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IN Code § 20-46-7-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 7. Debt Service Levy|20-46-7-12. Maximum Term of Bonds

Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided by IC 5-1-14-10 and subsection (c), the maximum term or repayment period for bonds issued by a school corporation for a school building construction project may not exceed twenty (20) years after the date of the issuance of the bonds.(b) If a school corporation is an eligible school corporation under IC 5-1-5-2.5, the school corporation may extend the repayment period beyond the maximum repayment period that applied to the bond, loan, or lease at the time the obligation was incurred as provided by IC 5-1-5-2.5.(c) Except as provided by IC 5-1-14-10, the maximum term or repayment period for bonds issued by a school corporation for a school building construction project and to repay loans made or guaranteed by a federal agency may not exceed forty (40) years after the date of the issuance of the bonds.[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 6-1.1-19-4.6.]As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.169. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.514; P.L.229-2011, SEC.220; P.L.159-2020, SEC.63.
IN Code § 20-46-7-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 7. Debt Service Levy|20-46-7-13. Annual Review

Sec. 13. The department of local government finance shall annually conduct the review of debt service obligations (as defined in IC 20-48-1-11) required in IC 20-48-1-11.[2006 Recodification Citation: New.]As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.169.
IN Code § 20-46-7-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 7. Debt Service Levy|20-46-7-14. Payments Toward Principal Required on at Least Annual Basis

Sec. 14. After May 15, 2007, the department of local government finance may not approve under section 9 of this chapter a school corporation's proposed:(1) bond issue that does not provide for payments toward the principal of the bonds on at least an annual basis in the amount determined under the rules or guidelines adopted by the department of local government finance;(2) lease rental agreement that does not provide for repayments toward the present asset value of the lease at its inception on at least an annual basis in the amount determined under the rules or guidelines adopted by the department of local government finance; or(3) debt service fund loan to purchase school buses that does not provide for payments toward the principal of the loan on at least an annual basis in the amount determined under the rules or guidelines adopted by the department of local government finance.As added by P.L.224-2007, SEC.119.
IN Code § 20-46-7-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 7. Debt Service Levy|20-46-7-15. Use of Savings Resulting From Refunding Bonds

Sec. 15. (a) As used in this section, "debt service fund" includes the separate debt service fund for the payment of debt service on bonds used to implement solutions to a contractual retirement or severance liability.(b) As used in this section, "eligible school corporation" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-1-5-2.5.(c) As used in this section, "increment" refers to the annual increment computed under IC 5-1-5-2.5 with respect to bonds issued to retire or otherwise refund other bonds for each year that the bonds that are being retired or refunded would have been outstanding.(d) A school corporation may make a request to continue to impose a debt service fund levy in the amount that the school corporation would have been able to impose to pay debt service on bonds that were retired or refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds. A school corporation must include in its request a copy of the ordinance adopted under IC 5-1-5-2.5.(e) The department of local government finance shall grant the school corporation permission to continue to impose such a debt service fund levy if the department finds that the school corporation qualifies to issue refunding bonds under IC 5-1-5-2.5.(f) An eligible school corporation that is granted permission to impose a debt service fund levy as described in this section may transfer the lesser of the amount of credits granted under IC 6-1.1-20.6 against the school corporation's combined levy for all the school corporation's funds or the amount of the increment from the debt service fund to the operations fund.As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.221. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.105.
IN Code § 20-46-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 8. School Corporation Operations Fund Property Tax Levy|20-46-8-2. Property Tax Levies Replaced

Sec. 2. A school corporation's property tax levy imposed under this chapter for its operations fund replaces the authority of the school corporation to impose property taxes under the following property tax levy provisions:(1) The school transportation fund levy (IC 20-46-4) (repealed).(2) The school bus replacement fund levy (IC 20-46-5) (repealed).(3) The capital projects fund levy (IC 20-46-6) (repealed).(4) The levy under IC 36-10-13 (before January 1, 2019) to provide funding for an art association or a historical society.(5) The levy under IC 36-10-14 (before January 1, 2019) to provide funding for a public playground.As added by P.L.244-2017, SEC.106.
IN Code § 20-46-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 8. School Corporation Operations Fund Property Tax Levy|20-46-8-3. Transportation Levy Component; Levy Appeal

