Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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…

Sec. 45. (a) The commission may establish a program for housing by resolution. The program, which may include any relevant elements the commission considers appropriate, may be adopted as part of a redevelopment plan or amendment to a redevelopment plan, and must establish an all…

Sec. 46. All the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that may be exercised by the commission in blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas may be exercised by the commission in implementing its program for housing, including the following: (1) The special tax levied in…

Sec. 47. The commission must make the following findings in the resolution adopting a housing program under section 45 of this chapter: (1) Not more than twenty-five (25) acres of the area included in the allocation area has been annexed during the preceding five (5) years. (2) N…

Sec. 48. (a) Notwithstanding section 39(a) of this chapter, with respect to the allocation and distribution of property taxes for the accomplishment of a program adopted under section 45 of this chapter, "base assessed value" means, subject to section 39(j) of this chapter, the n…

Sec. 49. (a) A commission may adopt a resolution to establish a program for age-restricted housing. The program: (1) must be limited to age-restricted housing that satisfies the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 3607 (the federal Housing for Older Persons Act); (2) may include any releva…

Sec. 50. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that may be exercised by a commission in blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas may be exercised by a commission in implementing its program for age-restricted housing, i…

Sec. 51. (a) A commission must make the following findings in the resolution adopting an age-restricted housing program under section 49 of this chapter: (1) The program cannot be accomplished by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operation of private enterprise because of: …

Sec. 52. (a) Notwithstanding section 39(a) of this chapter, with respect to the allocation and distribution of property taxes for the accomplishment of the purposes of an age-restricted housing program adopted under section 49 of this chapter, "base assessed value" means, subject…

Sec. 53. (a) A commission may establish a residential housing development program by resolution for the construction of new residential housing or the renovation of existing residential housing in an area within the jurisdiction of the commission. (b) The program, which may inclu…

Sec. 54. (a) This section applies only to a residential housing development program authorized by section 53 of this chapter. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that may be exercised by the commission in blighted,…

Sec. 55. (a) This section applies only to a residential housing development program authorized by section 53 of this chapter. (b) The commission must make the following findings in the resolution adopting a residential housing development program under section 53 of this chapter:…

Sec. 56. (a) This section applies only to a residential housing development program authorized by section 53 of this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding section 39(a) of this chapter, with respect to the allocation and distribution of property taxes for the accomplishment of the purpose…

Sec. 57. (a) This section does not apply to a parcel that is included in more than one (1) allocation area established by: (1) a resolution establishing an allocation provision under section 39 of this chapter that is adopted and approved under sections 15 through 17 of this chap…

Sec. 6.1. (a) The five (5) commissioners for a municipal redevelopment commission shall be appointed as follows: (1) Three (3) shall be appointed by the municipal executive. (2) Two (2) shall be appointed by the municipal legislative body. The municipal executive shall also appoi…

Sec. 7. (a) Each redevelopment commissioner shall serve for one (1) year from the first day of January after the commissioner's appointment and until the commissioner's successor is appointed and has qualified, except that the original commissioners shall serve from the date of t…

Sec. 8. (a) The redevelopment commissioners shall hold a meeting for the purpose of organization not later than thirty (30) days after they are appointed and, after that, each year on a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday and that is their first meeting day o…

Sec. 9. (a) The municipal executive or municipal legislative body that appointed a municipal redevelopment commissioner may summarily remove that commissioner from office at any time. (b) The county executive may summarily remove a county redevelopment commissioner from office at…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all units except counties. [Local Government Recodification Citation: New.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.66.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "emergency medical services" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-18-2-110. (b) As used in this section, "volunteer fire department" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-8-12-2. (c) The legislative body of a unit or the board of fire trustees of a…

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 hundredt…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-83-1 part.] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.87.

Sec. 2. (a) A cumulative building fund to provide money for the construction, remodeling, and repair of courthouses may be established by the county legislative body under IC 6-1.1-41. (b) As used in this section, "courthouse" includes a historical complex consisting of a former …

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 taxable property in the county. [Pre-Local G…

Sec. 7. (a) The tax money collected under this chapter shall be held in a special fund to be known as the courthouse fund. (b) For purposes of this chapter and IC 36-9-14.5, the portion of the property tax levy designated for a courthouse described in section 2(b) of this chapter…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to a school corporation in a third class city with a board of school trustees. [2006 Education Finance Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.197.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to a board of school trustees in a third class city. [2006 Education Finance Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.197.

Sec. 3. The board 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 chapter. [Pre-2006 Education Finance Recodif…

Sec. 5. 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 t…

Sec. 6. The board: (1) has full control of all playgrounds, including the preservation of order on playgrounds; and (2) may adopt suitable rules and bylaws for the control of playgrounds. The board may enforce the rules by suitable penalties. [Pre-2006 Education Finance Recodific…

Sec. 7. (a) The board may select and pay for directors and assistants. (b) The directors and assistants, while on duty and to preserve order and the observance of the rules and bylaws of the board, have all the powers of police officers of the city. (c) The compensation for the d…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to: (1) a unit; and (2) any other political subdivision for which a statute imposes an assessed value limitation on the aggregate amount of bonds that the political subdivision may issue. As added by P.L.6-1997, SEC.203.

Sec. 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the amount of debt incurred by a political subdivision after February 28, 2001, not exceed, in the aggregate, the amount of debt that the political subdivision could have incurred under: (1) Article 13, Section 1 of the Consti…

Sec. 3. The department of local government finance shall compute, in conjunction with the approvals required under: (1) IC 6-1.1-18.5-8(b); and (2) IC 20-46-7-8, IC 20-46-7-9, and IC 20-46-7-10; an adjusted value of the taxable property within each political subdivision. The depa…

Sec. 4. The adjusted value of the taxable property in a political subdivision is equal to the result determined under STEP TWO of the following formula: STEP ONE: Determine the value of the taxable property within the political subdivision for the last assessment for state and co…

Sec. 5. The department of local government finance shall do the following: (1) Maintain a schedule of the adjusted value of taxable property of each political subdivision. (2) Provide the political subdivision and the county auditor for the county in which a political subdivision…

Sec. 6. Subject to section 7 of this chapter, a political subdivision may not become indebted in any manner or for any purpose in an amount in the aggregate that exceeds two percent (2%) of the latest adjusted value of taxable property determined for the political subdivision imm…

Sec. 7. A political subdivision may incur debt that exceeds the maximum amount allowed under section 6 of this chapter as necessary for the public protection and defense only: (1) in time of war, foreign invasion, or other great public calamity; and (2) upon petition of a majorit…

Sec. 8. Debt in excess of the maximum amount specified in sections 6 and 7 of this chapter is void. As added by P.L.6-1997, SEC.203.

Sec. 9. The department of local government finance is not liable for an erroneous determination or computation made by the department under this chapter. As added by P.L.6-1997, SEC.203. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.468.