Indiana Code
Chapter 3.5. Airport Development Zones
8-22-3.5-6. Notice; Adoption of Resolution; Hearings

Sec. 6. (a) After adoption of the resolution under section 5 of this chapter, the commission shall:
(1) publish notice of the adoption and substance of the resolution in accordance with IC 5-3-1; and
(2) file the following information with each taxing unit that has authority to levy property taxes in the geographic area where the airport development zone is located:
(A) A copy of the notice required by subdivision (1).
(B) A statement disclosing the impact of the airport development zone, including the following:
(i) The estimated economic benefits and costs incurred by the airport development zone, as measured by increased employment and anticipated growth of real property assessed values.
(ii) The anticipated impact on tax revenues of each taxing unit.
The notice must state the general boundaries of the area designated as an airport development zone and must state that written remonstrances may be filed with the commission until the time designated for the hearing. The notice must also name the place, date, and time when the commission will receive and hear remonstrances and objections from persons interested in or affected by the proceedings pertaining to the proposed airport development zone designation and will determine the public utility and benefit of the proposed airport development zone designation. The commission shall file the information required by subdivision (2) with the officers of the taxing unit who are authorized to fix budgets, tax rates, and tax levies under IC 6-1.1-17-5 at least ten (10) days before the date of the public hearing. All persons affected in any manner by the hearing, including all taxpayers within the taxing district of the airport authority, shall be considered notified of the pendency of the hearing and of subsequent acts, hearings, adjournments, and orders of the commission affecting the airport development zone if the commission gives the notice required by this section.
(b) At the hearing, which may be recessed and reconvened from time to time, the commission shall hear all persons interested in the proceedings and shall consider all written remonstrances and objections that have been filed. After considering the evidence presented, the commission shall take final action determining the public utility and benefit of the proposed airport development zone designation and confirming, modifying and confirming, or rescinding the resolution. The final action taken by the commission shall be recorded and is final and conclusive, except that an appeal may be taken in the manner prescribed by section 7 of this chapter.
(c) If the commission confirms, or modifies and confirms, the resolution, the commission shall file a copy of the resolution with both the auditor of the county in which the airport development zone is located and the department of local government finance, together with any supporting documents that are relevant to the computation of assessed values in the airport development zone, within thirty (30) days after the date on which the commission takes final action on the resolution.
As added by P.L.86-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.25-1995, SEC.59; P.L.214-2019, SEC.29; P.L.257-2019, SEC.80.

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