Indiana Code 36-7-26-23. Net increment for preceding fiscal year; sales tax increment financing fund; district business disclosure of information
(b) There is established a sales tax increment financing fund to be administered by the treasurer of state. The fund is comprised of two (2) accounts called the net increment account and the credit account.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-26-23
- board: refers to the state board of finance created in Indiana Code 36-7-26-5
- commission: refers to a redevelopment commission established under IC 36-7-14. See Indiana Code 36-7-26-6
- department: refers to the department of state revenue. See Indiana Code 36-7-26-7
- district: refers to an economic development project district established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-26-8
- 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.
- fund: refers to the sales tax increment financing fund established in section 23 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-26-9
- gross increment: means the aggregate amount of state gross retail and use taxes that are remitted under Indiana Code 36-7-26-10
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- net increment: means , for a particular state fiscal year, the product of:
Indiana Code 36-7-26-12
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) to pay debt service on the bonds issued under section 24 of this chapter or to pay lease rentals under section 24 of this chapter; and
(2) to establish and maintain a debt service reserve established by the commission or by a lessor that provides local public improvements to the commission;
shall be transferred to and deposited in the fund and credited to the net increment account. Money credited to the net increment account is pledged to the purposes described in subdivisions (1) and (2), subject to the other provisions of this chapter.
(d) On the first business day of October in each year, the remainder of:
(1) eighty percent (80%) of the gross increment; minus
(2) the amount credited to the net increment account on the same date;
shall be transferred and credited to the credit account.
(e) The remainder of:
(1) the gross increment; minus
(2) the amounts credited to the net increment account and the credit account;
shall be deposited by the auditor of state as other gross retail and use taxes are deposited.
(f) A city described in section 1(2), 1(3), or 1(4) of this chapter may receive not more than fifty percent (50%) of the net increment each year. During the time a district exists in a city described in section 1(3) or 1(4) of this chapter, not more than a total of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of net increment may be paid to the city described in section 1(3) or 1(4) of this chapter. During each year that a district exists in a city described in section 1(2) of this chapter, not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) of net increment may be paid to the city described in section 1(2) of this chapter.
(g) The auditor of state shall disburse all money in the fund that is credited to the net increment account to the commission in equal semiannual installments on November 30 and May 31 of each year.
As added by P.L.35-1990, SEC.63. Amended by P.L.185-2001, SEC.8 and P.L.291-2001, SEC.202; P.L.177-2002, SEC.15 and P.L.178-2002, SEC.121; P.L.261-2013, SEC.43.