Sec. 5. (a) After holding the hearings referred to in section 4 of this chapter, the department of local government finance shall, in order to equalize assessed values in any county or in the state as a whole, issue an order increasing or decreasing assessed values of any tangible property if the department finds:

(1) that the assessed values in any county are not uniform and equal as to townships, portions of the same township, or classes of property; or

(2) that the assessed values in this state are not uniform and equal either as between counties or as to classes of property.

     (b) The department of local government finance may not issue an equalization order to increase or decrease assessed values under this section more than twelve (12) months after the county estimates of assessed valuation required under IC 6-1.1-17-1(a) are filed with the department.

     (c) If the department of local government finance issues an equalization order under this section, the department shall state in the order the percentage to be added to or deducted from the assessed value of the tangible property affected by the order.

     (d) In issuing an equalization order under this section, the department of local government finance may not reduce or increase the aggregate assessed values of any township beyond the amounts actually necessary for a just and proper equalization of assessments within the entire state.

[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-29-4.]

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.69-1983, SEC.3; P.L.24-1986, SEC.15; P.L.37-1992, SEC.3; P.L.6-1997, SEC.69; P.L.90-2002, SEC.131; P.L.154-2006, SEC.38.