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Reprinted
February 27, 2024
ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 33
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DIGEST OF SB 33 (Updated February 26, 2024 4:09 pm - DI 125)
Citations Affected: IC 6-3.6.
Synopsis: Distributions of public safety income tax revenue. Defines
"courtroom costs". Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an
ordinance to impose a tax rate for: (1) in the case of a tax rate
(Continued next page)
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2024.
Niemeyer, Dernulc,
Randolph Lonnie M
(HOUSE SPONSORS — SLAGER, OLTHOFF, AYLESWORTH)
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.
January 30, 2024, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
February 1, 2024, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
February 2, 2024, engrossed.
February 5, 2024, technical correction pursuant to Rule 35(c). Read third time, passed.
Yeas 48, nays 0.
February 6, 2024, re-engrossed.
HOUSE ACTION
February 12, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 22, 2024, amended, reported — Do Pass.
February 26, 2024, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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adopted before January 1, 2024, county staff expenses of the state
judicial system in the county; or (2) in the case of a tax rate adopted
after December 31, 2023, courtroom costs of the state judicial system
in the county. Provides that the revenue shall be used by the county: (1)
in the case of the tax rate adopted before January 1, 2024, only for
paying for county staff expenses of the state judicial system in the
county; and (2) in the case of a tax rate adopted after December 31,
2023, only for paying the courtroom costs of the state judicial system
in the county. Provides that the local income tax revenue spent by each
county may not comprise more than 50% of the county's total
operational staffing expenses related to the courtroom costs of the state
judicial system in any given year. Provides that a township fire
department, volunteer fire department, fire protection territory, or fire
protection district may apply to the county adopting body for a
distribution of local income tax revenue that is allocated to public
safety purposes. Requires the county adopting body to review certain
submitted applications at a public hearing.
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February 27, 2024
Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL No. 33
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
taxation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 6-3.6-6-2.9, AS ADDED BY P.L.193-2023,
2 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2.9. (a) For purposes of this section,
4 "courtroom costs" includes staffing costs only for the court
5 reporter, court bailiff, or court administrator.
6 (b) A county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to impose a tax
7 rate for:
8 (1) in the case of a tax rate adopted under this section before
9 January 1, 2024, county staff expenses of the state judicial
10 system in the county; or
11 (2) in the case of a tax rate adopted under this section after
12 December 31, 2023, courtroom costs of the state judicial
13 system in the county.
14 The tax rate must be in increments of one-hundredth of one percent
15 (0.01%) and may not exceed two-tenths of one percent (0.2%). The tax
16 rate may not be in effect for more than twenty-five (25) years.
17 (b) (c) The revenue generated by a tax rate imposed under this
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1 section must be distributed directly to the county before the remainder
2 of the expenditure rate revenue is distributed. The revenue shall be
3 maintained in a separate dedicated county fund. The revenue shall be
4 and used by the county:
5 (1) in the case of a tax rate adopted under this section before
6 January 1, 2024, only for paying for county staff expenses of the
7 state judicial system in the county; and
8 (2) in the case of a tax rate adopted under this section after
9 December 31, 2023, only for paying the courtroom costs of the
10 state judicial system in the county.
11 (c) (d) This subsection applies to a tax rate adopted under
12 subsection (b)(1). The local income tax revenue budgeted and spent
13 under this section by each county may not comprise more than fifty
14 percent (50%) of the county's total budgeted operational staffing
15 expenses related to the state judicial system in any given year.
16 (e) This subsection applies to a tax rate adopted under
17 subsection (b)(2). The local income tax revenue spent under this
18 section by each county may not comprise more than fifty percent
19 (50%) of the county's total operational staffing expenses related to
20 the courtroom costs of the state judicial system in any given year.
21 (d) (f) Counties that enact an ordinance to impose a tax rate under
22 this section shall annually report the following information for the prior
23 calendar year by May 1 to the justice reinvestment advisory council
24 established by IC 33-38-9.5-2:
25 (1) The types of court positions paid with local income tax
26 revenue generated by this section.
