Sec. 17. Each precinct election board shall count the affirmative votes and the negative votes cast in the referendum and shall certify those two (2) totals to the county election board of each county in which the referendum is held. The circuit court clerk of each county shall, immediately after the votes cast in the referendum have been counted, certify the results of the referendum to the department of local government finance. If a majority of the individuals who voted in the referendum voted “yes” on the referendum question:

(1) the department of local government finance shall promptly notify the school corporation that the school corporation is authorized to collect, for the calendar year that next follows the calendar year in which the referendum is held, a levy not greater than the amount approved in the referendum;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-46-9-17

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • fund: refers to a school safety referendum tax levy fund established by the governing body of a school corporation under IC 20-40-20-4. See Indiana Code 20-46-9-1
  • levy: refers to the property tax levy imposed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-46-9-2
  • referendum: refers to a referendum under this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-46-9-3
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) the levy may be imposed for the number of calendar years approved by the voters following the referendum for the school corporation in which the referendum is held; and

(3) the school corporation shall establish a fund under IC 20-40-20-4.

As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.

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