Indiana Code 36-3-6-9. Operating and maintenance budgets and tax levies of certain entities; review and modification; adoption; submittal
(1) An airport authority operating under IC 8-22-3.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-3-6-9
- Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(3) A capital improvement board of managers operating under IC 36-10.
(4) A public transportation corporation operating under IC 36-9-4.
(5) A health and hospital corporation established under IC 16-22-8.
(6) Any other taxing unit (as defined in IC 6-1.1-1-21) that is located in the county and has a governing body that is not comprised of a majority of officials who are elected to serve on the governing body.
Except as provided in subsection (c), the city-county legislative body may reduce or modify but not increase a proposed operating and maintenance budget or tax levy under this section.
(b) The board of each entity listed in subsection (a) shall, after adoption of its proposed budget and tax levies, submit them, along with detailed accounts, to the city clerk before September 2.
(c) The city-county legislative body or, when subsection (d) applies, the fiscal body of an excluded city or town shall review the issuance of bonds of an entity listed in subsection (a). Approval of the city-county legislative body or, when subsection (d) applies, the fiscal body of an excluded city or town is required for the issuance of bonds. The city-county legislative body or the fiscal body of an excluded city or town may not reduce or modify a budget or tax levy of an entity listed in subsection (a) in a manner that would:
(1) limit or restrict the rights vested in the entity to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the entity’s bonds; or
(2) in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the entity’s bonds.
(d) If the assessed valuation of a taxing unit is entirely contained within an excluded city or town (as described in IC 36-3-1-7) that is located in a county having a consolidated city, the governing body of the taxing unit shall submit its proposed operating and maintenance budget and tax levies to the city or town fiscal body for approval and not the city-county legislative body. Except as provided in subsection (c), the fiscal body of the excluded city or town may reduce or modify but not increase a proposed operating and maintenance budget or tax levy under this section.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-4-4.5 part; 18-4-17-7 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.52, SEC.7; P.L.347-1983, SEC.1; P.L.2-1993, SEC.201; P.L.1-2005, SEC.237; P.L.227-2005, SEC.35; P.L.1-2006, SEC.561; P.L.146-2008, SEC.705; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.401; P.L.137-2012, SEC.118.