Sec. 11. (a) The legislative body shall meet annually in accord with IC 6-1.1-17, to adopt the township's annual budget.
(b) The legislative body shall consider the estimates of expenditures made by the executive under IC 36-6-4-11, and may approve or reject all or part of any estimate or any item within an estimate. The legislative body may require the executive to further itemize an estimate not sufficiently itemized.
(c) The legislative body may not appropriate for any purpose an amount more than the executive's estimate of the amount required for that purpose.
(d) The legislative body shall include in the budget:
(1) provisions for the payment of existing debt of the township as it becomes due; and
(2) the amount of compensation under section 10 of this chapter.
(e) In making levies for the township general fund, the legislative body may include an amount not more than the amount necessary to compensate its members for their services during the year for which the levies are made.
(f) After the legislative body has taken action on the executive's estimates, it shall levy taxes for the township funds on property in the township and fix rates of taxation sufficient to provide that revenue during the next year.
(g) On the assessment date, as defined by IC 6-1.1-1-2, the rates of taxation adopted under this section become a levy and a lien on all taxable property in the township, including property in municipalities in the township. The levy constitutes an appropriation for the specific items in the executive's estimates.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 6-1.1-17-5 part; 17-4-28-1 part; 17-4-28-2; 17-4-28-3 part; 17-4-29-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.209-2019, SEC.17.
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