Indiana § 20-46-1-10 Question form; referendum levy; increase in annual property tax bill for
a median residence

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-46-1-10 — Question form; referendum levy; increase in annual property tax bill for a median residence

Indiana § 20-46-1-10

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 46LEVIES OTHER THAN GENERAL FUND LEVIES

Ch. 1Referendum Tax Levy

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Ind. Code § 20-46-1-10 (2026).

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(a)This section does not apply to a referendum on a resolution certified to the department of local government finance after March 15, 2016, to extend a referendum levy.

(b)The question to be submitted to the voters in the referendum must read as follows: "Shall ________ (insert the name of the school corporation) increase property taxes paid to the school corporation for no more than ______ (insert the number of years immediately following the holding of the referendum) years for the purpose of funding _______ (insert a brief description of the purposes) by imposing a property tax rate that does not exceed ______ (insert property tax rate) and results in a maximum annual amount that does not exceed ______ (insert maximum amount of annual levy). If this operating referendum public questi

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(a) This section does not apply to a
referendum on a resolution certified to the department of local
government finance after March 15, 2016, to extend a referendum levy.
(b) The question to be submitted to the voters in the referendum
must read as follows:
"Shall ________ (insert the name of the school corporation)
increase property taxes paid to the school corporation for no more
than ______ (insert the number of years immediately following
the holding of the referendum) years for the purpose of funding
_______ (insert a brief description of the purposes) by imposing
a property tax rate that does not exceed ______ (insert property
tax rate) and results in a maximum annual amount that does not
exceed ______ (insert maximum amount of annual levy). If this
operating referendum public question is approved by the voters,
for a median residence of ______ (insert the school corporation's
median household assessed value, rounded up to the next fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000)), the property's annual property tax
bill would increase by ______ (insert dollar amount, rounded up
to the next whole dollar) per year. (If, in the previous five (5)
years, the school corporation has conducted an operating
referendum public question, the following shall also be included
in the ballot language.) The most recent operating referendum
public question proposed by the school corporation was held in
______ (insert year) and ______ (insert whether the measure
passed or failed).".
[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 6-1.1-19-4.5(c)
part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.169. Amended by P.L.113-2010, SEC.97; P.L.155-2014, SEC.2; P.L.138-2016, SEC.6; P.L.38-2021, SEC.61; P.L.174-2022, SEC.52; P.L.189-2023, SEC.32; P.L.68-2025, SEC.217.