Sec. 13. (a) After the creation of a public transportation corporation, territory may be added to the taxing district of the corporation only in accordance with this section.

(b) If the municipality finalizes an annexation or disannexation of territory, the boundaries of the taxing district of the corporation change so as to remain coterminous with the new boundaries of the municipality. Such a change takes effect when the annexation or disannexation takes effect.

(c) Upon written request by a majority of:

(1) the resident freeholders in a platted subdivision; or

(2) the owners of any unplatted lands;

in the same county as a public transportation corporation but not within a municipality, the board of directors of the corporation may, by resolution, incorporate all or part of the platted subdivision or unplatted lands into the taxing district. Such a request must be signed and certified as correct by the resident freeholders or landowners making the request, and the original must be preserved in the records of the board. The resolution of the board incorporating an area into the taxing district must be in writing and must include an accurate description of that area. A certified copy of the resolution, signed by the chair and secretary of the board, together with a map showing the boundaries of the taxing district and the location of the additional areas, shall be delivered to the auditor of the county within which the corporation is located and shall be properly indexed and kept in the permanent records of the offices of the auditor.

(d) Upon written request by ten (10) or more resident freeholders of a platted subdivision or unplatted territory in the same county as a public transportation corporation but not within a municipality, the board of directors of the corporation may define the limits of an area that:

(1) is within the county;

(2) includes the property of the freeholders; and

(3) is to be considered for incorporation into the taxing district.

Notice of the defining of the area by the board, and notice of the location and limits of the area, must be given by publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The area may then be incorporated into the taxing district upon request, in the manner prescribed by subsection (c).

(e) Property in territory added to the taxing district under subsection (c) or (d) is, as a condition of the special benefits it subsequently receives, liable for its proportion of all taxes subsequently levied by the public transportation corporation. The proportion of taxation shall be determined in the same manner as when territory is annexed by a municipality.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-5-2-10 part; 19-5-2-30.1.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.77. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.37; P.L.348-1983, SEC.3; P.L.127-2017, SEC.277.