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IN Code § 36-7-14-25.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-25.5. Payment of Redevelopment Bonds or Leases; Pledge or Covenant of Legislative Body

Sec. 25.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative body may pledge revenues received or to be received by the unit from:(1) the unit's additional revenue from the local income tax that is designated for certified shares or economic development under IC 6-3.6-6;(2) any other source legally available to the unit for the purposes of this chapter; or(3) any combination of revenues under subdivisions (1) through (2);in any amount to pay amounts payable under section 25.1 or 25.2 of this chapter.(b) The legislative body may covenant to adopt an ordinance to increase revenues at the time it is necessary to raise funds to pay any amounts payable under section 25.1 or 25.2 of this chapter.(c) The commission may pledge revenues received or to be received from any source legally available to the commission for the purposes of this chapter in any amount to pay amounts payable under section 25.1 or 25.2 of this chapter.(d) The pledge or the covenant under this section may be for the life of the bonds issued under section 25.1 of this chapter, the term of a lease entered into under section 25.2 of this chapter, or for a shorter period as determined by the legislative body. Money pledged by the legislative body under this section shall be considered revenues or other money available to the commission under sections 25.1 through 25.2 of this chapter.(e) The general assembly covenants not to impair this pledge or covenant so long as any bonds issued under section 25.1 of this chapter are outstanding or as long as any lease entered into under section 25.2 of this chapter is still in effect. The pledge or covenant shall be enforced as provided in IC 5-1-14-4.As added by P.L.380-1987(ss), SEC.13. Amended by P.L.38-1988, SEC.9; P.L.35-1990, SEC.57; P.L.172-2011, SEC.148; P.L.197-2016, SEC.126.
IN Code § 36-7-14-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-26. Capital Fund; Deposits; Gifts; Allocation Fund

Sec. 26. (a) All proceeds from the sale of bonds under section 25.1 of this chapter shall be kept as a separate and specific fund to pay the expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition and redevelopment of property. The fund shall be known as the redevelopment district capital fund. Any surplus of funds remaining after all expenses are paid shall be paid into and become a part of the redevelopment district bond fund established under section 27 of this chapter.(b) All gifts or donations that are given or paid to the department of redevelopment or to the unit for redevelopment purposes shall be promptly deposited to the credit of the redevelopment district capital fund. The redevelopment commission may use these gifts and donations for the purposes of this chapter.(c) Before the eleventh day of each calendar month the fiscal officer shall notify the redevelopment commission and the officers of the unit who have duties in respect to the funds and accounts of the unit of the amount standing to the credit of the redevelopment district capital fund at the close of business on the last day of the preceding month.(d) A redevelopment commission shall deposit in the allocation fund established under section 39(b)(3) of this chapter of an allocation area the proceeds from the sale or leasing of property in the area under section 22 of this chapter if:(1) there are outstanding bonds that were issued to pay costs of redevelopment in the allocation area; and(2) the bonds are payable solely or in part from tax proceeds allocated under section 39(b)(3) of this chapter.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-24 part; 18-7-7-27 part; 18-7-7.1-24; 18-7-7.1-27 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.72-1983, SEC.3; P.L.38-1988, SEC.10; P.L.203-2011, SEC.7.
IN Code § 36-7-14-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-28. Tax Levy for Planning, Property Acquisition, and Expenses; Deposit in Capital and General Funds

Sec. 28. (a) A tax at a rate not to exceed three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation in a municipality and a tax at a rate not to exceed one and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0133) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation in a county may be levied each year for the purposes of this chapter, including:(1) the payment, in whole or in part, of planning and survey costs;(2) the costs of property acquisition and redevelopment; and(3) the payment of all general expenses of the department of redevelopment.However, a county may not levy this tax within the jurisdiction of a city redevelopment commission.(b) Each year the redevelopment commission shall formulate and file a budget for the tax levy, in the same manner as executive departments of the unit are required to formulate and file budgets. This budget is subject to review and modification in the same manner as the budgets and tax levies formulated by executive departments of the unit.(c) Revenues obtained from the tax levy for the payment in whole or in part of the costs of acquisition of land, rights-of-way, or other properties shall be deposited in the redevelopment district capital fund established under section 26 of this chapter. Other revenues obtained from the tax levy shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the redevelopment district general fund.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-26; 18-7-7.1-26.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.380-1987(ss), SEC.15; P.L.6-1997, SEC.210.
IN Code § 36-7-14-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-29. Payments From Funds; Procedure

Sec. 29. (a) All payments from any of the funds established by this chapter shall be made by warrants drawn by the proper officers of the unit upon vouchers of the redevelopment commission signed by the president or vice president and the secretary or executive secretary.(b) Each of the funds established by this chapter is a continuing fund and does not revert to the general fund of the unit at the end of the calendar year.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-27 part; 18-7-7.1-27 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33.
IN Code § 36-7-14-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-30. Urban Renewal Projects; Authorization

