Section 13-21-15-3 - Dissolution of or withdrawal from solid waste management district; effect upon property taxes in county(a) This section applies to the imposition of property taxes in a county that: (1) dissolves its county solid waste management district as described in section 1(a) of this chapter; or(2) withdraws from a joint solid waste management district and determines that it will no longer be a member of a joint solid waste management district or be designated as a county district as described in section 2(a) of this chapter.(b) The following apply to a county that dissolves its county solid waste management district as described in section 1(a) of this chapter:(1) Subject to the limitations of this subsection, the authority of the county solid waste management district to impose property taxes for purposes of this article is transferred to the county.(2) For property taxes first due and payable in the first year in which the county no longer has a county solid waste management district, the department of local government finance shall establish a separate solid waste management maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the county that is equal to: (A) the county solid waste management district's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the last year in which the county solid waste management district was in existence; multiplied by(B) the maximum levy growth quotient under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2 that applies to the determination of maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levies for the first year in which the county no longer has a county solid waste management district.(3) Property taxes collected by the county under the property tax levy authorized under this subsection may be used only for those purposes for which a property tax levy imposed by a solid waste management district under this article may be used.(c) The following apply to a county that withdraws from a joint district and determines that it will no longer be a member of a joint district or be designated as a county district as described in section 2(a) of this chapter:(1) Subject to the limitations of this subsection, the county has the authority to impose property taxes for purposes of this article.(2) For property taxes first due and payable in the first year in which the county is no longer a member of the joint district, the department of local government finance shall establish a separate solid waste management maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy for the county that is equal to:(A) the joint solid waste management district's maximum permissible property tax levy for the last year in which the county was a member of the joint district; multiplied by(B) a fraction equal to: (i) the certified assessed valuation of the county for taxes payable in the last year in which the county was a member of the joint district; divided by(ii) the certified assessed valuation of the joint solid waste management district for taxes payable in the last year in which the county was a member of the joint district; multiplied by(C) the maximum levy growth quotient under IC 6-1.1-18.5-2 that applies to the determination of maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levies for the first year in which the county is no longer a member of the joint district.(3) For property taxes first due and payable in the first year in which the county is no longer a member of the joint district, the department of local government finance shall reduce the joint solid waste management district's maximum permissible property tax levy that would otherwise apply by the amount determined under subdivision (2) for the withdrawing county.(4) Property taxes collected by the county under the property tax levy authorized under this subsection may be used only for those purposes for which a property tax levy imposed by a solid waste management district under this article may be used.Amended by P.L. 159-2020,SEC. 61, eff. 7/1/2020.Added by P.L. 189-2016, SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2016.