Reprinted

February 21, 2013





HOUSE BILL No. 1011

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DIGEST OF HB 1011 (Updated February 20, 2013 2:17 pm - DI 113)



Citations Affected: IC 4-4; IC 5-1.5; IC 5-11; IC 6-3.5; IC 34-6; IC 34-13; IC 36-9; IC 36-9.1.

Synopsis: Public mass transportation. Specifies that a county or city council (other than the city-county council of Marion County) may elect by ordinance to provide revenue to a public transportation corporation from the city's or the county's distributive share of county adjusted gross income taxes, county option income taxes, or county economic development income taxes. Authorizes the establishment of a metropolitan transit district by specified eligible counties through local public questions and provides for an appointed board to govern the metropolitan transit district. Provides that certain outlying townships of eligible counties may each separately determine whether to be included in the metropolitan transit district through local public questions in the outlying townships. Authorizes the metropolitan transit district to: (1) construct or acquire any public transportation facility; (2) provide public transportation service by operating public transportation facilities; and (3) issue bonds and otherwise incur indebtedness. Authorizes the Indiana finance authority to issue bonds and use the proceeds to acquire any obligations issued by a metropolitan transit district. Provides that in a county that has approved the local public question, an additional county economic development income tax (CEDIT) rate of not more than 0.3% may be imposed in that part of the county included in the metropolitan transit district to pay the county's contribution to the funding of the metropolitan transit district. Specifies that the CEDIT rate may not exceed the recommended tax.

Effective: July 1, 2013.





Torr, Kirchhofer, Porter, Pryor , DeLaney , Braun , Huston , Forestal




    January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
    January 31, 2013, amended, reported _ Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to Rule 127.
    February 18, 2013, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 20, 2013, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.





Reprinted

February 21, 2013

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1011



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

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

SOURCE: IC 4-4-11-15.6; (13)HB1011.3.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 4-4-11-15.6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 50, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 15.6. In addition to the powers listed in section 15 of this chapter, the authority may:
        (1) issue bonds under terms and conditions determined by the authority and use the proceeds of the bonds to acquire obligations issued by any entity authorized to acquire, finance, construct, or lease capital improvements under IC 5-1-17;
        (2) issue bonds under terms and conditions determined by the authority and use the proceeds of the bonds to acquire any obligations issued by the northwest Indiana regional development authority established by IC 36-7.5-2-1; and
        (3) after December 31, 2009, issue bonds under terms and conditions determined by the authority and use the proceeds of the bonds to acquire any obligations issued by either the commuter rail service board established under IC.8-24-5 or the regional demand and scheduled bus service board established

under IC.8-24-6; and
        (4) issue bonds under terms and conditions determined by the authority and use the proceeds of the bonds to acquire any obligations issued by a metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1-2.

SOURCE: IC 5-1.5-1-8; (13)HB1011.3.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 5-1.5-1-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.232-2007, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 8. "Qualified entity" means:
        (1) a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13);
        (2) a state educational institution;
        (3) a leasing body (as defined in IC 5-1-1-1(a));
        (4) a not-for-profit utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-125);
        (5) any rural electric membership corporation organized under IC 8-1-13;
        (6) any corporation that was organized in 1963 under Acts 1935, c. 157 and that engages in the generation and transmission of electric energy;
        (7) any telephone cooperative corporation formed under IC 8-1-17;
        (8) any commission, authority, or authorized body of any qualified entity;
        (9) any organization, association, or trust with members, participants, or beneficiaries that are all individually qualified entities;
        (10) any commission, authority, or instrumentality of the state;
        (11) any other participant (as defined in IC 13-11-2-151.1);
        (12) a charter school established under IC 20-5.5 (before its repeal) or IC 20-24 that is not a qualified entity under IC 5-1.4-1-10;
        (13) a volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2); or
        (14) a development authority (as defined in IC 36-7.6-1-8); or
        (15) a metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1-2.

SOURCE: IC 5-11-10-1; (13)HB1011.3.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 5-11-10-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 76, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to the state and its political subdivisions. However, this section does not apply to the following:
        (1) A state educational institution, including Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana.
        (2) A municipality (as defined in IC 36-1-2-11).
        (3) A county.
        (4) An airport authority operating in a consolidated city.
        (5) A capital improvements board of managers operating in a consolidated city.
        (6) A board of directors of a public transportation corporation operating in a consolidated city.
        (7) A municipal corporation organized under IC 16-22-8-6.
        (8) A public library.
        (9) A library services authority.
        (10) A hospital organized under IC 16-22 or a hospital organized under IC 16-23.
        (11) A school corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-17).
        (12) A regional water or sewer district organized under IC 13-26 or under IC 13-3-2 (before its repeal).
        (13) A municipally owned utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1).
        (14) A board of an airport authority under IC 8-22-3.
        (15) A conservancy district.
        (16) A board of aviation commissioners under IC 8-22-2.
        (17) A public transportation corporation under IC 36-9-4.
        (18) A commuter transportation district under IC 8-5-15.
        (19) A solid waste management district established under IC 13-21 or IC 13-9.5 (before its repeal).
        (20) A county building authority under IC 36-9-13.
        (21) A soil and water conservation district established under IC 14-32.
        (22) The northwestern Indiana regional planning commission established by IC 36-7-7.6-3.
        (23) The commuter rail service board established under IC.8-24-5.
        (24) The regional demand and scheduled bus service board established under IC.8-24-6.
         (25) A metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1-2.
    (b) No warrant or check shall be drawn by a disbursing officer in payment of any claim unless the same has been fully itemized and its correctness properly certified to by the claimant or some authorized person in the claimant's behalf, and filed and allowed as provided by law.
    (c) The certificate provided for in subsection (b) is not required for:
        (1) claims rendered by a public utility for electric, gas, steam, water, or telephone services, the charges for which are regulated by a governmental body;
        (2) a warrant issued by the auditor of state under IC 4-13-2-7(b);
        (3) a check issued by a special disbursing officer under IC 4-13-2-20(g); or
        (4) a payment of fees under IC 36-7-11.2-49(b) or IC 36-7-11.3-43(b).
    (d) The disbursing officer shall issue checks or warrants for all claims which meet all of the requirements of this section. The disbursing officer does not incur personal liability for disbursements:
        (1) processed in accordance with this section; and
        (2) for which funds are appropriated and available.
    (e) The certificate provided for in subsection (b) must be in the following form:
        I hereby certify that the foregoing account is just and correct, that the amount claimed is legally due, after allowing all just credits, and that no part of the same has been paid.
SOURCE: IC 5-11-10-1.6; (13)HB1011.3.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 5-11-10-1.6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 77, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1.6. (a) As used in this section, "governmental entity" refers to any of the following:
        (1) A municipality (as defined in IC 36-1-2-11).
        (2) A school corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-17), including a school extracurricular account.
        (3) A county.
        (4) A regional water or sewer district organized under IC 13-26 or under IC 13-3-2 (before its repeal).
        (5) A municipally owned utility that is subject to IC 8-1.5-3 or IC 8-1.5-4.
        (6) A board of an airport authority under IC 8-22-3.
        (7) A board of aviation commissioners under IC 8-22-2.
        (8) A conservancy district.
        (9) A public transportation corporation under IC 36-9-4.
        (10) A commuter transportation district under IC 8-5-15.
        (11) The state.
        (12) A solid waste management district established under IC 13-21 or IC 13-9.5 (before its repeal).
        (13) A levee authority established under IC 14-27-6.
        (14) A county building authority under IC 36-9-13.
        (15) A soil and water conservation district established under IC 14-32.
        (16) The northwestern Indiana regional planning commission established by IC 36-7-7.6-3.
        (17) The commuter rail service board established under IC.8-24-5.
        (18) The regional demand and scheduled bus service board established under IC.8-24-6.
         (19) A metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1-2.
    (b) As used in this section, "claim" means a bill or an invoice submitted to a governmental entity for goods or services.
    (c) The fiscal officer of a governmental entity may not draw a warrant or check for payment of a claim unless:
        (1) there is a fully itemized invoice or bill for the claim;
        (2) the invoice or bill is approved by the officer or person receiving the goods and services;
        (3) the invoice or bill is filed with the governmental entity's fiscal officer;
        (4) the fiscal officer audits and certifies before payment that the invoice or bill is true and correct; and
        (5) payment of the claim is allowed by the governmental entity's legislative body or the board or official having jurisdiction over allowance of payment of the claim.
This subsection does not prohibit a school corporation, with prior approval of the board having jurisdiction over allowance of payment of the claim, from making payment in advance of receipt of services as allowed by guidelines developed under IC 20-20-13-10. This subsection does not prohibit a municipality from making meal expense advances to a municipal employee who will be traveling on official municipal business if the municipal fiscal body has adopted an ordinance allowing the advance payment, specifying the maximum amount that may be paid in advance, specifying the required invoices and other documentation that must be submitted by the municipal employee, and providing for reimbursement from the wages of the municipal employee if the municipal employee does not submit the required invoices and documentation.
    (d) The fiscal officer of a governmental entity shall issue checks or warrants for claims by the governmental entity that meet all of the requirements of this section. The fiscal officer does not incur personal liability for disbursements:
        (1) processed in accordance with this section; and
        (2) for which funds are appropriated and available.
    (e) The certification provided for in subsection (c)(4) must be on a form prescribed by the state board of accounts.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-1.1-15; (13)HB1011.3.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 6-3.5-1.1-15, AS AMENDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 212, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 15. (a) As used in this

section, "attributed allocation amount" of a civil taxing unit for a calendar year means the sum of:
        (1) the allocation amount of the civil taxing unit for that calendar year; plus
        (2) the current ad valorem property tax levy of any special taxing district, authority, board, or other entity formed to discharge governmental services or functions on behalf of or ordinarily attributable to the civil taxing unit; plus
        (3) in the case of a county, an amount equal to the welfare allocation amount.
The welfare allocation amount is an amount equal to the sum of the property taxes imposed by the county in 1999 for the county's welfare fund and welfare administration fund and, if the county received a certified distribution under this chapter or IC 6-3.5-6 in 2008, the property taxes imposed by the county in 2008 for the county's county medical assistance to wards fund, family and children's fund, children's psychiatric residential treatment services fund, county hospital care for the indigent fund, and children with special health care needs county fund.
    (b) The part of a county's certified distribution that is to be used as certified shares shall be allocated only among the county's civil taxing units. Each civil taxing unit of a county is entitled to receive a certified share during a calendar year in an amount determined in STEP TWO of the following formula:
        STEP ONE: Divide:
            (A) the attributed allocation amount of the civil taxing unit during that calendar year; by
            (B) the sum of the attributed allocation amounts of all the civil taxing units of the county during that calendar year.
        STEP TWO: Multiply the part of the county's certified distribution that is to be used as certified shares by the STEP ONE amount.
    (c) The department of local government finance shall determine the attributed levies of civil taxing units that are entitled to receive certified shares during a calendar year. If the ad valorem property tax levy of any special taxing district, authority, board, or other entity is attributed to another civil taxing unit under subsection (a)(2), then the special taxing district, authority, board, or other entity shall not be treated as having an attributed allocation amount of its own. The department of local government finance shall certify the attributed allocation amounts to the appropriate county auditor. The county auditor shall then allocate the certified shares among the civil taxing units of the auditor's county.


    (d) Certified shares received by a civil taxing unit shall be treated as additional revenue for the purpose of fixing its budget for the calendar year during which the certified shares will be received. The certified shares may be allocated to or appropriated for any purpose, including:
         (1) property tax relief;
        (2) providing revenue to a public transportation corporation as provided in an election, if any, made by a county or city fiscal body under IC 36-9-4-42(d);
or
         (3) a transfer of funds to another civil taxing unit whose levy was attributed to the civil taxing unit in the determination of its attributed allocation amount.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-6-18; (13)HB1011.3.6. -->     SECTION 6. IC 6-3.5-6-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.135-2011, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 18. (a) The revenue a county auditor receives under this chapter shall be used to:
        (1) replace the amount, if any, of property tax revenue lost due to the allowance of an increased homestead credit within the county;
        (2) fund the operation of a public communications system and computer facilities district as provided in an election, if any, made by the county fiscal body under IC 36-8-15-19(b);
        (3) fund the operation of a public transportation corporation as provided in an election, if any, made by the county fiscal body under IC 36-9-4-42; IC 36-9-4-42(c);
        (4) fund the operation of a public library in a county containing a consolidated city as provided in an election, if any, made by the county fiscal body under IC 36-3-7-6;
        (5) make payments permitted under IC 36-7-14-25.5 or IC 36-7-15.1-17.5;
        (6) make payments permitted under subsection (i);
        (7) make distributions of distributive shares to the civil taxing units of a county; and
        (8) make the distributions permitted under sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 of this chapter.
    (b) The county auditor shall retain from the payments of the county's certified distribution an amount equal to the revenue lost, if any, due to the increase of the homestead credit within the county. This money shall be distributed to the civil taxing units and school corporations of the county as though they were property tax collections and in such a manner that no civil taxing unit or school corporation shall suffer a net revenue loss due to the allowance of an increased homestead credit.
    (c) The county auditor shall retain:
        (1) the amount, if any, specified by the county fiscal body for a particular calendar year under subsection (i), IC 36-3-7-6, IC 36-7-14-25.5, IC 36-7-15.1-17.5, IC 36-8-15-19(b), and IC 36-9-4-42 IC 36-9-4-42(c) from the county's certified distribution for that same calendar year; and
        (2) the amount of an additional tax rate imposed under section 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, or 33 of this chapter.
The county auditor shall distribute amounts retained under this subsection to the county.
    (d) All certified distribution revenues that are not retained and distributed under subsections (b) and (c) shall be distributed to the civil taxing units of the county as distributive shares.
    (e) The amount of distributive shares that each civil taxing unit in a county is entitled to receive during a month equals the product of the following:
        (1) The amount of revenue that is to be distributed as distributive shares during that month; multiplied by
        (2) A fraction. The numerator of the fraction equals the allocation amount for the civil taxing unit for the calendar year in which the month falls. The denominator of the fraction equals the sum of the allocation amounts of all the civil taxing units of the county for the calendar year in which the month falls.
    (f) The department of local government finance shall provide each county auditor with the fractional amount of distributive shares that each civil taxing unit in the auditor's county is entitled to receive monthly under this section.
    (g) Notwithstanding subsection (e), if a civil taxing unit of an adopting county does not impose a property tax levy that is first due and payable in a calendar year in which distributive shares are being distributed under this section, that civil taxing unit is entitled to receive a part of the revenue to be distributed as distributive shares under this section within the county. The fractional amount such a civil taxing unit is entitled to receive each month during that calendar year equals the product of the following:
        (1) The amount to be distributed as distributive shares during that month; multiplied by
        (2) A fraction. The numerator of the fraction equals the budget of that civil taxing unit for that calendar year. The denominator of the fraction equals the aggregate budgets of all civil taxing units of that county for that calendar year.
    (h) If for a calendar year a civil taxing unit is allocated a part of a county's distributive shares by subsection (g), then the formula used in

