March 25, 2003





ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1519

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DIGEST OF HB 1519 (Updated March 20, 2003 1:15 PM - DI 44)



Citations Affected: IC 4-33; noncode.

Synopsis: Wagering revenue sharing limitations. Eliminates use restrictions on the revenue sharing part of wagering taxes distributed to local governments. Corrects a reference to the county auditor. Provides a formula for revenue sharing for Marion County.(The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the county government study commission.)

Effective: Upon passage.





Welch, Adams T, Saunders, Whetstone
(SENATE SPONSORS _ SKILLMAN, HUME, CRAYCRAFT)




    January 16, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy, Ethics and Veterans Affairs.
    February 18, 2003, amended, reported _ Do Pass. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means.
    February 27, 2003, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    March 3, 2003, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
    March 4, 2003, read third time, passed. Yeas 98, nays 0.

SENATE ACTION

    March 10, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance.
    March 24, 2003, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






March 25, 2003

First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1519



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 4-33-13-5; (03)EH1519.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 4-33-13-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.192-2002(ss), SECTION 26, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. (a) After funds are appropriated under section 4 of this chapter, each month the treasurer of state shall distribute the tax revenue deposited in the state gaming fund under this chapter to the following:
        (1) The first thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) of tax revenues collected under this chapter shall be set aside for revenue sharing under subsection (d).
        (2) Subject to subsection (b), twenty-five percent (25%) of the remaining tax revenue remitted by each licensed owner shall be paid:
            (A) to the city that is designated as the home dock of the riverboat from which the tax revenue was collected, in the case of:
                (i) a city described in IC 4-33-12-6(b)(1)(A); or
                (ii) a city located in a county having a population of more

than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000);
            (B) in equal shares to the counties described in IC 4-33-1-1(3), in the case of a riverboat whose home dock is on Patoka Lake; or
            (C) to the county that is designated as the home dock of the riverboat from which the tax revenue was collected, in the case of a riverboat whose home dock is not in a city described in clause (A) or a county described in clause (B).
        (3) Subject to subsection (c), the remainder of the tax revenue remitted by each licensed owner shall be paid to the property tax replacement fund.
    (b) For each city and county receiving money under subsection (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(C), the treasurer of state shall determine the total amount of money paid by the treasurer of state to the city or county during the state fiscal year 2002. The amount determined is the base year revenue for the city or county. The treasurer of state shall certify the base year revenue determined under this subsection to the city or county. The total amount of money distributed to a city or county under this section during a state fiscal year may not exceed the entity's base year revenue. For each state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2002, the treasurer of state shall pay that part of the riverboat wagering taxes that:
        (1) exceeds a particular city or county's base year revenue; and
        (2) would otherwise be due to the city or county under this section;
to the property tax replacement fund instead of to the city or county.
    (c) Each state fiscal year the treasurer of state shall transfer from the tax revenue remitted to the property tax replacement fund under subsection (a)(3) to the build Indiana fund an amount that when added to the following may not exceed two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000):
        (1) Surplus lottery revenues under IC 4-30-17-3.
        (2) Surplus revenue from the charity gaming enforcement fund under IC 4-32-10-6.
        (3) Tax revenue from pari-mutuel wagering under IC 4-31-9-3.
The treasurer of state shall make transfers on a monthly basis as needed to meet the obligations of the build Indiana fund. If in any state fiscal year insufficient money is transferred to the property tax replacement fund under subsection (a)(3) to comply with this subsection, the treasurer of state shall reduce the amount transferred to the build Indiana fund to the amount available in the property tax replacement

fund from the transfers under subsection (a)(3) for the state fiscal year.
    (d) Before August 15 of 2003 and each year thereafter, the treasurer of state shall distribute the wagering taxes set aside for revenue sharing under subsection (a)(1) to the county treasurer of each county that does not have a riverboat according to the ratio that the county's population bears to the total population of the counties that do not have a riverboat. Except as provided in subsection (g), the county treasurer auditor shall distribute the money received by the county under this subsection as follows:
        (1) To each city located in the county according to the ratio the city's population bears to the total population of the county.
        (2) To each town located in the county according to the ratio the town's population bears to the total population of the county.
        (3) After the distributions required in subdivisions (1) and (2) are made, the remainder shall be retained by the county.
    (e) Money received by a city, town, or county under subsection (d) or (g) may be used only: for any of the following purposes:
        (1) To reduce the property tax levy of the city, town, or county for a particular year. A property tax reduction under this subdivision does not reduce the maximum levy of the city, town, or county under IC 6-1.1-18.5.
        (2) For deposit in a special fund or allocation fund created under IC 8-22-3.5, IC 36-7-14, IC 36-7-14.5, IC 36-7-15.1, and IC 36-7-30 to provide funding for additional credits for property tax replacement in property tax increment allocation areas or debt repayment.
        (3) To fund sewer and water projects, including storm water management projects. or
        (4) For police and fire pensions.
However, not more than twenty percent (20%) of the money received under subsection (d) may be used for the purpose described in subdivision (4).
         (5) To carry out any governmental purpose for which the money is appropriated by the fiscal body of the city, town, or county. Money used under this subdivision does not reduce the property tax levy of the city, town, or county for a particular year or reduce the maximum levy of the city, town, or county under IC 6-1.1-18.5.
    (f) Before September 15 of 2003 and each year thereafter, the treasurer of state shall determine the total amount of money distributed to an entity under IC 4-33-12-6 during the preceding state fiscal year. If the treasurer of state determines that the total amount of money

distributed to an entity under IC 4-33-12-6 during the preceding state fiscal year was less than the entity's base year revenue (as determined under IC 4-33-12-6), the treasurer of state shall make a supplemental distribution to the entity from taxes collected under this chapter and deposited into the property tax replacement fund. The amount of the supplemental distribution is equal to the difference between the entity's base year revenue (as determined under IC 4-33-12-6) and the total amount of money distributed to the entity during the preceding state fiscal year under IC 4-33-12-6.
     (g) This section applies only to a county containing a consolidated city. The county auditor shall distribute the money received by the county under subsection (d) as follows:
        (1) To each city, other than a consolidated city, located in the county according to the ratio that the city's population bears to the total population of the county.
        (2) To each town located in the county according to the ratio that the town's population bears to the total population of the county.
        (3) After the distributions required in subdivisions (1) and (2) are made, the remainder shall be paid in equal amounts to the consolidated city and the county.

SOURCE: ; (03)EH1519.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] Subject to the appropriation requirements in IC 6-1.1 and any agreement entered into by a city, town, or county that commits the money for a particular purpose, money received under IC 4-33-13-5(d) before, on, or after the effective date of this SECTION may be used after the effective date of this SECTION for any purpose authorized by IC 4-33-13-5, as amended by this act.
SOURCE: ; (03)EH1519.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.


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