27 (2) The number of court positions by type paid for with local
28 income tax revenue generated by this section.
29 (3) The average salary by type of court position paid for with local
30 income tax revenue generated by this section.
31 (4) The county's total budgeted and actual staffing expenses or
32 courtroom costs, whichever is applicable, related to the state
33 judicial system.
34 (5) The county's portion of local income tax revenue that was
35 (A) budgeted for staffing expenses related to the state judicial
36 system; and
37 (B) actually spent on staffing expenses or courtroom costs,
38 whichever is applicable, related to the state judicial system.
39 (e) (g) The justice reinvestment advisory council shall annually
40 compile and report to the legislative council prior to July 1 of each year
41 the information required in subsection (d) (f) for each county. The
42 report must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
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1 SECTION 2. IC 6-3.6-6-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.236-2023,
2 SECTION 81, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to the allocation of
4 additional revenue from a tax under this chapter to public safety
5 purposes. Funding dedicated for a PSAP under a former tax continues
6 to apply under this chapter until it is rescinded or modified. If funding
7 was not dedicated for a PSAP under a former tax, the adopting body
8 may adopt a resolution providing that all or part of the additional
9 revenue allocated to public safety is to be dedicated for a PSAP. The
10 resolution first applies in the following year and then thereafter until it
11 is rescinded or modified. Funding dedicated for a PSAP shall be
12 allocated and distributed as provided in IC 6-3.6-11-4.
13 (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the amount of the
14 certified distribution that is allocated to public safety purposes, and
15 after making allocations under IC 6-3.6-11, shall be allocated to the
16 county and to each municipality in the county that is carrying out or
17 providing at least one (1) public safety purpose. For purposes of this
18 subsection, in the case of a consolidated city, the total property taxes
19 imposed by the consolidated city include the property taxes imposed by
20 the consolidated city and all special taxing districts (except for a public
21 library district, a public transportation corporation, and a health and
22 hospital corporation), and all special service districts. The amount
23 allocated under this subsection to a county or municipality is equal to
24 the result of:
25 (1) the amount of the remaining certified distribution that is
26 allocated to public safety purposes; multiplied by
27 (2) a fraction equal to:
28 (A) in the case of a county that initially imposed a rate for
29 public safety under IC 6-3.5-6 (repealed), the result of the total
30 property taxes imposed in the county by the county or
31 municipality for the calendar year preceding the distribution
32 year, divided by the sum of the total property taxes imposed in
33 the county by the county and each municipality in the county
34 that is entitled to a distribution under this section for that
35 calendar year; or
36 (B) in the case of a county that initially imposed a rate for
37 public safety under IC 6-3.5-1.1 (repealed) or a county that did
38 not impose a rate for public safety under either IC 6-3.5-1.1
39 (repealed) or IC 6-3.5-6 (repealed), the result of the attributed
40 allocation amount of the county or municipality for the
41 calendar year preceding the distribution year, divided by the
42 sum of the attributed allocation amounts of the county and
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1 each municipality in the county that is entitled to a distribution
2 under this section for that calendar year.