Sec. 30. In addition to its authority under any other section of this chapter, the redevelopment commission may plan and undertake urban renewal projects. For purposes of this chapter, an urban renewal project includes undertakings and activities for the elimination and the prevention of the conditions described in IC 36-7-1-3, and may involve any work or undertaking that is performed for those purposes and is related to a redevelopment project, or any rehabilitation or conservation work, or any combination of such an undertaking or work, such as the following:(1) Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements.(2) Acquisition of real property and demolition, removal, or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements on the property when necessary for the following:(A) To eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions.(B) To mitigate or eliminate environmental contamination.(C) To do any of the following:(i) Lessen density.(ii) Reduce traffic hazards.(iii) Eliminate uses that are obsolete or otherwise detrimental to the public welfare.(iv) Otherwise remove or prevent the spread of the conditions described in IC 36-7-1-3.(v) Provide land for needed public facilities.(3) Installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project.(4) The disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project, of any property acquired in the area of the project.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-29; 18-7-7.1-29.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.185-2005, SEC.18; P.L.221-2007, SEC.37.
IN Code § 36-7-14-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-31. Urban Renewal Plans

Sec. 31. An urban renewal project undertaken under this chapter must be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. For purposes of this chapter, an urban renewal plan is a plan for an urban renewal project that:(1) conforms to the general plan for the municipality or county as a whole; and(2) is sufficiently complete to indicate:(A) land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project;(B) zoning and planning changes, if any;(C) land uses;(D) maximum densities;(E) building requirements; and(F) the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-30; 18-7-7.1-30.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33.
IN Code § 36-7-14-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-32. Urban Renewal Projects; Powers and Duties of Commissions; Units and Officers

Sec. 32. (a) In connection with the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project, the redevelopment commission, municipal, county, public, and private officers, agencies, and bodies have all the rights, powers, privileges, duties, and immunities that they have with respect to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, as if all of the provisions of this chapter applicable to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project were applicable to an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.(b) In addition to its other powers, the redevelopment commission may also:(1) make plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements;(2) make plans for the enforcement of laws and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements;(3) make preliminary plans outlining urban renewal activities for neighborhoods to embrace two (2) or more urban renewal areas;(4) make preliminary surveys, including environmental assessments, to determine if the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project are feasible;(5) make plans for the relocation of persons (including families, business concerns, and others) displaced by an urban renewal project;(6) make relocation payments to or with respect to persons (including families, business concerns, and others) displaced by an urban renewal project, for moving expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of payments financed by the federal government; and(7) develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of the conditions described in IC 36-7-1-3 in urban areas.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-31; 18-7-7.1-31.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.185-2005, SEC.19; P.L.221-2007, SEC.38.
IN Code § 36-7-14-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-33. Urban Renewal Projects; Cooperation With Public Entities

Sec. 33. (a) Any:(1) political subdivision;(2) other governmental entity;(3) public instrumentality created by state law; or(4) public body created by state law;may, in the area in which it is authorized to act, do all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal project, including furnishing the financial and other assistance that it is authorized by this chapter to furnish for or in connection with a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project.(b) The redevelopment commission may delegate to:(1) an executive department of a unit or county;(2) another governmental entity;(3) a public instrumentality created by state law; or(4) a public body created by state law;any of the powers or functions of the commission with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which that department, entity, public instrumentality, or public body is authorized to act. The department, entity, public instrumentality, or public body may then carry out or perform those powers or functions for the commission.(c) A unit, another governmental entity, a public instrumentality created by state law, or a public body created by state law may enter into agreements with the redevelopment commission or any other entity respecting action to be taken under this chapter, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project. These agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any other law.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-32; 18-7-7.1-32.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.221-2007, SEC.39.
IN Code § 36-7-14-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-34. Preparation of Urban Rehabilitation Programs

Sec. 34. (a) The redevelopment commission may prepare a workable program:(1) to use private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the conditions described in IC 36-7-1-3 in urban areas;(2) to encourage needed urban rehabilitation;(3) to provide for the redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment; or(4) to undertake any feasible activities that are suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program.(b) A program established under subsection (a) may include an official plan of action for:(1) effectively dealing with the problem of areas needing redevelopment within the community; and(2) the establishment and preservation of a well planned community with well organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-33; 18-7-7.1-33.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.185-2005, SEC.20.
IN Code § 36-7-14-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-37. Redevelopment Districts and Departments; Tax Exemptions

Sec. 37. (a) Real property acquired by the redevelopment district is exempt from taxation while owned by the district.(b) All receipts of the department of redevelopment, including receipts from the sale of real property, personal property, and materials disposed of, are exempt from all taxes.(c) All other property of the department of redevelopment is exempt from taxation.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-35; 18-7-7.1-36.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.176.
IN Code § 36-7-14-39.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-39.2. Designated Taxpayer; Modification of Definition of Property Taxes; Allocation Provision of Declaratory Resolution

