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IN SB0398
Bill
AI Summary
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Municipal corporations providing police, fire, emergency medical, or animal control services may establish fees for protecting department of natural resources property within their jurisdiction.
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Fees do not apply if the municipality and department have an interlocal cooperation agreement under IC 36-1-7 that already establishes the fees.
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Municipal officers must adopt fees by ordinance or resolution and hold a public hearing with notice published under IC 5-3-1 before final adoption.
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Fees may consist of a flat charge, a per-square-foot charge on improvements, or a per-acre charge on unimproved property, with annual payment due by December 15.
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Fee revenue must be paid to the municipal fiscal officer, deposited in the general fund, and may be used for any municipal purpose including reducing property tax levy or pledging for bonds and obligations.
Legislative Description
Fee for public safety protection. Authorizes a municipal corporation providing public safety protection to property owned by the department of natural resources (department) to establish fees for providing public safety protection, unless the municipal corporation and the department have entered into an interlocal cooperation agreement that establishes the fees for providing public safety protection to the department's property.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
1/10/2017