3 (c) A fire department, volunteer fire department, or emergency
4 medical services provider that:
5 (1) provides fire protection or emergency medical services within
6 the county; and
7 (2) is operated by or serves a political subdivision that is not
8 otherwise entitled to receive a distribution of tax revenue under
9 this section;
10 may, before July 1 of a year, apply to the adopting body for a
11 distribution of tax revenue under this section during the following
12 calendar year. The adopting body shall review an application submitted
13 under this subsection. and may, before September 1 of a year,
14 However, after giving notice under IC 5-3-1, the adopting body
15 shall review an application by a township that provided fire
16 protection or emergency medical services in the most recent
17 calendar year and imposed a property tax levy for the provision of
18 fire protection or emergency medical services within the county in
19 the most recent calendar year at a public hearing. The adopting
20 body may review multiple applications submitted under this
21 subsection at one (1) public hearing. If applicable, a township shall
22 present and explain its application at the public hearing. Not later
23 than ten (10) days after the public hearing, if applicable, but before
24 September 1 of a year, the adopting body may adopt a resolution
25 requiring that one (1) or more of the applicants shall receive a specified
26 amount of the tax revenue to be distributed under this section during
27 the following calendar year. The adopting body shall provide a copy of
28 the resolution to the county auditor and the department of local
29 government finance not more than fifteen (15) days after the resolution
30 is adopted. A resolution adopted under this subsection and provided in
31 a timely manner to the county auditor and the department applies only
32 to distributions in the following calendar year. Any amount of tax
33 revenue distributed under this subsection to a fire department,
34 volunteer fire department, or emergency medical services provider
35 shall be distributed before the remainder of the tax revenue is allocated
36 under subsection (b).
37 (d) A township fire department, volunteer fire department, fire
38 protection territory, or fire protection district that:
39 (1) provides fire protection or emergency medical services
40 within a county; and
41 (2) is operated by or serves a political subdivision;
42 may, before July 1 of a year, apply to the adopting body for a
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1 distribution of tax revenue under this section during the following
2 calendar year. The adopting body shall review an application
3 submitted under this subsection. However, after giving notice
4 under IC 5-3-1, the adopting body shall review an application
5 submitted by a township that provided fire protection or
6 emergency medical services in the most recent calendar year and
7 that imposed a property tax levy for the provision of fire protection
8 or emergency medical services within the county in the most recent
9 calendar year at a public hearing. The adopting body may review
10 multiple applications submitted under this subsection at one (1)
11 public hearing. If applicable, a township shall present and explain
12 its application at the public hearing. From the amount of the certified
13 distribution that is allocated to public safety purposes, and after making
14 allocations under IC 6-3.6-11, the adopting body may adopt a
15 resolution that one (1) or more township fire departments, volunteer
16 fire departments, fire protection territories, or fire protection districts
17 shall receive an amount of the tax revenue to be distributed under this
18 section during the following calendar year up to the amount of revenue
19 one hundred percent (100%) of the revenue collected from that
20 portion of the tax rate imposed for allocations for public safety
21 purposes that does not exceed a rate of five one-hundredths of one
22 percent (0.05%). that is attributable to five one-hundredths of one
23 percent (0.05%) of the tax rate imposed for allocations to public safety
24 purposes. A resolution adopted under this subsection must include
25 information on the service area for each township fire department,
26 volunteer fire department, fire protection territory, or fire protection
27 district, as applicable. Any distribution under this subsection must be
28 based on the assessed value of real property, not including land, that is
29 served by each township fire department, volunteer fire department,
30 fire protection territory, or fire protection district, as applicable. The
31 adopting body shall provide a copy of the resolution to the county
32 auditor and the department of local government finance not more than
33 fifteen (15) days after the resolution is adopted. A resolution adopted
34 under this subsection and provided in a timely manner to the county
35 auditor and the department applies only to distributions in the
36 following calendar year. Any amount of tax revenue distributed under
37 this subsection to a township fire department, volunteer fire
38 department, fire protection territory, or fire protection district, as
39 applicable, shall be distributed before the remainder of the tax revenue
40 is allocated under subsection (b).
41 SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy,
to which was referred Senate Bill No. 33, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new
paragraph and insert:
"SECTION 1. IC 6-3.6-6-2.9, AS ADDED BY P.L.193-2023,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2.9. (a) For purposes of this section,
"courtroom costs" includes staffing costs only for the court
reporter, court bailiff, or court administrator.
