CHAPTER 3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION EXPENSES
IC 3-5-3
Chapter 3. Local Government Election Expenses
IC 3-5-3-1
Payment of expenses by county and municipality; appropriations
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in sections 7 through 10 of this
chapter, the county auditor shall pay the expenses of voter
registration and for all election supplies, equipment, and expenses
out of the county treasury in the manner provided by law. The county
fiscal body shall make the necessary appropriations for these
purposes.
(b) The county executive shall pay to the circuit court clerk or
board of registration the expenses of:
(1) removing voters from the registration record under
IC 3-7-43, IC 3-7-45, or IC 3-7-46; and
(2) performing voter list maintenance programs under IC 3-7;
out of the county treasury without appropriation.
(c) Registration expenses incurred by a circuit court clerk or board
of registration for:
(1) the salaries of members of a board of registration appointed
under IC 3-7-12-9;
(2) the salaries of chief clerks appointed under IC 3-7-12-17;
and
(3) the salaries of assistants employed under IC 3-7-12-19;
may not be charged to a municipality. However, the municipality
may be charged for wages of extra persons employed to provide
additional assistance reasonably related to the municipal election.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.1;
P.L.15-1993, SEC.1; P.L.12-1995, SEC.8; P.L.4-1996, SEC.2.
IC 3-5-3-2
County election and registration fund; tax levy
Sec. 2. The legislative body of a county may establish a county
election and registration fund for the purpose of paying for all the
expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter. The legislative body
may annually levy a tax on all taxable property in the county, in the
manner that other taxes are levied, sufficient to meet the average
annual expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter. The county
shall deposit the revenues from this tax into the fund.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
IC 3-5-3-3
Payment of election and registration expenses from fund
Sec. 3. After a county election and registration fund has been
established, the county shall budget and pay for all the expenses
specified in section 1 of this chapter from the fund. The county may
not use the money in the fund for any other purpose. Whenever a
municipality reimburses the county for expenses under this chapter,
the county shall deposit the money received from the municipality
into the fund.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
IC 3-5-3-4
Monitoring of fund by county executive; ordinance authorizing
transfer between funds
Sec. 4. After a county election and registration fund has been
established, the county executive shall monitor the fund to determine
if it contains sufficient money to meet the obligations of the fund.
Whenever the executive finds that there is not sufficient money in
the fund, the executive may request that the county fiscal body adopt
an ordinance authorizing a transfer between funds. If the ordinance
is adopted, the executive shall order the county auditor to transfer the
amount specified in the ordinance from the general fund of the
county to the election and registration fund.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
IC 3-5-3-5
Counties without election and registration fund; payment of
expenses from general fund
Sec. 5. In a county that does not have an election and registration
fund established under this chapter, the county shall budget and pay
for all the expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter from the
general fund of the county.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.
IC 3-5-3-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.9-1987, SEC.7.)
IC 3-5-3-7
Municipal elections conducted by county election board; expenses
Sec. 7. All expenses for a municipal primary election or municipal
election that is conducted by a county election board shall be allowed
by the county executive and shall be paid out of the general fund of
the county, without any appropriation being required. The county
auditor shall certify the amount of that allowance to the fiscal officer
of the municipality not later than thirty (30) days after the municipal
primary or municipal election. The fiscal body of the municipality
shall make the necessary appropriation to reimburse the county for
the expense of the primary election or election not later than
December 31 of the year in which the municipal election is
conducted.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.4.
IC 3-5-3-8
Apportionment of municipal election expenses
Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), during the period
that begins ninety (90) days before a municipal primary election and
continues until the day after the following municipal election, all
expenses of the primary election and election that cannot be
chargeable directly to any municipality shall be apportioned as
follows:
(1) Twenty-five percent (25%) to the county.
(2) Seventy-five percent (75%) to the municipalities in the
county holding the municipal primary election and municipal
election.
(b) The apportionment made under subsection (a) does not apply
to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under
IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for the expenses
described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.2;
P.L.14-2004, SEC.5.
IC 3-5-3-9
Apportionment among municipalities
Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), whenever more
than one (1) municipality in a county conducts a municipal primary
election, the seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses that cannot be
chargeable directly to any particular municipality under section 8 of
this chapter shall be apportioned to each municipality in the same
ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality
at the municipal primary election bears to the total number of voters
who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the county at that
municipal primary election.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), whenever more than one
(1) municipality in a county conducts a municipal election, the
seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses that are not chargeable
directly to any particular municipality under section 8 of this chapter
must be apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the
number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the
municipal election bears to the total number of voters who cast a
ballot in all of the municipalities in the county that conducted a
municipal election.
(c) The apportionment made under subsection (a) does not apply
to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under
IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for the expenses
described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.3;
P.L.10-1988, SEC.3; P.L.14-2004, SEC.6.
IC 3-5-3-10
Itemization of expenses
Sec. 10. The county election board shall, on a form prescribed
under IC 3-6-4.1-14, itemize all the expenses of any election for
which a municipality is required to reimburse the county.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.14-2004, SEC.7.
IC 3-5-3-11
Assessment of town for cost of election
Sec. 11. Notwithstanding section 7 of this chapter, in a year in
which a town election coincides with a general election, the county
election board may not assess the town for the cost of the election.
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1.