February 22, 2002



ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1026

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DIGEST OF HB 1026 (Updated February 20, 2002 7:22 PM - DI 87)



Citations Affected: Noncode.

Synopsis: Township general fund and fire fund. Permits St. John Township, Lake County, to: (1) transfer up to $86,317 from its general fund to its fire fund before December 31, 2002; and (2) for 2002 taxes payable in 2003, increase its fire fund maximum permissible levy and decrease its general fund maximum permissible levy by $110,000.

Effective: Upon passage.



Stevenson, Dumezich, Aguilera, Dobis , Harris
(SENATE SPONSORS _ LANDSKE, MRVAN, ANTICH)


    January 8, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
    January 28, 2002, reported _ Do Pass.
    January 31, 2002, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
    February 5, 2002, read third time, passed. Yeas 92, nays 1.

SENATE ACTION

    February 11, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Governmental and Regulatory Affairs.
    February 21, 2002, reported favorably _ Do Pass.



February 22, 2002

Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1026


    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning local government.

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

SOURCE: ; (02)EH1026.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) This SECTION applies to a township having a population of more than fifty thousand (50,000) but less than one hundred thousand (100,000) located in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
     (b) Notwithstanding IC 36-1-8-4, a township may, before December 31, 2002, transfer not more than eighty-six thousand three hundred seventeen dollars ($86,317) from the township's general fund to the township's fire fund. The township is not required to return the money to the general fund.
    (c) With respect to property taxes first due and payable after December 31, 2002, a township may:
        (1) reduce the maximum permissible levy for the township's general fund under IC 6-1.1-18.5 by not more than one hundred ten thousand dollars ($110,000); and
        (2) increase the maximum permissible levy for the township's fire fund under IC 6-1.1-18.5 by the amount by which the

township reduces the maximum permissible levy for the township's general fund under subdivision (1).
    (d) This SECTION expires December 31, 2003.

SOURCE: ; (02)EH1026.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.