(b) A county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to impose a tax
rate for county staff expenses courtroom costs of the state judicial
system in the county. The tax rate must be in increments of
one-hundredth of one percent (0.01%) and may not exceed two-tenths
of one percent (0.2%). The tax rate may not be in effect for more than
twenty-five (25) years.
(b) (c) The revenue generated by a tax rate imposed under this
section must be distributed directly to the county before the remainder
of the expenditure rate revenue is distributed. The revenue shall be
maintained in a separate dedicated county fund and used by the county
only for paying for county staff expenses courtroom costs of the state
judicial system in the county.
(c) (d) The local income tax revenue budgeted and spent under this
section by each county may not comprise more than fifty percent (50%)
of the county's total budgeted operational staffing expenses related to
the courtroom costs of the state judicial system in any given year.
(d) (e) Counties that enact an ordinance to impose a tax rate under
this section shall annually report the following information for the prior
calendar year by May 1 to the justice reinvestment advisory council
established by IC 33-38-9.5-2:
(1) The types of court positions paid with local income tax
revenue generated by this section.
(2) The number of court positions by type paid for with local
income tax revenue generated by this section.
(3) The average salary by type of court position paid for with local
income tax revenue generated by this section.
(4) The county's total budgeted and actual staffing expenses
courtroom costs related to the state judicial system.
(5) The county's portion of local income tax revenue that was
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(A) budgeted for staffing expenses related to the state judicial
system; and
(B) actually spent on staffing expenses. courtroom costs
related to the state judicial system.
(e) (f) The justice reinvestment advisory council shall annually
compile and report to the legislative council prior to July 1 of each year
the information required in subsection (d) for each county. The report
must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.".
Page 3, line 4, delete "shall" and insert "may".
Page 4, line 10, strike "and" and insert "the county adopting body".
Page 4, line 10, reset in roman "may,".
Page 4, line 11, delete "the county adopting body shall".
Page 6, after line 40, begin a new paragraph and insert:
"SECTION 4. An emergency is declared for this act.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to SB 33 as introduced.)
HOLDMAN, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0.
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SENATE MOTION
Madam President: I move that Senate Bill 33 be amended to read as
follows:
Page 1, delete lines 1 through 17, begin a new paragraph and insert:
"SECTION 1. IC 6-3.6-6-2.9, AS ADDED BY P.L.193-2023,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2.9. (a) For purposes of this section,
"courtroom costs" includes staffing costs only for the court
reporter, court bailiff, or court administrator.
(b) A county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to impose a tax
rate for:
(1) in the case of a tax rate adopted under this section before
January 1, 2024, county staff expenses of the state judicial
system in the county; or
(2) in the case or a tax rate adopted under this section after
December 31, 2023, courtroom costs of the state judicial
system in the county.
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The tax rate must be in increments of one-hundredth of one percent
(0.01%) and may not exceed two-tenths of one percent (0.2%). The tax
rate may not be in effect for more than twenty-five (25) years.
(b) (c) The revenue generated by a tax rate imposed under this
section must be distributed directly to the county before the remainder
of the expenditure rate revenue is distributed. The revenue shall be
maintained in a separate dedicated county fund. The revenue shall be
and used by the county:
(1) in the case of a tax rate adopted under this section before
January 1, 2024, only for paying for county staff expenses of the
state judicial system in the county; and
(2) in the case of a tax rate adopted under this section after
December 31, 2023, only for paying the courtroom costs of the
state judicial system in the county.
(c) (d) This subsection applies to a tax rate adopted under
subsection (b)(1). The local income tax revenue budgeted and spent
under this section by each county may not comprise more than fifty
percent (50%) of the county's total budgeted operational staffing
expenses related to the state judicial system in any given year.
(e) This subsection applies to a tax rate adopted under
subsection (b)(2). The local income tax revenue spent under this
section by each county may not comprise more than fifty percent
(50%) of the county's total operational staffing expenses related to
the courtroom costs of the state judicial system in any given year.
