2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 6. Taxation
ARTICLE 1.1. PROPERTY TAXES
CHAPTER 20. Procedures for Issuance of Bonds and Other Evidences of Indebtedness by Political Subdivisions
6-1.1-20-3.8. Procedure for initiating referendum for certain projects when petition and remonstrance process would otherwise apply
Sec. 3.8. (a) This section applies to the issuance of bonds or the entering into a lease for a controlled project to which section 3.1 of this chapter applies.
(b) If the proper officers of a political subdivision make a preliminary determination to issue bonds or enter into a lease described in subsection (a), the fiscal body of the political subdivision may adopt a resolution specifying that the local public question process specified in section 3.6 of this chapter applies to the issuance of the bonds or the execution of the lease instead of the petition and remonstrance process under section 3.2 of this chapter.
(c) The fiscal body must adopt a resolution under subsection (b) not later than the date on which the political subdivision makes a preliminary determination to issue bonds or enter into a lease as described in subsection (a).
(d) The fiscal body must certify the resolution to the county election board of each county in which the political subdivision is located, and the county election board shall place the public question on the ballot as provided in section 3.6 of this chapter.
(e) Except to the extent it is inconsistent with this section, section 3.6 of this chapter applies to a local public question placed on the ballot under this section.
As added by P.L.113-2010, SEC.37.
