Indiana § 36-6-6-11 Meeting; adoption of annual budget; estimates; appropriation; taxation

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-6-6-11 — Meeting; adoption of annual budget; estimates; appropriation; taxation

Indiana § 36-6-6-11

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 6GOVERNMENT OF TOWNSHIPS

Ch. 6Township Legislative Body

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Ind. Code § 36-6-6-11 (2026).

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(a)The legislative body shall meet annually in accordance with IC 6-1.1-17, to adopt the township's annual budget. The legislative body must meet and adopt the annual budget even if the legislative body intends for the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy of the township to be continued for the ensuing budget year.

(b)The legislative body shall consider the estimates of expenditures made by the executive under IC 36-6-4-11, and may approve or reject all or part of any estimate or any item within an estimate. The legislative body may require the executive to further itemize an estimate not sufficiently itemized.

(c)The legislative body may not appropriate for any purpose an amount more than the executive's estimate of the amount required for that purpose.

(d)The legisla

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(a) The legislative body shall meet annually
in accordance with IC 6-1.1-17, to adopt the township's annual budget.
The legislative body must meet and adopt the annual budget even if the
legislative body intends for the most recent annual appropriations and
annual tax levy of the township to be continued for the ensuing budget
year.
(b) The legislative body shall consider the estimates of expenditures
made by the executive under IC 36-6-4-11, and may approve or reject
all or part of any estimate or any item within an estimate. The
legislative body may require the executive to further itemize an
estimate not sufficiently itemized.
(c) The legislative body may not appropriate for any purpose an
amount more than the executive's estimate of the amount required for
that purpose.
(d) The legislative body shall include in the budget:
(1) provisions for the payment of existing debt of the township as
it becomes due; and
(2) the amount of compensation under section 10 of this chapter.
(e) In making levies for the township general fund, the legislative
body may include an amount not more than the amount necessary to
compensate its members for their services during the year for which the
levies are made.
(f) After the legislative body has taken action on the executive's
estimates, it shall levy taxes for the township funds on property in the
township and fix rates of taxation sufficient to provide that revenue
during the next year.
(g) A township executive must file the budget adopted by the
legislative body with the department of local government finance as
required under IC 6-1.1-17-5(d). A township executive that fails to
timely file the budget may be removed from office by an action under
IC 5-8-1-35 that is initiated under IC 36-6-4.5.
(h) On the assessment date, as defined by IC 6-1.1-1-2, the rates of
taxation adopted under this section become a levy and a lien on all
taxable property in the township, including property in municipalities
in the township. The levy constitutes an appropriation for the specific
items in the executive's estimates.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 6-1.1-17-5
part; 17-4-28-1 part; 17-4-28-2; 17-4-28-3 part; 17-4-29-2
part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.5. Amended by
P.L.209-2019, SEC.17; P.L.24-2022, SEC.7.