divide the Indiana nonfarm personal income for the
calendar year by the Indiana nonfarm personal income for the
calendar year immediately preceding that calendar year, rounding
to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001).
STEP TWO: Determine the sum of the STEP ONE results.
STEP THREE: Divide the STEP TWO result by six (6), rounding
to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001).
STEP FOUR: Determine the lesser of the following:
(A) The STEP THREE quotient.
(B) One and six-hundredths (1.06).
(c) (b) Each school corporation may levy for the calendar year a tax
for the school bus replacement fund in accordance with the school bus
acquisition plan adopted under section 3.1 of this chapter.
(d) (c) The tax rate and levy for each fund shall be established as a
part of the annual budget for the calendar year in accord with
IC 6-1.1-17.
SOURCE: IC 21-2-15-8; (03)IN1300.1.88. -->
SECTION 88. IC 21-2-15-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 445, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. After a hearing upon the
petition under section 7 of this chapter, the department of local
government finance shall certify its approval, disapproval, or
modification of the plan to the governing body and the auditor of the
county. The department of local government finance may seek the
recommendation of the school property tax control board with respect
to this determination. The action of the department of local government
finance with respect to the plan is final.
SOURCE: IC 21-2-15-10; (03)IN1300.1.89. -->
SECTION 89. IC 21-2-15-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 447, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 10. (a) A governing body may
amend a plan adopted under section 5 of this chapter to:
(1) provide money for the purposes described in section 4 of this
chapter; or
(2) supplement money accumulated in the capital projects fund
for those purposes.
(b) When an amendment to a plan is required by reason other than
the occurrence of an emergency, the governing body must hold a public
hearing on the proposed amendment. At this hearing, the governing
body must declare the nature of and the need for the amendment and
then pass a resolution to adopt the amendment to the plan. The plan, as
proposed to be amended, must comply with the requirements for a plan
under section 5(b) of this chapter, and the governing body must publish
the proposed amendment to the plan and notice of the hearing in
accordance with IC 5-3-1-2(b). This amendment to the plan is not
subject to the deadline for adoption described in section 5(a) of this
chapter. However, the amendment to the plan must be submitted to the
department of local government finance for its consideration and is
subject to approval, disapproval, or modification in accordance with
the procedures for adopting a plan set forth in sections 6 through 8 of
this chapter.
(c) When an emergency arises that results in costs that exceed the
amount accumulated in the fund for the purposes described in section
4(b)(4) of this chapter, the governing body is not required to comply
with subsection (b), but instead must immediately apply to the
department of local government finance for a determination that an
emergency exists. If the department of local government finance
determines that an emergency exists, the governing body may adopt a
resolution to amend the plan. The amendment is not subject to the
deadline and the procedures for adoption described in section 5 of this
chapter. However, the amendment is subject to modification by the
department of local government finance.
(d) An amendment adopted under this section may require the
payment of eligible costs from:
(1) money accumulated in the capital projects fund for other
purposes; or
(2) money to be borrowed from other funds of the school
corporation or from a financial institution. The amendment may
also require an increase in the property tax rate for the capital
projects fund to restore money to the fund or to pay principal and
interest on a loan. Any increase to the property tax rate for the
capital projects fund is effective for property taxes first due and
payable for the year next certified by the department of local
government finance under IC 6-1.1-17-16.
However, the property
tax rate may not exceed the maximum rate established under
section 11 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 21-2-15-11; (03)IN1300.1.90. -->
SECTION 90. IC 21-2-15-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2002,
SECTION 92, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 11.
(a) To provide for the capital projects
fund, the governing body may, for each year in which a plan adopted
under section 5 of this chapter is in effect, impose a property tax.
rate
that does not exceed forty-one and sixty-seven hundredths cents
($0.4167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of
the school corporation. This
actual capital projects fund rate must be
advertised in the same manner as other property tax rates.
(b) The maximum property tax rate levied by each school
corporation must be adjusted each time a general reassessment of
property takes effect. The adjusted property tax rate becomes the new
maximum property tax rate for the levy for property taxes first due and
payable in each year:
(1) after the general reassessment for which the adjustment was
made takes effect; and
(2) before the next general reassessment takes effect.
(c) The new maximum rate under this section is the tax rate
determined under STEP SEVEN of the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the maximum rate for the school
corporation for the year preceding the year in which the general
reassessment takes effect.
STEP TWO: Determine the actual percentage increase (rounded
to the nearest one-hundredth percent (0.01%)) in the assessed
value of the taxable property from the year preceding the year the
general reassessment takes effect to the year that the general
reassessment is effective.
STEP THREE: Determine the three (3) calendar years that
immediately precede the ensuing calendar year and in which a
statewide general reassessment of real property does not first
become effective.
STEP FOUR: Compute separately, for each of the calendar years
determined in STEP THREE, the actual percentage increase
(rounded to the nearest one-hundredth percent (0.01%)) in the
assessed value of the taxable property from the preceding year.
STEP FIVE: Divide the sum of the three (3) quotients computed
in STEP FOUR by three (3).
STEP SIX: Determine the greater of the following:
(A) Zero (0).
(B) The result of the STEP TWO percentage minus the STEP
FIVE percentage.
STEP SEVEN: Determine the quotient of the STEP ONE tax rate
divided by the sum of one (1) plus the STEP SIX percentage
increase.
(d) The department of local government finance shall compute the
maximum rate allowed under subsection (c) and provide the rate to
each school corporation.
SOURCE: IC 23-13-17-1; (03)IN1300.1.91. -->
SECTION 91. IC 23-13-17-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 1. The county
council of the county of Knox is hereby authorized to fix and establish
annually the rate of a special tax levy to be imposed on the taxable
property of such county, for the support of Vincennes University. This
levy shall not, however, exceed in any year, three cents ($0.03) on each
one hundred dollars ($100) of the taxable property in said county. All
revenue accruing from any tax levy so imposed shall be paid into the
county treasury as a separate and distinct fund, and shall be paid to the
proper fiduciary officer of the university on warrant of the county
auditor.
SOURCE: IC 23-14-66-2; (03)IN1300.1.92. -->
SECTION 92. IC 23-14-66-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. (a) If the
legislative body is satisfied with the accuracy of the petition, it shall:
(1) record its findings at that meeting or at any regular meeting;
and
(2) subject to subsection (b), levy and collect an annual tax, as
other taxes are levied and collected, in an amount that it considers
reasonable, to provide additional care and maintenance for the
cemetery.
(b) Taxes collected by a city or town for the care and maintenance
of a cemetery lying entirely outside of the corporate limits of the city
or town may not exceed three cents ($0.03) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in the city or town.
