Sec. 23. (a) This section applies to a county in which the county has contractually assumed from another political subdivision the responsibility of operating a public safety answering point.

     (b) The fiscal bodies of a county and another political subdivision that are parties to a contract described in subsection (a) may jointly petition the department of local government finance to adjust the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levies for the ensuing calendar year of the petitioning units as follows:

(1) To increase the county’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the ensuing calendar year by an amount not greater than the amount levied in the preceding calendar year by the petitioning political subdivision to pay expenses incurred to operate the public safety answering point.

(2) To decrease the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the ensuing calendar year of the petitioning political subdivision by an amount not greater than the amount that the petitioning political subdivision levied in the preceding calendar year to pay expenses incurred to operate the public safety answering point.

If such a petition is made to the department of local government finance in accordance with subdivisions (1) and (2), the department of local government finance shall adjust the levies for the petitioning units.

As added by P.L.157-2015, SEC.1.