Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 36-9-36-64 - Funding for payment of certificates of indebtedness; special tax levy(a) For the purpose of raising money for the payment of certificates of indebtedness issued under section 62 of this chapter (or under IC 36-9-18 before its repeal in 1993) the fiscal body of the unit may do any of the following: (1) Levy a special tax on all property in the unit each year.(2) Issue and sell the bonds of the unit.(3) Appropriate money from the general fund of the unit or from any other source.(b) A special tax levied under this section shall be fixed at a rate on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of taxable property in the unit sufficient for the payment of the certificates, together with interest, that were or will be issued between July 1 of the preceding year and July 1 of the year in which the levy of taxes is made.(c) A special tax levied under this section shall be: (1) levied, certified to the county auditor, and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied, certified, and collected; and(2) deposited in a separate fund known as the county (or municipal) improvement certificate fund for application to the payment of the certificates.(d) The balance of the improvement certificate fund does not revert to the unit's general fund at the end of the unit's fiscal year, but remains in the fund for the next fiscal year.As added by P.L. 98-1993, SEC.7.