SOURCE: IC 23-14-67-3; (03)IN1300.1.93. -->
SECTION 93. IC 23-14-67-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 3. A county
cemetery commission may request the levy of an annual tax for the
purpose of restoring and maintaining one (1) or more cemeteries
described in section 1 of this chapter that are located in the county. The
tax may not exceed fifty cents ($0.50) on each one hundred dollars
($100) of assessed valuation of property in the county.
SOURCE: IC 36-2-6-18; (03)IN1300.1.94. -->
SECTION 94. IC 36-2-6-18 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 18. (a) The county
fiscal body may, by ordinance:
(1) make loans for the purpose of procuring money to be used in
the exercise of county powers and for the payment of county debts
other than current running expenses, and issue bonds or other
county obligations to refund those loans;
(2) make temporary loans to meet current running expenses, in
anticipation of and not in excess of county revenues for the
current fiscal year, which shall be evidenced by tax anticipation
warrants of the county; and
(3) make loans and issue notes under subsection (d).
(b) An ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this
section must state the purpose for which the bonds are issued and may
provide that the bonds:
(1) are or are not negotiable;
(2) bear interest at any rate;
(3) run not longer than twenty (20) years; and
(4) mature by installments payable annually or otherwise.
(c) An ordinance authorizing the issuance of tax anticipation
warrants under this section must:
(1) state the total amount of the issue;
(2) state the denomination of the warrants;
(3) state the time and place payable;
(4) state the rate of interest;
(5) state the funds and revenues in anticipation of which the
warrants are issued and out of which they are payable; and
(6) appropriate and pledge a sufficient amount of those revenues
to the punctual payment of the warrants.
The warrants are exempt from taxation for all purposes.
(d) The county fiscal body may, by ordinance, make loans of money
for not more than five (5) years and issue notes for the purpose of
refunding those loans. The loans may be made only for the purpose of
procuring money to be used in the exercise of the powers of the county,
and the total amount of outstanding loans under this subsection may not
exceed five percent (5%) of the county's total tax levy in the current
year (excluding amounts levied to pay debt service and lease rentals).
Loans under this subsection shall be made in the same manner as loans
made under subsection (a)(1), except that:
(1) the ordinance authorizing the loans must pledge to their
payment a sufficient amount of tax revenues over the ensuing five
(5) years to provide for refunding the loans;
(2) the loans must be evidenced by notes of the county in terms
designating the nature of the consideration, the time and place
payable, and the revenues out of which they will be payable; and
(3) the interest accruing on the notes to the date of maturity may
be added to and included in their face value or be made payable
periodically, as provided in the ordinance.
Notes issued under this subsection are not bonded indebtedness for
purposes of IC 6-1.1-18.5.
(e) If a deficit is incurred for the current running expenses of the
county because the total of county revenues for the fiscal year is less
than the anticipated total, the county fiscal body shall provide for the
deficit in the next county tax levy.
SOURCE: IC 36-3-4-22; (03)IN1300.1.95. -->
SECTION 95. IC 36-3-4-22 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 22. (a) The
city-county legislative body may, by ordinance, make temporary loans
in anticipation of current revenues of the consolidated city that have
been levied and are being collected for the fiscal year in which the
loans are made. Loans under this subsection shall be made in the same
manner as loans under section 21 of this chapter, except that:
(1) the ordinance authorizing the loans must appropriate and
pledge to their payment a sufficient amount of the revenues in
anticipation of which they are issued and out of which they are
payable; and
(2) the loans must be evidenced by time warrants of the city in
terms designating the nature of the consideration, the time and
place payable, and the revenues in anticipation of which they are
issued and out of which they are payable.
(b) The city-county legislative body may, by ordinance, make loans
of money for not more than five (5) years and issue notes for the
purpose of refunding those loans. The loans may be made only for the
purpose of procuring money to be used in the exercise of the powers of
the consolidated city, and the total amount of outstanding loans under
this subsection may not exceed five percent (5%) of the consolidated
city's total tax levy in the current year (excluding amounts levied to pay
debt service and lease rentals). Loans under this subsection shall be
made in the same manner as loans made under section 21 of this
chapter, except that:
(1) the ordinance authorizing the loans must pledge to their
payment a sufficient amount of tax revenues over the ensuing five
(5) years to provide for refunding the loans; and
(2) the loans must be evidenced by notes of the consolidated city
in terms designating the nature of the consideration, the time and
place payable, and the revenues out of which they will be payable.
Notes issued under this subsection are not bonded indebtedness for
purposes of IC 6-1.1-18.5.
SOURCE: IC 36-4-6-20; (03)IN1300.1.96. -->
SECTION 96. IC 36-4-6-20 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 20. (a) The
legislative body may, by ordinance, make loans of money for not more
than five (5) years and issue notes for the purpose of refunding those
loans. The loans may be made only for the purpose of procuring money
to be used in the exercise of the powers of the city, and the total amount
of outstanding loans under this subsection may not exceed five percent
(5%) of the city's total tax levy in the current year (excluding amounts
levied to pay debt service and lease rentals). Loans under this
subsection shall be made in the same manner as loans made under
section 19 of this chapter, except that:
(1) the ordinance authorizing the loans must pledge to their
payment a sufficient amount of tax revenues over the ensuing five
(5) years to provide for refunding the loans; and
(2) the loans must be evidenced by notes of the city in terms
designating the nature of the consideration, the time and place
payable, and the revenues out of which they will be payable.
Notes issued under this subsection are not bonded indebtedness for
purposes of IC 6-1.1-18.5.
(b) The legislative body may, by ordinance, make loans and issue
notes for the purpose of refunding those loans in anticipation of
revenues of the city that are anticipated to be levied and collected
during the term of the loans. The term of a loan made under this
subsection may not be more than five (5) years. Loans under this
subsection shall be made in the same manner as loans made under
section 19 of this chapter, except that:
(1) the ordinance authorizing the loans must appropriate and
pledge to their payment a sufficient amount of the revenues in
anticipation of which they are issued and out of which they are
payable; and
(2) the loans must be evidenced by time warrants of the city in
terms designating the nature of the consideration, the time and
place payable, and the revenues in anticipation of which they are
issued and out of which they are payable.
(c) An action to contest the validity of a loan made under this
section must be brought within fifteen (15) days from the day on which
the ordinance is adopted.
SOURCE: IC 36-5-2-11; (03)IN1300.1.97. -->
SECTION 97. IC 36-5-2-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 471, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 11. (a) The legislative body
may issue bonds for the purpose of procuring money to be used in the
exercise of the powers of the town and for the payment of town debts.
However, a town may not issue bonds to procure money to pay current
expenses.
(b) Bonds issued under this section are payable in the amounts and
at the times determined by the legislative body.
