§ 36-7-7-12 — Annual appropriation budget; tax levy; use of funds

Indiana § 36-7-7-12

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 7: Regional Planning Commissions

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(a) The commission shall prepare and adopt
an annual appropriation budget for its operation, which shall be
apportioned to each participating county on a pro rata per capita basis.
After adoption, any amount that does not exceed an amount for each
participating county equal to thirty cents ($0.30) per capita shall be
certified to the respective county auditor who shall advertise the
amount and establish the rate in the same manner as other county
budgets. Any amount of the adopted budget that exceeds an amount
equal to thirty cents ($0.30) per capita for each participating county is
subject to review by the county fiscal body in the usual manner of
budget review. The tax so levied and certified shall be estimated and
entered upon the tax duplicates by the county auditor and shall be
collected and enforced by the county treasurer in the same manner as
other county taxes are estimated, entered, collected, and enforced. The
tax, as collected by the county treasurer, shall be transferred to the
commission.
(b) In fixing and determining the amount of the necessary levy for
the purpose provided in this section, the commission shall take into
consideration the amount of revenue, if any, to be derived from the
federal grants, contractual services, and miscellaneous revenues above
the amount of those revenues considered necessary to be applied upon
or reserved upon the operation, maintenance, and administrative
expenses for working capital throughout the year.
(c) After approval no sums may be expended except as budgeted
unless the commission authorizes their expenditure. Before the
expenditure of sums appropriated as provided in this section, a claim
must be filed and processed as other claims for allowance or
disallowance, for payment as provided by law.
(d) Any two (2) of the following officers may allow claims:
(1) Chair.
(2) Vice chair.
(3) Secretary.
(4) Treasurer.
The treasurer of the commission may receive, disburse, and otherwise
handle funds of the commission subject to applicable statutes and
procedures established by the commission.
(e) The commission shall act as a board of finance under the statutes
relating to the deposit of public funds by political subdivisions.
(f) Any appropriated money remaining unexpended or
unencumbered at the end of the year becomes part of a nonreverting
cumulative fund to be held in the name of the commission. Unbudgeted
expenditures from this fund may be authorized by vote of the
commission and upon other approval as required by statute. The
commission is responsible for the safekeeping and deposit of such
sums, and the state board of accounts shall prescribe the methods and
forms for keeping the accounts, records, and books to be used by the
commission. The books, records, and accounts of the commission shall
be periodically audited by the state board of accounts, and these audits
shall be paid for as provided by statute.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
18-7-1.1-7.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.26. Amended by
P.L.144-1992, SEC.4; P.L.165-2003, SEC.5; P.L.127-2017,
SEC.182.