IC 15-14-7
    Chapter 7. Allowance for Tax Levy Procedure for Support ofCounty 4-H Clubs

IC 15-14-7-1
"Executive"
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "executive" means the board ofcommissioners of a county under IC 36-2-2-2.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-2
County appropriation for 4-H clubs
    Sec. 2. Subject to section 3 of this chapter, the executive of acounty may make an appropriation from the county general fund toa 4-H club that promotes the agricultural and horticultural interestsof the county.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-3
Petition; notice; remonstrance; duration
    Sec. 3. (a) The president or secretary of a 4-H club described insection 2 of this chapter may file a petition signed by at least thirty(30) resident freeholders of the county with the county auditor of thecounty requesting that the executive make an appropriation providedfor in section 2 of this chapter.
    (b) The county auditor shall have the petition, without thesignatures, printed in a newspaper of general circulation that ispublished in the county.
    (c) The notice must state the date and time when the petition willbe considered by the executive. The auditor shall set the date, time,and place at which the petition will be considered, which must be atleast thirty (30) days after the publication of the notice.
    (d) If not later than the date and time published in the notice forthe consideration of the petition by the executive, a remonstrancesigned by more resident freeholders of the county than the numbersigning the petition is filed with the county auditor protesting theallowance, the executive shall consider the remonstrance. If theexecutive finds that the remonstrance is signed by a greater numberof resident freeholders than the petition asking for an allowance, theexecutive:
        (1) may not make an appropriation for the purposes set forth insection 2 of this chapter; and
        (2) shall dismiss the petition and take no further action.
    (e) After final acceptance by the executive, a petition under thissection is effective for one (1) to five (5) years, as determined by theexecutive.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.86-2008, SEC.9.

IC 15-14-7-4
Tax levy; duration    Sec. 4. The county council may levy an annual tax of not morethan three and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0333) on each onehundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation to:
        (1) construct;
        (2) operate; or
        (3) maintain;
a building owned and operated by a 4-H club described in section 2of this chapter. The tax may be levied only until the building hasbeen constructed or for not more than five (5) years, whicheveroccurs first. After the building has been constructed, the countycouncil may levy an annual tax of not more than sixty-sevenhundredths of one cent ($0.0067) on each one hundred dollars ($100)of assessed valuation to operate and maintain the building.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-5
Contributions
    Sec. 5. A 4-H club described in section 2 of this chapter maysolicit and accept any kind of contribution for the development andmaintenance of the club's projects.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.

IC 15-14-7-6
Lien on property; repayment
    Sec. 6. (a) An amount appropriated under section 2 of this chapteris a lien on the real and personal property of the 4-H club.
    (b) A dividend may not be declared or paid to the incorporators orstockholders of the 4-H club until the appropriation made by theboard is repaid with interest to the county treasury.
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.5.