(c) Bonds issued under this section are subject to the provisions of
IC 5-1 and IC 6-1.1-20 relating to the filing of a petition requesting the
issuance of bonds and giving notice of the petition, the giving of notice
of a hearing on the appropriation of the proceeds of bonds, the right of
taxpayers to appear and be heard on the proposed appropriation, the
approval of the appropriation by the department of local government
finance, the right of taxpayers to remonstrate against the issuance of
bonds, and the sale of bonds at public sale for not less than their par
value.
(d) The legislative body may, by ordinance, make loans of money
for not more than five (5) years and issue notes for the purpose of
refunding those loans. The loans may be made only for the purpose of
procuring money to be used in the exercise of the powers of the town,
and the total amount of outstanding loans under this subsection may not
exceed five percent (5%) of the town's total tax levy in the current year
(excluding amounts levied to pay debt service and lease rentals). Loans
under this subsection shall be made as follows:
(1) The ordinance authorizing the loans must pledge to their
payment a sufficient amount of tax revenues over the ensuing five
(5) years to provide for refunding the loans.
(2) The loans must be evidenced by notes of the town in terms
designating the nature of the consideration, the time and place
payable, and the revenues out of which they will be payable.
(3) The interest accruing on the notes to the date of maturity may
be added to and included in their face value or be made payable
periodically, as provided in the ordinance.
Notes issued under this subsection are not bonded indebtedness for
purposes of IC 6-1.1-18.5.
SOURCE: IC 36-7-13-4; (03)IN1300.1.98. -->
SECTION 98. IC 36-7-13-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) To provide
money for the purposes set forth in section 3 of this chapter, the unit
shall create a special revolving fund to be known as the industrial
development fund, into which any available and unappropriated money
of the unit may be transferred by the unit's legislative body.
(b) The legislative body may also by ordinance levy a tax
not to
exceed one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value of on all personal and real
property within its jurisdiction. The proceeds of this tax shall be
deposited in the industrial development fund. The unit may collect the
tax as other municipal or county taxes are collected, or may set up a
system for the collection and enforcement of the tax in the unit. The
proceeds of the tax may be used for any purpose authorized by this
chapter and may be pledged for the payment of principal and interest
on bonds or other obligation issued under this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 36-7-15.1-16; (03)IN1300.1.99. -->
SECTION 99. IC 36-7-15.1-16 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 16. (a) For the
purpose of raising money to carry out this chapter or IC 36-7-15.3, the
city-county legislative body shall levy each year a special tax upon all
property in the redevelopment district. The tax so levied each year shall
be certified to the fiscal officers of the city and the county before
September 2 of each year. The tax shall be estimated and entered upon
the tax duplicates by the county auditor, and shall be collected and
enforced by the county treasurer in the same manner as state and
county taxes are estimated, entered, collected, and enforced.
(b) As the tax is collected by the county treasurer, it shall be
accumulated and kept in a separate fund to be known as the
redevelopment district fund and shall be expended and applied only for
the purposes of this chapter or IC 36-7-15.3.
(c) The amount of the special tax levy shall be based on the budget
of the department. but may not exceed one and sixty-seven hundredths
cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable
valuation in the redevelopment district, except as otherwise provided
in this chapter.
(d) The budgets and tax levies under this chapter are subject to
review and modification in the manner prescribed by IC 36-3-6.
SOURCE: IC 36-7-15.1-26.9; (03)IN1300.1.100. -->
SECTION 100. IC 36-7-15.1-26.9, AS AMENDED BY
P.L.90-2002, SECTION 482, IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 26.9. (a) The
definitions set forth in section 26.5 of this chapter apply to this section.
(b) The fiscal officer of the consolidated city shall publish in the
newspaper in the county with the largest circulation all determinations
made under section 26.5 or 26.7 of this chapter that result in the
allowance or disallowance of credits. The publication of a
determination made under section 26.5 of this chapter shall be made
not later than June 20 of the year in which the determination is made.
The publication of a determination made under section 26.7 of this
chapter shall be made not later than December 5 of the year in which
the determination is made.
(c) If credits are granted under section 26.5(g) or 26.5(h) of this
chapter, whether in whole or in part, property taxes on personal
property (as defined in IC 6-1.1-1-11) that are equal to the aggregate
amounts of the credits for all taxpayers in the allocation area under
section 26.5(g) and 26.5(h) of this chapter shall be:
(1) allocated to the redevelopment district;
(2) paid into the special fund for that allocation area; and
(3) used for the purposes specified in section 26 of this chapter.
(d) The county auditor shall adjust the estimate of assessed
valuation that the auditor certifies under IC 6-1.1-17-1 for all taxing
units in which the allocation area is located. The county auditor may
amend this adjustment at any time before the earliest date a taxing unit
must publish the unit's proposed property tax rate under IC 6-1.1-17-3
in the year preceding the year in which the credits under section
26.5(g) or 26.5(h) of this chapter are paid. The auditor's adjustment to
the assessed valuation shall be:
(1) calculated to produce an estimated assessed valuation that will
offset the effect that paying personal property taxes into the
allocation area special fund under subsection (c) would otherwise
have on the ability of a taxing unit to achieve the taxing unit's tax
levy in the following year; and
(2) used by the county board of tax adjustment, the department of
local government finance, and each taxing unit in determining
each taxing unit's tax rate and tax levy in the following year.
(e) The amount by which a taxing unit's levy is adjusted as a result
of the county auditor's adjustment of assessed valuation under
subsection (d), and the amount of the levy that is used to make direct
payments to taxpayers under section 26.5(h) of this chapter, is not part
of the total county tax levy under IC 6-1.1-21-2(g) and is not subject to
IC 6-1.1-20.
(f) The ad valorem property tax levy limits imposed by
IC 6-1.1-18.5-3 and IC 6-1.1-19-1.5 do not apply to ad valorem
property taxes imposed that are used to offset the effect of paying
personal property taxes into an allocation area special fund during the
taxable year under subsection (d) or to make direct payments to
taxpayers under section 26.5(h) of this chapter. For purposes of
computing the ad valorem property tax levy limits imposed under
IC 6-1.1-18.5-3 and IC 6-1.1-19-1.5, a taxing unit's ad valorem property
tax levy for a particular calendar year does not include that part of the
levy imposed to offset the effect of paying personal property taxes into
an allocation area special fund under subsection (d) or to make direct
payments to taxpayers under section 26.5(h) of this chapter.
(g) (f) Property taxes on personal property that are deposited in the
allocation area special fund:
(1) are subject to any pledge of allocated property tax proceeds
made by the redevelopment district under section 26(d) of this
chapter, including but not limited to any pledge made to owners
of outstanding bonds of the redevelopment district of allocated
taxes from that area; and
(2) may not be treated as property taxes used to pay interest or
principal due on debt under IC 6-1.1-21-2(g)(1)(D).
