§ 5-1-18-8 — Lease report requirements; uniformity; electronic submission

Indiana § 5-1-18-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 1: BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
• Ch. 18: Reports Concerning Bonds and Leases of Political

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(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the
lease information required by section 6 of this chapter must be
submitted on a form prescribed by the department and must include the
following information concerning leases:
(1) The term of the lease.
(2) The annual and total amount of lease rental payments due
under the lease.
(3) The purposes of the lease.
(4) The itemized costs incurred by the political subdivision with
respect to the preparation and execution of the lease, including
fees for legal counsel and other professional advisors.
(5) If all or part of the lease rental payments are used by the lessor
as debt service payments for bonds issued for the acquisition,
construction, renovation, improvement, expansion, or use of a
building, structure, or other public improvement for the political
subdivision:
(A) the name of the lessor;
(B) the par value of the bond issue; and
(C) the purposes of the bond issue.
(6) Other information as required by the department.
(b) A political subdivision or a person acting on behalf of a political
subdivision shall submit the debt issuance report information described
in subsection (a) to the department electronically, in the manner
prescribed by the department.
(c) For taxes due and payable for an assessment date after January
15, 2012, the department may not approve an appropriation or a
property tax levy that is associated with a debt unless the debt issuance
report for the debt has been submitted to the department, unless the
department has granted a waiver under subsection (d).
(d) The department may for good cause grant a waiver to the
requirement under subsection (c) and approve an appropriation or a
property tax levy, notwithstanding a political subdivision's failure to
submit a required debt issuance report.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.199-2005, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.137-2012, SEC.6.