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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 1.2. (a) The county executive of a county may authorize the furnishing of financial assistance for the purposes described in subsection (b) to a community mental health center that is located or will be located:
(1) in the county;
(2) anywhere in Indiana, if the community mental health center is organized to provide services to at least two (2) counties, including the county executive's county; or
(3) in an adjacent state, if the center is organized to provide services to Indiana residents, including residents in the county executive's county.
If a community mental health center is organized to serve more than one (1) county, upon request of the county executive, each county fiscal body may appropriate money annually from the county's general fund to provide financial assistance for the community mental health center.
(b) Assistance authorized under this section shall be used for the following purposes:
(1) Constructing a community mental health center.
(2) Operating a community mental health center.
(c) The appropriation from a county authorized under subsection (a) may not exceed the product of the amount determined under section 2(b)(2) of this chapter for that year multiplied by one and five hundred four thousandths (1.504).
(d) For purposes of this subsection, “first calendar year” refers to the first calendar year after 2008 in which the county imposes an ad valorem property tax levy for the county general fund to provide financial assistance under this chapter. If a county did not provide financial assistance under this chapter in 2008, the county, for a following calendar year:
(1) may propose a financial assistance budget; and
(2) shall refer its proposed financial assistance budget for the first calendar year to the department of local government finance before the tax levy is advertised.
The ad valorem property tax levy to fund the budget for the first calendar year is subject to review and approval under IC 6-1.1-18.5-10.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 12. Human Services § 12-29-2-1.2 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-12-human-services/in-code-sect-12-29-2-1-2/
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