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Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-4-3-8.5

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 8.5. (a) A municipality may, in an ordinance adopted under section 3 or 4 of this chapter, abate a portion of the property tax liability under IC 6-1.1 for municipal purposes for all property owners in the annexed territory.

(b) An ordinance adopted under subsection (a) must provide the following:

(1) A tax abatement program that is in effect for not more than three (3) taxable years after an annexation occurs.

(2) Except single family residential property described by subdivision (3), a tax abatement for all classes of property that does not exceed:

(A) seventy-five percent (75%) of a taxpayer's liability in the first year of the abatement program;

(B) fifty percent (50%) of a taxpayer's liability in the second year of the abatement program;  and

(C) twenty-five percent (25%) of a taxpayer's liability in the third year of the abatement program.

(3) For a county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and less than three hundred thousand (300,000), a tax abatement for single family residential property that does not exceed:

(A) ninety percent (90%) of a taxpayer's liability in the first year of the abatement program;

(B) eighty percent (80%) of a taxpayer's liability in the second year of the abatement program;

(C) sixty percent (60%) of a taxpayer's liability in the third year of the abatement program;

(D) forty percent (40%) of a taxpayer's liability in the fourth year of the abatement program;  and

(E) twenty percent (20%) of a taxpayer's liability in the fifth year of the abatement program.

(4) The procedure by which an eligible property owner receives a tax abatement under this section.

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