SB 501-2_ Filed 04/07/2003, 14:44


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Adopted Rejected


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COMMITTEE REPORT


                                                        YES:

26

                                                        NO:
2

MR. SPEAKER:
    Your Committee on       Ways and Means     , to which was referred       Senate Bill 501     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 3, line 18; (03)AM050124.3. -->     Page 3, line 18, delete "Determine" and insert " For a general fund ad valorem property tax levy first due and payable after December 31, 2003, determine".
    Page 4, between lines 28 and 29, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-22-8; (03)AM050124.3. -->     "SECTION 3. IC 6-1.1-22-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 8. (a) The county treasurer shall either:
        (1) mail to the last known address of each person liable for any property taxes or special assessment, as shown on the tax duplicate or special assessment records, or to the last known address of the most recent owner shown in the transfer book; a statement of current and delinquent taxes and special assessments; or
        (2) transmit by written, electronic, or other means to a mortgagee

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

by the board of county commissioners, may open temporary offices for the collection of taxes in cities and towns in the county other than the county seat.".

SOURCE: Page 5, line 6; (03)AM050124.5. -->     Page 5, line 6, delete "(b)".
    Page 5, run in lines 5 through 6.
    Page 5, between lines 9 and 10, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (b) The maximum number of charter schools that may be in operation under the sponsorship of any one (1) sponsor is nine (9). When the department has received notice of the acceptance by a sponsor of nine (9) charter school proposals, the department shall notify the sponsor that further proposals may be accepted from that sponsor only if a charter school previously approved by the sponsor ceases to operate and acceptance of an additional charter school would not result in the operation of more than nine (9) charter schools under the sponsorship of the sponsor.".
    Page 14, between lines 31 and 32, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 20-6.1-3-12; (03)AM050124.14. -->     "SECTION 14. IC 20-6.1-3-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to an examination that is required for teacher licensure under this chapter.
    (b) If an individual does not demonstrate the level of proficiency required to receive a license on all or part of an examination, the examination's scorer must provide to the individual the individual's test scores, including subscores for each area tested.
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    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to ESB 501 as printed April 4, 2003.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Crawford


AM050124/DI 92    2003