Sec. 39.2. (a) This section applies to a county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) but less than two hundred seventy thousand (270,000).(b) As used in this section, "designated taxpayer" means any taxpayer designated by the commission in a declaratory resolution adopted or amended under section 15 or 17.5 of this chapter and with respect to which the commission finds that taxes to be derived from the taxpayer's depreciable personal property in the allocation area, in excess of the taxes attributable to the base assessed value of that personal property, are reasonably expected to exceed in one (1) or more future years the taxes to be derived from the taxpayer's real property in the allocation area in excess of the taxes attributable to the base assessed value of that real property.(c) The allocation provision of a declaratory resolution may modify the definition of "property taxes" under section 39(a) of this chapter to include taxes imposed under IC 6-1.1 on the depreciable personal property of designated taxpayers, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this section and section 39 of this chapter. If such a modification is included in the resolution for purposes of section 39 of this chapter, the term "base assessed value" with respect to the depreciable personal property of designated taxpayers means, subject to section 39(j) of this chapter, the net assessed value of all the depreciable personal property as finally determined for the assessment date immediately preceding:(1) the effective date of the modification, for modifications adopted before July 1, 1995; and(2) the adoption date of the modification for modifications adopted after June 30, 1995;as adjusted under section 39(h) of this chapter.As added by P.L.170-1990, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.12-1992, SEC.170; P.L.25-1995, SEC.85; P.L.119-2012, SEC.207; P.L.214-2019, SEC.34; P.L.257-2019, SEC.121.
IN Code § 36-7-14-39.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-39.6. Authorization to Enter Into an Agreement With a Taxpayer for Waiver of Review of an Assessment of Property Taxes in an Allocation Area During the Term of Bonds or Lease Obligations Payable From Allocated Property Taxes

Sec. 39.6. A redevelopment commission may enter into a written agreement with a taxpayer who owns, or is otherwise obligated to pay property taxes on, tangible property that is or will be located in an allocation area established under this chapter in which the taxpayer waives review of any assessment of the taxpayer's tangible property that is located in the allocation area for an assessment date that occurs during the term of any specified bond or lease obligations that are payable from property taxes in accordance with an allocation provision for the allocation area and any applicable statute, ordinance, or resolution. An agreement described in this section may precede the establishment of the allocation area or the determination to issue bonds or enter into leases payable from the allocated property taxes.As added by P.L.249-2015, SEC.26.
IN Code § 36-7-14-40 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-40. Violations; Penalties

Sec. 40. A person who knowingly:(1) applies any money raised under this chapter to any purpose other than those permitted by this chapter; or(2) fails to follow the voucher and warrant procedure prescribed by this chapter in expending any money raised under this chapter;commits a Level 5 felony.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-37; 18-7-7.1-38.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.675.
IN Code § 36-7-14-41 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 7. Planning and Development|Chapter 14. Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment Generally; Redevelopment Commissions|36-7-14-41. Economic Development Area; Determination; Enlargement

Sec. 41. (a) The commission may, by following the procedures set forth in sections 15 through 17 of this chapter, approve a plan for and determine that a geographic area in the redevelopment district is an economic development area. Designation of an economic development area is subject to judicial review in the manner prescribed in section 18 of this chapter.(b) The commission may determine that a geographic area is an economic development area if it finds that:(1) the plan for the economic development area:(A) promotes significant opportunities for the gainful employment of its citizens;(B) attracts a major new business enterprise to the unit;(C) retains or expands a significant business enterprise existing in the boundaries of the unit; or(D) meets other purposes of this section and sections 2.5 and 43 of this chapter;(2) the plan for the economic development area cannot be achieved by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operation of private enterprise without resort to the powers allowed under this section and sections 2.5 and 43 of this chapter because of:(A) lack of local public improvement;(B) existence of improvements or conditions that lower the value of the land below that of nearby land;(C) multiple ownership of land; or(D) other similar conditions;(3) the public health and welfare will be benefited by accomplishment of the plan for the economic development area;(4) the accomplishment of the plan for the economic development area will be a public utility and benefit as measured by:(A) the attraction or retention of permanent jobs;(B) an increase in the property tax base;(C) improved diversity of the economic base; or(D) other similar public benefits; and(5) the plan for the economic development area conforms to other development and redevelopment plans for the unit.(c) The determination that a geographic area is an economic development area must be approved by the unit's legislative body. The approval may be given either before or after judicial review is requested. The requirement that the unit's legislative body approve economic development areas does not prevent the commission from amending the plan for the economic development area. However, the enlargement of any boundary in the economic development area must be approved by the unit's legislative body.As added by P.L.380-1987(ss), SEC.16 and P.L.393-1987(ss), SEC.5. Amended by P.L.114-1989, SEC.11; P.L.146-2008, SEC.739; P.L.172-2011, SEC.150.