A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on the exact amount of additional local income tax that cities and towns can impose.

Indiana Tax Changes

This bill requires cooperation between state agencies and political subdivisions to create a statewide map, sets rules for county auditors to report annexation or disannexation information, specifies procedures for local income tax imposition and distribution, limits tax rates for debt service, and mandates reporting on debt services.

What This Bill Does

• Requires state agencies and political subdivisions to cooperate with the GIS officer in preparing a statewide base map.
• Specifies that county auditors must submit certain annexation or disannexation information to the state GIS officer.
• Sets procedures for the imposition of local income taxes and distribution of local income tax revenue.
• Limits expenditure tax rates for counties or municipalities that do not renew existing rates to the minimum necessary for debt service.
• Requires each county and municipality to report their total debt service obligations payable from local income tax revenues.

Who It Names or Affects

• State agencies
• Political subdivisions
• County auditors
• Counties and municipalities

Terms To Know

GIS officer

A person responsible for managing geographic information systems in the state.

annexation or disannexation

The process of adding land to a city's boundaries (annexation) or removing it from those boundaries (disannexation).

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify the exact amount of additional local income tax that cities and towns can impose.
• Details on how revenue is distributed for small cities and towns are provided but may vary based on specific circumstances.

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.
Local income tax.

Current Bill Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Local income tax.

Requires state agencies and political subdivisions to cooperate with the state GIS officer in preparing a statewide base map. Requires a county auditor to submit certain information to the state GIS officer concerning an annexation or disannexation. Specifies procedures for the imposition of local income taxes and distribution of local income tax revenue. Provides that, for counties or municipalities that fail to adopt an ordinance to renew an existing expenditure tax rate, the expenditure tax rate for the county or municipality shall be the minimum tax rate necessary for existing debt service. Allows an adopting body to adopt a tax rate to provide distributions to school corporations as a component of the tax rate for general purpose revenue. Provides that a county's total expenditure tax rate expires on December 31, 2029, and on December 31 of every fourth calendar year thereafter. Provides that the county may determine an allocation method for revenue raised from a tax rate for fire protection or emergency medical services. Provides that the county and certain township fire departments must receive an allocation of revenue raised from a tax rate for fire protection or emergency medical services. Authorizes cities and towns with a population of at least 3,500 that have adopted a 1.2% municipal local income tax rate to impose an additional local income tax rate that does not exceed the county's unused rate capacity for general purpose revenue, if any. Provides a formula for the distribution of revenue from the local income tax rate imposed by a county for certain small cities and towns. Specifies procedures for determining population for purposes of a municipal local income tax rate. Requires each county and municipality to report to the department of local government finance the total amount of the county's or municipality's debt service obligations payable from local income tax revenues that will be due in the ensuing year.