SOURCE: IC 36-8-13-4; (03)IN1300.1.101. -->
SECTION 101. IC 36-8-13-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.82-2001,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) Each township shall annually establish
a township firefighting fund which is to be the exclusive fund used by
the township for the payment of costs attributable to providing fire
protection or emergency services under the methods prescribed in
section 3 of this chapter and for no other purposes. The money in the
fund may be paid out by the township executive with the consent of the
township legislative body.
(b) Each township may levy, for each year, a tax for the township
firefighting fund. Other than a township providing fire protection or
emergency services or both to municipalities in the township under
section 3(b) or 3(c) of this chapter, the tax levy is on all taxable real
and personal property in the township outside the corporate boundaries
of municipalities.
Subject to the levy limitations contained in
IC 6-1.1-18.5, The township levy is to be in an amount sufficient to pay
all costs attributable to fire protection and emergency services that are
not paid from other revenues available to the fund. The tax rate and
levy shall be established in accordance with the procedures set forth in
IC 6-1.1-17.
(c) In addition to the tax levy and service charges received under
IC 36-8-12-13 and IC 36-8-12-16, the executive may accept donations
to the township for the purpose of firefighting and other emergency
services and shall place them in the fund, keeping an accurate record
of the sums received. A person may also donate partial payment of any
purchase of firefighting or other emergency services equipment made
by the township.
(d) If a fire department serving a township dispatches fire apparatus
or personnel to a building or premises in the township in response to:
(1) an alarm caused by improper installation or improper
maintenance; or
(2) a drill or test, if the fire department is not previously notified
that the alarm is a drill or test;
the township may impose a fee or service charge upon the owner of the
property. However, if the owner of property that constitutes the owner's
residence establishes that the alarm is under a maintenance contract
with an alarm company and that the alarm company has been notified
of the improper installation or maintenance of the alarm, the alarm
company is liable for the payment of the fee or service charge.
(e) The amount of a fee or service charge imposed under subsection
(d) shall be determined by the township legislative body. All money
received by the township from the fee or service charge must be
deposited in the township's firefighting fund.
SOURCE: IC 36-8-13-4.5; (03)IN1300.1.102. -->
SECTION 102. IC 36-8-13-4.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4.5. (a) This
section applies to a township that provides fire protection or emergency
services or both to a municipality in the township under section 3(b) or
3(c) of this chapter.
(b) With the consent of the township legislative body, the township
executive shall pay the expenses for fire protection and emergency
services in the township, both inside and outside the corporate
boundaries of participating municipalities, from any combination of the
following township funds, regardless of when the funds were
established:
(1) The township firefighting fund under section 4 of this chapter.
(2) The cumulative building and equipment fund under
IC 36-8-14.
(3) The debt fund under sections 6 and 6.5 of this chapter.
(c) Subject to the levy limitations contained in IC 6-1.1-18.5, The
tax rate and levy for the township firefighting fund, the cumulative
building and equipment fund, or the debt fund is to be in an amount
sufficient to pay all costs attributable to fire protection or emergency
services that are provided to the township and the participating
municipalities that are not paid from other available revenues. The tax
rate and levy for each fund shall be established in accordance with the
procedures set forth in IC 6-1.1-17 and apply both inside and outside
the corporate boundaries of participating municipalities.
(d) The township executive may accept donations for the purpose of
firefighting and emergency services. The township executive shall
place donations in the township firefighting fund. A person may donate
partial payment of a purchase of firefighting or emergency services
equipment made by the township.
SOURCE: IC 36-8-14-4; (03)IN1300.1.103. -->
SECTION 103. IC 36-8-14-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) To provide
for the cumulative building and equipment fund established under this
chapter, the legislative body may levy a tax on all taxable property
within the taxing district in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41.
The tax rate
may not exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on
each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of property in
the taxing district.
(b) As the tax is collected, it shall be deposited in a qualified public
depository or depositories and held in a special fund to be known as the
"building or remodeling, firefighting, and police radio equipment fund"
in the case of a municipality or as the "building or remodeling and fire
equipment fund" in the case of a township or fire protection district.
SOURCE: IC 36-8-15-19; (03)IN1300.1.104. -->
SECTION 104. IC 36-8-15-19 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 19. (a) This
subsection applies to a county not having a consolidated city. For the
purpose of raising money to fund the operation of the district, the
county fiscal body may impose, for property taxes first due and payable
during each year after the adoption of an ordinance establishing the
district, an ad valorem property tax levy on property within the district.
The property tax rate for that levy may not exceed five cents ($0.05) on
each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation.
(b) This subsection applies to a county having a consolidated city.
The county fiscal body may elect to fund the operation of the district
from part of the certified distribution, if any, that the county is to
receive during a particular calendar year under IC 6-3.5-6-17. To make
such an election, the county fiscal body must adopt an ordinance before
September 1 of the immediately preceding calendar year. The county
fiscal body must specify in the ordinance the amount of the certified
distribution that is to be used to fund the operation of the district. If the
county fiscal body adopts such an ordinance, it shall immediately send
a copy of the ordinance to the county auditor.
(c) Subject to subsections (d), (e), and (f), if an ordinance or
resolution is adopted changing the territory covered by the district or
the number of public agencies served by the district, the local
government tax control board shall, for property taxes first due and
payable during the year after the adoption of the ordinance, adjust the
maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy limits of the
district and the units participating in the district.
(d) If a unit by ordinance or resolution joins the district or elects to
have its public safety agencies served by the district, the local
government tax control board shall reduce the maximum permissible
ad valorem property tax levy of the unit for property taxes first due and
payable during the year after the adoption of the ordinance or
resolution. The reduction shall be based on the amount budgeted by the
unit for public safety communication services in the year in which the
ordinance was adopted. If such an ordinance or resolution is adopted,
the district shall refer its proposed budget, ad valorem property tax
levy, and property tax rate for the following year to the board, which
shall review and set the budget, levy, and rate as though the district
were covered by IC 6-1.1-18.5-7.
(e) If a unit by ordinance or resolution withdraws from the district
or rescinds its election to have its public safety agencies served by the
district, the local government tax control board shall reduce the
maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy of the district for
property taxes first due and payable during the year after the adoption
of the ordinance or resolution. The reduction shall be based on the
amounts being levied by the district within that unit. If such an
ordinance or resolution is adopted, the unit shall refer its proposed
budget, ad valorem property tax levy, and property tax rate for public
safety communication services to the board, which shall review and set
the budget, levy, and rate as though the unit were covered by
IC 6-1.1-18.5-7.
