Sec. 7. (a) After June 30, 2008, this section applies only if the alteration or construction is a controlled project (as defined in IC 6-1.1-20-1.1) for which a preliminary determination under IC 6-1.1-20-3.1 was made before July 1, 2008.

     (b) Before altering or constructing a building or an addition to a building, the proposed action must be submitted for approval to the department of local government finance. The department of local government finance shall set the proposal for hearing and give ten (10) days notice of the hearing to the taxpayers of the taxing district by:

(1) one (1) publication in each of two (2) newspapers of opposite political parties published in the taxing district;

(2) one (1) publication if only one (1) newspaper is published;

(3) publication in two (2) newspapers representing the two (2) leading political parties published in the county and having a general circulation in the taxing district if no newspaper is published in the district; or

(4) publication in one (1) newspaper if only one (1) paper is published in the county.

The department of local government finance shall conduct the hearing in the taxing district. After the hearing upon the proposal, the department of local government finance shall certify its approval or disapproval to the county auditor and to the township trustee.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-3.2-3.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.171. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.526.