subsection (e) to determine all other civil taxing units' distributive shares shall be changed each month for that same year by reducing the amount to be distributed as distributive shares under subsection (e) by the amount of distributive shares allocated under subsection (g) for that same month. The department of local government finance shall make any adjustments required by this subsection and provide them to the appropriate county auditors.
    (i) Notwithstanding any other law, a county fiscal body may pledge revenues received under this chapter (other than revenues attributable to a tax rate imposed under section 30, 31, or 32 of this chapter) to the payment of bonds or lease rentals to finance a qualified economic development tax project under IC 36-7-27 in that county or in any other county if the county fiscal body determines that the project will promote significant opportunities for the gainful employment or retention of employment of the county's residents.

SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-6-19; (13)HB1011.3.7. -->     SECTION 7. IC 6-3.5-6-19, AS AMENDED BY P.L.118-2005, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in sections 18(e) and 18.5(b)(3) of this chapter, in determining the fractional share of distributive shares the civil taxing units of a county are entitled to receive under section 18 of this chapter during a calendar year, the department of local government finance shall consider only property taxes imposed on tangible property subject to assessment in that county.
    (b) In determining the amount of distributive shares a civil taxing unit is entitled to receive under section 18(g) of this chapter, the department of local government finance shall consider only the percentage of the civil taxing unit's budget that equals the ratio that the total assessed valuation that lies within the civil taxing unit and the county that has adopted the county option tax bears to the total assessed valuation that lies within the civil taxing unit.
    (c) The distributive shares to be allocated and distributed under this chapter:
        (1) shall be treated by each civil taxing unit as additional revenue for the purpose of fixing the civil taxing unit's budget for the budget year during which the distributive shares are to be distributed to the civil taxing unit; and
        (2) may be used for any lawful purpose of the civil taxing unit, including providing revenue to a public transportation corporation as provided in an election, if any, made by a county or city fiscal body under IC 36-9-4-42(d).
    (d) In the case of a civil taxing unit that includes a consolidated city,

its fiscal body may distribute any revenue it receives under this chapter to any governmental entity located in its county except an excluded city, a township, or a school corporation.

SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-4.9; (13)HB1011.3.8. -->     SECTION 8. IC 6-3.5-7-4.9, AS ADDED BY P.L.113-2010, SECTION 66, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 4.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as provided in subsection (e), a power granted by this chapter to adopt an ordinance to:
        (1) impose, increase, decrease, or rescind a tax or tax rate; or
        (2) grant, increase, decrease, rescind, or change a homestead credit or property tax replacement credit authorized under this chapter;
may be exercised at any time in a year before November 1 of that year.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as provided in subsection (e), an ordinance authorized by this chapter that imposes or increases a tax or a tax rate takes effect as follows:
        (1) An ordinance adopted after December 31 of the immediately preceding year and before October 1 of the current year takes effect October 1 of the current year.
        (2) An ordinance adopted after September 30 and before October 16 of the current year takes effect November 1 of the current year.
        (3) An ordinance adopted after October 15 and before November 1 of the current year takes effect December 1 of the current year.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an ordinance authorized by this chapter that decreases or rescinds a tax or a tax rate takes effect as follows:
        (1) An ordinance adopted after December 31 of the immediately preceding year and before October 1 of the current year takes effect on the later of October 1 of the current year or the first day of the month in the current year as the month in which the last increase in the tax or tax rate occurred.
        (2) An ordinance adopted after September 30 and before October 16 of the current year takes effect on the later of November 1 of the current year or the first day of the month in the current year as the month in which the last increase in the tax or tax rate occurred.
        (3) An ordinance adopted after October 15 and before November 1 of the current year takes effect December 1 of the current year.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an ordinance authorized by this chapter that grants, increases, decreases, rescinds, or changes a homestead credit or property tax replacement credit authorized under this chapter takes effect for and applies to

property taxes first due and payable in the year immediately following the year in which the ordinance is adopted.
     (e) The power granted by this chapter to adopt an ordinance imposing a tax rate under section 23.5 of this chapter may be exercised at any time in a year. Subsection (b) applies to the effective date of an ordinance adopted under section 23.5 of this chapter. In addition, an ordinance adopted under section 23.5 of this chapter after October 31 of a year and before the following January 1 takes effect on the later of:
        (1) December 15 of the year; or
        (2) thirty (30) days after the ordinance is adopted.

SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-5; (13)HB1011.3.9. -->     SECTION 9. IC 6-3.5-7-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.137-2012, SECTION 94, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the county economic development income tax may be imposed on the adjusted gross income of county taxpayers. The entity that may impose the tax is:
        (1) the county income tax council (as defined in IC 6-3.5-6-1) if the county option income tax is in effect on October 1 of the year the county economic development income tax is imposed;
        (2) the county council if the county adjusted gross income tax is in effect on October 1 of the year the county economic development tax is imposed; or
        (3) the county income tax council or the county council, whichever acts first, for a county not covered by subdivision (1) or (2).
To impose the county economic development income tax, a county income tax council shall use the procedures set forth in IC 6-3.5-6 concerning the imposition of the county option income tax.
    (b) Except as provided in this section and section sections 23.5 and 28 of this chapter, the county economic development income tax may be imposed at a rate of:
        (1) one-tenth percent (0.1%);
        (2) two-tenths percent (0.2%);
        (3) twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%);
        (4) three-tenths percent (0.3%);
        (5) thirty-five hundredths percent (0.35%);
        (6) four-tenths percent (0.4%);
        (7) forty-five hundredths percent (0.45%); or
        (8) five-tenths percent (0.5%);
on the adjusted gross income of county taxpayers.
    (c) Except as provided in this section and section 23.5 of this

chapter, the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate, if any, that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and twenty-five hundredths percent (1.25%). Except as provided in this section and section 23.5 of this chapter, the county economic development tax rate plus the county option income tax rate, if any, that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one percent (1%).
    (d) To impose, increase, decrease, or rescind the county economic development income tax, the appropriate body must adopt an ordinance.
    (e) The ordinance to impose the tax must substantially state the following:
    "The ________ County _________ imposes the county economic development income tax on the county taxpayers of _________ County. The county economic development income tax is imposed at a rate of _________ percent (____%) on the county taxpayers of the county.".
    (f) The auditor of a county shall record all votes taken on ordinances presented for a vote under the authority of this chapter and shall, not more than ten (10) days after the vote, send a certified copy of the results to the commissioner of the department, the director of the budget agency, and the commissioner of the department of local government finance by certified mail or in an electronic format approved by the director of the budget agency.
    (g) For Jackson County, except as provided in subsection (o), the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and thirty-five hundredths percent (1.35%) if the county has imposed the county adjusted gross income tax at a rate of one and one-tenth percent (1.1%) under IC 6-3.5-1.1-2.5.
    (h) For Pulaski County, except as provided in subsection (o), the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and fifty-five hundredths percent (1.55%).
    (i) For Wayne County, except as provided in subsection (o), the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%).
    (j) This subsection applies to Randolph County. Except as provided in subsection (o), in addition to the rates permitted under subsection (b):
        (1) the county economic development income tax may be imposed

at a rate of twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%); and
        (2) the sum of the county economic development income tax rate and the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%);
if the county council makes a determination to impose rates under this subsection and section 22.5 of this chapter.
    (k) For Daviess County, except as provided in subsection (o), the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%).
    (l) For:
        (1) Elkhart County; or
        (2) Marshall County;
except as provided in subsection (o), the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%).
    (m) For Union County, except as provided in subsection (o), the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%).
    (n) This subsection applies to Knox County. Except as provided in subsection (o), in addition to the rates permitted under subsection (b):
        (1) the county economic development income tax may be imposed at a rate of twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%); and
        (2) the sum of the county economic development income tax rate and:
            (A) the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%); or
            (B) the county option income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and twenty-five hundredths percent (1.25%);
if the county council makes a determination to impose rates under this subsection and section 24 of this chapter.
    (o) In addition:
        (1) the county economic development income tax may be imposed at a rate that exceeds by not more than twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) the maximum rate that would otherwise apply under this section; and
        (2) the:


            (A) county economic development income tax; and
            (B) county option income tax or county adjusted gross income tax;
        may be imposed at combined rates that exceed by not more than twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%) the maximum combined rates that would otherwise apply under this section.
However, the additional rate imposed under this subsection may not exceed the amount necessary to mitigate the increased ad valorem property taxes on homesteads (as defined in IC 6-1.1-20.9-1 (repealed) before January 1, 2009, or IC 6-1.1-12-37 after December 31, 2008) or residential property (as defined in section 26 of this chapter), as appropriate under the ordinance adopted by the adopting body in the county, resulting from the deduction of the assessed value of inventory in the county under IC 6-1.1-12-41 or IC 6-1.1-12-42 or from the exclusion in 2008 of inventory from the definition of personal property in IC 6-1.1-1-11.
    (p) If the county economic development income tax is imposed as authorized under subsection (o) at a rate that exceeds the maximum rate that would otherwise apply under this section, the certified distribution must be used for the purpose provided in section 26 of this chapter to the extent that the certified distribution results from the difference between:
        (1) the actual county economic development tax rate; and
        (2) the maximum rate that would otherwise apply under this section.
    (q) This subsection applies only to a county described in section 27 of this chapter. Except as provided in subsection (o), in addition to the rates permitted by subsection (b), the:
        (1) county economic development income tax may be imposed at a rate of twenty-five hundredths percent (0.25%); and
        (2) county economic development income tax rate plus the county option income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may equal up to one and twenty-five hundredths percent (1.25%);
if the county council makes a determination to impose rates under this subsection and section 27 of this chapter.
    (r) Except as provided in subsection (o), the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) if the county has imposed the county adjusted gross income tax under IC 6-3.5-1.1-3.3.
    (s) This subsection applies to Howard County. Except as provided in subsection (o), the sum of the county economic development income

tax rate and the county option income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and twenty-five hundredths percent (1.25%).
    (t) This subsection applies to Scott County. Except as provided in subsection (o), the sum of the county economic development income tax rate and the county option income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and twenty-five hundredths percent (1.25%).
    (u) This subsection applies to Jasper County. Except as provided in subsection (o), the sum of the county economic development income tax rate and the county adjusted gross income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and five-tenths percent (1.5%).
    (v) An additional county economic development income tax rate imposed under section 28 of this chapter may not be considered in calculating any limit under this section on the sum of:
        (1) the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate; or
        (2) the county economic development tax rate plus the county option income tax rate.
    (w) The income tax rate limits imposed by subsection (c) or (x) or any other provision of this chapter do not apply to:
        (1) a county adjusted gross income tax rate imposed under IC 6-3.5-1.1-24, IC 6-3.5-1.1-25, or IC 6-3.5-1.1-26; or
        (2) a county option income tax rate imposed under IC 6-3.5-6-30, IC 6-3.5-6-31, or IC 6-3.5-6-32.
For purposes of computing the maximum combined income tax rate under subsection (c) or (x) or any other provision of this chapter that may be imposed in a county under IC 6-3.5-1.1, IC 6-3.5-6, and this chapter, a county's county adjusted gross income tax rate or county option income tax rate for a particular year does not include the county adjusted gross income tax rate imposed under IC 6-3.5-1.1-24, IC 6-3.5-1.1-25, or IC 6-3.5-1.1-26 or the county option income tax rate imposed under IC 6-3.5-6-30, IC 6-3.5-6-31, or IC 6-3.5-6-32.
    (x) This subsection applies to Monroe County. Except as provided in subsection (o), if an ordinance is adopted under IC 6-3.5-6-33, the sum of the county economic development income tax rate and the county option income tax rate that are in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and twenty-five hundredths percent (1.25%).
    (y) This subsection applies to Perry County. Except as provided in subsection (o), if an ordinance is adopted under section 27.5 of this chapter, the county economic development income tax rate plus the

county option income tax rate that is in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed one and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%).
    (z) This subsection applies to Starke County. Except as provided in subsection (o), if an ordinance is adopted under section 27.6 of this chapter, the county economic development income tax rate plus the county adjusted gross income tax rate that is in effect on January 1 of a year may not exceed two percent (2%).

SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-11; (13)HB1011.3.10. -->     SECTION 10. IC 6-3.5-7-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.137-2012, SECTION 97, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 11. (a) Revenue derived from the imposition of the county economic development income tax shall, in the manner prescribed by this section, be distributed to the county that imposed it.
    (b) Before August 2 of each calendar year, the budget agency shall certify to the county auditor of each adopting county the sum of the amount of county economic development income tax revenue that the budget agency determines has been:
        (1) received from that county for a taxable year ending before the calendar year in which the determination is made; and
        (2) reported on an annual return or amended return processed by the department in the state fiscal year ending before July 1 of the calendar year in which the determination is made;
as adjusted for refunds of county economic development income tax made in the state fiscal year plus the amount of interest in the county's account that has been accrued and has not been included in a certification made in a preceding year. The amount certified is the county's certified distribution, which shall be distributed on the dates specified in section 16 of this chapter for the following calendar year.
    (c) The amount certified under subsection (b) shall be adjusted under subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g). The budget agency shall provide the county council with an informative summary of the calculations used to determine the certified distribution. The summary of calculations must include:
        (1) the amount reported on individual income tax returns processed by the department during the previous fiscal year;
        (2) adjustments for over distributions in prior years;
        (3) adjustments for clerical or mathematical errors in prior years;
        (4) adjustments for tax rate changes; and
        (5) the amount of excess account balances to be distributed under IC 6-3.5-7-17.3.
    (d) The budget agency shall certify an amount less than the amount determined under subsection (b) if the budget agency determines that the reduced distribution is necessary to offset overpayments made in a

calendar year before the calendar year of the distribution. The budget agency may reduce the amount of the certified distribution over several calendar years so that any overpayments are offset over several years rather than in one (1) lump sum.
    (e) The budget agency shall adjust the certified distribution of a county to correct for any clerical or mathematical errors made in any previous certification under this section. The budget agency may reduce the amount of the certified distribution over several calendar years so that any adjustment under this subsection is offset over several years rather than in one (1) lump sum.
    (f) The budget agency shall adjust the certified distribution of a county to provide the county with the amount of any tax increase imposed under section 26 of this chapter to provide additional homestead credits as provided in those provisions.
    (g) This subsection applies to a county that:
         (1) imposes, increases, decreases, or rescinds a tax or tax rate under this chapter before November 1 in the same calendar year in which the budget agency makes a certification under this section; or
        (2) adopts an ordinance imposing a tax rate under section 23.5 of this chapter in the same calendar year in which the budget agency makes a certification under this section.

The budget agency shall adjust the certified distribution of a county to provide for a distribution in the immediately following calendar year and in each calendar year thereafter. The budget agency shall provide for a full transition to certification of distributions as provided in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(2) in the manner provided in subsection (d). If the county imposes, increases, decreases, or rescinds a tax or tax rate under this chapter after the date for which a certification under subsection (b) is based, the budget agency shall adjust the certified distribution of the county after August 1 of the calendar year. The adjustment shall reflect any other adjustment authorized under subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f). The adjusted certification shall be treated as the county's certified distribution for the immediately succeeding calendar year. The budget agency shall certify the adjusted certified distribution to the county auditor for the county and provide the county council with an informative summary of the calculations that revises the informative summary provided in subsection (c) and reflects the changes made in the adjustment.
    (h) The budget agency shall before May 1 of every odd-numbered year publish an estimate of the statewide total amount of certified distributions to be made under this chapter during the following two (2)

calendar years.
    (i) The budget agency shall before May 1 of every even-numbered year publish an estimate of the statewide total amount of certified distributions to be made under this chapter during the following calendar year.
    (j) The estimates under subsections (h) and (i) must specify the amount of the estimated certified distributions that are attributable to any additional rates authorized under this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-13.1; (13)HB1011.3.11. -->     SECTION 11. IC 6-3.5-7-13.1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.137-2012, SECTION 99, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 13.1. (a) The fiscal officer of each county, city, or town for a county in which the county economic development tax is imposed shall establish an economic development income tax fund. Except as provided in sections 23, 26, 27, 27.5, and 27.6 of this chapter, the revenue received by a county, city, or town under this chapter shall be deposited in the unit's economic development income tax fund.
    (b) As used in this subsection, "homestead" means a homestead that is eligible for a standard deduction under IC 6-1.1-12-37. Except as provided in sections 15, 23, 26, 27, 27.5, and 27.6 of this chapter, revenues from the county economic development income tax may be used as follows:
        (1) By a county, city, or town for economic development projects, for paying, notwithstanding any other law, under a written agreement all or a part of the interest owed by a private developer or user on a loan extended by a financial institution or other lender to the developer or user if the proceeds of the loan are or are to be used to finance an economic development project, for the retirement of bonds under section 14 of this chapter for economic development projects, for leases under section 21 of this chapter, or for leases or bonds entered into or issued prior to the date the economic development income tax was imposed if the purpose of the lease or bonds would have qualified as a purpose under this chapter at the time the lease was entered into or the bonds were issued.
        (2) By a county, city, or town for:
            (A) the construction or acquisition of, or remedial action with respect to, a capital project for which the unit is empowered to issue general obligation bonds or establish a fund under any statute listed in IC 6-1.1-18.5-9.8;
            (B) the retirement of bonds issued under any provision of Indiana law for a capital project;
            (C) the payment of lease rentals under any statute for a capital project;
            (D) contract payments to a nonprofit corporation whose primary corporate purpose is to assist government in planning and implementing economic development projects;
            (E) operating expenses of a governmental entity that plans or implements economic development projects;
            (F) to the extent not otherwise allowed under this chapter, funding substance removal or remedial action in a designated unit; or
            (G) funding of a revolving fund established under IC 5-1-14-14.
        (3) By a county, city, or town for any lawful purpose for which money in any of its other funds may be used.
        (4) By a city or county described in IC 36-7.5-2-3(b) for making transfers required by IC 36-7.5-4-2. If the county economic development income tax rate is increased after April 30, 2005, in Porter County, the first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) of the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase shall be used by the county or by eligible municipalities (as defined in IC 36-7.5-1-11.3) in the county only to make the county's transfer required by IC 36-7.5-4-2. The first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) of the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the northwest Indiana regional development authority under IC 36-7.5-4-2 before certified distributions are made to the county or any cities or towns in the county under this chapter from the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase. If Porter County ceases to be a member of the northwest Indiana regional development authority under IC 36-7.5 but two (2) or more municipalities in the county have become members of the northwest Indiana regional development authority as authorized by IC 36-7.5-2-3(i), the county treasurer shall continue to transfer the three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) to the treasurer of the northwest Indiana regional development authority under IC 36-7.5-4-2 before certified distributions are made to the county or any cities or towns in the county. In Porter County, all of the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase that is in excess of the first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) that results each year from the tax rate increase must be used by the county and cities and

towns in the county for homestead credits under subdivision (5).
        (5) This subdivision applies only in Porter County. All of the tax revenue that results each year from a tax rate increase described in subdivision (4) that is in excess of the first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) that results each year from the tax rate increase must be used by the county and cities and towns in the county for homestead credits under this subdivision. The following apply to homestead credits provided under this subdivision:
            (A) The homestead credits must be applied uniformly to provide a homestead credit for homesteads in the county, city, or town.
            (B) The homestead credits shall be treated for all purposes as property tax levies.
            (C) The homestead credits shall be applied to the net property taxes due on the homestead after the application of all other assessed value deductions or property tax deductions and credits that apply to the amount owed under IC 6-1.1.
            (D) The department of local government finance shall determine the homestead credit percentage for a particular year based on the amount of county economic development income tax revenue that will be used under this subdivision to provide homestead credits in that year.
        (6) This subdivision applies only in Lake County. The county or a city or town in the county may use county economic development income tax revenue to provide homestead credits in the county, city, or town. The following apply to homestead credits provided under this subdivision:
            (A) The county, city, or town fiscal body must adopt an ordinance authorizing the homestead credits. The ordinance must specify the amount of county economic development income tax revenue that will be used to provide homestead credits in the following year.
            (B) The county, city, or town fiscal body that adopts an ordinance under this subdivision must forward a copy of the ordinance to the county auditor and the department of local government finance not more than thirty (30) days after the ordinance is adopted.
            (C) The homestead credits must be applied uniformly to increase the homestead credit under IC 6-1.1-20.9 (repealed) for homesteads in the county, city, or town (for property taxes first due and payable before January 1, 2009) or to provide a

homestead credit for homesteads in the county, city, or town (for property taxes first due and payable after December 31, 2008).
            (D) The homestead credits shall be treated for all purposes as property tax levies.
            (E) The homestead credits shall be applied to the net property taxes due on the homestead after the application of all other assessed value deductions or property tax deductions and credits that apply to the amount owed under IC 6-1.1.
            (F) The department of local government finance shall determine the homestead credit percentage for a particular year based on the amount of county economic development income tax revenue that will be used under this subdivision to provide homestead credits in that year.
        (7) For a regional venture capital fund established under section 13.5 of this chapter or a local venture capital fund established under section 13.6 of this chapter.
        (8) This subdivision applies only to LaPorte County, if:
            (A) the county fiscal body has adopted an ordinance under IC 36-7.5-2-3(e) providing that the county is joining the northwest Indiana regional development authority; and
            (B) the fiscal body of the city described in IC 36-7.5-2-3(e) has adopted an ordinance under IC 36-7.5-2-3(e) providing that the city is joining the development authority.
        Revenue from the county economic development income tax may be used by a county or a city described in this subdivision for making transfers required by IC 36-7.5-4-2. In addition, if the county economic development income tax rate is increased after June 30, 2006, in the county, the first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) of the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase shall be used by the county only to make the county's transfer required by IC 36-7.5-4-2. The first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) of the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the northwest Indiana regional development authority under IC 36-7.5-4-2 before certified distributions are made to the county or any cities or towns in the county under this chapter from the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase. All of the tax revenue that results each year from the tax rate increase that is in excess of the first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) that results each year from the tax rate increase must

be used by the county and cities and towns in the county for homestead credits under subdivision (9).
        (9) This subdivision applies only to LaPorte County. All of the tax revenue that results each year from a tax rate increase described in subdivision (8) that is in excess of the first three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) that results each year from the tax rate increase must be used by the county and cities and towns in the county for homestead credits under this subdivision. The following apply to homestead credits provided under this subdivision:
            (A) The homestead credits must be applied uniformly to provide a homestead credit for homesteads in the county, city, or town.
            (B) The homestead credits shall be treated for all purposes as property tax levies.
            (C) The homestead credits shall be applied to the net property taxes due on the homestead after the application of all other assessed value deductions or property tax deductions and credits that apply to the amount owed under IC 6-1.1.
            (D) The department of local government finance shall determine the homestead credit percentage for a particular year based on the amount of county economic development income tax revenue that will be used under this subdivision to provide homestead credits in that year.
         (10) By a county or city to provide revenue to a public transportation corporation as provided in an election, if any, made by a county or city fiscal body under IC 36-9-4-42(d).
    (c) As used in this section, an economic development project is any project that:
        (1) the county, city, or town determines will:
            (A) promote significant opportunities for the gainful employment of its citizens;
            (B) attract a major new business enterprise to the unit; or
            (C) retain or expand a significant business enterprise within the unit; and
        (2) involves an expenditure for:
            (A) the acquisition of land;
            (B) interests in land;
            (C) site improvements;
            (D) infrastructure improvements;
            (E) buildings;
            (F) structures;


            (G) rehabilitation, renovation, and enlargement of buildings and structures;
            (H) machinery;
            (I) equipment;
            (J) furnishings;
            (K) facilities;
            (L) administrative expenses associated with such a project, including contract payments authorized under subsection (b)(2)(D);
            (M) operating expenses authorized under subsection (b)(2)(E); or
            (N) to the extent not otherwise allowed under this chapter, substance removal or remedial action in a designated unit;
or any combination of these.
    (d) If there are bonds outstanding that have been issued under section 14 of this chapter or leases in effect under section 21 of this chapter, the county or a city or town may not expend money from its economic development income tax fund for a purpose authorized under subsection (b)(3) in a manner that would adversely affect owners of the outstanding bonds or payment of any lease rentals due.
SOURCE: IC 6-3.5-7-23.5; (13)HB1011.3.12. -->     SECTION 12. IC 6-3.5-7-23.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 23.5. (a) If a local public question under IC 36-9.1-2-2 or IC 36-9.1-2-3 has been approved in an eligible county (as defined in IC 36-9.1-1-7):
        (1) the county income tax council, if the county option income tax is in effect in the county and the county does not contain a consolidated city;
        (2) the county council, if the county adjusted gross income tax is in effect in the county; or
        (3) the city-county council, if the county contains a consolidated city;
may adopt an ordinance imposing a county economic development income tax rate to pay the county's contribution to the funding of the metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1-2.
    (b) The following apply in a county in which an ordinance has been adopted under subsection (a):
        (1) The county economic development income tax rate imposed under subsection (a) may not exceed the maximum rate approved in the local public question under IC 36-9.1-2-2 or IC 36-9.1-2-3.

         (2) A county economic development income tax rate imposed

under subsection (a) is in addition to any other tax rate imposed under this chapter.
        (3) For purposes of computing the maximum combined income tax rate under section 5 of this chapter that may be imposed in a county under IC 6-3.5-1.1, IC 6-3.5-6, and this chapter, a county's county economic development income tax rate for a particular year does not include a tax rate imposed under subsection (a).

