Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 17. (a) After receipt of the written order of approval of the plan commission and approval of the municipal legislative body or county executive, the redevelopment commission shall publish notice of the adoption and substance of the resolution in accordance with IC 5-3-1. Th…

Sec. 17.5. (a) In addition to the requirements of section 17 of this chapter, if the resolution or plan for an existing redevelopment project area is proposed to be amended in a way that changes: (1) parts of the area that are to be devoted to a public way, levee, sewerage, park,…

Sec. 18. (a) A person who filed a written remonstrance with the redevelopment commission under section 17 of this chapter and is aggrieved by the final action taken may, within ten (10) days after that final action, file in the office of the clerk of the circuit or superior court…

Sec. 19. (a) If no appeal is taken or if an appeal is taken but is unsuccessful, the redevelopment commission shall proceed with the proposed project to the extent that money is available for that purpose. (b) The redevelopment commission shall first approve and adopt a list of t…

Sec. 19.5. (a) Notwithstanding section 19 of this chapter, a redevelopment commission may purchase property in accordance with this section that the redevelopment commission determines is: (1) blighted; (2) unsafe; (3) abandoned; (4) foreclosed; or (5) structurally damaged; from …

Sec. 2. (a) The clearance, replanning, and redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment under this chapter are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired. (b) Each unit shall, to the extent feasible under this chapter and con…

Sec. 2.5. (a) The assessment, planning, replanning, remediation, development, and redevelopment of economic development areas: (1) are public and governmental functions that cannot be accomplished through the ordinary operations of private enterprise because of: (A) the necessity…

Sec. 20. (a) If the legislative body of the unit that established the department of redevelopment considers it necessary to acquire real property in a redevelopment project area by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution setting …

Sec. 21. (a) The redevelopment commission may proceed with the clearing and replanning of the area described in the resolution before the acquisition of all of that area. It may also proceed with the repair and maintenance of buildings that have been acquired and are not to be cl…

Sec. 22. (a) This section does not apply to the sale or grant of real property or interests in real property to urban enterprise associations or community development corporations under section 22.2 of this chapter. The provisions of this section concerning publication and biddin…

Sec. 22.2. (a) The commission may sell or grant, at no cost, title to real property to an urban enterprise association for the purpose of developing the real property if the following requirements are met: (1) The urban enterprise association has incorporated as a nonprofit corpo…

Sec. 22.5. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) Real property: (A) that was acquired by the commission to carry out a redevelopment project, an economic development area project, or an urban renewal project; and (B) relative to which the commission has, at a public hear…

Sec. 22.6. (a) As used in this section, "abutting landowner" means an owner of property that: (1) touches, borders on, or is contiguous to the property that is the subject of sale; and (2) does not constitute a: (A) public easement; or (B) public right-of-way. (b) As used in this…

Sec. 22.7. (a) The commission may dispose of real property to which section 22.5 of this chapter applies by following the procedure set forth in this section. (b) The commission shall first have the property appraised by two (2) appraisers. The appraisers must be: (1) persons who…

Sec. 23. Each officer of the unit who has duties in respect to the funds and accounts of the unit shall perform the same duties with respect to the funds and accounts of the department of redevelopment, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. An officer performing these dut…

Sec. 24. (a) All expenses incurred by the department of redevelopment that must be paid before the collection of taxes levied under this chapter shall be paid in the manner prescribed by this section. The commission shall certify the items of expense to the fiscal officer of the …

Sec. 25.1. (a) In addition to other methods of raising money for property acquisition or redevelopment in a redevelopment project area, and in anticipation of the special tax to be levied under section 27 of this chapter, the taxes allocated under section 39 of this chapter, or o…

Sec. 25.2. (a) Subject to the prior approval of the fiscal body of the unit under subsection (c), a redevelopment commission may enter into a lease of any property that could be financed with the proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter with a lessor for a term not to exceed: …

Sec. 25.3. (a) Any of the following persons may lease facilities referred to in section 25.2 of this chapter to a redevelopment commission under this chapter: (1) A not-for-profit corporation organized under Indiana law or admitted to do business in Indiana. (2) A redevelopment a…

Sec. 25.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative body may pledge revenues received or to be received by the unit from: (1) the unit's additional revenue from the local income tax that is designated for certified shares or economic development under IC 6-3.6-6; (2) an…

Sec. 26. (a) All proceeds from the sale of bonds under section 25.1 of this chapter shall be kept as a separate and specific fund to pay the expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition and redevelopment of property. The fund shall be known as the redevelopment district c…

Sec. 27. (a) This section applies only to: (1) bonds that are issued under section 25.1 of this chapter; and (2) leases entered into under section 25.2 of this chapter; which are payable from a special tax levied upon all of the property in the special taxing district. This secti…

