Sec. 1. (a) A school corporation may impose an annual property tax levy for its operations fund.

(b) For property taxes first due and payable in 2019, the maximum permissible property tax levy a school corporation may impose for its operations fund (IC 20-40-18) is the following:

STEP ONE: Determine the sum of the following:

(A) The 2018 maximum permissible transportation levy determined under IC 20-46-4 (repealed January 1, 2019).

(B) The 2018 maximum permissible school bus replacement levy determined under IC 20-46-5 (repealed January 1, 2019).

(C) The 2018 amount that would be raised from a capital projects fund tax rate equal to the sum of:

(i) the maximum capital projects fund rate that the school corporation was authorized to impose for 2018 under IC 20-46-6 (repealed January 1, 2019), after any adjustment under IC 6-1.1-18-12 (but excluding any rate imposed for qualified utility and insurance costs); plus

(ii) the capital projects fund rate imposed for qualified utility and insurance costs in 2018.

(D) For school corporations described in IC 36-10-13-7, the 2018 levy as provided in section 6 of this chapter (repealed January 1, 2019) to provide funding for an art association.

(E) For a school corporation in a county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) but less than two hundred seventy thousand (270,000), the 2018 levy as provided in section 7 of this chapter (repealed January 1, 2019) to provide funding for a historical society.

(F) For a school corporation described in IC 36-10-14-1, the 2018 levy as provided in section 8 of this chapter (repealed January 1, 2019) to provide funding for a public playground.

STEP TWO: Determine the product of:

(A) The amount determined in STEP ONE, after eliminating the effects of temporary excessive levy appeals and any other temporary adjustments made to each of these levies for 2018 (regardless of whether the school corporation imposed the entire amount of that maximum permissible levy for the previous year); multiplied by

(B) the assessed value growth quotient determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2.

STEP THREE: Determine the result of the following:

(A) Determine the sum of:

(i) the amount determined in STEP TWO; plus

(ii) the amount granted due to an appeal to increase the levy for transportation for 2019.

(B) Make the school bus replacement adjustment for 2019.

(c) After 2019, the maximum permissible property tax levy a school corporation may impose for its operations fund for a particular year is the following:

STEP ONE: Determine the product of:

(A) the maximum permissible property tax levy for the school corporation's operations fund for the previous year, after eliminating the effects of temporary excessive levy appeals and any other temporary adjustments made to the levy for the previous year (regardless of whether the school corporation imposed the entire amount of the maximum permissible levy for the previous year); multiplied by

(B) the assessed value growth quotient determined under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2.

STEP TWO: Determine the result of the following:

(A) Determine the sum of:

(i) the amount determined in STEP ONE; plus

(ii) the amount granted due to an appeal to increase the maximum permissible operations fund levy for the year under section 3 of this chapter for transportation.

(B) Make the school bus replacement adjustment permitted by section 4 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.244-2017, SEC.106. Amended by P.L.140-2018, SEC.22.