(f) The adjustments provided for in subsections (c), (d), and (e) do
not apply to a district or unit located in a particular county if the county
fiscal body of that county does not impose an ad valorem property tax
levy under subsection (a) to fund the operation of the district.
SOURCE: IC 36-8-19-8; (03)IN1300.1.105. -->
SECTION 105. IC 36-8-19-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.240-2001,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. (a) Upon the adoption of identical
ordinances under section 6 of this chapter, the designated provider unit
must establish a fire protection territory fund from which all expenses
of operating and maintaining the fire protection services within the
territory, including repairs, fees, salaries, depreciation on all
depreciable assets, rents, supplies, contingencies, and all other
expenses lawfully incurred within the territory shall be paid. The
purposes described in this subsection are the sole purposes of the fund
and money in the fund may not be used for any other expenses. Except
as allowed in subsections (d) and (e) and section 8.5 of this chapter, the
provider unit is not authorized to transfer money out of the fund at any
time.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) All receipts from the tax imposed under this section.
(2) Any money transferred to the fund by the provider unit as
authorized under subsection (d).
(3) Any receipts from a false alarm fee or service charge imposed
by the participating units under IC 36-8-13-4.
(c) The provider unit, with the assistance of each of the other
participating units, shall annually budget the necessary money to meet
the expenses of operation and maintenance of the fire protection
services within the territory, plus a reasonable operating balance, not
to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the budgeted expenses. After
estimating expenses and receipts of money, the provider unit shall
establish the tax levy required to fund the estimated budget. The
amount budgeted under this subsection shall be considered a part of
each of the participating unit's budget.
(d) If the amount levied in a particular year is insufficient to cover
the costs incurred in providing fire protection services within the
territory, the provider unit may transfer from available sources to the
fire protection territory fund the money needed to cover those costs. In
this case:
(1) the levy in the following year shall be increased by the amount
required to be transferred; and
(2) the provider unit is entitled to transfer the amount described
in subdivision (1) from the fund as reimbursement to the provider
unit.
(e) If the amount levied in a particular year exceeds the amount
necessary to cover the costs incurred in providing fire protection
services within the territory, the levy in the following year shall be
reduced by the amount of surplus money that is not transferred to the
equipment replacement fund established under section 8.5 of this
chapter. The amount that may be transferred to the equipment
replacement fund may not exceed five percent (5%) of the levy for that
fund for that year. All participating units must agree to the amount to
be transferred by adoption of identical ordinances specifying the
amount.
(f) The tax under this section is not subject to the tax levy
limitations imposed on civil taxing units under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for any
unit that is a participating unit in a fire protection territory that was
established before August 1, 2001.
(g) This subsection applies to a participating unit in a fire protection
territory established under IC 36-8-19 after July 31, 2001. For purposes
of calculating a participating unit's maximum permissible ad valorem
property tax levy for the three (3) calendar years in which the
participating unit levies a tax to support the territory, the unit's
maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the preceding
calendar year under IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(a) STEP ONE or
IC 6-1.1-18.5-3(b) STEP ONE is increased each year by an amount
equal to the difference between the:
(1) amount the unit will have to levy for the ensuing calendar year
in order to fund the unit's share of the fire protection territory
budget for the operating costs as provided in the ordinance
making the unit a participating unit in the fire protection territory;
and
(2) unit's levy for fire protection services for the calendar year that
immediately precedes the ensuing calendar year in which the
participating unit levies a tax to support the territory.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-4-13.5; (03)IN1300.1.106. -->
SECTION 106. IC 36-9-4-13.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 13.5. (a) This
section applies to a county having a population of more than two
hundred thousand (200,000) but less than three hundred thousand
(300,000).
(b) The taxing district of a public transportation corporation under
this section includes all the territory inside the corporate boundaries of
the two (2) cities in the county having the largest populations and such
suburban territory as provided in section 13 of this chapter.
(c) This section applies upon the adoption of substantially identical
ordinances approving subsection (b) by both:
(1) the public transportation corporation incorporating the
additional territory; and
(2) the legislative body of the city being added to the taxing
district of the public transportation corporation.
(d) Whenever the city in the county having the second largest
population becomes a part of the public transportation corporation,
then two (2) additional directors representing that city shall be
appointed to the board of directors of the corporation. The directors
must be residents of that city and are entitled to all of the rights,
privileges, powers, and duties of directors under this chapter. The
executive and the legislative body of that city shall each appoint one
(1) director. These two (2) directors must not be of the same political
party. The director appointed by the legislative body shall serve for a
term of one (1) year, and the director appointed by the executive shall
serve for a term of two (2) years. Upon the expiration of the respective
terms, successors shall be appointed in accordance with section 18 of
this chapter.
(e) If the city in the county having the second largest population
appropriates money to support the public transportation corporation in
a particular year, and if the territory of that city subsequently becomes
a part of the taxing district of the public transportation corporation in
that year and is subject to a separate property tax levy for transportation
services, the maximum permissible levy of that city for the year
following the particular year used to compute the property tax levy
limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5 is decreased, and the maximum permissible
levy of the public transportation corporation for the particular year used
to compute the property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5 is increased,
by an amount equivalent to the current contract amount to be paid by
that city to the public transportation corporation for transportation
services provided to that city in the particular year.
(f) (e) The public transportation corporation shall establish a single
property tax rate applicable to the taxing district of the public
transportation corporation, including the territory of the city in the
county having the second largest population that is included in the
public transportation corporation under this section. The initial
permissible levy to be raised by this rate equals the sum of the amount
raised by the levy of the public transportation corporation in the
previous taxable year plus an amount equivalent to the current contract
amount to be paid in the calendar year 1982 by the city in the county
having the second largest population to the public transportation
corporation. The permissible levy for the subsequent years shall be
computed in accordance with IC 6-1.1-18.5.
(g) If the city in the county having the second largest population is
excluded from the public transportation corporation in a subsequent
year, and that city is no longer subject to a separate property tax levy
for transportation services, the maximum permissible levy of the public
transportation corporation for that subsequent year used to compute the
property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5 is decreased, and the
maximum permissible levy of that city for that subsequent year used to
compute the property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5 is increased,
by the amount of the product of the public transportation property tax
rate for that subsequent year multiplied by the assessed value in that
subsequent year of all taxable property in that city that is excluded from
the public transportation corporation.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-4-48; (03)IN1300.1.107. -->
SECTION 107. IC 36-9-4-48 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 48. (a) A
cumulative transportation fund to provide money for the acquisition of
buses and for the planning, establishment, and maintenance of routes
and schedules to assist in implementing this chapter may be established
under IC 6-1.1-41 by:
(1) the legislative body of a municipality that:
(A) is making grants to an urban mass transportation system;
or
(B) has purchased buses for operation under lease by an urban
mass transportation system; or
(2) the board of directors of a public transportation corporation.
