Sec. 17. Each precinct election board shall count the affirmative votes and the negative votes cast in the referendum and shall certify those two (2) totals to the county election board of each county in which the referendum is held. The circuit court clerk of each county shall, immediately after the votes cast in the referendum have been counted, certify the results of the referendum to the department of local government finance. If a majority of the individuals who voted in the referendum voted "yes" on the referendum question:
(1) the department of local government finance shall promptly notify the school corporation that the school corporation is authorized to collect, for the calendar year that next follows the calendar year in which the referendum is held, a levy not greater than the amount approved in the referendum;
(2) the levy may be imposed for the number of calendar years approved by the voters following the referendum for the school corporation in which the referendum is held; and
(3) the school corporation shall establish a fund under IC 20-40-3-1.
[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 6-1.1-19-4.5(c) part.]
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.169. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.501; P.L.198-2011, SEC.8.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 46. Levies Other Than General Fund Levies
Chapter 1. Referendum Tax Levy
20-46-1-5.5. "Resolution to Extend a Referendum Levy"
20-46-1-7. Transfer of Certain Levies From General Fund Before Its Elimination
20-46-1-8.5. Resolution to Extend a Referendum Levy; Adoption and Approval Deadline
20-46-1-10. Question Form; Referendum Levy; Percentage of Property Tax Increase
20-46-1-10.1. Question Form; Resolution to Extend a Referendum Levy; Formula; Certification
20-46-1-10.5. Distribution of Levy Approved in Referendum
20-46-1-11. Maximum Term of Levy
20-46-1-13. Circuit Court Clerk Duties
20-46-1-14. Date of Referendum
20-46-1-15. Duties; County Election Board
20-46-1-17. Conduct of Election
20-46-1-18. Levy; Additional to Other Levies
20-46-1-19. Rejection by Voters; Waiting Period for New Referendum
20-46-1-19.5. Limitations on Successive Referenda
20-46-1-20. Restrictions on Promoting a Position on a Referendum