         (4) For purposes of computing the maximum income tax rate that may be imposed in a county under section 5 of this chapter, a county's county economic development income tax rate for a particular year does not include a tax rate imposed under subsection (a).
         (5) A county economic development income tax rate imposed in an eligible county under subsection (a) applies only in those townships of the county that are included in the territory of the metropolitan transit district under IC 36-9.1-2-7.
    (c) If a border township (as defined in IC 36-9.1-1-6) of an eligible county:
        (1) is not included in the territory of the metropolitan transit district at the time a county economic development income tax rate is imposed in the eligible county under subsection (a); and
        (2) the border township afterwards approves a local public question under IC 36-9.1-2-4;
a county taxpayer of the border township is subject to the county economic development income tax rate imposed under subsection (a)
in the eligible county beginning on January 1 of the year following the year in which the border township approves the local public question.

SOURCE: IC 34-6-2-110; (13)HB1011.3.13. -->     SECTION 13. IC 34-6-2-110, AS AMENDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 371, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 110. "Political subdivision", for purposes of IC 34-13-3, means a:
        (1) county;
        (2) township;
        (3) city;
        (4) town;
        (5) separate municipal corporation;
        (6) special taxing district;
        (7) state educational institution;
        (8) city or county hospital;
        (9) school corporation;
        (10) board or commission of one (1) of the entities listed in subdivisions (1) through (9);
        (11) drug enforcement task force operated jointly by political subdivisions;
        (12) community correctional service program organized under IC 12-12-1; or
        (13) solid waste management district established under IC 13-21 or IC 13-9.5-2 (before its repeal); or
        (14) metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1-2.

SOURCE: IC 34-13-3-22; (13)HB1011.3.14. -->     SECTION 14. IC 34-13-3-22 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 22. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following shall be treated as political subdivisions:
        (1) A community action agency (as defined in IC 12-14-23-2).
        (2) An individual or corporation rendering public transportation services under a contract with a commuter transportation district created under IC 8-5-15.
        (3) A volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2) that is acting under:
            (A) a contract with a unit or a fire protection district; or
            (B) IC 36-8-17.
         (4) An individual or a corporation rendering public transportation services under a contract with a metropolitan transportation district established under IC 36-9.1-2.
    (b) The treatment provided for under subsection (a)(2) shall be accorded only in relation to a loss that occurs in the course of rendering public transportation services under contract with a commuter transportation district.
     (c) The treatment provided for under subsection (a)(4) shall be accorded only in relation to a loss that occurs in the course of rendering public transportation services under a contract with a metropolitan transit district.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-3-5; (13)HB1011.3.15. -->     SECTION 15. IC 36-9-3-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.119-2012, SECTION 226, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 5. (a) An authority is under the control of a board (referred to as "the board" in this chapter) that, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), consists of:
        (1) two (2) members appointed by the executive of each county in the authority;
        (2) one (1) member appointed by the executive of the largest municipality in each county in the authority;
        (3) one (1) member appointed by the executive of each second class city in a county in the authority; and
        (4) one (1) member from any other political subdivision that has public transportation responsibilities in a county in the authority.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), an authority that includes a consolidated city is under the control of a board consisting of the following:
        (1) Two (2) members appointed by the executive of the county having the consolidated city.
        (2) One (1) member appointed by the board of commissioners of the county having the consolidated city.
        (3) One (1) member appointed by the executive of each other county in the authority.
        (4) Two (2) members appointed by the governor from a list of at least five (5) names provided by the Indianapolis regional transportation council.
        (5) One (1) member representing the four (4) largest municipalities in the authority located in a county other than a county containing a consolidated city. The member shall be appointed by the executives of the municipalities acting jointly.
        (6) One (1) member representing the excluded cities located in a county containing a consolidated city that are members of the authority. The member shall be appointed by the executives of the excluded cities acting jointly.
        (7) One (1) member of a labor organization representing employees of the authority who provide public transportation services within the geographic jurisdiction of the authority. The labor organization shall appoint the member.
If the consolidated city is located in a county that is a member of a metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1, the terms of the members appointed under this subsection expire on the date on which the first meeting of the board of the metropolitan transit district is called under IC 36-9.1-4-5(a). If not otherwise ineligible, a member appointed under this subsection is eligible for appointment under subsection (d).
    (c) After December 31, 2009, this subsection applies if both a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000) and a county having a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) but less than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) are not members of the northern Indiana regional transportation district established under IC 8-24. An authority that includes a county having a population

of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000) is under the control of a board consisting of the following twenty-one (21) members:
        (1) Three (3) members appointed by the executive of a city with a population of more than eighty thousand (80,000) but less than eighty thousand four hundred (80,400).
        (2) Two (2) members appointed by the executive of a city with a population of more than eighty thousand five hundred (80,500) but less than one hundred thousand (100,000).
        (3) One (1) member jointly appointed by the executives of the following municipalities located within a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000):
            (A) A city with a population of more than four thousand nine hundred fifty (4,950) but less than five thousand (5,000).
            (B) A city with a population of more than twenty-nine thousand six hundred (29,600) but less than twenty-nine thousand nine hundred (29,900).
        (4) One (1) member who is jointly appointed by the fiscal body of the following municipalities located within a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000):
            (A) A town with a population of more than sixteen thousand five hundred (16,500) but less than twenty thousand (20,000).
            (B) A town with a population of more than twenty-three thousand seven hundred (23,700) but less than twenty-four thousand (24,000).
            (C) A town with a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) but less than twenty-three thousand seven hundred (23,700).
        (5) One (1) member who is jointly appointed by the fiscal body of the following municipalities located within a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000):
            (A) A town with a population of more than fourteen thousand (14,000) but less than sixteen thousand (16,000).
            (B) A town with a population of more than twenty-four thousand (24,000) but less than thirty thousand (30,000).
            (C) A town with a population of more than sixteen thousand (16,000) but less than sixteen thousand five hundred (16,500).
        (6) One (1) member who is jointly appointed by the following authorities of municipalities located in a county having a

population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000):
            (A) The executive of a city with a population of more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) but less than twenty-nine thousand (29,000).
            (B) The fiscal body of a town with a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) but less than fourteen thousand (14,000).
            (C) The fiscal body of a town with a population of more than five thousand (5,000) but less than ten thousand (10,000).
            (D) The fiscal body of a town with a population of less than one thousand five hundred (1,500).
            (E) The fiscal body of a town with a population of more than two thousand two hundred (2,200) but less than five thousand (5,000).
        (7) One (1) member appointed by the fiscal body of a town with a population of more than thirty thousand (30,000) located within a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
        (8) One (1) member who is jointly appointed by the following authorities of municipalities that are located within a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000):
            (A) The executive of a city having a population of more than twenty-nine thousand (29,000) but less than twenty-nine thousand five hundred (29,500).
            (B) The executive of a city having a population of more than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) but less than twelve thousand seven hundred (12,700).
            (C) The fiscal body of a town having a population of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) but less than two thousand two hundred (2,200).
        (9) Three (3) members appointed by the fiscal body of a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
        (10) One (1) member appointed by the county executive of a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
        (11) One (1) member of a labor organization representing employees of the authority who provide public transportation services within the geographic jurisdiction of the authority. The labor organization shall appoint the member. If more than one (1)

labor organization represents the employees of the authority, each organization shall submit one (1) name to the governor, and the governor shall appoint the member from the list of names submitted by the organizations.
        (12) The executive of a city with a population of more than thirty-one thousand seven hundred twenty-five (31,725) but less than thirty-five thousand (35,000), or the executive's designee.
        (13) The executive of a city with a population of more than thirty-six thousand eight hundred twenty-five (36,825) but less than forty thousand (40,000), or the executive's designee.
        (14) One (1) member of the board of commissioners of a county, with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) but less than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000), appointed by the board of commissioners, or the member's designee.
        (15) One (1) member appointed jointly by the township executive of the township containing the following towns:
            (A) Chesterton.
            (B) Porter.
            (C) Burns Harbor.
            (D) Dune Acres.
        The member appointed under this subdivision must be a resident of a town listed in this subdivision.
        (16) One (1) member appointed jointly by the township executives of the following townships located in Porter County:
            (A) Washington Township.
            (B) Morgan Township.
            (C) Pleasant Township.
            (D) Boone Township.
            (E) Union Township.
            (F) Porter Township.
            (G) Jackson Township.
            (H) Liberty Township.
            (I) Pine Township.
        The member appointed under this subdivision must be a resident of a township listed in this subdivision.
If a county or city becomes a member of the authority under section 3.5 of this chapter, the executive of the county or city shall appoint one (1) member to serve on the board.
     (d) This subsection applies to an authority that includes a consolidated city in a county that is a member of a metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1. Beginning on the date

on which the first meeting of the board of metropolitan transit district is called under IC 36-9.1-4-5(a), the authority is under the control of a board consisting of the following:
        (1) Each member of the board of the metropolitan transit district.
        (2) One (1) member appointed by the executive of each county in the authority that is not also a member of the metropolitan transit district.
        (3) One (1) member to represent the three (3) largest municipalities in the authority located in a county other than a county that is a member of the metropolitan transit district. The executives of the municipalities shall jointly appoint the member.
        (4) One (1) member of a labor organization representing employees of the authority who provide public transportation services within the geographic jurisdiction of the authority. The labor organization shall appoint the member.

If not otherwise ineligible, a member whose term expired under subsection (a) is eligible for appointment under this subsection.

SOURCE: IC 36-9-3-7; (13)HB1011.3.16. -->     SECTION 16. IC 36-9-3-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 448, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), as soon as is practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the authority is established, the members shall meet and organize themselves as a board.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection subsections (f) and (g), at its first meeting, and annually after that, the board shall elect from its members a president, a vice president who shall perform the duties of the president during the absence or disability of the president, a secretary, and a treasurer. If the authority includes more than one (1) county, the president and vice president must be from different counties.
    (c) The regional planning commission staff or the metropolitan planning organization if the authority includes a consolidated city shall serve as staff to the board secretary for the purpose of recording the minutes of all board meetings and keeping the records of the authority.
    (d) The board shall keep its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts in a suitable office, subject to public inspection at all reasonable times.
    (e) After December 31, 2009, this subsection applies if a county is not a member of the northern Indiana regional transportation district established under IC 8-24. If the authority includes a county having a

population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000), the first meeting of the board shall be at the call of the county council of the county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000). The president of the county council shall preside over the first meeting until the officers of the board have been elected.
    (f) After December 31, 2009, this subsection applies if a county is not a member of the northern Indiana regional transportation district established under IC 8-24. If the authority includes a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000), the board shall first meet in January. At the first meeting the board shall elect from its members a president, a vice president who shall perform the duties of the president during the absence or disability of the president, a secretary, a treasurer, and any other officers the board determines are necessary for the board to function.
     (g) This subsection applies to an authority that includes a county that is a member of a metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board of the metropolitan transit district shall serve as chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board of the authority. The board shall elect from its members a secretary-treasurer.

SOURCE: IC 36-9-3-13; (13)HB1011.3.17. -->     SECTION 17. IC 36-9-3-13 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 13. (a) The board may:
        (1) exercise the executive and legislative powers of the authority as provided by this chapter;
        (2) as a municipal corporation, sue and be sued in its name;
        (3) sell, lease, or otherwise contract for advertising in or on the facilities of the authority;
        (4) protect all property owned or managed by the board;
        (5) adopt an annual budget;
        (6) incur indebtedness in the name of the authority in accordance with this chapter;
        (7) acquire real, personal, or mixed property by deed, purchase, or lease and dispose of it for use in connection with or for administrative purposes;
        (8) receive gifts, donations, bequests, and public trusts, agree to conditions and terms accompanying them, and bind the authority to carry them out;
        (9) receive federal or state aid and administer that aid;
        (10) erect the buildings or structures needed to administer and

carry out this chapter;
        (11) determine matters of policy regarding internal organization and operating procedures not specifically provided for by law;
        (12) adopt a schedule of reasonable charges and rents, and collect them from all users of facilities and services within the jurisdiction of the authority;
        (13) purchase supplies, materials, and equipment to carry out the duties and functions of the board, in accordance with procedures adopted by the board and under applicable statutes;
        (14) employ the personnel necessary to carry out the duties, functions, and powers of the board;
        (15) sell any surplus or unneeded real and personal property in accordance with procedures adopted by the board and under applicable statutes;
        (16) adopt rules governing the duties of its officers, employees, and personnel, and the internal management of the affairs of the board;
        (17) fix the compensation of the various officers and employees of the authority, within the limitations of the total personal services budget;
        (18) purchase public transportation services from public or private transportation agencies upon the terms and conditions set forth in purchase of service agreements between the authority and the transportation agencies;
        (19) acquire, establish, construct, improve, equip, operate, maintain, subsidize, and regulate public transportation systems within the jurisdiction of the authority;
        (20) after receiving a request for assistance from a public transportation system, enter into agreements with government agencies, political subdivisions, private transportation companies, railroads, and other persons providing for:
            (A) construction, operation, and use by the other party of any public transportation system and equipment held or later acquired by the authority; and
            (B) acquisition of any public transportation system and equipment of another party if all or part of the operations of that party take place within the jurisdiction of the authority;
        (21) rent or lease any real property, including air rights above real property owned or leased by a transportation system, for transportation or other purposes, with the revenues from those rentals to accrue to the authority and to be used exclusively for the purposes of this chapter;