(d) (f) Counties that enact an ordinance to impose a tax rate under
this section shall annually report the following information for the prior
calendar year by May 1 to the justice reinvestment advisory council
established by IC 33-38-9.5-2:
(1) The types of court positions paid with local income tax
revenue generated by this section.
(2) The number of court positions by type paid for with local
income tax revenue generated by this section.
(3) The average salary by type of court position paid for with local
income tax revenue generated by this section.
(4) The county's total budgeted and actual staffing expenses or
courtroom costs, whichever is applicable, related to the state
judicial system.
(5) The county's portion of local income tax revenue that was
(A) budgeted for staffing expenses related to the state judicial
system; and
(B) actually spent on staffing expenses or courtroom costs,
whichever is applicable, related to the state judicial system.
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(e) (g) The justice reinvestment advisory council shall annually
compile and report to the legislative council prior to July 1 of each year
the information required in subsection (d) (f) for each county. The
report must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.".
Page 2, delete lines 1 through 25.
(Reference is to SB 33 as printed January 31, 2024.)
HOLDMAN
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedure reports that pursuant to Senate Rule 35(c), the following
technical corrections are to be made to Engrossed Senate Bill 33:
Page 1, line 11, delete "or" and insert "of".
(Reference is to ESB 33 as reprinted February 2, 2024.)
BRAY
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was
referred Senate Bill 33, 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:
Page 2, after line 42, begin a new paragraph and insert:
"SECTION 2. IC 6-3.6-6-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.236-2023,
SECTION 81, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to the allocation of
additional revenue from a tax under this chapter to public safety
purposes. Funding dedicated for a PSAP under a former tax continues
to apply under this chapter until it is rescinded or modified. If funding
was not dedicated for a PSAP under a former tax, the adopting body
may adopt a resolution providing that all or part of the additional
revenue allocated to public safety is to be dedicated for a PSAP. The
resolution first applies in the following year and then thereafter until it
is rescinded or modified. Funding dedicated for a PSAP shall be
allocated and distributed as provided in IC 6-3.6-11-4.
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(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the amount of the
certified distribution that is allocated to public safety purposes, and
after making allocations under IC 6-3.6-11, shall be allocated to the
county and to each municipality in the county that is carrying out or
providing at least one (1) public safety purpose. For purposes of this
subsection, in the case of a consolidated city, the total property taxes
imposed by the consolidated city include the property taxes imposed by
the consolidated city and all special taxing districts (except for a public
library district, a public transportation corporation, and a health and
hospital corporation), and all special service districts. The amount
allocated under this subsection to a county or municipality is equal to
the result of:
(1) the amount of the remaining certified distribution that is
allocated to public safety purposes; multiplied by
(2) a fraction equal to:
(A) in the case of a county that initially imposed a rate for
public safety under IC 6-3.5-6 (repealed), the result of the total
property taxes imposed in the county by the county or
municipality for the calendar year preceding the distribution
year, divided by the sum of the total property taxes imposed in
the county by the county and each municipality in the county
that is entitled to a distribution under this section for that
calendar year; or
(B) in the case of a county that initially imposed a rate for
public safety under IC 6-3.5-1.1 (repealed) or a county that did
not impose a rate for public safety under either IC 6-3.5-1.1
(repealed) or IC 6-3.5-6 (repealed), the result of the attributed
allocation amount of the county or municipality for the
calendar year preceding the distribution year, divided by the
sum of the attributed allocation amounts of the county and
each municipality in the county that is entitled to a distribution
under this section for that calendar year.
