Bill Text: IN HB1452 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Utility facilitation of job creation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities and Energy [HB1452 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1452-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 8-1-38.
Synopsis: Utility facilitation of job creation. Provides that when a
political subdivision performs a public work, a public utility that
provides utility service to the political subdivision: (1) shall grant all
necessary rights-of-way to the political subdivision at no charge; and
(2) may not impose connection fees for utility service provided to the
public work. Provides that when a political subdivision grants a job
creation incentive for a project that reduces a person's property tax
liability, the public utility that provides utility service to the project
shall reduce, directly or in the form of a credit, the rates and charges
imposed for the utility service in proportion to the reduction in the
person's property tax liability.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Energy.
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Chapter 38. Utility Facilitation of Job Creation
Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 8-1-2-1 apply throughout this chapter.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "job creation incentive" means a property tax abatement that a political subdivision awards under IC 6-1.1-12.1 to encourage the creation of new jobs in Indiana.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "project" means a project, including facilities, for which a political subdivision awards or approves a job creation incentive.
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "property tax liability" means liability for the tax imposed on property under IC 6-1.1 determined after application of all credits and deductions under IC 6-1.1,
including any job creation incentives described in this chapter.
However, the term does not include any interest or penalty
imposed under IC 6-1.1.
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "public work" has the meaning
set forth in 36-1-12-2.
Sec. 7. (a) This section applies when a political subdivision
performs or contracts to perform a public work.
(b) A public utility that provides utility service to the political
subdivision shall provide to the political subdivision at no charge
all easements and rights-of-way necessary for the public work.
(c) A public utility that provides utility services to the political
subdivision may not impose on or collect from the political
subdivision any fees or charges for connecting utility service to the
public work, including to any infrastructure constructed in
connection with the public work.
Sec. 8. (a) This section applies when a political subdivision
grants a person a job creation incentive for a project that results
in the reduction of the person's property tax liability.
(b) A public utility that provides utility service to a project shall
credit the rates and charges that the public utility imposes for
utility service to the project in the same amount, proportion, and
manner that the person's property tax liability is reduced as a
result of a job creation incentive.