        (22) negotiate and execute contracts of sale, purchase, or lease, or contracts for personal services, materials, supplies, equipment, or passenger transportation services;
        (23) establish at or near its terminals and stations the off-street parking facilities and access roads that are necessary and desirable, and charge fees for or allow free use of those facilities;
        (24) enter into agreements with other persons for the purpose of participating in transportation planning activities;
        (25) administer any rail services or other use of rail rights-of-way that may be the responsibility of state or local government under the Federal Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended (45 U.S.C. sections 701-794);
        (26) determine the level and kind of public transportation services that should be provided by the authority; and
         (27) accept revenue provided under IC 36-9-4-42; and
        
(27) (28) do all other acts necessary or reasonably incident to carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
     (b) This subsection applies to an authority whose members have established a metropolitan transit district under IC 36-9.1. The board may not take any action or exercise any power over the metropolitan transit district, which is a separately governed body corporate and politic.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-4-1; (13)HB1011.3.18. -->     SECTION 18. IC 36-9-4-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.119-2012, SECTION 227, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to all municipalities. However, after December 31, 2009, this chapter does not apply to a municipality if it is located in a county that is a member of the northern Indiana regional transportation district established under IC 8-24 and has a population of:
        (1) more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); or
        (2) more than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) but less than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000).
     (b) The following apply if a metropolitan transit district is established under IC 36-9.1-2:
        (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) and subdivision (5), the powers and duties under this chapter and under any other law of the Indianapolis public transportation corporation and its board of directors are transferred to the metropolitan transit district effective thirty (30) days after the metropolitan transit district board initially meets and organizes itself under IC 36-9.1-4.
Except as provided in subsection (c) and

subdivision (5), the metropolitan transit district may exercise throughout Marion County any of the powers and duties of a public transportation corporation.
        (2) The Indianapolis public transportation corporation is abolished upon the transfer of powers and duties to the metropolitan transit district as provided in subdivision (1). However, the taxing district established for the public transportation corporation continues in existence for purposes of any property taxes imposed by the county fiscal body for transfer to the metropolitan transit district to pay the district's costs of carrying out the powers and duties of a public transportation corporation.
        (3) Except as specifically provided, all:
            (A) assets;
            (B) property rights;
            (C) equipment;
            (D) records;
            (E) personnel;
            (F) contracts;
            (G) indebtedness; and
            (H) lease rental obligations;
        of the Indianapolis public transportation corporation and its board of directors are transferred to the metropolitan transit district. The metropolitan transit district is subject to the requirements of IC 36-9-3-21 and IC 36-9-4-41.

         (4) Upon the transfer of powers and duties to the metropolitan transit district as provided in subdivision (1), the board of directors of the Indianapolis public transportation corporation:
            (A) is no longer the governing body of the public transportation corporation;
            (B) shall serve as an advisory board to the metropolitan transit district for the first six (6) months after the metropolitan transit district is established; and
            (C) is abolished at the end of the six (6) month period described in clause (B).
        (5) The following apply after the powers and duties of the Indianapolis public transportation corporation are transferred to the metropolitan transit district:
            (A) The metropolitan transit district shall each year submit to the fiscal body of Marion County a proposed budget and proposed property tax levy for the ensuing calendar year

for purposes of operating an urban mass transportation system as a public transportation corporation, including payment or satisfaction of indebtedness and lease rental obligations transferred to the metropolitan transit district. The metropolitan transit district shall submit the proposed budget and proposed property tax levy in the form and at the time determined by the fiscal body of Marion County.
            (B) The fiscal body of Marion County:
                (i) shall review the proposed budget and proposed property tax levy submitted under clause (A); and
                (ii) shall adopt the property tax levy for the ensuing calendar year to enable the metropolitan transit district to carry out the powers and duties of a public transportation corporation.
            The fiscal body of Marion County shall adopt the property tax levy under this subdivision in the same manner that other county property tax levies are adopted.
            (C) The department of local government finance shall increase the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy of Marion County by an amount equal to:
                (i) the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy of the public transportation corporation for the year preceding the year in which the powers and duties of the public transportation corporation are transferred to the metropolitan transit district; multiplied by
                (ii) the assessed value growth quotient determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2.
            (D) At the time of each semiannual settlement of property taxes under IC 6-1.1-27, the county treasurer shall transfer to the fiscal officer of the metropolitan transit district:
                (i) the amount of property taxes collected from the property tax levy imposed under this subdivision; and
                (ii) any excise taxes or other taxes distributed to the county on account of the property taxes collected from a property tax levy imposed under this subdivision.

             (E) The county may exercise any power of a public transportation corporation to issue bonds as provided under IC 36-9-4 and to levy a tax to pay the principal and interest on the bonds.
             (F) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any reference:
                (i) in the Indiana Code;


                (ii) in the Indiana Administrative Code;
                (iii) in an ordinance or resolution; or
                (iv) in any deed, lease, contract, or other legal document or instrument;
            to the Indianapolis public transportation corporation is considered to be a reference to the metropolitan transit district.

     (c) A metropolitan transit district receiving the powers and duties of a public transportation corporation under subsection (b) may not exercise the power of eminent domain under section 32 of this chapter.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-4-14; (13)HB1011.3.19. -->     SECTION 19. IC 36-9-4-14 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 14. (a) Except as provided in section 1(b) of this chapter, a public transportation corporation is under the control of a board of directors, which shall exercise the executive and legislative powers of the corporation.
    (b) Directors must be residents of the taxing district of the corporation.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-4-15; (13)HB1011.3.20. -->     SECTION 20. IC 36-9-4-15 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 15. (a) Except as provided in section 1(b) of this chapter, the board of directors of a public transportation corporation in a city consists of either five (5) or seven (7) directors, as determined by the city legislative body.
    (b) If the board of directors consists of five (5) directors, they are:
        (1) two (2) directors appointed by the city executive, for terms of one (1) and two (2) years, respectively; and
        (2) three (3) directors appointed by the city legislative body, for terms of two (2), three (3), and four (4) years, respectively.
    (c) If the board of directors consists of seven (7) directors, they are:
        (1) three (3) directors appointed by the city executive, for terms of one (1), two (2), and three (3) years, respectively; and
        (2) four (4) directors appointed by the city legislative body, for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) years, respectively.
SOURCE: IC 36-9-4-42; (13)HB1011.3.21. -->     SECTION 21. IC 36-9-4-42, AS AMENDED BY P.L.137-2012, SECTION 123, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 42. (a) A municipality or a public transportation corporation that expends money for the establishment or maintenance of an urban mass transportation system under this chapter may acquire the money for these expenditures:
        (1) by issuing bonds under section 43 or 44 of this chapter;
        (2) by borrowing money made available for such purposes by any

source;
        (3) by accepting grants or contributions made available for such purposes by any source;
        (4) in the case of a municipality, by appropriation from the general fund of the municipality, or from a special fund that the municipal legislative body includes in the municipality's budget; or
        (5) in the case of a public transportation corporation, by levying a tax under section 49 of this chapter or by recommending an election to use revenue from the county option income taxes, as provided in subsection (c).
    (b) Money may be acquired under this section for the purpose of exercising any of the powers granted by or incidental to this chapter, including:
        (1) studies under section 4, 9, or 11 of this chapter;
        (2) grants in aid;
        (3) the purchase of buses or real property by a municipality for lease to an urban mass transportation system, including the payment of any amount outstanding under a mortgage, contract of sale, or other security device that may attach to the buses or real property;
        (4) the acquisition by a public transportation corporation of property of an urban mass transportation system, including the payment of any amount outstanding under a mortgage, contract of sale, or other security device that may attach to the property;
        (5) the operation of an urban mass transportation system by a public transportation corporation, including the acquisition of additional property for such a system; and
        (6) the retirement of bonds issued and outstanding under this chapter.
    (c) This subsection applies only to a public transportation corporation located in a county having a consolidated city. In order to provide revenue to a public transportation corporation during a year, the public transportation corporation board may recommend and the county fiscal body may elect to provide revenue to the corporation from part of the certified distribution, if any, that the county is to receive during that same year under IC 6-3.5-6-17. To make the election, the county fiscal body must adopt an ordinance before November 1 of the preceding year. The county fiscal body must specify in the ordinance the amount of the certified distribution that is to be used to provide revenue to the corporation. If such an ordinance is adopted, the county fiscal body shall immediately send a copy of the ordinance to the

county auditor.
     (d) This subsection does not apply to a county having a consolidated city. A county or city fiscal body may, upon the recommendation of the public transportation corporation board, elect to provide revenue to the corporation from part of the distributive share of the tax revenue that the county or city is to receive under IC 6-3.5-1.1-15, IC 6-3.5-6-19, or IC 6-3.5-7-13.1 during a particular calendar year. To make the election, the county or city fiscal body must adopt an ordinance before September 1 of the preceding calendar year. The county or city fiscal body must specify in the ordinance the amount of the distributive share that the fiscal body will provide to the public transportation corporation in the following calendar year. If an ordinance is adopted under this subsection, the county or city fiscal body shall immediately send a copy of the ordinance to the county auditor. The county auditor shall distribute the amount of the election to the public transportation corporation on the same schedule that the county auditor distributes distributive shares to the civil taxing units of the county.

SOURCE: IC 36-9.1; (13)HB1011.3.22. -->     SECTION 22. IC 36-9.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW ARTICLE TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]:
     ARTICLE 9.1. METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT
    Chapter 1. Purpose of Article; Definitions
    Sec. 1. The purpose of this article is to provide for the planning, designing, acquiring, constructing, enlarging, improving, renovating, maintaining, equipping, financing, operating, and supporting of public transportation systems in central Indiana.
    Sec. 2. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article.
    Sec. 3. "Authorizing body" means the following:
        (1) For a county containing a consolidated city, the city-county council.
        (2) For a county (other than a county containing a consolidated city) in which the county option income tax is in effect, the county income tax council (as defined in IC 6-3.5-6-1).
        (3) For a county in which the county adjusted gross income tax is in effect, the county council.
        (4) For a border township, the legislative body of the border township.
    Sec. 4. "Authorizing county" means a county that has approved

a local public question under IC 36-9.1-2-2.
    Sec. 5. "Bonds" means, except as otherwise provided, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness. The term includes obligations (as defined in IC 8-9.5-9-3) and swap agreements (as defined in IC 8-9.5-9-4).
    Sec. 6. "Border township" means a township with the following characteristics:
        (1) The township is located in an eligible county.
        (2) The boundary of the township is contiguous along any part of its boundary to a county that is not an eligible county.
        (3) The territory of the township does not intersect with the territory of the county seat of the eligible county in which the township is located.
    Sec. 7. "District" means, except as otherwise provided, a metropolitan transit district established under IC 36-9.1-2-6.
    Sec. 8. "Eligible county" means any of the following counties:
        (1) Boone County.
        (2) Delaware County.
        (3) Hamilton County.
        (4) Hancock County.
        (5) Hendricks County.
        (6) Johnson County.
        (7) Madison County.
        (8) Marion County.
        (9) Morgan County.
        (10) Shelby County.
    Sec. 9. "Interior township" means a township in an eligible county that is not a border township.
    Sec. 10. "Project" refers to an action taken to:
        (1) plan;
        (2) design;
        (3) acquire;
        (4) construct;
        (5) enlarge;
        (6) improve;
        (7) renovate;
        (8) maintain;
        (9) equip; or
        (10) operate;
a public transportation system.
    Sec. 11. "Public transportation agency" has the meaning set forth in IC.36-9-1-5.5.


    Sec. 12. "Public transportation system" means a common carrier of passengers for hire.
    Chapter 2. Establishment of the Metropolitan Transit District
    Sec. 1. Subject to the requirements of this article, a metropolitan transit district may be established as provided in this chapter.
    Sec. 2. (a) This section applies only to Marion County.
    (b) The authorizing body of Marion County may adopt an ordinance to place on the ballot a local public question concerning the authority to become a member of a metropolitan transit district. The authorizing body shall include in the ordinance a maximum county economic development income tax rate that will be dedicated to pay the county's contribution to the funding of the metropolitan transit district. The maximum tax rate may not exceed a rate of three-tenths of one percent (0.3%). The authorizing body must take final action under this subsection not later than December 31, 2013.
    (c) If the authorizing body adopts an ordinance under subsection (b), the county auditor shall certify the ordinance to the county election board, and the county election board shall place the following question on the election ballot in accordance with IC 3-10-9:
        "Shall Marion County become a member of a metropolitan transit district and have the ability to impose a county economic development income tax rate, not to exceed a rate of _________ (insert recommended rate included in the ordinance under subsection (b)), the proceeds of which will be dedicated to the metropolitan transit district to provide improved transit service in the county, including increased local bus service, express buses, and rapid transit lines?".
    (d) Except as provided in subsection (g), if the county auditor certifies the ordinance as provided in subsection (c), the county election board shall place the local public question on the ballot at the next general election for which the question may be certified under IC 3-10-9-3 and for which all voters of the county are entitled to vote.
    (e) After an election on the local public question, the circuit court clerk of the county shall:
        (1) make a certified copy of the election returns; and
        (2) not later than five (5) days after the election, file the copy with:
            (A) the department of state revenue; and
            (B) the authorizing body of the county.
    (f) The local public question is approved by a county if a majority of the county voters voting on the local public question vote "yes". The local public question is defeated by a county if a majority of the county voters voting on the local public question vote "no".
    (g) If the local public question is defeated in a county, the authorizing body may adopt an ordinance under this section to place another local public question on the ballot as provided in this section at a subsequent general election in the county. However, a local public question under this section may not be placed on the ballot more than two (2) times in any seven (7) year period.
    Sec. 3. (a) This section applies only to an eligible county other than Marion County.
    (b) The authorizing body of an eligible county to which this section applies may adopt an ordinance to place on the ballot a local public question concerning the authority to become a member of a metropolitan transit district. The authorizing body shall include in the ordinance a maximum county economic development income tax rate that will be dedicated to pay the county's contribution to the funding of the metropolitan transit district. The maximum tax rate may not exceed a rate of three-tenths of one percent (0.3%). The authorizing body must take final action under this subsection not later than December 31, 2013.
    (c) If the authorizing body adopts an ordinance under subsection (b), the county auditor shall certify the ordinance to the county election board, and the county election board shall place the following question on the election ballot in accordance with IC 3-10-9:
        "Shall ___________ County become a member of a metropolitan transit district, the territory of ____________ Townships (list the interior townships of the eligible county) of ____________ County be included in the metropolitan transit district, and ____________ County and have the ability to impose a county economic development income tax rate, not to exceed a rate of _________ (insert recommended rate included in the ordinance under subsection (b)), the proceeds of which will be dedicated to the metropolitan transit district to provide improved transit service in the part of the county included in the territory of the metropolitan transit district, including increased local bus service, express buses, and rapid transit lines?".
    (d) Except as provided in subsection (g), if the county auditor

