Indiana Code — Title 6 (Taxation)
IC 6-3.6-3-5
Voting on ordinances; votes recorded and certified by auditor
of the county; county with a single voting bloc
Note: This version of section amended by P.L.223-2025, SEC.5, effective 5-6-2025. See also following version of this section amended by P.L.68-2025, SEC.106, effective 7-1-2027.
Sec. 5. (a) The auditor of a county shall record all votes taken on ordinances presented for a vote under this article and not more than ten (10) days after the vote, send a certified copy of the results to:
# (1)
the commissioner of the department of state revenue; and
# (2)
the commissioner of the department of local government finance;
in an electronic format approved by the commissioner of the department of local government finance.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), this subsection applies only to a county that has a local income tax council. The county auditor may cease sending certified copies after the county auditor sends a certified copy of results showing that members of the local income tax council have cast a majority of the votes on the local income tax council for or against the proposed ordinance.
(c) This subsection applies only to a county with a single voting bloc that proposes to increase (but not decrease) a tax rate in the county. The county auditor may cease sending certified copies of the votes on the local income tax council voting as a whole under section 9.5 of this chapter after the county auditor sends a certified copy of results showing that the individuals who sit on the fiscal bodies of the county, cities, and towns that are members of the local income tax council have cast a majority of the votes on the local income tax council voting as a whole under section 9.5 of this chapter for or against the proposed ordinance.
This subsection expires May 31, 2027.
As added by P.L.243-2015, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.154-2020, SEC.29; P.L.159-2021,
SEC.21; P.L.137-2024, SEC.3; P.L.223-2025, SEC.5.
Amendment history
As added by P.L.243-2015, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.154-2020, SEC.29; P.L.159-2021, SEC.21; P.L.137-2024, SEC.3; P.L.223-2025, SEC.5.
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- 6-3.6-3-2 · Actions by ordinance or resolution; uniform documents;
- 6-3.6-3-3 · Effective date of ordinance
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- 6-3.6-3-11 · Expired
- 6-3.6-4-1 · Imposition of tax; rate of tax
- 6-3.6-4-2 · Tax rates; adoption; increasing; decreasing; rescinding
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