Sec. 27.5. (a) The auditor of each county shall establish a property reassessment fund. The county treasurer shall deposit all collections resulting from the property taxes that the county levies for the county's property reassessment fund.
(b) With respect to a reassessment of real property under a county's reassessment plan under section 4.2 of this chapter, the county council of each county shall, for property taxes due each year, levy against all the taxable property in the county an amount equal to the estimated costs of the reassessment under section 28.5 of this chapter for the group of parcels to be reassessed in that year.
(c) The county assessor may petition the county fiscal body to increase the levy under subsection (b) to pay for the costs of:
(1) a reassessment of one (1) or more groups of parcels under a county's reassessment plan prepared under section 4.2 of this chapter;
(2) verification under 50 IAC 27-4-7 of sales disclosure forms forwarded to the county assessor under IC 6-1.1-5.5-3; or
(3) processing annual adjustments under section 4.5 of this chapter.
The assessor must document the needs and reasons for the increased funding.
(d) If the county fiscal body denies a petition under subsection (c), the county assessor may appeal to the department of local government finance. The department of local government finance shall:
(1) hear the appeal; and
(2) determine whether the additional levy is necessary.
As added by P.L.198-2001, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.42; P.L.151-2002, SEC.1 and P.L.178-2002, SEC.7; P.L.245-2003, SEC.5; P.L.228-2005, SEC.9; P.L.219-2007, SEC.13; P.L.146-2008, SEC.78; P.L.172-2011, SEC.27; P.L.112-2012, SEC.17; P.L.218-2013, SEC.1; P.L.5-2015, SEC.10.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Procedures for Real Property Assessment
6-1.1-4-1. Place of Assessment; Person Liable
6-1.1-4-2. Assessment of Property Held by Fiduciary
6-1.1-4-3. Heirs or Devisees; Assessment
6-1.1-4-4.2. County Reassessment Plan; Approval by Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-4.7. Training of Assessors and County Auditors in Sales Disclosure Form Verification
6-1.1-4-4.8. Reassessment of Covered Projects
6-1.1-4-5.5. Petition for Reassessment Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-10. Notice of Reassessments; Publication
6-1.1-4-11. Destroyed Property; Order of Reassessment by County Assessor
6-1.1-4-12. Circumstances Under Which Undeveloped Land May Be Reassessed
6-1.1-4-12.4. "Oil or Gas Interest"; Assessment
6-1.1-4-12.6. Assessed Value of Oil or Gas Interests; Schedule; Penalty
6-1.1-4-13. Agricultural Land; Assessment; Soil Productivity Factors
6-1.1-4-13.6. Determination and Review of Land Values
6-1.1-4-14. Adjacent Property Holders; Assessment or Exemption of Various Rights-of-Way
6-1.1-4-15. Appraisal; Examination of Buildings
6-1.1-4-16. Assessors' Assistants; Appropriation
6-1.1-4-17. Employment of Professional Appraisers as Technical Advisors
6-1.1-4-18.5. Professional Appraisal; Contract for Services; Bids Required
6-1.1-4-19.5. Professional Appraising Services; Standard Contract or Contract Provisions
6-1.1-4-20. Professional Appraisal; Contract Deadline
6-1.1-4-21.4. Appraisal Completion Date and Reporting Requirements Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-22. Amounts of Assessment or Reassessment; Notice
6-1.1-4-24. Notice to County Auditor of Assessed Value
6-1.1-4-25. Record Keeping; Electronic Data Files
6-1.1-4-26. Adoption or Promulgation of Documents by the Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-27.5. Property Reassessment Fund; Tax Levies; Petition to Increase Levy; Appeal
6-1.1-4-28.5. Property Reassessment Funds; Use of Money; Soil Maps
6-1.1-4-29. Expenses of Reassessment
6-1.1-4-30. Interim Assessments or Reassessments; Rules and Regulations
6-1.1-4-39. Assessment of Rental Property and Mobile Homes; Low Income Rental Housing Exclusion
6-1.1-4-39.5. Assessment of Qualified Real Property
6-1.1-4-41. Assessment of Low Income Rental Housing
6-1.1-4-45. Assessment of Land on Which an Outdoor Sign Is Located