certifies the ordinance as provided in subsection (c), the county election board shall place the local public question on the ballot in the interior townships of the eligible county at the next general election for which the question may be certified under IC 3-10-9-3 and for which all voters of the interior townships of the eligible county are entitled to vote.
    (e) After an election on the local public question, the circuit court clerk of the county shall:
        (1) make a certified copy of the election returns; and
        (2) not later than five (5) days after the election, file the copy with:
            (A) the department of state revenue; and
            (B) the authorizing body of the county.
    (f) The local public question is approved by a county with respect to the interior townships of the county if a majority of the county voters in the interior townships of the county voting on the local public question vote "yes". The local public question is defeated by a county if a majority of the county voters in the interior townships of the county voting on the local public question vote "no".
    (g) If the local public question submitted to the voters of the interior townships of a county is defeated in a referendum under this section, the authorizing body may adopt an ordinance under this section to place another local public question on the ballot in the interior townships of the county as provided in this section at a subsequent general election in the county. However, a local public question under this section may not be placed on the ballot more than two (2) times in any seven (7) year period.
    Sec. 4.    (a) The authorizing body of the border township may adopt a resolution to place on the ballot a local public question concerning whether the territory of the border township shall be included in territory of the metropolitan transit district.
    (b) If the authorizing body adopts a resolution under subsection (a), the county auditor shall certify the resolution to the county election board, and the county election board shall place the following question on the election ballot in accordance with IC 3-10-9:
        "Shall the territory of ____________ Township of __________ County be included in the territory of the metropolitan transit district and the taxpayers of ___________ Township of ___________ County be subject to a county economic development income tax rate, not to exceed a rate of

_________ (insert recommended rate included in the ordinance adopted under section (3)(b) of this chapter by the authorizing body of the county in which the township is located), the proceeds of which will be dedicated to the metropolitan transit district to provide improved transit service in the township, including increased local bus service, express buses, and rapid transit lines?".
    (c) Except as provided in subsection (f), if the county auditor certifies the resolution as provided in subsection (b), the county election board shall place the local public question on the ballot at the next general election for which the question may be certified under IC 3-10-9-3 and for which all voters of the border township are entitled to vote.
    (d) After an election on the local public question, the circuit court clerk of the county shall:
        (1) make a certified copy of the election returns; and
        (2) not later than five (5) days after the election, file the copy with:
            (A) the department of state revenue;
            (B) the authorizing body of the township; and
            (C) the authorizing body of the county.
    (e) The local public question is approved by a border township if a majority of the border township voters voting on the local public question vote "yes". The local public question is defeated by a border township if a majority of the border township voters voting on the local public question vote "no".
    (f) If the local public question is defeated in a border township, the authorizing body may adopt a resolution under this section to place another local public question on the ballot as provided in this section at a subsequent general election in the township. However, a local public question under this section may not be placed on the ballot more than two (2) times in any seven (7) year period.
    (g) If the voters of a border township approve a local public question under this section, the territory of the border township is not included in the territory of the metropolitan transit district until the eligible county in which the border township is located becomes a member of the metropolitan transit district.
    Sec. 5. A political subdivision may not expend public funds (as defined in IC 5-13-4-20) to support or oppose the approval of the local public question under this chapter.
    Sec. 6. (a) A metropolitan transit district is established on January 1 of the year
following the year in which a local public

question is approved in one (1) or more of the following combination of counties under section 2 of this chapter, or sections 2 and 3 of this chapter:
        (1) By the voters in Marion County only.
        (2) By the voters in Marion County and by the voters of the interior townships of at least one (1) county that is contiguous to Marion County.
        (3) By the voters in Marion County, the voters of the interior townships of Madison County, and the voters of the interior townships of at least one (1) county that is contiguous to both Marion County and Madison County.
    (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the membership of the metropolitan transit district consists of the counties in which a local public question under section 2 or 3 of this chapter is approved.
    (c) If the voters of the interior townships in Madison County approve a local public question under section 3 of this chapter:
        (1) Madison County is not included in a metropolitan transit district; and
        (2) the territory of the interior townships of Madison County is not included in the territory of the metropolitan transit district;
until the combination of approvals described in subsection (a)(3) occurs.
    (d) If the voters of the interior townships in Delaware County approve a local public question under section 3 of this chapter:
        (1) Delaware County is not included in a metropolitan transit district; and
        (2) the territory of the interior townships of Delaware County is not included in the territory of the metropolitan transit district;
until the combination of approvals described in subsection (a)(3) occurs.

     (e) The approval of voters in a combination of counties required by this section to establish a metropolitan transit district may occur in separate elections.
    Sec. 7. (a) The territory of the metropolitan transit district must be connected.
    (b) Subject to section 8 of this chapter, the territory of the metropolitan transit district consists of the territories of:
        (1) Marion County;
        (2) the interior townships of eligible counties other than

Marion County that have become members of the metropolitan transit district; and
        (3) the border townships:
            (A) that have approved a local public question under section 4 of this chapter; and
            (B) are located in an eligible county that is member of the metropolitan transit district.
    Sec. 8. The following apply if a metropolitan transit district is established under section 6 of this chapter:
        (1) An eligible county other than Marion County that does not become a member of the metropolitan transit district at the time the metropolitan transit district is established may become a member of the metropolitan transit district at a later date if a local public question under section 3 of this chapter is approved in the county at a subsequent general election. If a local public question under section 3 of this chapter is approved in a county, the county becomes a member of the metropolitan transit district on January 1 of the following year.
        (2) If a local public question under section 4 of this chapter is approved in a border township, the territory of the metropolitan transit district is enlarged to include the territory of the border township on January 1 of the following year.
        (3) A county that is not an eligible county may not become a member of the metropolitan transit district.
    Chapter 3. Status of the Metropolitan Transit District
    Sec. 1. (a) The metropolitan transit district is a body corporate and politic. The metropolitan transit district is separate from the state and any other political subdivision, but the exercise of powers by the metropolitan transit district is an essential governmental function.

    (b) The metropolitan transit district may sue and be sued in the name of the district.
     Sec. 2. A pledge or mortgage by the metropolitan transit district does not create an obligation of the state or a political subdivision within the meaning of the Constitution of the State of Indiana or any statute.
     Sec. 3. All:
        (1) property owned by the metropolitan transit district;
        (2) revenue of the metropolitan transit district; and
        (3) bonds issued by the metropolitan transit district, the

interest on the bonds, the proceeds received by a holder from the sale of bonds to the extent of the holder's cost of acquisition, proceeds received upon redemption before maturity, proceeds received at maturity, and the receipt of interest in proceeds;
are exempt from taxation in Indiana for all purposes except the financial institutions tax imposed under IC 6-5.5 or a state inheritance tax imposed under IC 6-4.1.

     Sec. 4. All securities issued under this article are exempt from the registration requirements of IC 23-19 and other securities registration statutes.
    Sec. 5. Service provided by the metropolitan transit district is exempt from regulation by the department of state revenue under IC.8-2.1. This exemption applies to transportation services provided by the metropolitan transit district directly or by grants or purchase of service agreements.
    Chapter 4. Metropolitan Transit District Board
    Sec. 1. The power to govern the metropolitan transit district is vested in a board.
    Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of the following members appointed by the authorizing counties as follows:
        (1) In a county containing a consolidated city, five (5) members appointed as follows:
            (A) Two (2) members appointed by the county executive.

             (B) Two (2) members appointed by the county authorizing body.
             (C) One (1) member appointed by the board of county commissioners.
         (2) In a county that does not contain a consolidated city and becomes a member of the district before January 1, 2015, three (3) members appointed as follows:
            (A) One (1) member appointed by the county commissioners.
            (B) One (1) member appointed by the county authorizing body.
            (C) One (1) member jointly appointed by the executives of the four (4) largest municipalities located in the territory of the county included in the district.
        (3) In a county that does not contain a consolidated city and becomes a member of the district after December 31, 2014, two (2) members appointed as follows:

             (A) One (1) member appointed by the county

commissioners.
            (B) One (1) member appointed by the county authorizing body.

     (b) Not more than two (2) members appointed in a county described in subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3) may be from the same political party. One (1) member appointed under subsection (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) must be from each major political party.
     (c) A member must reside in the county from which the appointment was made. A member's term expires on the date the member establishes residency in another county.
    (d) The following individuals are not eligible for membership on the board:
        (1) An officer of the district.
        (2) An employee of the district.
        (3) An elected official.

    Sec. 3. (a) A member of the board appointed under this chapter:
        (1) shall serve for a term of four (4) years, but is eligible for reappointment for any number of successive terms; and
        (2) serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority that appointed the member.
    (b) A member of the board is not entitled to receive compensation for performance of the member's duties. However, a member of the board is entitled to reimbursement from the district for actual expenses and mileage.

     Sec. 4. A member of the board appointed under this chapter must have knowledge and at least five (5) years professional work experience, with a for profit or nonprofit entity, in at least one (1) of the following:
        (1) Business or finance.
        (2) Regional economic development.
        (3) Transportation.

     Sec. 5. (a) As soon as practical, but not more than ninety (90) days after the district is established, the county executive of Marion County shall:
        (1) call the first meeting of the board; and
        (2) designate a member of the board to preside over the meeting until the officers of the board are elected.
    (b) A majority of the members appointed to the board constitutes a quorum for a meeting of the board.
    (c) The board shall annually elect a chairperson, a vice chairperson, and a secretary-treasurer from the members of the board. If the district is comprised of more than one (1) county, the

chairperson and the vice chairperson of the board must reside in different counties.
    (d) The board shall meet at least quarterly. The chairperson of the board or any two (2) members of the board may call a meeting of the board.

    Sec. 6. The board may adopt the bylaws and rules that the board considers necessary to carry out the board's powers and duties.
     Sec. 7. (a) When voting on matters that are related to the metropolitan transit district, the board has a total of one hundred (100) votes. Every member of the board is allocated a percentage of the total one hundred (100) votes that may be cast by the board.
     (b) The number of votes that a member of the board has when voting on matters that are related to the metropolitan transit district is determined in the following STEPS:
        STEP ONE: Determine the financial contributions to the metropolitan transit district that are made by the authorizing county that appointed the member.
        STEP TWO: Determine the financial contributions to the metropolitan transit district that are made by all authorizing counties.
        STEP THREE: Multiply:
            (A) one hundred (100); by
            (B) the result of:
                (i) the STEP ONE result; divided by
                (ii) the STEP TWO result.
        STEP FOUR: Determine the total number of members appointed to the board by the authorizing county that appointed the member to the board.
        STEP FIVE: Divide:
            (A) the result determined under STEP THREE; by
            (B) the STEP FOUR result.

     (c) For purposes of determining votes under this section, an authorizing county's financial contributions to the metropolitan transit district are considered to be equal to the sum of:
        (1) the amount of county economic development income tax revenue distributed during the preceding year to the authorizing county from a tax rate under IC 6-3.5-7-23.5 and transferred to the metropolitan transit district;
        (2) any amounts transferred by the county to the metropolitan transit district under IC 36-9-4-1(b) to fund the metropolitan transit district's exercise of the powers and duties of a public transportation corporation as provided in IC 36-9-4-1(b); and


        (3) any additional financial contributions made from the county to the metropolitan transit district, as determined according to the bylaws of the board.
However, during the first year after the district is established, an authorized county's financial contributions to the metropolitan transit district for purposes of determining votes under this section are considered to be equal to the amount of county economic development income tax revenue that the budget agency estimates will be distributed during the year to the authorizing county from a tax rate under IC 6-3.5-7-23.5, plus the amount the county auditor of Marion County estimates will be transferred under subdivision (2) during that first year.
    (d) The board shall, as necessary, specify in its bylaws which matters are, for purposes of this section, considered to be matters related to the metropolitan transit district.

     Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (d), at least fifty-one (51) affirmative votes of the one hundred (100) votes allocated to the board under section 7 of this chapter are necessary to authorize any action of the board.
    (b) The number of affirmative votes specified in subsection (c) is required for the board to authorize any of the following actions:
        (1) Issuing any debt or entering into a capital lease.
        (2) The hiring of a chief executive officer, technical experts, legal counsel, or consultants.
        (3) Acquiring real property.
        (4) Entering into a contract with a cost of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000).
        (5) Adopting or amending bylaws.
        (6) Approving the formula developed under section 9(a) of this chapter.
        (7) Adopting the findings required under section 9(b) of this chapter.
        (8) Adopting the capital improvement plan under IC 36-9.1-8-7.
    (c) The number of affirmative votes required for the board to authorize any of the actions listed in subsection (b) is equal to the greater of:
        (1) the number of affirmative votes equal to the sum of:
            (A) the total number of votes allocated under section 7 of this chapter to the authorizing county with the greatest population; plus
            (B) one (1) vote; or
        (2) fifty-one (51) affirmative votes.

