Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2028. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2028.
Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to Lake County for purposes of categorizations, allocations, and distributions of additional revenue that is allocated each year for economic development purposes under IC 6-3.6-6-9 and of certified shares under IC 6-3.6-6. Additional revenue that is allocated each year for economic development purposes by a civil taxing unit listed in IC 6-3.6-9-5(d) must first be used to provide funding for a rail project (as defined in IC 36-7.5-1-13.5).
(b) Before the state comptroller may make a certified distribution of additional revenue allocated for economic development purposes under IC 6-3.6-6-9, the state comptroller shall withhold the total amount determined by the department of local government finance under IC 6-3.6-9-5(d) from the certified distribution allocated to economic development. The amount withheld by the state comptroller under this section shall be paid to the secretary-treasurer of the northwest Indiana regional development authority (IC 36-7.5) before a certified distribution allocated to economic development is made to the county and before the county auditor may otherwise allocate or distribute tax revenue under this article.