§ 3-5-3-9 — Apportionment among municipalities

Indiana § 3-5-3-9

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 3: Local Government Election Expenses

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(a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d),
whenever more than one (1) municipality in a county conducts a
municipal primary election, the seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses
that cannot be chargeable directly to any particular municipality under
section 8 of this chapter shall be apportioned to each municipality in
the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the
municipality at the municipal primary election bears to the total
number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the
county at that municipal primary election.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), whenever more
than one (1) municipality in a county conducts a municipal election, the
seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses that are not chargeable directly
to any particular municipality under section 8 of this chapter must be
apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the number of
voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the municipal election
bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the
municipalities in the county that conducted a municipal election.
(c) The apportionment made under subsection (a) does not apply to
a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for the expenses described
in subsection (a).
(d) This subsection:
(1) applies to a county designated as a vote center county under
IC 3-11-18.1; and
(2) does not apply to a town that has entered into an agreement
with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed
amount for its municipal primary election and municipal election
expenses.
All expenses incurred by the county in conducting the municipal
primary election and municipal election shall be apportioned to each
municipality in the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a
ballot in the municipality at the municipal primary election or the
municipal election bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot
in all of the municipalities in the county at that municipal primary
election or municipal election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(a) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.3; P.L.10-1988, SEC.3; P.L.14-2004, SEC.6; P.L.74-2017, SEC.3.