Sec. 7. (a) If the fiscal body of an eligible county imposes taxes to fund a public transportation project, the county treasurer of the eligible county shall establish a county public transportation project fund to receive tax revenues collected for the public transportation project. Money received from a foundation established under IC 8-25-7 or IC 8-25-8 may be deposited into the fund.
(b) Money in a fund established under subsection (a) at the end of the eligible county's fiscal year remains in the fund. Interest earned by the fund must be deposited in the fund.
(c) Money deposited in an eligible county's public transportation project fund may be used only to purchase, establish, operate, repair, or maintain a public transportation project authorized under this article. Money in the fund may be pledged by the fiscal body of the eligible county to the repayment of bonds issued for purposes of a public transportation project authorized under this article.
(d) The fiscal body of an eligible county may, in the manner provided by law, appropriate money from the fund to a public transportation corporation that is authorized to purchase, establish, operate, repair, or maintain the public transportation project if the public transportation project is located, either entirely or partially, within the eligible county.
As added by P.L.153-2014, SEC.17.