Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 13. Changes in a resolution governing an improvement and maintenance district may be made by the commission, with the approval of the legislative body. The commission shall follow the procedure for establishment of a district prescribed by this chapter when amending the reso…

Sec. 14. (a) The commission may make an annual assessment of benefits and damages within an improvement and maintenance district for the purpose of defraying part or all of the cost of an improvement and maintenance project. The assessment of benefits and damages must comply with…

Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to a parcel in an improvement and maintenance district on which development is initiated between November 1, 1985, and June 30, 1988, in accordance with a project agreement executed before June 30, 1988, under IC 36-7-15.1 that provides a maximum…

Sec. 16. (a) If property located within an improvement and maintenance district is owned and used by the state or any municipal corporation, the commission shall determine the amount that would be levied as an assessment for the property under section 14 of this chapter and provi…

Sec. 17. (a) Promptly after determining the proposed assessment for each parcel, the commission shall mail notice (first class postage prepaid) to each owner of property to be assessed. This notice must: (1) set forth the amount of the proposed assessment; (2) state that the prop…

Sec. 18. Each assessment is a lien on the real property that is assessed, second only to taxes levied on that property. As added by P.L.194-1988, SEC.1.

Sec. 19. The commission shall annually transmit to the county auditor the schedule of assessments of benefits. The county auditor shall enter the assessments of benefits on the tax duplicates. The county treasurer shall collect and enforce the amount of the assessed benefit in th…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the metropolitan development commission acting as the redevelopment commission of the city, subject to IC 36-3-4-23. As added by P.L.194-1988, SEC.1.

Sec. 20. The county treasurer shall, between the first and tenth days of each month, notify the commission regarding the amount of the assessment collected during the preceding month. On the date of this notification, the county treasurer shall credit the amounts collected to the…

Sec. 21. (a) After an improvement and maintenance district is established under this chapter, the legislative body may establish an improvement and maintenance district fund (referred to in this chapter as the "fund"). (b) The following shall be deposited in the fund: (1) Money r…

Sec. 22. (a) The commission is responsible for taking certain official actions that are necessary to carry out an improvement and maintenance project as set forth in the resolution establishing the district or as provided in this chapter. (b) The commission may, with respect to t…

Sec. 23. (a) The department shall take all actions necessary to carry out the improvement and maintenance project set forth in the resolution establishing the district. (b) The director of the department may, with respect to the improvement and maintenance project or the improvem…

Sec. 24. (a) The commission may establish and select the members of an advisory board to assist the commission in governing the improvement and maintenance district. The commission shall determine: (1) the size and composition of the board; and (2) the powers and duties of the bo…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to the department of metropolitan development of the city, subject to IC 36-3-4-23. As added by P.L.194-1988, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "improvement and maintenance project" refers to activities that are authorized by section 5 of this chapter to be carried out within or in support of an improvement and maintenance district. As added by P.L.194-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-1989, …

Sec. 5. (a) An improvement and maintenance project must have a common theme or purpose that is generally described in the resolution that establishes the improvement and maintenance district. (b) The project may include, within the improvement and maintenance district, one (1) or…

Sec. 6. (a) The commission shall consider adopting a resolution establishing an improvement and maintenance district if a request for the resolution is made by: (1) a petition signed by twenty (20) owners of real property located within the proposed district; (2) a petition signe…

Sec. 7. A resolution establishing an improvement and maintenance district must contain the following information: (1) A description of the geographic area to be considered for inclusion in the district. The geographic area consists of the part of the Indiana Central Canal and nea…

Sec. 8. (a) Before deciding whether to adopt a resolution establishing an improvement and maintenance district, the commission shall hold a public hearing. Notice of the public hearing shall be given by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1 and by certified mail at least twenty…

Sec. 9. (a) At the public hearing under section 8 of this chapter, the commission shall hear all owners in the proposed district (who appear and request to be heard) upon the questions of: (1) the sufficiency of the notice; (2) whether the proposed improvement and maintenance pro…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all municipalities. As added by P.L.44-1984, SEC.17.

Sec. 2. The legislative body of a municipality may establish a cumulative capital development fund under IC 6-1.1-41 to provide money for any purpose for which property taxes may be imposed within the municipality under the authority of: IC 8-16-3; IC 8-22-3-25; IC 14-27-6-48; IC…

Sec. 6. (a) The municipal fiscal body may provide money for the cumulative capital development fund by levying a tax in compliance with IC 6-1.1-41 on the taxable property in the municipality. For purposes of this section, a county in which only the county economic development in…

Sec. 8. (a) The tax money collected under this chapter shall be held in a special fund to be known as the cumulative capital development fund. (b) In a consolidated city, money may be transferred from the fund to the fund of a department of the consolidated city responsible for c…