     (d) The board's bylaws may include voting requirements that require:
        (1) for approval of an action listed in subsection (b); or
        (2) for approval of any other action;
a greater number of affirmative votes than is otherwise required under subsection (c).

    Sec. 9. (a) The board shall, based on the findings required by subsection (b), develop a formula for determining the allocation of financial contributions to be made to the metropolitan transit district.
    (b) The board shall make written findings concerning the following:
        (1) The value of the public transportation facilities that the board proposes to put in service and to be allocated to each authorizing county.
        (2) The total amount of the capital needs of the metropolitan transit district.
        (3) The annual amount of capital costs that the board proposes to be allocated to each authorizing county. In determining the amount of capital costs to be allocated to each authorizing county, the board shall allocate the capital costs according to a formula established by the board that reflects the benefit received by the authorizing county from the capital costs in facilitating public transportation in the authorizing county and to and from the authorizing county.
        (4) The total amount of the operating needs of the metropolitan transit district.
        (5) The annual amount of operating expenses that the board proposes to be allocated to each authorizing county, using:
            (A) the total number of passengers and total miles traveled by individuals using public transportation that:
                (i) is within each authorizing county; and
                (ii) is provided by the metropolitan transit district; and
            (B) other factors that the board considers to be appropriate.

    Sec. 10. The metropolitan transit district and its board are:
        (1) subject to the requirements of IC 5-14-1.5 (open door law) and IC 5-14-3 (public records law); and
        (2) subject to audit by the state board of accounts under IC.5-11-1.

    Chapter 5. General Powers
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the metropolitan transit district may:
        (1) do any and all acts necessary, proper, or convenient to carry out the metropolitan transit district's powers and duties under this article concerning the metropolitan transit district;
        (2) exercise for and on behalf of the metropolitan transit district any of the powers that may be exercised by a regional transportation authority under IC 36-9-3 or any other law; and
        (3) exercise, in Marion County, for and on behalf of the metropolitan transit district, any of the powers that may be exercised by a public transportation corporation under IC 36-9-4 or any other law.
    (b) The metropolitan transit district may not do the following:
        (1) Impose any tax.

         (2) Exercise the power of eminent domain.
    Sec. 2. The metropolitan transit district may determine matters of policy regarding internal organization and operating procedures not specifically provided for by law.
    Sec. 3. The metropolitan transit district may employ the personnel necessary to carry out the duties, functions, and powers of the district.
    Sec. 4. The board shall fix the compensation of the various officers and employees of the metropolitan transit district, within the limitations of the district's total personal services budget.
    Sec. 5. The board may adopt rules and policies governing the duties of its officers, employees, and personnel and the internal management of the affairs of the district.
    Sec. 6. The metropolitan transit district may protect all property owned or managed by the district and procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property, operations, or assets in amounts and from insurers as it considers desirable.
    Sec. 7. Subject to the requirements and limitations of this article
and IC 36-9-4-1(b)(5)(E), the metropolitan transit district may borrow money, make guaranties, issue bonds, issue debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, and otherwise incur indebtedness (whether secured or unsecured) for any of the district's purposes.
    Sec. 8. The metropolitan transit district may acquire and dispose of any real or personal property in connection with or for the purposes of the district, including supplies, materials, and equipment to carry out the duties and functions of the district.
    Sec. 9. The metropolitan transit district may receive gifts, donations, bequests, and public trusts, agree to conditions and terms accompanying them, and bind the district to carry them out.
    Sec. 10. (a) The metropolitan transit district may receive federal or state aid and administer that aid.
    (b) The metropolitan transit district shall comply with federal statutes and rules concerning the expenditure of federal money for public transportation systems. The board may apply to state and federal agencies for grants for public transportation development, make or execute representations, assurances, and contracts, and enter into covenants and agreements with any state or federal agency relative to public transportation systems. The metropolitan transit district shall comply with federal and state statutes and rules concerning the acquisition, development, operation, and administration of public transportation systems.
    (c) The metropolitan transit district may use money received by the district that is not pledged or restricted for another purpose to provide a local match required for the receipt of any federal funds.
    Sec. 11. The metropolitan transit district may adopt a schedule of reasonable charges and rents, and collect them from all users of facilities and services operated by or on behalf of the district.
    Sec. 12. The metropolitan transit district may purchase public transportation services from public or private transportation agencies upon the terms and conditions set forth in purchase of service agreements between the district and the transportation agencies.
    Sec. 13. The metropolitan transit district may acquire, establish, construct, renovate, improve, equip, operate, maintain, finance, subsidize, lease, and regulate public transportation systems serving the district.
    Sec. 14. The metropolitan transit district may make, execute, and enforce contracts and all other instruments, including public-private agreements (as defined in IC 5-23-2-13), that are necessary, convenient, or desirable for the purposes of the district or pertaining to:
        (1) a purchase, acquisition, or sale of securities or other investments related to a project; or
        (2) the performance of the district's duties and execution of any of the district's powers.
    Sec. 15. The metropolitan transit district may enter into agreements with government agencies, political subdivisions, private transportation companies, railroads, and other persons

providing for:
        (1) construction, improvement, renovation, operation, maintenance, and use by the other party of any public transportation system and equipment held or later acquired by the district; and
        (2) acquisition of any public transportation system and equipment of another party if all or part of the operations of that party take place within the jurisdiction of the district.
    Sec. 16. The metropolitan transit district may lease to others for development or operation all or any part of the property of the district on the terms and conditions as the board considers advisable.
    Sec. 17. The metropolitan transit district may invest money not immediately needed for a project as provided in a resolution, agreement, or trust agreement of the board.
    Sec. 18. The metropolitan transit district may enter into an agreement with another district or any other entity to:
        (1) jointly equip, own, lease, and finance projects and facilities; or
        (2) otherwise carry out the purposes of the district;
in any location.
    Sec. 19. The metropolitan transit district may rent or lease any real property, including air rights above real property owned or leased by a transportation system, for transportation or other purposes, with the revenues from those rentals to accrue to the district and to be used exclusively for the purposes of this article.
    Sec. 20. The metropolitan transit district may sell, lease, or otherwise contract for advertising in or on the facilities of the district.
    Sec. 21. The metropolitan transit district may administer any rail services or other use of rail rights-of-way that may be the responsibility of state or local government under the Federal Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended (45 U.S.C. 701 through 45 U.S.C. 794).
    Sec. 22. The metropolitan transit district may determine the level and type of public transportation services to be provided by the district.
    Sec. 23. The metropolitan transit district may make grants and loans to and purchase securities of any public transportation agency to carry out the public transportation purposes of the district.
    Sec. 24. Except as provided in section 1(b) of this chapter, the

metropolitan transit district may do all other acts necessary or reasonably incident to carrying out the purposes of this article.
    Sec. 25. The metropolitan transit district may enter into agreements with government agencies, political subdivisions, and other persons providing for public safety services.
    Sec. 26. The metropolitan transit district may enter into agreements with government agencies, political subdivisions, and other persons providing for public safety services.
    Chapter 6. Administration
    Sec. 1. (a) The board shall adopt an annual budget for the metropolitan transit district.
    (b) Before adopting the annual budget of the metropolitan transit district, the board shall submit a copy of its proposed budget to the fiscal body of each authorizing county for review. The board must submit the proposed budget at least thirty (30) days before the board takes final action on the metropolitan transit district's budget. Each county fiscal body shall review the proposed budget submitted by the board.
    Sec. 2. The board may establish the funds and accounts that the board determines are necessary.
    Sec. 3. The board shall, before April 1 of each year, issue a report to the legislative council, the budget committee, and the governor concerning the operations and activities of the metropolitan transit district during the preceding calendar year. The report to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC.5-14-6.
    Sec. 4. The board shall appoint a chief executive officer to manage the metropolitan transit district. The chief executive officer must have at least seven (7) years experience in public transportation at a senior executive level.
    Sec. 5. The board may establish any advisory committees that the board determines to be advisable.
    Sec. 6. All employees of the metropolitan transit district:
        (1) must be employed solely on the basis of ability, taking into account their qualifications to perform the duties of their positions;
        (2) must be employed regardless of political affiliation;
        (3) may not be appointed, promoted, reduced, removed, or in any way favored or discriminated against because of their political affiliation, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, or ancestry; and
        (4) may not be required to make contributions for or

participate in political activities.
    Sec. 7. Before July 1 of the calendar year in which the district is established, the board shall publish the estimated total cost of implementing the district on an Internet web site maintained by the board.
    Chapter 7. Procurement
    Sec. 1. The metropolitan transit district shall comply with the following:
        (1) IC 5-22 (public purchasing).
        (2) IC 36-1-12 (public work projects).
        (3) IC 5-16-7 (common construction wage).
        (4) All applicable federal bidding statutes and regulations.
    Sec. 2. An entity that receives a loan, a grant, or other financial assistance from the metropolitan transit district or enters into a lease with the metropolitan transit district must comply with applicable federal, state, and local public purchasing and bidding laws and regulations. However, a purchasing agency (as defined in IC.5-22-2-25) of a political subdivision may:
        (1) assign or sell a lease for property to the metropolitan transit district; or
        (2) enter into a lease for property with the metropolitan transit district;
at any price and under any other terms and conditions as may be determined by the entity and the metropolitan transit district. However, before making an assignment or a sale of a lease or entering into a lease under this section that would otherwise be subject to IC.5-22, the political subdivision or its purchasing agent must obtain or cause to be obtained a purchase price for the property to be subject to the lease from the lowest responsible and responsive bidder in accordance with the requirements for the purchase of supplies under IC.5-22.
    Sec. 3. Except where 49 CFR 26 applies, the board shall set a goal for participation by minority business enterprises and women's business enterprises
in conformity with the goals established by the department of minority and women's business development of a consolidated city. The goals must be consistent with the goals of delivering the project on time and within the budgeted amount and, insofar as possible, using Indiana businesses for employees, goods, and services.
    Chapter 8. Planning
    Sec. 1. After reviewing the transportation plans of the Indiana department of transportation and the plans of regional and other

planning agencies, the board shall develop, continuously update, and implement a long range comprehensive transportation plan to ensure the orderly development and maintenance of an efficient system of public transportation in the district. The board shall periodically amend and update the plan as appropriate.
    Sec. 2. The plan developed under section 1 of this chapter must identify goals and objectives with respect to the following:
        (1) Increasing ridership and passenger miles on public transportation funded by the metropolitan transit district.
        (2) Coordination of public transportation services and the investment in public transportation facilities to enhance the integration of public transportation throughout the metropolitan transit district territory.
        (3) Coordination of fare and transfer policies to promote transfers by riders among public transportation agencies and public transportation modes, which may include goals and objectives for development of a universal fare instrument that riders may use interchangeably on all public transportation funded by the metropolitan transit district, and methods to be used to allocate revenues from transfers.
        (4) Improvements in public transportation facilities to bring those facilities into a state of good repair, enhancements that attract ridership and improve customer service, and expansions needed to serve areas with sufficient demand for public transportation.
        (5) Access for transit dependent populations, including access by low income communities to places of employment, using analyses provided by the department of workforce development and other planning agencies regarding employment and transportation availability, and giving consideration to the location of employment centers in each county and the availability of public transportation at off peak hours and on weekends.
        (6) The financial viability of the public transportation system, including both operating and capital programs.
        (7) Limiting road congestion within the metropolitan transit district territory, and enhancing transit options to improve mobility.
        (8) Other goals and objectives that advance adequate, efficient, and coordinated public transportation in the metropolitan transit district territory.
    Sec. 3. The plan developed under section 1 of this chapter must

establish the process and criteria by which proposals for capital improvements by the metropolitan transit district will be evaluated by the board for inclusion in the metropolitan transit district's capital program. The plan may include criteria for the following:
        (1) Allocating funds among maintenance, enhancement, and expansion improvements.
        (2) Projects to be funded.
        (3) Projects intended to improve or enhance ridership or customer service.
        (4) Design and location of station or transit improvements intended to promote transfers, increase ridership, and support transit oriented land development.
        (5) Assessing the impact of projects on the ability to operate and maintain the existing transit system.
        (6) Other criteria that advance the goals and objectives of the plan.
    Sec. 4. The plan developed under section 1 of this chapter must establish performance standards and measurements regarding the adequacy, efficiency, and coordination of public transportation services in the region and the implementation of the goals and objectives in the plan. At a minimum, the standards and measurements must include customer related performance data measured by line, route, or subregion, as determined by the district, on the following:
        (1) Travel times and on time performance.
        (2) Ridership data.
        (3) Equipment failure rates.
        (4) Employee and customer safety.
        (5) Customer satisfaction.
    Sec. 5. The plan developed under section 1 of this chapter must describe the expected financial condition of public transportation in the metropolitan transit district territory prospectively over a ten (10) year period, which may include information about the cash position and all known obligations of the metropolitan transit district, including operating expenditures, debt service, contributions for payment of pension and other postemployment benefits, the expected revenues from fares, tax receipts, grants from the federal, state, and local governments for operating and capital purposes and issuance of debt, the availability of working capital, and the resources needed to achieve the goals and objectives described in the plan.
    Sec. 6. The board may adopt corridor plans for specific