(b) In addition to other notices required under IC 6-1.1-41, notices
of hearings under IC 6-1.1-41 must be given to the following:
(1) the municipal executive, for a tax levy by a municipality; and
(2) the chairman of the board of directors, for a tax levy by a
public transportation corporation.
(c) A tax levy to finance the cumulative transportation fund may be
levied in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41. The tax levied under this
section may not exceed six and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0667)
on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property within the
corporate boundaries of the municipality or the taxing district of the
public transportation corporation, as the case may be.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-6.1-2; (03)IN1300.1.108. -->
SECTION 108. IC 36-9-6.1-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2. (a) The fiscal
body of a unit that has adopted a thoroughfare plan under IC 36-7-4
may levy a tax of five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100)
of on taxable property in the unit. The tax may be levied annually, in
the same way that other property taxes are levied.
(b) The taxes levied under this section shall be collected in the same
manner as other property taxes and deposited in a separate and
continuing fund to be known as the thoroughfare fund. The fiscal
officer of the unit may make payments or transfers from this fund only
on warrants of the works board for work related to the thoroughfare
plan.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-14-5; (03)IN1300.1.109. -->
SECTION 109. IC 36-9-14-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5. The county
fiscal body may provide money for the cumulative building fund by
levying a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 of not more than sixteen
and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.1667) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of on taxable property in the county.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-16-5; (03)IN1300.1.110. -->
SECTION 110. IC 36-9-16-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5. (a) The unit's
fiscal body may levy a tax not to exceed thirty-three cents ($0.33) on
each one hundred dollars ($100) of on taxable property within the
taxing district to provide for a cumulative building fund. The tax may
be levied annually for any period not to exceed ten (10) years.
(b) Appropriations may be made from the cumulative building fund
for the purposes authorized by this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-16-6; (03)IN1300.1.111. -->
SECTION 111. IC 36-9-16-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 513, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 6. (a) The unit's fiscal body
may levy a tax
not to exceed thirty-three cents ($0.33) on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of on taxable property within the taxing district
to provide for a cumulative capital improvement fund. The tax may be
levied annually for any period not to exceed ten (10) years and may be
decreased or increased from year to year. except that the tax may not
be increased above the levy approved by the department of local
government finance.
(b) Surplus money in other accounts of the unit, or other sources,
and money acquired from other activities of the unit, or other sources,
may, by resolution of the legislative body and with the approval of the
department of local government finance, be added to the cumulative
capital improvement fund.
(c) Appropriations may be made:
(1) as provided by law from the cumulative capital improvement
fund for purposes of this chapter; or
(2) for a contribution to an authority established under
IC 36-7-23.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-17-5; (03)IN1300.1.112. -->
SECTION 112. IC 36-9-17-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 5. (a) Subject to
tax limitations and to the review of appropriations and tax levies, the
legislative body of a municipality that establishes a general
improvement fund may appropriate money from the general fund of the
municipality and transfer that money to the general improvement fund,
levy a tax for the benefit and use of the general improvement fund in
compliance with the procedures for a levy for a cumulative fund under
IC 6-1.1-41, or both.
(b) During the year in which a municipality establishes a general
improvement fund, the municipal legislative body may make an
emergency appropriation from the general fund of the municipality and
transfer that appropriation to the general improvement fund in the
manner prescribed by statute for the making of emergency
appropriations.
(c) Any sum may be appropriated or levied under this section in any
one (1) year. but the aggregate sum that may be appropriated and levied
under this section, including emergency appropriations under
subsection (b), may not exceed the equivalent of sixteen and
sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.1667) on each one hundred dollars
($100) net taxable valuation of property in the municipality.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-17.5-4; (03)IN1300.1.113. -->
SECTION 113. IC 36-9-17.5-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.129-1999,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. (a) To provide for the cumulative
township vehicle and building fund authorized under this chapter, the
legislative body of a township may levy a tax on all taxable property
within the township in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41.
The tax rate may
not exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of
assessed valuation of property in the township for property taxes first
due and payable before January 1, 2002, or one and sixty-seven
hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of
assessed valuation of property in the township for property taxes first
due and payable after December 31, 2001.
(b) As the tax is collected, it shall be deposited in a qualified public
depository or depositories and held in a special fund known as the
cumulative township vehicle and building fund.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-26-4; (03)IN1300.1.114. -->
SECTION 114. IC 36-9-26-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 4. A municipality
that has established a cumulative building and sinking fund may levy
a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed one dollar ($1) on
each one hundred dollars ($100) of on taxable property in the
municipality.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-27-73; (03)IN1300.1.115. -->
SECTION 115. IC 36-9-27-73 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 73. (a) There is
established in each county a general drain improvement fund, which
shall be used to pay the cost of:
(1) constructing or reconstructing a regulated drain under this
chapter; and
(2) removing obstructions from drains under IC 36-9-27.4.
In addition, if a maintenance fund has not been established for a drain,
or if a maintenance fund has been established and it is insufficient, the
general drain improvement fund shall be used to pay the deficiency.
(b) The general drain improvement fund consists of:
(1) all money in any ditch or drainage fund that was not otherwise
allocated by January 1, 1966, which money the county treasurer
shall transfer to the general drain improvement fund by January
1, 1985;
(2) proceeds from the sale of bonds issued to pay the costs of
constructing or reconstructing a drain;
(3) costs collected from petitioners in a drainage proceeding;
(4) appropriations made from the general fund of the county, or
taxes levied by the county fiscal body for drainage purposes;
(5) money received from assessments upon land benefited for
construction or reconstruction of a regulated drain;
(6) interest and penalties received on collection of delinquent
drain assessments and interest received for deferred payment of
drain assessments;
(7) money repaid to the general drain improvement fund out of a
maintenance fund; and
(8) money received from loans under section 97.5 of this chapter.
(c) The county fiscal body, at the request of the board and on
estimates prepared by the board, shall from time to time appropriate
enough money for transfer to the general drain improvement fund to
maintain the fund at a level sufficient to meet the costs and
expenditures to be charged against it, after allowing credit to the fund
for assessments paid into it.
(d) There is no limit to the amount that the county fiscal body may
appropriate and levy for the use of the general drain improvement fund
in any one (1) year. However, the aggregate amount appropriated and
levied for the use of the fund may not exceed the equivalent of fifty
cents ($.50) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of net taxable
valuation on the real and personal property in the county.
