Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1460

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 36-4-3-4.1.

Synopsis: Annexation of agricultural land. Allows Brownsburg to exempt annexed agricultural land from property tax liability until the land is rezoned under a different classification.

Effective: July 1, 2003.





Whetstone, Reske




    January 15, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.







Introduced

First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1460



    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 36-4-3-4.1; (03)IN1460.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 36-4-3-4.1 , AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2002, SECTION 142, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 4.1. (a) This section applies to the following:
        (1) A town having a population of:
            (A) more than fifteen thousand (15,000); or
            (B) more than five thousand (5,000) but less than six thousand three hundred (6,300); or
            (C) more than ten thousand (10,000) but less than fifteen thousand (15,000);

        located in a county having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) but less than one hundred five thousand (105,000).
        (2) A city having a population of more than thirty-two thousand eight hundred (32,800) but less than thirty-three thousand (33,000).
        (3) A municipality that is located in a county having a population

of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
        (4) A town having a population of more than nine thousand (9,000) but less than thirty thousand (30,000) located in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000) but less than one hundred eighty-two thousand seven hundred ninety (182,790).
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the legislative body of a municipality to which this section applies may, by ordinance, annex territory that:
        (1) is contiguous to the municipality;
        (2) in the case of a municipality described in subsection (a)(1) (A) or (a)(1)(B), has its entire area within the township within which the municipality is primarily located; and
        (3) is owned by a property owner who consents to the annexation.
    (c) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a town having a population of:
        (1) more than five thousand (5,000) but less than eight thousand (8,000); or
        (2) more than nine thousand (9,000) but less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500);
in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
    (d) Territory annexed under this section is exempt from all property tax liability under IC 6-1.1 for municipal purposes for all portions of the annexed territory that is classified for zoning purposes as agriculture and remains exempt from the property tax liability while the property's zoning classification remains agriculture.
    (e) There may not be a change in the zoning classification of territory annexed under this section without the consent of the owner of the annexed territory.