Sec. 6.7. (a) As used in this chapter, “township assistance property tax rate” means the property tax rate imposed for the payment of township assistance. In the case of a township that has a separately calculated maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the township’s township assistance administration property tax levy and the township’s township assistance benefits property tax levy under IC 12-20-21-3.2, “township assistance property tax rate” means the sum of the property tax rate imposed for the township’s township assistance administration property tax levy and the property tax rate imposed for the township’s township assistance benefits property tax levy.

     (b) Subsection (c) applies only to a township for which the township’s township assistance property tax rate for property taxes first due and payable in 2014 or in any year thereafter is more than the result of:

(1) the statewide average township assistance property tax rate (as determined by the department of local government finance) for property taxes first due and payable in the preceding year; multiplied by

(2) twelve (12).

     (c) The board may in any year in which this subsection applies to a township (as provided in subsection (b)) designate a township described in subsection (b) as a distressed political subdivision, effective January 1 of the following year, regardless of whether the township has submitted a petition requesting to be designated as a distressed political subdivision.

As added by P.L.234-2013, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.249-2015, SEC.15.