Sec. 9. (a) The department of local government finance, when approving a rate and levy fixed by the provider unit, shall verify that a duplication of tax levies does not exist within participating units, so that taxpayers do not bear two (2) levies for the same service, except as provided by subsection (b) or (c).
(b) A unit or fire protection district that incurred indebtedness for fire protection services before becoming a participating unit under this chapter shall continue to repay that indebtedness by levies within the boundaries of the unit or fire protection district until the indebtedness is paid in full.
(c) A unit or fire protection district that agreed to the borrowing of money to purchase fire protection equipment while a participating unit under this chapter shall continue to repay the unit's or fire protection district's share of that indebtedness by imposing a property tax within the boundaries of the unit or fire protection district until the indebtedness is paid in full. The department of local government finance shall determine the amount of the indebtedness that represents the unit's or fire protection district's fair share, taking into account the equipment purchased, the useful life of the equipment, the depreciated value of the equipment, and the number of years the unit benefited from the equipment.
As added by P.L.37-1994, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.326-1995, SEC.4; P.L.90-2002, SEC.502; P.L.255-2017, SEC.48.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 19. Fire Protection Territories
36-8-19-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
36-8-19-0.3. Legalization of Certain Resolutions Adopted Before July 1, 2007
36-8-19-1. Application of Chapter
36-8-19-1.5. Consolidation of Fire Departments in County Containing Consolidated City
36-8-19-1.7. "Fire Protection District"
36-8-19-2. "Participating Unit"
36-8-19-3. "Provider Unit" Defined
36-8-19-4. "Territory" Defined
36-8-19-5. Fire Protection Territory; Establishment; Purposes; Boundaries
36-8-19-6. Establishing or Expanding Territory; Ordinance or Resolution
36-8-19-6.3. Restrictions on Voting on Proposed Ordinance or Resolution
36-8-19-6.5. Agreement to Change Provider Unit
36-8-19-6.9. Creation of Joint Executive Board
36-8-19-8. Fire Protection Territory Fund; Establishment; Purposes; Budget; Tax Levies
36-8-19-8.5. Equipment Replacement Fund; Property Tax Levy; Maximum Property Tax Rate
36-8-19-8.7. Purchase of Firefighting Equipment on Installment Conditional Sale or Mortgage Contract
36-8-19-9. Avoidance of Duplication of Tax Levies; Preexisting Indebtedness
36-8-19-10. Disbandment of Existing Fire Departments
36-8-19-11. Annexation of Territory
36-8-19-12. Adjustments to Tax Levy; Entry Year of Participants
36-8-19-13. Withdrawal From Territory; Ordinance or Resolution; Effect of Adoption
36-8-19-14. Payment of Line of Duty Health Care Expenses for Firefighters
36-8-19-15. Dissolution of Fire Protection Territory; Reversion of Title to Real Property