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IN HB1306

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2015

Primary Sponsor

William Fine

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the legislative council to assign study topics to a committee during the 2015 legislative interim regarding townships with assistance property tax rates exceeding 12 times the statewide average rate.

  • Directs study of how township assistance should be funded in high-tax-rate townships as defined in IC 36-1-1.5-2(1).

  • Requires examination of which governmental entity or office should administer township assistance in these high-tax-rate townships.

  • Mandates evaluation of potential effects on township assistance funding and delivery if municipal territory transfer to adjacent townships is approved under IC 36-1-1.5.

  • Requires the study committee to issue a final report to the legislative council by November 1, 2015, containing findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation; section expires December 31, 2015.

Legislative Description

Township assistance. Urges the legislative council to assign to a study committee, in the 2015 interim, certain study topics related to the funding and delivery of township assistance in a township for which the township assistance property tax rate is more than 12 times the statewide average rate.

Last Action

First Reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures

1/13/2015

Committee Referrals

Rules and Legislative Procedures1/13/2015

Full Bill Text

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