2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 6. Taxation
ARTICLE 1.1. PROPERTY TAXES
CHAPTER 18.5. Civil Government Property Tax Controls
6-1.1-18.5-7. Civil taxing unit not subject to levy limits if it did not have levy for immediately preceding year; department of local government finance review of budget, rate, and levy
Sec. 7. (a) A civil taxing unit is not subject to the levy limits imposed by section 3 of this chapter for an ensuing calendar year if the civil taxing unit did not adopt an ad valorem property tax levy for the immediately preceding calendar year.
(b) If under subsection (a) a civil taxing unit is not subject to the levy limits imposed under section 3 of this chapter for a calendar year, the civil taxing unit shall refer its proposed budget, ad valorem property tax levy, and property tax rate for that calendar year to the department of local government finance. The department of local government finance shall make a final determination of the civil taxing unit's budget, ad valorem property tax levy, and property tax rate for that calendar year. However, a civil taxing unit may not impose a property tax levy for a year if the unit did not exist as of January 1 of the preceding year.
As added by P.L.73-1983, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.25-1995, SEC.28; P.L.90-2002, SEC.163; P.L.224-2007, SEC.21; P.L.146-2008, SEC.170; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.126; P.L.203-2016, SEC.8.
