Sec. 22. (a) The treasurer of state shall establish an incremental tax financing fund for each certified technology park designated under this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the treasurer of state. Money in the fund does not revert to the state general fund at the end of a state fiscal year.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), the following amounts shall be deposited during each state fiscal year in the incremental tax financing fund established for a certified technology park under subsection (a):
(1) The aggregate amount of state gross retail and use taxes that are remitted under IC 6-2.5 by businesses operating in the certified technology park, until the amount of state gross retail and use taxes deposited equals the gross retail incremental amount for the certified technology park.
(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3), the aggregate amount of the following taxes paid by employees employed in the certified technology park with respect to wages earned for work in the certified technology park, until the amount deposited equals the income tax incremental amount as defined in section 8.5(1) of this chapter:
(A) The adjusted gross income tax.
(B) The local income tax (IC 6-3.6).
(3) In the case of a certified technology park to which subsection (e) applies, the amount determined under subsection (e), if any.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), not more than a total of five million dollars ($5,000,000) may be deposited in a particular incremental tax financing fund for a certified technology park over the life of the certified technology park.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), in the case of a certified technology park that is operating under a written agreement entered into by two (2) or more redevelopment commissions, and subject to section 26(b)(4) of this chapter:
(1) not more than a total of five million dollars ($5,000,000) may be deposited over the life of the certified technology park in the incremental tax financing fund of each redevelopment commission participating in the operation of the certified technology park; and
(2) the total amount that may be deposited in all incremental tax financing funds, over the life of the certified technology park, in aggregate, may not exceed the result of:
(A) five million dollars ($5,000,000); multiplied by
(B) the number of redevelopment commissions that have entered into a written agreement for the operation of the certified technology park.
(e) If a certified technology park maintains its certification under section 11(c) of this chapter and the limit on deposits under subsection (c) or (d) has been reached for a period, an additional annual deposit amount shall, if applicable, be deposited in the incremental tax financing fund for the certified technology park equal to the following:
(1) For a certified technology park to which subsection (c) applies, the lesser of:
(A) the income tax incremental amount as defined in section 8.5(2) of this chapter; or
(B) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(2) For a certified technology park to which subsection (d) applies, the lesser of:
(A) the aggregate income tax incremental amounts as defined in section 8.5(2) of this chapter attributable to each redevelopment commission that has entered into a written agreement for the operation of the certified technology park; or
(B) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) multiplied by the number of redevelopment commissions that have entered into a written agreement for the operation of the certified technology park.
(f) On or before the twentieth day of each month, all amounts held in the incremental tax financing fund established for a certified technology park shall be distributed to the redevelopment commission for deposit in the certified technology park fund established under section 23 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.187. Amended by P.L.249-2015, SEC.32; P.L.197-2016, SEC.139; P.L.158-2019, SEC.33; P.L.32-2021, SEC.101.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 7. Planning and Development
Chapter 32. Certified Technology Parks
36-7-32-1. Units Authorized to Establish Certified Technology Parks
36-7-32-2. Application of Definitions in Ic 36-7
36-7-32-3. Application of Definitions in Ic 6-1.1
36-7-32-4. "Base Assessed Value"
36-7-32-5. "Business Incubator"
36-7-32-6. "Gross Retail Base Period Amount"
36-7-32-6.5. "Gross Retail Incremental Amount"
36-7-32-7. "High Technology Activity"
36-7-32-8. "Income Tax Base Period Amount"
36-7-32-8.5. "Income Tax Incremental Amount"
36-7-32-9. "Public Facilities"
36-7-32-11. Designation; Recertification; Indiana Economic Development Corporation; Criteria
36-7-32-11.5. Submission of Proposed Designations to the Budget Committee and the Budget Agency
36-7-32-12. Agreements; Governing Certified Technology Parks
36-7-32-13. Authority; Sale Price or Rental Value of Public Facilities Below Market Value
36-7-32-14. Marketing Responsibilities; Indiana Economic Development Corporation
36-7-32-15. Designation as Allocation Area; Remonstrance
36-7-32-16. Appeals; Remonstrance
36-7-32-17. Allocation and Distribution of Property Taxes
36-7-32-19. Rules and Forms; Adjustment of Base Assessed Value
36-7-32-20. Notification to Department of State Revenue; Computation of Gross Retail Base Revenue
36-7-32-22. Incremental Tax Financing Fund; Deposits; Distributions
36-7-32-25. Declaration; Public Purpose
36-7-32-26. Written Agreement for Joint Economic Development Projects
36-7-32-27. Terms of Written Agreement for Joint Economic Development Project