Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 7. The county executive shall certify the resolution to: (1) the county fiscal body; (2) the township legislative body; (3) the township executive; and (4) the clerk of the court in which the action is filed under IC 5-8-1-35; not later than ten (10) days after the date the …

Sec. 8. (a) Upon receiving a resolution certified by the county executive under section 7 of this chapter, the county fiscal body may adopt a resolution to initiate the process of petitioning a court to remove the township executive from office under IC 5-8-1-35. (b) At least one…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following: (1) A member of a town police department under IC 36-5-7 or IC 36-8-9. (2) A member of a town fire department. As added by P.L.65-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 10. (a) A town shall pay for the care of a current or retired full-time paid member of a town fire department who suffers an injury while performing the person's duty or while the person is on duty or who contracts illness caused by the performance of the person's duty, incl…

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to a volunteer fire department under IC 36-8-12. As added by P.L.65-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "member of a town fire department" does not include a volunteer firefighter under IC 36-8-12-2. As added by P.L.65-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. A member of a town police or fire department is not subject to residency requirements but must: (1) have adequate means of transportation into the jurisdiction served by the member's department; and (2) maintain telephone service to communicate with the department. As add…

Sec. 9. Members of the police and fire departments may not use vehicles owned or maintained by their department outside the county in which the town is located except: (1) during the performance of official duties; or (2) as provided for by department regulation. As added by P.L.…

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "associate member" refers to a county or municipality that adopted an ordinance or resolution under section 16 of this chapter specifying that the county or municipality has chosen to become an associate member. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.178…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "base assessed value" means: (1) the net assessed value of all the taxable property located in a transit development district as finally determined for the assessment date immediately preceding the effective date of the resolution adopted under th…

Sec. 10. (a) As used in this chapter, "local income tax increment revenue" means the remainder of: (1) the total amount of local income tax (IC 6-3.6) paid by: (A) employees employed in the district with respect to wages and salary earned for work in the territory comprising the …

Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "property tax increment revenue" means the property taxes attributable to the assessed value of property located in a district in excess of the base assessed value. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "rail project" refers to the following: (1) The mainline double tracking project. (2) The West Lake corridor project. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 13. (a) As used in this chapter, "state income tax base period amount" means the aggregate amount of state adjusted gross income taxes paid or remitted by or on behalf of: (1) employees employed within a district with respect to wages and salary earned for work in the distri…

Sec. 14. (a) As used in this chapter, "state income tax increment revenue" means the remainder of: (1) the aggregate amount of state adjusted gross income taxes paid or remitted for a calendar year with respect to: (A) wages and salary earned for work in the territory comprising …

Sec. 15. There is created a rail transit development corridor that consists of the geographic area that is within five-tenths (0.5) of a mile of the following rail lines that are a part of the Northern Indiana Commuter or South Bend Railway: (1) The Chicago to South Bend line. (2…

Sec. 16. (a) A county that is not a member of the development authority, along with municipalities within the county, may financially participate in the mainline double tracking project and receive the same benefits a member would receive under this chapter. To financially partic…

Sec. 16.5. (a) This section applies to an associate member or cash participant that has committed to: (1) make a cash payment to the development authority; or (2) provide revenues to the development authority annually to make debt service payments annually for the life of any: (A…

Sec. 17. (a) The development authority may establish a transit development district and may expand a district. Before establishing a transit development district, the development authority shall consult with the municipality in which the district will be located. To establish or …

county; administration and use of incremental property tax revenue Sec. 18. If a district is established, the following apply to the administration and use of incremental property tax revenue by the development authority, or a redevelopment commission in the case of a district lo…

Sec. 19. (a) There is established a steering committee to provide information and guidance to the development authority on development within the districts located in a member county. (b) The steering committee is comprised of one (1) individual appointed by the executive of each…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "budget agency" means the budget agency established by IC 4-12-1-3. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "cash participant" refers to a county or municipality that has adopted an ordinance or resolution under section 16 of this chapter specifying that the county or municipality has chosen to become a cash participant. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.…

Sec. 20. (a) If a district is established in a member county, the development authority shall create a south shore improvement and development fund. The development authority shall establish a separate account in the fund for each district. If more than one (1) municipality has t…

Sec. 21. (a) If a district is established, the county auditor in each county in which the district is located shall distribute to the development authority, or the redevelopment commission that would otherwise receive the incremental property tax revenues under IC 36-7-14 in the …

Sec. 21.5. 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 be r…

Sec. 22. The development authority or redevelopment commission, in the case of a district located in a cash participant county, shall use its best efforts to maximize the amount of local income tax increment revenue and property tax increment revenue that will be distributed to t…

Sec. 23. (a) The development authority or redevelopment commission may undertake or provide funding for a development project that will be located within a district. (b) The development authority or redevelopment commission may use money in its south shore improvement and develop…

Sec. 24. (a) If a district is established, the development authority shall provide to the department and to each redevelopment commission with a tax allocation area included within the district the following: (1) A certified copy of the resolution establishing the district. (2) S…

Sec. 25. (a) Employers operating in a district shall report annually, in the manner and in the form prescribed by the department, information that the department determines necessary to calculate the state income tax increment revenue and local income tax increment revenue. (b) U…

Sec. 26. (a) Retail merchants operating in the district shall report, in the manner and in the form prescribed by the department, information that the department determines necessary to calculate the gross retail tax base period amount or gross retail tax increment revenue. (b) A…

Sec. 27. (a) If a district is established, the treasurer of state shall establish a local income tax increment fund and an account for each district established under this chapter for deposit of local income tax increment revenue for that district. (b) The funds shall be administ…

Sec. 28. (a) Not later than November 30 of the year following the establishment of a district under this chapter, or November 30, 2024, whichever is later, the department shall determine the following for that district: (1) The state income tax base period amount. (2) The gross r…

Sec. 29. All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from revenue received under this chapter or from the proceeds of the financial instruments issued by the development authority payable from revenues received under this chapter. A liability or obligati…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "corridor" means the geographic area established as a rail transit development corridor by this chapter. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 30. (a) It is the intent of this chapter to identify all gross retail tax increment revenue collected within districts and state and local income tax increment revenue attributable to districts. This section shall be broadly construed by the department to achieve the purpose…

Sec. 31. On the date that all financing obligations for a development project in a district established in a member county are no longer considered outstanding and all expenses incurred by the development authority in connection with the exercise of the development authority's du…

Sec. 32. The general assembly covenants that this chapter will not be repealed or amended in a manner that will adversely affect the owners of the financial instruments issued under this chapter by the development authority or redevelopment commission. As added by P.L.248-2017, S…

Sec. 33. This chapter expires June 30, 2047. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to the department of state revenue. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "development project" includes only development projects that benefit the corridor. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "district" refers to a transit development district established by the development authority under this chapter. As added by P.L.248-2017, SEC.10.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "gross retail tax base period amount" means the aggregate amount of state gross retail taxes remitted under IC 6-2.5 by retail merchants for the calendar year in which the district was established under this chapter as determined by the department…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "gross retail tax increment revenue" means the remainder of: (1) the aggregate amount of state gross retail taxes that are remitted under IC 6-2.5 by retail merchants during a calendar year with respect to the retail merchants' operations in the d…

Sec. 9. (a) As used in this chapter, "local income tax base period amount" means the total amount of local income tax (IC 6-3.6) paid by: (1) employees employed within a district with respect to wages and salary earned for work in the district; and (2) residents living within the…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies after June 30, 2016, to an appointing authority of a police department or a fire department. As added by P.L.115-2016, SEC.3.