YES:
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Ways and Means , to which was referred Senate Bill 501 ,
has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
maintaining an escrow account for a person who is liable for any
property taxes or special assessments, as shown on the tax
duplicate or special assessment records;
a statement of current and delinquent taxes and special assessments.
(b) The county treasurer may include the following in the statement:
(1) An itemized listing for each property tax levy, including:
(A) the amount of the tax rate;
(B) the entity levying the tax owed; and
(C) the dollar amount of the tax owed.
(2) Information designed to inform the taxpayer or mortgagee
clearly and accurately of the manner in which the taxes billed in
the tax statement are to be used.
If the county treasurer includes information described in
subdivision (1) or (2) in a statement and a levy described in
IC 6-1.1-19-1.5
(b) STEP SEVEN(B) is imposed in the taxpayer's
taxing district, the county treasurer shall show separately the
information described in subdivision (1) for that part of each
school general fund tax levy that is levied under
IC 6-1.1-19-1.5
(b)
STEP SEVEN(B) and attributable to money levied for students
enrolled in a charter school. When the department of local
government finance certifies tax rates for a county, the department
of local government finance shall provide the county with the
information required to separately show this information for the
charter school levy.
(c) A form used and the method by which the statement and
information, if any, are transmitted must be approved by the state board
of accounts. The county treasurer may mail or transmit the statement
and information, if any, one (1) time each year at least fifteen (15) days
before the date on which the first or only installment is due. Whenever
a person's tax liability for a year is due in one (1) installment under
IC 6-1.1-7-7
or section 9 of this chapter, a statement that is mailed must
include the date on which the installment is due and denote the amount
of money to be paid for the installment. Whenever a person's tax
liability is due in two (2) installments, a statement that is mailed must
contain the dates on which the first and second installments are due and
denote the amount of money to be paid for each installment.
(c) (d) All payments of property taxes and special assessments shall
be made to the county treasurer. The county treasurer, when authorized
by the board of county commissioners, may open temporary offices for
the collection of taxes in cities and towns in the county other than the
county seat.".
and when so amended that said bill do pass.