Sec. 42. (a) This section applies to a township that was certified a distressed township before January 1, 1988.
(b) The controlled status of the distressed township is terminated on July 1, 1989, if the department finds that the following conditions exist:
(1) All valid township assistance claims in the distressed township, including the claims approved under IC 12-2-14-22 (before its repeal), IC 12-2-14-23 (before its repeal), or section 27 or 28 of this chapter, have been paid, except for the following:
(A) Claims under litigation before the date of the board's finding.
(B) Obligations owed to other political subdivisions.
(2) The township has no bonds outstanding that were issued to pay for township assistance in the distressed township.
(c) Notwithstanding section 4(2) of this chapter, if a township that has had the township's distressed status terminated under subsection (b) uses advances from the county from proceeds of bonds issued under IC 12-2-1 (before its repeal) or this article to pay township assistance claims more than one (1) time in the five (5) years following the termination of the township's distressed status, the township must have the township's civil and township assistance budgets reviewed and approved by the county fiscal body in each year that a tax is levied against the property in the township to repay the advances. The decision of the county fiscal body may be appealed to the department.
(d) Notwithstanding IC 12-2-5-6 (before its repeal), IC 12-2-5-8 (before its repeal), IC 12-20-23-15 (before its repeal), and IC 12-20-23-19 (before its repeal), the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding debt that is incurred to pay township assistance claims during the five (5) years following the termination of the township's distressed status under subsection (b) and that is in excess of one-tenth percent (0.1%) of the adjusted valued of taxable property in the township as determined under IC 36-1-15 is the direct general obligation of the county.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-2-14-36.5.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.6-1997, SEC.148; P.L.90-2002, SEC.361; P.L.73-2005, SEC.140; P.L.169-2006, SEC.43.
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