(b) Subject to subsection (c), the executive of a township described in subsection (a) may, after approval by the fiscal body of the township, and before August 1, 2023, submit a petition to the department of local government finance requesting an increase in the township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for property taxes first due and payable in 2024.

(1) A fiscal plan describing the need for the increase to the levy and the expenditures for which the revenue generated from the increase to the levy will be used.

(2) A statement that the proposed increase will be a permanent increase to the township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy.

(3) The estimated effect of the proposed increase on taxpayers.

After the fiscal body approves the petition, the township shall immediately notify the other civil taxing units and school corporations in the county that are located in a taxing district where the township is also located.

     (d) If the executive of the township submits a petition under subsection (b), the department of local government finance shall increase the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for property taxes first due and payable in 2023 by not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

     (e) The township’s maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for property taxes first due and payable in 2024, 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 2025 and thereafter.

     (f) This section expires June 30, 2028.

As added by P.L.174-2022, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.236-2023, SEC.34.