Sec. 17. (a) The fixed property of a water distribution company consists of real property which is not part of the company’s rights-of-way or distribution system. A well, settling basin, or reservoir (except an impounding reservoir) is not fixed property of a water distribution company if it is used to store treated water or water in the process of treatment.

     (b) A water distribution company’s property which is not described as fixed property under subsection (a) is indefinite-situs distributable property. The department of local government finance shall apportion and distribute the assessed valuation of this property among the taxing districts in which the company’s water mains, including feeder and distribution mains, are located. The amount which the department of local government finance shall distribute to a taxing district equals the product of (1) the total assessed valuation of the water distribution company’s indefinite-situs distributable property, multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the length of the company’s water mains, including feeder and distribution mains, which are located in the taxing district, and the denominator of which is the length of the company’s water mains, including feeder and distribution mains, which are located in this state.

[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-44-11(9).]

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.68; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.102.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-17

  • property: includes both tangible and intangible property. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
  • system: means all property owned or used by a public utility company or companies and operated as one (1) unit in furnishing a public utility service. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
  • water distribution company: means a company which is engaged in the business of selling or distributing water by pipe, main, canal, or ditch. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2