IC 6-1.1-20-0.5: Project cost; exception for donations

Sec. 0.5. (a) This section applies to a preliminary determination to issue bonds or enter into a lease made after June 30, 2013.

(b) In determining whether a project is a controlled project for purposes of this chapter and whether the petition and remonstrance process under sections 3.1 and 3.2 of this chapter or the referendum process under sections 3.5 and 3.6 of this chapter apply to the project, the cost of the project does not include expenditures for the project that will be paid from donations or other gifts:

(1) that are received by the political subdivision; and

(2) for which the political subdivision adopts an ordinance or resolution pledging that the donations or other gifts will be used exclusively for expenditures on the project's costs.