Sec. 3. A school corporation may appeal to the department of local government finance under IC 6-1.1-19 to increase the school corporation's maximum permissible operations fund levy. The appeal must be filed with the department of local government finance before October 20 of the year before the increase is proposed to take effect. To be granted an increase by the department of local government finance, the school corporation must establish that the increase is necessary because of either or both of the following:(1) A cost increase of at least ten percent (10%) over the preceding year for at least one (1) of the following:(A) A fuel expense increase.(B) A cost increase due to an increase in the number of students enrolled in the school corporation who need transportation or an increase in the mileage traveled by the school corporation's buses compared with the previous year.(C) A cost increase due to an increase in the number of students enrolled in special education who need transportation or an increase in the mileage traveled by the school corporation's buses due to students enrolled in special education as compared with the previous year.(D) Increased transportation operating costs due to compliance with a court ordered desegregation plan.(E) A cost increase due to the closure of a school building within the school corporation that results in a significant increase in the distances that students must be transported to attend another school building.(F) A cost increase due to restructuring or redesigning transportation services due to a need for additional, expanded, consolidated, or modified routes.(G) A labor cost increase due to a labor shortage affecting the school corporation's ability to hire qualified transportation employees.To obtain the increase, the school corporation must establish that it will be unable to provide transportation services without an increase.(2) A cost increase associated with the school corporation's bus replacement plan adopted or amended under IC 20-40-18-9 (after December 31, 2018). To obtain the increase, the school corporation must show that the school corporation must incur reasonable and necessary expenses to acquire additional buses under the plan.The department of local government finance may grant a levy increase that is less than the increase requested by the school corporation. If the department of local government finance determines that a permanent increase in the maximum permissible levy is necessary, the increase granted under this section shall be added to the school corporation's maximum permissible operations fund levy as provided in section 1 of this chapter.As added by P.L.244-2017, SEC.106. Amended by P.L.140-2018, SEC.23; P.L.159-2020, SEC.65.
IN Code § 20-46-8-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 8. School Corporation Operations Fund Property Tax Levy|20-46-8-9. North Spencer County School Corporation; Maximum Levy

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies only to the North Spencer County School Corporation (school corporation) due to unique circumstances regarding the calculation of the capital projects fund levy component that was used in determining the school corporation's 2019 maximum permissible operations fund property tax levy.(b) For property taxes first due and payable in 2020, the maximum permissible operations fund property tax levy of a school corporation subject to this section is equal to the amount determined in the following STEPS, instead of the amount determined under section 1 of this chapter:STEP ONE: Determine the result under section 1(c) of this chapter, without regard to this section.STEP TWO: Determine the result of:(A) six hundred forty thousand three hundred thirty-five dollars ($640,335); multiplied by(B) the 2020 maximum levy growth quotient determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2.STEP THREE: Determine the sum of:(A) the STEP ONE amount; plus(B) the STEP TWO amount.(c) For purposes of determining the school corporation's 2021 maximum permissible operations fund property tax levy, the amount to be used for purposes of STEP ONE (A) of section 1(c) of this chapter is equal to the amount determined under STEP THREE of subsection (b).(d) This section expires January 1, 2022.As added by P.L.76-2019, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.159-2020, SEC.67.
IN Code § 20-46-8-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 8. School Corporation Operations Fund Property Tax Levy|20-46-8-10. Historical Society Component for Certain School Corporations

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a school corporation in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) but less than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000).(b) For property taxes first due and payable in 2020, the maximum permissible operations fund property tax levy of a school corporation subject to this section is equal to the amount determined in the following STEPS, instead of the amount determined under section 1 of this chapter:STEP ONE: Determine the result under section 1(c) of this chapter, without regard to this section.STEP TWO: Determine the result of:(A) the amount of the school corporation's 2018 historical society fund levy under IC 36-10-13-5 (as it existed on December 31, 2018); multiplied by(B) the 2019 maximum levy growth quotient determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2.STEP THREE: Determine the result of:(A) the STEP TWO amount; multiplied by(B) the 2020 maximum levy growth quotient determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2.STEP FOUR: Determine the sum of:(A) the STEP ONE amount;(B) the STEP TWO amount; and(C) the STEP THREE amount.(c) For purposes of determining the 2021 maximum permissible property tax levy for the school corporation's operations fund, the amount to be used for purposes of STEP ONE (A) of section 1(c) of this chapter is equal to the remainder of:(1) the amount determined under STEP FOUR of subsection (b); minus(2) the amount determined under STEP TWO of subsection (b).(d) This section expires January 1, 2022.As added by P.L.238-2019, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.159-2020, SEC.68.
IN Code § 20-46-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-1. "Fund"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to a school safety referendum tax levy fund established by the governing body of a school corporation under IC 20-40-20-4.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-2. "Levy"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "levy" refers to the property tax levy imposed under this chapter.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-3. "Referendum"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "referendum" refers to a referendum under this chapter.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-4. "Resolution to Extend a Referendum Levy"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "resolution to extend a referendum levy" refers to a resolution adopted under sections 6 and 7 of this chapter to place a referendum on the ballot requesting authority to continue imposing a tax rate, which is the same as or lower than the tax rate previously approved by the voters of the school corporation.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-5. Power; Levy

Sec. 5. A school corporation may impose a school safety referendum tax levy for the school corporation's fund in the amount allowed under sections 6 through 19 of this chapter, but the amount may not exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-7. Resolution to Extend a Referendum Levy; Adoption and Approval Deadline

Sec. 7. A resolution to extend a referendum levy must be:(1) adopted by the governing body of a school corporation; and(2) approved in a referendum under this chapter;before December 31 of the final calendar year in which the school corporation's previously approved referendum levy is imposed under this chapter.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-8. Referendum

