Sec. 29. Notwithstanding any other law, two (2) or more units may jointly undertake military base reuse projects in contiguous areas in the units’ respective jurisdictions that benefit or serve the units’ jurisdictions by following the procedures set forth in IC 36-1-7. The legislative body of a unit may do the following:

(1) Assign an area within the unit’s jurisdiction to the reuse authority of another unit to allow the creation of an allocation area for the purpose of the allocation of property tax proceeds even though part of the allocation area will be outside the jurisdiction of the reuse authority to which the new area is assigned.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-30-29

  • bonds: means bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness, or other obligations issued by the reuse authority in the name of the unit. See Indiana Code 36-7-30-1
  • 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.
  • 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
  • military base: means a United States government military base or other military installation that is scheduled for closing or is completely or partially inactive or closed. See Indiana Code 36-7-30-1
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • reuse authority: means a military base reuse authority established under section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-30-1
(2) Pledge property tax proceeds that would be allocated to the unit’s allocation fund to the reuse authority of another unit for the projects.

The reuse authority to which an area is assigned or allocated proceeds are pledged may then take all action in the area or with respect to the pledged proceeds that could be taken by a reuse authority in an allocation area or with respect to the reuse authority’s own revenues until the later of the time when an ordinance rescinding this assignment or pledge is adopted by the legislative body of the assigning or pledging unit or the date on which outstanding bonds or lease rentals payable from allocated property tax proceeds are finally retired. The assigning unit shall continue to tax the taxpayers in the assigned part of the allocation area at the assigning unit’s tax rates.

As added by P.L.26-1995, SEC.14.

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