2014 Indiana Code TITLE 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARTICLE 9. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS CHAPTER 14. CUMULATIVE BUILDING FUND FOR COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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IC 36-9-14
Chapter 14. Cumulative Building Fund for County
Courthouse
IC 36-9-14-1
Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.87.
IC 36-9-14-2
Authorization and approval of fund; "courthouse" defined
Sec. 2. (a) A cumulative building fund to provide money for the
construction, remodeling, and repair of courthouses may be
established by the county legislative body under IC 6-1.1-41.
(b) As used in this section, "courthouse" includes a historical
complex consisting of a former county courthouse, jail, and sheriff's
residence which is open to the general public for educational or
community purposes in a county having a population of more than
one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) but less than one
hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.213-1986,
SEC.5; P.L.199-1988, SEC.1; P.L.12-1992, SEC.178; P.L.17-1995,
SEC.25; P.L.170-2002, SEC.167; P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.188;
P.L.119-2012, SEC.229.
IC 36-9-14-3
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.17-1995, SEC.45.)
IC 36-9-14-4
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.17-1995, SEC.45.)
IC 36-9-14-5
Tax levy
Sec. 5. The county fiscal body may provide money for the
cumulative building fund by levying a tax in compliance with
IC 6-1.1-41 of not more than sixteen and sixty-seven hundredths
cents ($0.1667) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable
property in the county.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.17-1995,
SEC.26; P.L.6-1997, SEC.219.
IC 36-9-14-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.17-1995, SEC.45.)
IC 36-9-14-7
Courthouse fund; transfer of funds to nonprofit corporation
maintaining or renovating courthouse
Sec. 7. (a) The tax money collected under this chapter shall be
held in a special fund to be known as the courthouse fund.
(b) For purposes of this chapter and IC 36-9-14.5, the portion of
the property tax levy designated for a courthouse described in section
2(b) of this chapter may be transferred to a nonprofit corporation that
has a lease with the county requiring the corporation to maintain or
renovate the courthouse. Before appropriated funds may be
transferred to a qualified nonprofit corporation, the corporation must
submit a plan for the use of the funds to the county fiscal body for its
approval. An officer or employee of a corporation who receives funds
under this section and knowingly uses the funds for a purpose other
than a purpose approved by the fiscal body commits a Level 6 felony.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.199-1988,
SEC.2; P.L.1-1995, SEC.85; P.L.17-1995, SEC.27; P.L.158-2013,
SEC.680.
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