geographic areas of the metropolitan transit district territory to improve the adequacy, efficiency, and coordination of existing, or the delivery of new, public transportation. The plans also may address areas outside the metropolitan transit district territory that may affect public transportation use in the metropolitan transit district territory. In preparing a corridor plan, the board may identify changes in operating practices or capital investment in the corridor that could increase ridership, reduce costs, improve coordination, or enhance transit oriented development.
    Sec. 7. The board shall annually establish a capital improvement plan to govern the distribution of funds. The capital improvement plan must cover at least a five (5) year period. The capital improvement plan must be based on the formula developed under IC 36-9.1-4-9(a) and the written findings made under IC 36-9.1-4-9(b).
    Sec. 8. The board shall cooperate with the various public agencies charged with responsibility for long range or comprehensive planning for the metropolitan transit district territory. The board may, before the adoption of any plan under this chapter, submit its proposals to these agencies for review and comment. The board may use existing studies, surveys, plans, data, and other materials in the possession of any state agency or department, any planning agency, or any unit of local government.
    Chapter 9. Acquisition and Construction of Public Transportation Facilities
    Sec. 1.    The powers granted under this chapter supplement any other powers granted by another law.
    Sec. 2. (a) The metropolitan transit district may:
        (1) construct or enter into an agreement to acquire any public transportation facility for use by the district; and
        (2) acquire funds and interests in and materials for transportation facilities from any public transportation agency, including:
            (A) reserve funds;
            (B) employees' pension or retirement funds;
            (C) special funds;
            (D) franchises;
            (E) licenses;
            (F) patents;
            (G) permits; and
            (H) papers and records of the agency.
    (b) In making acquisitions from a public transportation agency,

the metropolitan transit district may assume the obligations of the transportation agency regarding its property or public transportation operations.
    Sec. 3. The metropolitan transit district may acquire, improve, maintain, lease, and rent facilities, including air rights, that are within one hundred (100) yards of a terminal, fixed guideway transit corridor, station, or other facility of the district. If these facilities generate revenues that exceed their cost to the metropolitan transit district, the metropolitan transit district must use the excess revenues exclusively for the purposes of this article.
    Chapter 10. Operation of Public Transportation Facilities
    Sec. 1. The powers granted under this chapter supplement any other powers granted by another law.
    Sec. 2. The metropolitan transit district may provide public transportation service by operating public transportation facilities.
    Sec. 3. The metropolitan transit district may enter into operating agreements with any private or public person to operate transportation facilities on behalf of the district.
    Sec. 4. Whenever the metropolitan transit district provides any public transportation service by operating public transportation facilities, the metropolitan transit district shall establish the level and nature of fares or charges to be made for public transportation services, and the nature and standards of public transportation service to be provided within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan transit district.
    Sec. 5. The board shall, to the extent it considers feasible, adopt uniform standards for the making of grants and purchase of service agreements. These grant contracts or purchase of service agreements may be for the number of years or duration agreed to by the metropolitan transit district and the transportation agency.
    Sec. 6. If the metropolitan transit district provides grants for operating expenses or participates in any purchase of service agreement, the purchase of service agreement or grant contract must state the level and nature of fares or charges to be made for public transportation services, and the nature and standards of public transportation to be so provided. In addition, any purchase of service agreements or grant contracts must provide, among other matters, for:
        (1) the terms or cost of transfers or interconnections between different public transportation agencies;
        (2) schedules or routes of transportation service;
        (3) changes that may be made in transportation service;


        (4) the nature and condition of the facilities used in providing service;
        (5) the manner of collection and disposition of fares or charges;
        (6) the records and reports to be kept and made concerning transportation service; and
        (7) interchangeable tickets or other coordinated or uniform methods of collection of charges.
    Chapter 11. Coordination of Programs
    Sec. 1. (a) The metropolitan transit district may construct or enter into an agreement to acquire any public transportation facility for use by any transportation agency and may acquire any facilities from any transportation agency, including also without limitation any reserve funds, employees' pension or retirement funds, special funds, franchises, licenses, patents, permits, papers, documents, and records of the agency. In connection with any acquisition from a transportation agency, the metropolitan transit district may assume obligations of the transportation agency with regard to the facilities or property or public transportation operations of the agency.
    (b) In connection with any construction or acquisition under this section, the metropolitan transit district shall make relocation payments as may be required by federal law or by the requirements of any federal agency authorized to administer any federal program of aid.
    Sec. 2. The metropolitan transit district shall develop coordinated and consolidated sales, marketing, advertising, and public information programs that promote the use and coordination of, and transfers among, public transportation services in the district territory.
    Sec. 3. To provide or assist any transportation of members of the public between points in the metropolitan transit district territory and points outside the metropolitan transit district territory, the district may enter into agreements with any unit of local government, individual, corporation, or other person or public agency in or of any state or with any private entity for service. The agreements may provide for participation by the metropolitan transit district in providing the service and for grants by the metropolitan transit district in connection with the service, and may, subject to federal and state law, set forth any terms relating to the service, including coordinating the service with public transportation in the metropolitan transit district territory.

The agreement may be for the number of years or duration as the parties agree. In regard to the agreements or grants, the district shall consider the benefit to the metropolitan transit district territory and the financial contribution with regard to the service made or to be made from public funds in the areas served outside the metropolitan transit district territory.
    Chapter 12. Bonds
    Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 2 of this chapter, the district may borrow money, make guaranties, issue bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured, to any person (including the Indiana finance authority established by IC 4-4-11), and otherwise incur indebtedness for any of the metropolitan transit district's purposes, including:
        (1) acquiring real or personal property, including existing capital improvements;
        (2) acquiring, constructing, improving, reconstructing, or renovating one (1) or more projects;
        (3) paying the costs of:
            (A) planning and development of equipment or a facility and all buildings, facilities, structures, equipment, and improvements related to the facility;
            (B) acquisition of a site and clearing and preparing the site for construction;
            (C) equipment, facilities, structures, and improvements that are necessary or desirable to make the project suitable for use and operations;
            (D) architectural, engineering, consultant, and attorney's fees;
            (E) incidental expenses in connection with the issuance and sale of bonds;
            (F) reserves for principal and interest;
            (G) interest during construction;
            (H) financial advisory fees;
            (I) insurance during construction; and
            (J) bond insurance, debt service reserve insurance, letters of credit, or other credit enhancement; and
        (4) funding or refunding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness.
    (b) The indebtedness under subsection (a) is payable solely from:
        (1) the lease rentals from the lease of the projects for which the bonds were issued, insurance proceeds, and any other

funds pledged or available; and
        (2) to the extent designated in the agreements for the bonds, revenue received by the board and amounts deposited in funds established for the metropolitan transit district.
    (c) The indebtedness must be authorized by a resolution of the board.
    (d) The terms and form of the indebtedness must either be set out in the resolution or in a form of trust indenture approved by the resolution.
    (e) The indebtedness must mature within twenty-five (25) years.
    Sec. 2. The district may not issue bonds unless the issuance of the bonds is reviewed by the fiscal body of each county in which the project being financed by the proposed bond issuance is located.
    Sec. 3. (a) Bonds issued under this article may be secured by a trust indenture between the metropolitan transit district and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or national or state bank in Indiana that has trust powers.
    (b) The trust indenture under subsection (a) may:
        (1) pledge or assign revenue received by the metropolitan transit district, amounts deposited in a metropolitan transit district fund, and lease rentals, receipts, and income from leased projects, but may not mortgage land or projects;
        (2) contain reasonable and proper provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders, including covenants setting forth the duties of the metropolitan transit district and the board;
        (3) set forth the rights and remedies of bondholders and trustees; and
        (4) restrict the individual right of action of bondholders.
    (c) Any pledge or assignment made by the metropolitan transit district under this section is valid and binding in accordance with IC.5-1-14-4 from the time that the pledge or assignment is made, against all persons whether they have notice of the lien. Any trust indenture by which a pledge is created or an assignment made need not be filed or recorded. The lien is perfected against third parties in accordance with IC.5-1-14-4.
    Sec. 4. The total amount of bonds issued by the metropolitan transit district under this article and scheduled to be paid during any year may not exceed an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total operating and capital revenues of the metropolitan transit district in the year preceding the year in which the bonds are issued.


    Sec. 5. Bonds issued under this article are legal investments for private trust funds and the funds of banks, trust companies, insurance companies, building and loan associations, credit unions, savings banks, private banks, loan and trust and safe deposit companies, rural loan and savings associations, guaranty loan and savings associations, mortgage guaranty companies, small loan companies, industrial loan and investment companies, and other financial institutions organized under Indiana law.
    Sec. 6. An action to contest the validity of bonds to be issued under this article may not be brought after the time limitations set forth in IC.5-1-14-13.
    Sec. 7. The general assembly covenants that it will not:
        (1) repeal or amend this article in a manner that would adversely affect owners of outstanding bonds, or the payment of lease rentals, secured by the amounts pledged under this article; or
        (2) in any way impair the rights of owners of bonds of the metropolitan transit district, or the owners of bonds secured by lease rentals or by a pledge of revenues under this article.

     Sec. 8. (a) If the metropolitan transit district board determines that the sum of:
        (1) the cost of a proposed project of the district that would be financed by bonds issued under this chapter; and
        (2) the total amount of money expended by the district as of the date of the board's determination;
exceeds the amount published under IC 36-9.1-6-7 by more than five percent (5%), the district may not issue bonds for the project unless the issuance is approved by the voters in each county that is a member of the district in a local public question held under this section.
    (b) To obtain the approval of the voters, each authorizing body in the district shall adopt an ordinance to certify the following question to its county election board, and the county election board shall place the question on the election ballot at the next general election in accordance with IC 3-10-9:
        "Shall the metropolitan transit district have the ability to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed _____________ (insert the amount to be financed by the proposed bond issuance) to finance ___________ (insert the type of project to be financed if approved by the voters) in _________________ (insert the name of the county or municipality in which the proposed project is located)?".
    (c) After an election on the local public question, the circuit court clerk of the county shall:
        (1) make a certified copy of the election returns; and
        (2) not later than five (5) days after the election, file the copy with:
            (A) the department of state revenue; and
            (B) the authorizing body of the county.
    (d) The local public question is approved by a county if a majority of the county voters voting on the local public question vote "yes". The local public question is defeated by a county if a majority of the county voters voting on the local public question vote "no".
    (e) If the local public question is defeated in a county, the authorizing body may adopt an ordinance under this section to place another local public question on the ballot as provided in this section at a subsequent general election in the county. However, a local public question under this section may not be placed on the ballot more than two (2) times in any five (5) year period.

    Chapter 13. Leases and Agreements With Public Transportation Agencies
    Sec. 1. (a) Before a lease may be entered into by the metropolitan transit district, the board must find that the lease rental provided for is fair and reasonable.
    (b) A lease of land or a project by the metropolitan transit district:
        (1) may not have a term exceeding twenty-five (25) years;
        (2) may not require payment of lease rentals for a newly constructed project or for improvements to an existing project until the project or improvements to the project have been completed and are ready for occupancy or use;
        (3) may contain provisions:
            (A) allowing the metropolitan transit district to continue to operate an existing project until completion of the acquisition, improvements, reconstruction, or renovation of that project or any other project; and
            (B) requiring payment of lease rentals for land, for an existing project being used, reconstructed, or renovated, or for any other existing project;
        (4) may contain an option to renew the lease for the same or a shorter term on the conditions provided in the lease;
        (5) must contain an option for the metropolitan transit district to purchase the project upon the terms stated in the lease

during the term of the lease for a price equal to the amount required to pay all indebtedness incurred on account of the project, including indebtedness incurred for the refunding of that indebtedness;
        (6) may be entered into before acquisition or construction of a project;
        (7) may provide that the metropolitan transit district shall agree to:
            (A) pay any taxes and assessments on the project;
            (B) maintain insurance on the project;
            (C) assume responsibility for utilities, repairs, alterations, and any costs of operation; and
            (D) pay a deposit or series of deposits to the lessor from any funds available to the metropolitan transit district before the commencement of the lease to secure the performance of the metropolitan transit district's obligations under the lease; and
        (8) must provide that the lease rental payments by the metropolitan transit district shall be made from:
            (A) net revenues of the project;
            (B) any other funds available to the metropolitan transit district; or
            (C) both sources described in clauses (A) and (B).
    Sec. 2. This article contains full and complete authority for leases by a metropolitan transit district. No law, procedure, proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders, or acts by the metropolitan transit district or any other officer, department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or any political subdivision is required to enter into any lease, except as prescribed in this article.
    Sec. 3. If a lease provides for a project or improvements to a project to be constructed by the metropolitan transit district, the plans and specifications shall be submitted to and approved by all state agencies designated by law to pass on plans and specifications for public buildings.
    Sec. 4. The metropolitan transit district may enter into common wall (party wall) agreements or other agreements concerning easements or licenses. These agreements shall be recorded with the recorder of the county in which the project is located.
    Chapter 14. Use of Money by the Metropolitan Transit District
    Sec. 1. Subject to section 3 of this chapter, the metropolitan transit district shall use the money received by the district for the

capital and operating expenses of the district.
    Sec. 2. The money must be used in accordance with the metropolitan transit district's transportation plan.

     Sec. 3. Federal highway revenues received from a metropolitan planning organization or the Indianapolis regional transportation council:
        (1) must be used for route and station infrastructure; and
        (2) may not be used for the purchase of vehicles.

     Sec. 4. The metropolitan transit district may not impose any tax.