(c) A fire department, volunteer fire department, or emergency
medical services provider that:
(1) provides fire protection or emergency medical services within
the county; and
(2) is operated by or serves a political subdivision that is not
otherwise entitled to receive a distribution of tax revenue under
this section;
may, before July 1 of a year, apply to the adopting body for a
distribution of tax revenue under this section during the following
calendar year. The adopting body shall review an application submitted
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under this subsection. and may, before September 1 of a year,
However, after giving notice under IC 5-3-1, the adopting body
shall review an application by a township that provided fire
protection or emergency medical services in the most recent
calendar year and imposed a property tax levy for the provision of
fire protection or emergency medical services within the county in
the most recent calendar year at a public hearing. The adopting
body may review multiple applications submitted under this
subsection at one (1) public hearing. If applicable, a township shall
present and explain its application at the public hearing. Not later
than ten (10) days after the public hearing, if applicable, but before
September 1 of a year, the adopting body may adopt a resolution
requiring that one (1) or more of the applicants shall receive a specified
amount of the tax revenue to be distributed under this section during
the following calendar year. The adopting body shall provide a copy of
the resolution to the county auditor and the department of local
government finance not more than fifteen (15) days after the resolution
is adopted. A resolution adopted under this subsection and provided in
a timely manner to the county auditor and the department applies only
to distributions in the following calendar year. Any amount of tax
revenue distributed under this subsection to a fire department,
volunteer fire department, or emergency medical services provider
shall be distributed before the remainder of the tax revenue is allocated
under subsection (b).
(d) A township fire department, volunteer fire department, fire
protection territory, or fire protection district that:
(1) provides fire protection or emergency medical services
within a county; and
(2) is operated by or serves a political subdivision;
may, before July 1 of a year, apply to the adopting body for a
distribution of tax revenue under this section during the following
calendar year. The adopting body shall review an application
submitted under this subsection. However, after giving notice
under IC 5-3-1, the adopting body shall review an application
submitted by a township that provided fire protection or
emergency medical services in the most recent calendar year and
that imposed a property tax levy for the provision of fire protection
or emergency medical services within the county in the most recent
calendar year at a public hearing. The adopting body may review
multiple applications submitted under this subsection at one (1)
public hearing. If applicable, a township shall present and explain
its application at the public hearing. From the amount of the certified
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distribution that is allocated to public safety purposes, and after making
allocations under IC 6-3.6-11, the adopting body may adopt a
resolution that one (1) or more township fire departments, volunteer
fire departments, fire protection territories, or fire protection districts
shall receive an amount of the tax revenue to be distributed under this
section during the following calendar year up to the amount of revenue
that is attributable to five one-hundredths of one percent (0.05%) of the
tax rate imposed for allocations to public safety purposes. A resolution
adopted under this subsection must include information on the service
area for each township fire department, volunteer fire department, fire
protection territory, or fire protection district, as applicable. Any
distribution under this subsection must be based on the assessed value
of real property, not including land, that is served by each township fire
department, volunteer fire department, fire protection territory, or fire
protection district, as applicable. The adopting body shall provide a
copy of the resolution to the county auditor and the department of local
government finance not more than fifteen (15) days after the resolution
is adopted. A resolution adopted under this subsection and provided in
a timely manner to the county auditor and the department applies only
to distributions in the following calendar year. Any amount of tax
revenue distributed under this subsection to a township fire department,
volunteer fire department, fire protection territory, or fire protection
district, as applicable, shall be distributed before the remainder of the
tax revenue is allocated under subsection (b).".
Delete pages 3 through 7.
Page 8, delete lines 1 through 15.
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to SB 33 as printed February 6, 2024.)
THOMPSON
Committee Vote: yeas 21, nays 0.
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HOUSE MOTION
Mr. Speaker: I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 33 be amended to
read as follows:
Page 5, line 18, strike "the amount of revenue" and insert "one
hundred percent (100%) of the revenue collected from that portion
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of the tax rate imposed for allocations for public safety purposes
that does not exceed a rate of five one-hundredths of one percent
(0.05%).".
Page 5, strike line 19.
Page 5, line 20, strike "tax rate imposed for allocations to public
safety purposes.".
(Reference is to ESB 33 as printed February 22, 2024.)
THOMPSON
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