Sec. 8. A referendum levy under this chapter may be put into effect only if a majority of the individuals who vote in a referendum that is conducted in accordance with this section and sections 9 through 19 of this chapter approve the school corporation's making a levy for the ensuing calendar year.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-10. Question Form; Resolution to Extend a Referendum Levy

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies only to a referendum to allow a school corporation to extend a referendum tax levy.(b) The question to be submitted to the voters in the referendum must read as follows:"Shall the school corporation continue to impose increased property taxes paid to the school corporation by homeowners and businesses for _____ (insert number of years) years immediately following the holding of the referendum for the purpose of funding ______ (insert short description of purposes)? The property tax increase requested in this referendum was originally approved by the voters in _______ (insert the year in which the referendum tax levy was approved) and originally increased the average property tax paid to the school corporation per year on a residence within the school corporation by ______% (insert the original estimated average percentage of property tax increase on a residence within the school corporation) and originally increased the average property tax paid to the school corporation per year on a business property within the school corporation by ______% (insert the original estimated average percentage of property tax increase on a business within the school corporation).".(c) The number of years for which a referendum tax levy may be extended if the public question under this section is approved may not exceed the number of years for which the expiring referendum tax levy was imposed.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.38-2021, SEC.66.
IN Code § 20-46-9-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-11. Distribution of Levy Approved in Referendum

Sec. 11. The county auditor shall distribute proceeds collected from an allocation area (as defined in IC 6-1.1-21.2-3) that are attributable to property taxes imposed after being approved by the voters in a referendum to the school corporation for which the referendum was conducted. The amount to be distributed to the school corporation shall be treated as part of the referendum levy for purposes of setting the school corporation's tax rates.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-12. Maximum Term of Levy

Sec. 12. The voters in a referendum may not approve a levy that is imposed for more than eight (8) years. However, a levy may be reimposed or extended under this chapter.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-13. Circuit Court Clerk Duties

Sec. 13. Each circuit court clerk shall, upon receiving the question certified by the governing body of a school corporation under this chapter, call a meeting of the county election board to make arrangements for the referendum.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-14. Date of Referendum

Sec. 14. (a) The referendum shall be held in the next primary election, general election, or municipal election in which all the registered voters who are residents of the school corporation are entitled to vote after certification of the question under IC 3-10-9-3. The certification of the question must occur not later than noon:(1) seventy-four (74) days before a primary election if the question is to be placed on the primary or municipal primary election ballot; or(2) August 1 if the question is to be placed on the general or municipal election ballot.(b) However, if a primary election, general election, or municipal election will not be held during the first year in which the public question is eligible to be placed on the ballot under this chapter and if the school corporation requests the public question to be placed on the ballot at a special election, the public question shall be placed on the ballot at a special election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May or November of the year. The certification must occur not later than noon:(1) sixty (60) days before a special election to be held in May (if the special election is to be held in May); or(2) August 1 (if the special election is to be held in November).(c) If the referendum is not conducted at a primary election, general election, or municipal election, the school corporation in which the referendum is to be held shall pay all the costs of holding the referendum.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.109-2021, SEC.77.
IN Code § 20-46-9-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-15. Duties; County Election Board

Sec. 15. Each county election board shall cause:(1) the question certified to the circuit court clerk by the governing body of a school corporation to be placed on the ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-10-9-4; and(2) an adequate supply of ballots and voting equipment to be delivered to the precinct election board of each precinct in which the referendum is to be held.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-16. Qualified Voters

Sec. 16. (a) The individuals entitled to vote in the referendum are all of the registered voters resident in the school corporation.(b) An individual who changes residence from a location within a school corporation to a location outside of the school corporation less than thirty (30) days before an election under this chapter may not vote on the public question.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.109-2021, SEC.78.
IN Code § 20-46-9-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-17. Conduct of Election

Sec. 17. Each precinct election board shall count the affirmative votes and the negative votes cast in the referendum and shall certify those two (2) totals to the county election board of each county in which the referendum is held. The circuit court clerk of each county shall, immediately after the votes cast in the referendum have been counted, certify the results of the referendum to the department of local government finance. If a majority of the individuals who voted in the referendum voted "yes" on the referendum question:(1) the department of local government finance shall promptly notify the school corporation that the school corporation is authorized to collect, for the calendar year that next follows the calendar year in which the referendum is held, a levy not greater than the amount approved in the referendum;(2) the levy may be imposed for the number of calendar years approved by the voters following the referendum for the school corporation in which the referendum is held; and(3) the school corporation shall establish a fund under IC 20-40-20-4.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-46-9-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies|Chapter 9. School Safety Referendum Tax Levy|20-46-9-18. Levy; Additional to Other Levies

Sec. 18. A school corporation's levy under this chapter may not be considered in the determination of the school corporation's state tuition support distribution under IC 20-43 or the determination of any other property tax levy imposed by the school corporation.As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.