HB 1327-1_ Filed 01/26/2004, 11:11 Saunders


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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that House Bill 1327 be amended to read as follows:

    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-22.5; (04)MO132701.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-3.5-7-22.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.224-2003, SECTION 258, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004]: Sec. 22.5. (a) This section applies to a county having a population of more than twenty-seven thousand four hundred (27,400) but less than twenty-seven thousand five hundred (27,500).
    (b) In addition to the rates permitted by section 5 of this chapter, the county council may impose the county economic development income tax at a rate of twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) on the adjusted gross income of county taxpayers if the county council makes the finding and determination set forth in subsection (c).
    (c) In order to impose the county economic development income tax as provided in this section, the county council must adopt an ordinance finding and determining that revenues from the county economic development income tax are needed to pay the costs of
        (1) financing, constructing, acquiring, renovating, and equipping the county courthouse and renovating the former county hospital for additional office space, educational facilities, nonsecure juvenile facilities, and other county functions, including the repayment of bonds issued or leases entered into for constructing, acquiring, renovating, and equipping the county courthouse and renovating the former county hospital for additional office space, educational facilities, nonsecure juvenile facilities, and other county functions.
        (2) financing constructing, acquiring, renovating, and equipping buildings for a volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2) that provides services in any part of the county; and
        (3) financing constructing, acquiring, and renovating firefighting apparatus or other related equipment for a volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2) that provides services in any part of the county.
The revenues from the county economic development income tax imposed under this section may not be used to pay the costs of financing constructing, acquiring, renovating, and equipping the county courthouse.
    (d) If the county council makes a determination under subsection (c), the county council may adopt a tax rate under subsection (b). The tax rate may not be imposed at a rate or for a time greater than is necessary to pay for the purposes described in this section.
    (e) The county treasurer shall establish a county option tax revenue fund to be used only for the purposes described in this section. County economic development income tax revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under this section shall be deposited in the county option tax revenue fund before making a certified distribution under section 11 of this chapter.
    (f) County economic development income tax revenues derived from the tax rate imposed under this section:
        (1) may only be used for the purposes described in this section;
        (2) may not be considered by the department of local government finance in determining the county's maximum permissible property tax levy limit under IC 6-1.1-18.5; and
        (3) may be pledged to the repayment of bonds issued, or leases entered into, for the purposes described in subsection (c).
    (g) A county described in subsection (a) possesses:
        (1) unique fiscal challenges to finance the operations of county government due to the county's ongoing obligation to repay amounts received by the county due to an overpayment of the county's certified distribution under IC 6-3.5-1.1-9 for a prior year; and

        (2) unique capital financing needs related to the purposes described in subsection (c).
    (Reference is to HB 1327 as printed January 23, 2004.)

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Representative Saunders


MO132701/DI 103     2004