Bill Text: IN HB1287 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Local government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-04-09 - Senate advisors appointed: M. Young, Breaux and Head [HB1287 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1287-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 36-1.5; IC 36-8.
Synopsis: Local government. Provides that in the case of a
governmental reorganization involving municipalities and townships
that are participating units in a fire protection territory on the date the
reorganization is approved by voters, the fiscal body of the reorganized
political subdivision may establish an equipment replacement fund and
impose a property tax for the fund in the same manner as participating
units in a fire protection territory may do so. Specifies that if such a
reorganized political subdivision establishes an equipment replacement
fund, the department of local government finance (DLGF) may adjust
the maximum property tax levy that would otherwise apply to the
reorganized political subdivision in the same manner as the DLGF may
adjust the maximum property tax levy of a civil taxing unit to meet the
civil taxing unit's obligations to a fire protection territory. Specifies that
the requirements and procedures in the statute governing the
establishment of a cumulative fund and the imposing or increasing of
a property tax rate for a cumulative fund also apply to an equipment
replacement fund established for a fire protection territory.
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2013.
(SENATE SPONSORS _ MILLER PETE, YOUNG R MICHAEL, YOUNG R)
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory
Reform.
February 7, 2013, reported _ Do Pass.
February 11, 2013, read second time, ordered engrossed.
February 12, 2013, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 98, nays 0.
February 25, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
March 14, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
March 28, 2013, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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(1) occurs after June 30, 2006; and
(2) involves one (1) or more municipalities and one (1) or more townships, all of which are participating units in a fire protection territory on the date the reorganization is approved by voters.
(b) The fiscal body of a reorganized political subdivision that results from a reorganization described in subsection (a) may:
(1) establish an equipment replacement fund under IC 36-8-19-8.5 and impose a property tax for the fund as provided in IC 36-8-19-8.5; and
(2) take any other action under IC 36-8-19-8.5 that may be taken under that section by a participating unit in a fire protection territory.
(c) If a reorganized political subdivision establishes an equipment replacement fund under IC 36-8-19-8.5 as authorized by this section, the department of local government finance may adjust the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy that would otherwise apply to the reorganized political subdivision in the same manner as the department may adjust the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy of a civil taxing unit under IC 6-1.1-18.5-10.5 to meet the civil taxing unit's obligations to a fire protection territory established under IC 36-8-19.
(1) The ordinance or resolution is identical to the ordinances and resolutions adopted by the other participating units under this section.
(2) Before adopting the ordinance or resolution, each participating unit must comply with the notice and hearing requirements of IC 6-1.1-41-3.
(3) The ordinance or resolution authorizes the provider unit to establish the fund.
(4) The ordinance or resolution includes at least the following:
(A) The name of each participating unit and the provider unit.
(B) An agreement to impose a uniform tax rate upon all of the taxable property within the territory for the equipment replacement fund.
(C) The contents of the agreement to establish the fund.
An ordinance or a resolution adopted under this section takes effect
(b) If a fund is established, the participating units may agree to:
(1) impose a property tax to provide for the accumulation of money in the fund to purchase fire protection equipment;
(2) incur debt to purchase fire protection equipment and impose a property tax to retire the loan; or
(3) transfer an amount from the fire protection territory fund to the fire equipment replacement fund not to exceed five percent (5%) of the levy for the fire protection territory fund for that year;
or any combination of these options. The property tax rate for the levy imposed under this section may not exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed value. Before debt may be incurred, the fiscal body of a participating unit must adopt an ordinance (if the unit is a county or municipality) or a resolution (if the unit is a township) that specifies the amount and purpose of the debt. The ordinance or resolution must be identical to the other ordinances and resolutions adopted by the participating units. In addition, the department of local government finance must approve the incurrence of the debt using the same standards as applied to the incurrence of debt by civil taxing units.
(c) Money in the fund may be used by the provider unit only for those purposes set forth in the agreement among the participating units that permits the establishment of the fund.
(d) The requirements and procedures specified in IC 6-1.1-41 concerning the establishment or reestablishment of a cumulative fund, the imposing of a property tax for a cumulative fund, and the increasing of a property tax rate for a cumulative fund apply to:
(1) the establishment or reestablishment of a fund under this section;
(2) the imposing of a property tax for a fund under this section; and
(3) the increasing of a property tax rate for a fund under this section.
