§ 20-46-9-17 — Conduct of election

Each precinct election board shall count the
affirmative votes and the negative votes cast in the referendum and
shall certify those two (2) totals to the county election board of each
county in which the referendum is held. The circuit court clerk of each
county shall, immediately after the votes cast in the referendum have
been counted, certify the results of the referendum to the department
of local government finance. If a majority of the individuals who voted
in the referendum voted "yes" on the referendum question:
(1) the department of local government finance shall promptly
notify the school corporation that the school corporation is
authorized to collect, for the calendar year that next follows the
calendar year in which the referendum is held, a levy not greater
than the amount approved in the referendum;
(2) the levy may be imposed for the number of calendar years
approved by the voters following the referendum for the school
corporation in which the referendum is held; and
(3) the school corporation shall establish a fund under IC 20-40-20-4.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.