Sec. 27.5. (a) Subject to the prior approval by the legislative body of the unit, the redevelopment commission may borrow money in anticipation of receipt of the proceeds of taxes levied for the redevelopment district bond fund and not yet collected, and may evidence this borrowi…

Sec. 28. (a) A tax at a rate not to exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation in a municipality and a tax at a rate not to exceed one and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0133) per one hundred dollars ($100) of …

Sec. 29. (a) All payments from any of the funds established by this chapter shall be made by warrants drawn by the proper officers of the unit upon vouchers of the redevelopment commission signed by the president or vice president and the secretary or executive secretary. (b) Eac…

districts; oversight Sec. 3. (a) A unit may establish a department of redevelopment controlled by a board of five (5) members to be known as "__________ Redevelopment Commission", designating the name of the municipality or county. However, in the case of a county, the county exe…

Sec. 3.1. The commission may conduct meetings electronically as provided in IC 36-7-14.5-9.5. As added by P.L.55-2016, SEC.1.

Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies whenever: (1) a municipality with a redevelopment district is annexing an area in a county; or (2) a municipality establishes a redevelopment district; after the county in which the municipality is located has established a redevelopment distric…

Sec. 3.7. (a) As used in this section, "development area" means a redevelopment project area, economic development area, or urban renewal project area established under this chapter. (b) The jurisdiction and control over a development area established by the redevelopment commiss…

Sec. 30. In addition to its authority under any other section of this chapter, the redevelopment commission may plan and undertake urban renewal projects. For purposes of this chapter, an urban renewal project includes undertakings and activities for the elimination and the preve…

Sec. 31. An urban renewal project undertaken under this chapter must be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. For purposes of this chapter, an urban renewal plan is a plan for an urban renewal project that: (1) conforms to the general pl…

Sec. 32. (a) In connection with the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project, the redevelopment commission, municipal, county, public, and private officers, agencies, and bodies have all the rights, powers, privileges, duties, and immunities that…

Sec. 33. (a) Any: (1) political subdivision; (2) other governmental entity; (3) public instrumentality created by state law; or (4) public body created by state law; may, in the area in which it is authorized to act, do all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning an…

Sec. 34. (a) The redevelopment commission may prepare a workable program: (1) to use private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the conditions described in IC 36-7-1-3 in urban areas; (2) to encourage needed urban rehabilitation; (3) to provide for the redevelopment of…

Sec. 35. (a) Subject to the approval of the fiscal body of the unit that established the department of redevelopment, and in order to: (1) undertake survey and planning activities under this chapter; (2) undertake and carry out any redevelopment project, urban renewal project, or…

Sec. 36. (a) In addition to all of the other powers, authority, and jurisdiction of a redevelopment commission operating under this chapter, a commission may undertake a neighborhood development program. A neighborhood development program may include one (1) or more contiguous or…

Sec. 37. (a) Real property acquired by the redevelopment district is exempt from taxation while owned by the district. (b) All receipts of the department of redevelopment, including receipts from the sale of real property, personal property, and materials disposed of, are exempt …

value Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2026. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2026. Sec. 39. (a) As used in this section: "Allocation area" means that part of a redevelopment project area to which an allocation provision of a declaratory …

Sec. 39.2. (a) This section applies to a county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and less than three hundred thousand (300,000). (b) As used in this section, "designated taxpayer" means any taxpayer designated by the commission in a declarator…

Sec. 39.3. (a) As used in this section, "depreciable personal property" refers to: (1) all of the designated taxpayer's depreciable personal property that is located in the allocation area; and (2) all other depreciable property located and taxable on the designated taxpayer's si…

Sec. 39.6. (a) A redevelopment commission may enter into a written agreement with a taxpayer who owns, or is otherwise obligated to pay property taxes on, tangible property that is or will be located in an allocation area established under this chapter in which the taxpayer waive…

Sec. 39.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if the Indiana economic development corporation subsequently designates territory that is located in an existing allocation area under this chapter as an innovation development district under IC 36-7-32.5, the allocation area may not …

Sec. 40. A person who knowingly: (1) applies any money raised under this chapter to any purpose other than those permitted by this chapter; or (2) fails to follow the voucher and warrant procedure prescribed by this chapter in expending any money raised under this chapter; commit…

Sec. 41. (a) The commission may, by following the procedures set forth in sections 15 through 17 of this chapter, approve a plan for and determine that a geographic area in the redevelopment district is an economic development area. Designation of an economic development area is …

Sec. 43. (a) All of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that may be exercised by the commission in a redevelopment project area or urban renewal area may be exercised by the commission in an economic development area, subject to the following: (1) The content and manne…

Sec. 44. A redevelopment project area, an urban renewal area, or an economic development area established under this chapter may not include any land that constitutes part of a military base reuse area established under IC 36-7-30. As added by P.L.26-1995, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1…