Sec. 7. (a) The city-county legislative body and the special service district legislative bodies shall act on ordinances proposed under this chapter in the manner prescribed by IC 6-1.1-17.

     (b) A tax levied by the consolidated city for a department or division having territorial jurisdiction over the whole county shall be levied on property in the whole county, and the money received from that tax shall be paid into a fund to be known as the consolidated county fund. A tax levied by the consolidated city for a department or division having territorial jurisdiction only inside the corporate boundaries of the consolidated city shall be levied only on property in the consolidated city. A tax levied for support of a special service district shall be levied only on property in the special service district. A tax or special tax to finance the operations, improvements, or debt service of a special taxing district shall be levied only on property in the special taxing district. A tax to be levied by the county or consolidated city for any other function shall be levied only on property in the territorial jurisdiction affected.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 18-4-4-4.5 part; 18-4-4-5 part; 18-4-5-2.1 part; 18-4-12-11 part; 18-4-12-37 part; subsection (b) formerly 18-4-5-8.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.82-1985, SEC.2.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-3-6-7

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5