Bill Text: IN HB1104 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Revised Lake County levy limit based on LOIT.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means [HB1104 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-HB1104-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1104

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 6-1.1-18.5-2.

Synopsis: Revised Lake County levy limit based on LOIT. Provides that the Lake County assessed value growth quotient for determining a maximum property levy is one unless Lake County imposes a local option income tax for property tax (LOIT) relief for that calendar year. (Current law provides that Lake County's growth quotient is one unless Lake County adopts a LOIT for property tax relief at a rate of 1%.)

Effective: Upon passage.

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    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1104

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-18.5-2; (10)IN1104.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-1.1-18.5-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2008, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "Indiana nonfarm personal income" means the estimate of total nonfarm personal income for Indiana in a calendar year as computed by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis using any actual data for the calendar year and any estimated data determined appropriate by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.
    (b) Subject to subsection (c), for purposes of determining a civil taxing unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for an ensuing calendar year, the civil taxing unit shall use the assessed value growth quotient determined in the last STEP of the following STEPS:
        STEP ONE: For each of the six (6) calendar years immediately preceding the year in which a budget is adopted under IC 6-1.1-17-5 for the ensuing calendar year, divide the Indiana nonfarm personal income for the calendar year by the Indiana nonfarm personal income for the calendar year immediately

preceding that calendar year, rounding to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001).
        STEP TWO: Determine the sum of the STEP ONE results.
        STEP THREE: Divide the STEP TWO result by six (6), rounding to the nearest one-thousandth (0.001).
        STEP FOUR: Determine the lesser of the following:
            (A) The STEP THREE quotient.
            (B) One and six-hundredths (1.06).
    (c) This subsection applies only to civil taxing units in Lake County. Notwithstanding any other provision, for property taxes first due and payable after December 31, 2007, the assessed value growth quotient used to determine a civil taxing unit's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under this chapter for a particular calendar year is one (1) unless a tax rate of one percent (1%) will be is in effect under IC 6-3.5-1.1-26 or IC 6-3.5-6-32 in Lake County for that calendar year.

SOURCE: ; (10)IN1104.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.