(e) Whenever:
(1) the board finds that the amount of money in the general drain
improvement fund exceeds the amount necessary to meet the
expenses likely to be paid from the fund; and
(2) the money was raised by taxation under this section;
the board shall issue an order specifying the excess amount and
directing that it shall be transferred to the general fund of the county.
The board shall serve the order on the county auditor, who shall
transfer the excess amount to the general fund of the county.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-27-74; (03)IN1300.1.116. -->
SECTION 116. IC 36-9-27-74 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 74. (a) This
section applies to a county having a population of more than four
hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand
(700,000).
(b) Each year, the county shall levy the tax authorized by section 73
of this chapter at a rate on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed
valuation that will yield three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per
year.
(c) (b) The county auditor shall determine a particular watershed's
part of the receipts from the tax authorized by this section by
multiplying the total tax receipts by a fraction determined by the county
surveyor. The numerator of the fraction is the number of acres in the
particular watershed, and the denominator is the total number of acres
in all of the watersheds in the county. The auditor shall annually
distribute these amounts to the watersheds in the county.
(d) (c) The county legislative body shall annually appropriate, for
use in the county in each of these watersheds, at least eighty percent
(80%) of the watershed's part of the tax receipts.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-27-100; (03)IN1300.1.117. -->
SECTION 117. IC 36-9-27-100 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 100. To provide
money for a cumulative drainage fund established under section 99 of
this chapter, the fiscal body may levy a tax in compliance with
IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of on all taxable personal and real
property:
(1) within the corporate boundaries, in the case of a municipality;
or
(2) within the county but outside the corporate boundaries of all
municipalities, in the case of a county.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-29.1-15; (03)IN1300.1.118. -->
SECTION 118. IC 36-9-29.1-15 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 15. (a) For the
purpose of:
(1) providing for the payment of all general expenses of the board,
including salaries of officers and employees and other items of
expense not properly chargeable into the cost of any property
acquired or work done under any resolution of the board for
which flood control district bonds are issued; and
(2) providing for the operation, maintenance, and repair of any
levees, dikes, retaining walls, reservoirs, drains, and other works
and improvements in or along any watercourse designed to
prevent damage and injury through floods, and other permanent
works constructed, including the repair and maintenance of
equipment or the performance of any duty imposed by this
chapter;
a tax of not exceeding one and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0133)
on each one hundred dollars ($100) of on taxable property in the
district as it appears on the tax duplicates, in addition to all other taxes,
shall be levied annually by the city-county legislative body for flood
control purposes. The county auditor shall estimate the taxes and enter
them upon the tax duplicate, and the county treasurer shall collect and
enforce the taxes, in the same manner as state and county taxes are
estimated, entered, collected, and enforced.
(b) The county treasurer shall, between the first and tenth days of
each month, notify the board of the amount of such taxes collected for
flood control purposes during the preceding month, and upon the date
of notification the county treasurer shall credit an account to be known
as the "flood control maintenance and general expense fund" with such
amount of taxes for flood control purposes as may have been collected
at that time. The fund shall be used and expended only for the purposes
prescribed by this chapter. The board may expend on behalf of the
district all sums of money thus realized. Warrants for these
expenditures shall be drawn by the fiscal officer of the consolidated
city upon the vouchers of the board.
(c) The board may by resolution authorize and make temporary
loans in anticipation of revenues actually levied under this section,
which loans mature and shall be paid within one (1) year from the date
of the making of the loan, with interest payable at the maturity of the
loan. The warrants or other evidence of these loans shall be sold for not
less than par, and before the making of the loan, notice of the time,
place, amount, and terms of making of the loan shall be given by
publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The warrants import no
personal obligation for their payment and are payable only out of the
tax so levied.
(d) All money remaining in any of the funds to the credit of the
board at the end of the calendar year continues to belong to these funds
respectively, to be used by the board for the respective purposes for
which the funds are created. All funds raised under this section shall be
deposited at interest with the depository or depositories of other public
funds of the consolidated city, and all interest collected on them
belongs to them.
(e) In the event that the revenues in the "flood control maintenance
and general expense fund" of the district are at any time insufficient,
the consolidated city may appropriate money out of its general fund for
the use and benefit of the district, which amount so appropriated and
used shall be returned and repaid to the city out of the first available
funds by the board.
SOURCE: IC 36-10-3-21; (03)IN1300.1.119. -->
SECTION 119. IC 36-10-3-21 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 21. (a) The board
may establish a cumulative building fund under IC 6-1.1-41 to provide
money for:
(1) building, remodeling, and repair of park and recreation
facilities; or
(2) purchase of land for park and recreation purposes.
In addition to the requirements of IC 6-1.1-41, before a fund may be
established, the proposed action must be approved by the fiscal body
of the unit.
(b) To provide for the cumulative building fund, the unit's fiscal
body may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not to exceed one
and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of on taxable property within the
unit.
(c) The tax shall be collected and held in a special fund known as
the unit's park and recreation cumulative building fund.
SOURCE: IC 36-10-4-36; (03)IN1300.1.120. -->
SECTION 120. IC 36-10-4-36 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 36. (a) To raise
money for any of the purposes for which bonds may be issued under
section 35 of this chapter, the board may request that the city legislative
body adopt an ordinance establishing a cumulative building and
sinking fund. The legislative body may establish a cumulative building
and sinking fund under IC 6-1.1-41 and levy a tax to provide for the
fund. The tax may not exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents
($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable personal and
real property in the district.
(b) The tax, when collected, shall be held in a public depository in
a special fund to be known as the park district cumulative building and
sinking fund.
SOURCE: IC 36-10-7-7; (03)IN1300.1.121. -->
SECTION 121. IC 36-10-7-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 7. (a) This section
applies to all townships having a population between two thousand
(2,000) and three thousand (3,000).
(b) The township executive may accept, acquire, and maintain
grounds and structures to be used as public parks upon petition of at
least fifty-one percent (51%) of the resident taxpayers of the township.
(c) Whenever a park has been established in the township, the
legislative body shall, at its annual meeting and annually each
following year, levy a tax not exceeding one and sixty-seven
hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of on
taxable property in the township. The money shall be set aside in a
public park fund to be used by the executive for the maintenance and
improvement of the park and for no other purpose.
SOURCE: IC 36-10-7-8; (03)IN1300.1.122. -->
SECTION 122. IC 36-10-7-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2002,
SECTION 518, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to
all townships having a population of less than two thousand (2,000).
(b) The township executive may lease, purchase, accept by grant,
devise, bequest, or other conveyance to the township, or otherwise
acquire land for park purposes and may make necessary improvements
only as provided by this section.
