CHAPTER 7. ALLOWANCE FOR TAX LEVY PROCEDURE FOR SUPPORT OF COUNTY 4-H CLUBS - Indiana Statutes

IC 15-14-7
     Chapter 7. Allowance for Tax Levy Procedure for Support of County 4-H Clubs

IC 15-14-7-1
"Executive"
     Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "executive" means the board of commissioners of a county under IC 36-2-2-2.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-2
County appropriation for 4-H clubs
     Sec. 2. Subject to section 3 of this chapter, the executive of a county may make an appropriation from the county general fund to a 4-H club that promotes the agricultural and horticultural interests of the county.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-3
Petition; notice; remonstrance; duration
     Sec. 3. (a) The president or secretary of a 4-H club described in section 2 of this chapter may file a petition signed by at least thirty (30) resident freeholders of the county with the county auditor of the county requesting that the executive make an appropriation provided for in section 2 of this chapter.
    (b) The county auditor shall have the petition, without the signatures, printed in a newspaper of general circulation that is published in the county.
    (c) The notice must state the date and time when the petition will be considered by the executive. The auditor shall set the date, time, and place at which the petition will be considered, which must be at least thirty (30) days after the publication of the notice.
    (d) If not later than the date and time published in the notice for the consideration of the petition by the executive, a remonstrance signed by more resident freeholders of the county than the number signing the petition is filed with the county auditor protesting the allowance, the executive shall consider the remonstrance. If the executive finds that the remonstrance is signed by a greater number of resident freeholders than the petition asking for an allowance, the executive:
        (1) may not make an appropriation for the purposes set forth in section 2 of this chapter; and
        (2) shall dismiss the petition and take no further action.
    (e) After final acceptance by the executive, a petition under this section is effective for one (1) to five (5) years, as determined by the executive.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.86-2008, SEC.9.

IC 15-14-7-4
Tax levy; duration      Sec. 4. The county council may levy an annual tax of not more than three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation to:
        (1) construct;
        (2) operate; or
        (3) maintain;
a building owned and operated by a 4-H club described in section 2 of this chapter. The tax may be levied only until the building has been constructed or for not more than five (5) years, whichever occurs first. After the building has been constructed, the county council may levy an annual tax of not more than sixty-seven hundredths of one cent ($0.0067) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation to operate and maintain the building.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-5
Contributions
     Sec. 5. A 4-H club described in section 2 of this chapter may solicit and accept any kind of contribution for the development and maintenance of the club's projects.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-6
Lien on property; repayment
     Sec. 6. (a) An amount appropriated under section 2 of this chapter is a lien on the real and personal property of the 4-H club.
    (b) A dividend may not be declared or paid to the incorporators or stockholders of the 4-H club until the appropriation made by the board is repaid with interest to the county treasury.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.