Bill Text: IN HB1225 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Approval of library budgets and tax levies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform [HB1225 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HB1225-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1225

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 6-1.1-17-20; IC 36-12-1-14.

Synopsis: Approval of library budgets and tax levies. Specifies that a public library with a governing body that is not comprised of a majority of officials who are elected must in all cases have the public library's proposed budget and property tax levy approved by the appropriate county or municipal fiscal body. (Under current law, the budget and levy of such a public library must be approved by the county or municipal fiscal body only if the public library's budget is increasing by more than the percentage used in the assessed value growth quotient.)

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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    January 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1225

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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 6-1.1-17-20; (11)IN1225.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-1.1-17-20, AS AMENDED BY P.L.113-2010, SECTION 29, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 20. (a) This section applies to each governing body of a taxing unit that:
        (1) is not comprised of a majority of officials who are elected to serve on the governing body; and
        (2) either:
            (A) is:
                (i) a conservancy district subject to IC 14-33-9;
                (ii) a solid waste management district subject to IC 13-21; or
                (iii) a fire protection district subject to IC 36-8-11-18; or
                 (iv) a public library; or
            (B) has a percentage increase in the proposed budget for the taxing unit for the ensuing calendar year that is more than the result of:
                (i) the assessed value growth quotient determined under

IC 6-1.1-18.5-2 for the ensuing calendar year; minus
                (ii) one (1).
For purposes of this section, an individual who qualifies to be appointed to a governing body or serves on a governing body because of the individual's status as an elected official of another taxing unit shall be treated as an official who was not elected to serve on the governing body.
    (b) As used in this section, "taxing unit" has the meaning set forth in IC 6-1.1-1-21, except that the term does not include:
        (1) a school corporation; or
        (2) an entity whose tax levies are subject to review and modification by a city-county legislative body under IC 36-3-6-9.
    (c) If:
        (1) the assessed valuation of a taxing unit is entirely contained within a city or town; or
        (2) the assessed valuation of a taxing unit is not entirely contained within a city or town but the taxing unit was originally established by the city or town;
the governing body shall submit its proposed budget and property tax levy to the city or town fiscal body. The proposed budget and levy shall be submitted at least thirty (30) days before the city or town fiscal body is required to hold budget approval hearings under this chapter. However, in the case of a public library that is subject to this section and is described in subdivision (2), the public library shall submit its proposed budget and property tax levy to the county fiscal body in the manner provided in subsection (d), rather than to the city or town fiscal body, if more than fifty percent (50%) of the parcels of real property within the jurisdiction of the public library are located outside the city or town.
    (d) If subsection (c) does not apply, the governing body of the taxing unit shall submit its proposed budget and property tax levy to the county fiscal body in the county where the taxing unit has the most assessed valuation. The proposed budget and levy shall be submitted at least thirty (30) days before the county fiscal body is required to hold budget approval hearings under this chapter.
    (e) The fiscal body of the city, town, or county (whichever applies) shall review each budget and proposed tax levy and adopt a final budget and tax levy for the taxing unit. The fiscal body may reduce or modify but not increase the proposed budget or tax levy.
    (f) If a taxing unit fails to file the information required in subsection (c) or (d), whichever applies, with the appropriate fiscal body by the time prescribed by this section, the most recent annual appropriations

and annual tax levy of that taxing unit are continued for the ensuing budget year.
    (g) If the appropriate fiscal body fails to complete the requirements of subsection (e) before the adoption deadline in section 5 of this chapter for any taxing unit subject to this section, the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy of the city, town, or county, whichever applies, are continued for the ensuing budget year.

SOURCE: IC 36-12-1-14; (11)IN1225.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 36-12-1-14 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 14. A public library with a governing body that is not comprised of a majority of officials who are elected to serve on the governing body must have the public library's proposed budget and property tax levy approved under IC 6-1.1-17-20 by the appropriate fiscal body.