CHAPTER 7. ALLOWANCE FOR TAX LEVY PROCEDURE FOR SUPPORT OF COUNTY 4-H CLUBS
IC 15-14-7
Chapter 7. Allowance for Tax Levy Procedure for Support of
County 4-H Clubs
IC 15-14-7-1
"Executive"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "executive" means the board of
commissioners of a county under IC 36-2-2-2.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.
IC 15-14-7-2
County appropriation for 4-H clubs
Sec. 2. Subject to section 3 of this chapter, the executive of a
county may make an appropriation from the county general fund to
a 4-H club that promotes the agricultural and horticultural interests
of the county.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.
IC 15-14-7-3
Petition; notice; remonstrance; duration
Sec. 3. (a) The president or secretary of a 4-H club described in
section 2 of this chapter may file a petition signed by at least thirty
(30) resident freeholders of the county with the county auditor of the
county requesting that the executive make an appropriation provided
for in section 2 of this chapter.
(b) The county auditor shall have the petition, without the
signatures, printed in a newspaper of general circulation that is
published in the county.
(c) The notice must state the date and time when the petition will
be considered by the executive. The auditor shall set the date, time,
and place at which the petition will be considered, which must be at
least thirty (30) days after the publication of the notice.
(d) If not later than the date and time published in the notice for
the consideration of the petition by the executive, a remonstrance
signed by more resident freeholders of the county than the number
signing the petition is filed with the county auditor protesting the
allowance, the executive shall consider the remonstrance. If the
executive finds that the remonstrance is signed by a greater number
of resident freeholders than the petition asking for an allowance, the
executive:
(1) may not make an appropriation for the purposes set forth in
section 2 of this chapter; and
(2) shall dismiss the petition and take no further action.
(e) After final acceptance by the executive, a petition under this
section is effective for one (1) to five (5) years, as determined by the
executive.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.86-2008, SEC.9.
IC 15-14-7-4
Tax levy; duration
Sec. 4. The county council may levy an annual tax of not more
than three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each one
hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation to:
(1) construct;
(2) operate; or
(3) maintain;
a building owned and operated by a 4-H club described in section 2
of this chapter. The tax may be levied only until the building has
been constructed or for not more than five (5) years, whichever
occurs first. After the building has been constructed, the county
council may levy an annual tax of not more than sixty-seven
hundredths of one cent ($0.0067) on each one hundred dollars ($100)
of assessed valuation to operate and maintain the building.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.
IC 15-14-7-5
Contributions
Sec. 5. A 4-H club described in section 2 of this chapter may
solicit and accept any kind of contribution for the development and
maintenance of the club's projects.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.
IC 15-14-7-6
Lien on property; repayment
Sec. 6. (a) An amount appropriated under section 2 of this chapter
is a lien on the real and personal property of the 4-H club.
(b) A dividend may not be declared or paid to the incorporators or
stockholders of the 4-H club until the appropriation made by the
board is repaid with interest to the county treasury.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.