(b) The executive of the township may, upon approval by the township fiscal body, submit a petition to the department of local government finance for:

(2) an increase in the township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 36-8-13 (for the township’s fire protection and emergency services) for property taxes first due and payable in 2020.

     (c) If the township submits a petition as provided in subsection (b) before August 1, 2019, the department of local government finance shall:

(1) increase the township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for property taxes first due and payable in 2020 to twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000); and

(2) increase the township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 36-8-13 (for the township’s fire protection and emergency services) for property taxes first due and payable in 2020 to thirty-four thousand dollars ($34,000).

     (d) The township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for property taxes first due and payable in 2020, as adjusted under this section, shall be used in the determination of the township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for property taxes first due and payable in 2021 and thereafter.

     (e) The township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 36-8-13 (for the township’s fire protection and emergency services) for property taxes first due and payable in 2020, as adjusted under this section, shall be used in the determination of the township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 36-8-13 (for the township’s fire protection and emergency services) for property taxes first due and payable in 2021 and thereafter.

     (f) This section expires June 30, 2024.

As added by P.L.257-2019, SEC.51.