Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), during the period that begins ninety (90) days before a municipal primary election and continues until the day after the following municipal election, all expenses of the primary election and election that cannot be chargeable directly to any municipality shall be apportioned as follows:
(1) Twenty-five percent (25%) to the county.
(2) Seventy-five percent (75%) to the municipalities in the county holding the municipal primary election and municipal election.
(b) The apportionment made under subsection (a) does not apply to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for the expenses described in subsection (a).
(c) This subsection applies to a county that is designated as a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1. During the period that begins ninety (90) days before a municipal primary election and continues until the day after the following municipal election, all expenses incurred by the county in conducting the municipal primary election and municipal election shall be apportioned among the municipalities in the county holding a municipal primary and municipal election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(a) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.2; P.L.14-2004, SEC.5; P.L.74-2017, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses
3-5-3-2. County Election and Registration Fund; Tax Levy
3-5-3-3. Payment of Election and Registration Expenses From Fund
3-5-3-4. Monitoring of Fund by County Executive; Ordinance Authorizing Transfer Between Funds
3-5-3-5. Counties Without Election and Registration Fund; Payment of Expenses From General Fund
3-5-3-7. Municipal Elections Conducted by County Election Board; Expenses
3-5-3-8. Apportionment of Municipal Election Expenses
3-5-3-9. Apportionment Among Municipalities
3-5-3-10. Itemization of Expenses