(c) The legislative body may establish a township park and may, by
resolution, appropriate from the general fund of the township the
necessary money to lease, purchase, accept, or otherwise acquire land
for park purposes or make improvements thereon. The executive shall
then lease, purchase, accept, or acquire the land for park purposes or
shall make improvements thereon as directed in the resolution.
However, the costs of the park grounds or of the improvements
provided for in the resolution may not exceed in one (1) year one-fifth
of one percent (0.2%) of the adjusted value of all taxable property of
the township as determined under IC 36-1-15.
(d) If a park has been established under this section, the executive
shall have the park maintained and may make improvements and
construct and maintain facilities for the comfort and convenience of the
public. However, the executive annually may not spend more than one
cent ($0.01) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation
of taxable property in the township as it appears on the tax duplicates
of the auditor of the county in which the township is located. The
money shall be paid from the general fund of the township.
(e) If the general fund of the township is insufficient to meet the
expenses of acquiring or improving the land for park purposes, the
executive shall call a special meeting of the legislative body by written
notice to each member of the legislative body at least three (3) days
before the date of the meeting. The notice must state the time, place,
and purpose of the meeting. The legislative body shall meet and
determine whether an emergency exists for the issuance of the warrants
or bonds of the township. The legislative body shall, by resolution,
authorize the issuance and sale of the warrants or bonds of the
township in an amount not exceeding two percent (2%) of the adjusted
value of all taxable property in the township as determined under
IC 36-1-15. The amount of bonds may not exceed the total estimated
cost of all land to be acquired and all improvements described in the
resolution, including all expenses necessarily incurred in connection
with the proceedings. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be
deposited in the general fund of the township. The bonds become due
and payable not less than two (2) nor more than ten (10) years after the
date of issuance, may bear interest at any rate, and may not be sold for
less than par value. The bonds shall be sold after giving notice of the
sale of bonds in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The bonds and the interest
thereon are exempt from taxation as provided by IC 6-8-5 and are
subject to the provisions of IC 6-1.1-20 relating to the filing of a
petition requesting the issuance of bonds, the appropriation of the
proceeds of the bonds, and the approval by the department of local
government finance.
(f) The legislative body shall, at its next annual meeting after
authorization of bonds and annually each following year, levy a
sufficient tax against all the taxable property of the township to pay the
principal of the bonds, together with accruing interest, as they become
due. The executive shall apply the money received from the levy only
to the payment of bonds and interest as they become due.
(g) In addition to the levy required by subsection (f), the legislative
body shall, when a park has been established under this section and at
every annual meeting after establishment, levy a tax not exceeding one
cent ($0.01) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of on taxable property
in the township. The levy required by this subsection shall be used by
the executive for the maintenance and improvement of the park. The
executive may not expend more for maintenance and improvement of
the park than the amount collected by the levy except:
(1) upon petition by fifty-one percent (51%) of the taxpayers of
the township; or
(2) when warrants or bonds are to be issued under this section to
finance the expenses of improvements.
The amount received from the levy shall be deposited in the general
fund of the township.
(h) A park established under this section shall be kept open to the
public in accordance with rules prescribed by the executive.
(i) If the executive determines that land or other property used for
park purposes under this section should be disposed of and that the
park should no longer be maintained, the executive shall appoint three
(3) disinterested appraisers to appraise the property. The property shall
then be disposed of either at public or private sale for at least its
appraised value.
(j) This subsection applies if the township sells the property by
acceptance of bids. A bid submitted by a trust (as defined in
IC 30-4-1-1(a)) must identify each:
(1) beneficiary of the trust; and
(2) settlor empowered to revoke or modify the trust.
(k) All money from the sale of park property, less the expenses
incurred in making the appraisal and sale, shall be paid into the general
fund of the township.
SOURCE: IC 36-10-7.5-19; (03)IN1300.1.123. -->
SECTION 123. IC 36-10-7.5-19 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: Sec. 19. (a) The fiscal
body may establish a cumulative building fund under IC 6-1.1-41 to
provide money for:
(1) building, remodeling, and repair of park and recreation
facilities; or
(2) purchase of land for park and recreation purposes.
(b) To provide for the cumulative building fund, the township fiscal
body may levy a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 not greater than
one and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0167) on each one hundred
dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of on taxable property within the
township.
(c) The tax shall be collected and held in a special fund known as
the township park and recreation cumulative building fund.
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-17-19; IC 6-1.1-18-2; IC 6-1.1-18-3; IC 6-1.1-
18-11; IC 6-1.1-18.5; IC 6-1.1-18.6; IC 6-1.1-19-1.7; IC 6-1.1-19-2;
IC 6-1.1-19-3; IC 6-1.1-19-4.1; IC 6-1.1-19-4.2; IC 6-1.1-19-4.4; IC
6-1.1-19-4.5; IC 6-1.1-19-4.6; IC 6-1.1-19-4.7; IC 6-1.1-19-4.9; IC 6-
1.1-19-5.1; IC 6-1.1-19-5.3; IC 6-1.1-19-5.4; IC 6-1.1-19-6; IC 6-1.1-
19-7; IC 6-1.1-19-8; IC 12-20-25-43; IC 13-21-3-15; IC 13-21-3-15.5;
IC 14-33-7-3; IC 36-8-8.5-17; IC 36-8-13-4.6; IC 36-8-13-4.7; IC 36-
8-19-13.
; (03)IN1300.1.124. -->
SECTION 124. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]: IC 6-1.1-17-19; IC 6-1.1-18-2;
IC 6-1.1-18-3; IC 6-1.1-18-11; IC 6-1.1-18.5; IC 6-1.1-18.6;
IC 6-1.1-19-1.7; IC 6-1.1-19-2; IC 6-1.1-19-3; IC 6-1.1-19-4.1;
IC 6-1.1-19-4.2; IC 6-1.1-19-4.4; IC 6-1.1-19-4.5; IC 6-1.1-19-4.6;
IC 6-1.1-19-4.7; IC 6-1.1-19-4.9; IC 6-1.1-19-5.1; IC 6-1.1-19-5.3;
IC 6-1.1-19-5.4; IC 6-1.1-19-6; IC 6-1.1-19-7; IC 6-1.1-19-8;
IC 12-20-25-43; IC 13-21-3-15; IC 13-21-3-15.5; IC 14-33-7-3;
IC 36-8-8.5-17; IC 36-8-13-4.6; IC 36-8-13-4.7; IC 36-8-19-13.
SOURCE: ; (03)IN1300.1.125. -->
SECTION 125. [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2004]
The repeal of
property tax levy limits and rate controls required under this act
applies to:
(1) property tax assessments made after December 31, 2003;
(2) budgets prepared using the assessments described in
subdivision (1); and
(3) property taxes first due and payable in 2005.