Sec. 17. (a) The fiscal body of a county in which a local health department has been authorized shall assess a levy annually on the assessed valuation of taxable property for the maintenance of the county health department.

     (b) The taxes shall be paid into the county treasury and placed in a special fund to be known as the county health fund. The fund shall be used only for the purpose of this title and shall be drawn upon by the proper officers of the county upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the local health department.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-20-2-17

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) Each county fiscal body shall appropriate from the county health fund money necessary to maintain the local health department.

     (d) A tax levy provided for in this chapter may not be made upon property within the corporate limits of any city maintaining the city’s own full-time health department.

     (e) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the county’s general fund.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3.8-10.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.164-2023, SEC.27.

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