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IN HB1063
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
Primary Sponsor
Micheal Aylesworth
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AI Summary
HB 1063 Summary
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Expands public safety local income tax (LIT) revenue distributions to include townships and other civil taxing units that operate or contract with fire departments, volunteer fire departments, or emergency medical services providers in counties that have adopted the tax.
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Redefines "eligible taxing units" to include the county, municipalities carrying out public safety purposes, townships operating or contracting with fire/EMS services, and any other civil taxing units providing these services.
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Eliminates the previous discretionary distribution mechanism that allowed fire departments, volunteer fire departments, and emergency medical services providers in unincorporated areas to request tax revenue allocations from the adopting body.
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Allocates public safety LIT revenue to eligible taxing units based on a formula using either total property taxes imposed or attributed allocation amounts, depending on how the county initially imposed its public safety rate.
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Takes effect July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Local income tax for public safety. Provides for distributions of public safety local income tax (LIT) revenue to townships and other taxing units of an adopting county that operate or contract with a fire department, a volunteer fire department, or an emergency medical services provider. (Under current law, only the county and municipalities are entitled to such a distribution.) Eliminates a provision in current law that allows fire departments, volunteer fire departments, and emergency medical services providers in unincorporated areas of an adopting county to request a discretionary distribution of public safety LIT revenue.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/5/2016