(a) If:(1) the department of local government finance's reassessment of distributable property is less than the department's original assessment; or(2) the Indiana board's reassessment of distributable property is less than the department's original assessment;the auditor of each affected county shall compute the tax refund, if any, which is due the public utility company. The county auditor shall then issue a warrant to the company for the amount of the refund due, and the county treasurer shall pay the warrant, without an appropriation for the disbursement.(b) If:(1) the department of local government finance's reassessment of distributable property is greater than the department's original assessment; or(2) the Indiana board's reassessment of distributable property is greater than the department's original assessment;the auditor of each affected county shall enter the difference as an assessment of omitted property. The county auditor shall compute and the county treasurer shall collect the additional tax due in the same manner that taxes on omitted property are computed and collected. sment of omitted property. The county auditor shall compute and the county treasurer shall collect the additional tax due in the same manner that taxes on omitted property are computed and collected. However, the county officials may not charge penalty or interest on the additional tax due unless the public utility company does not pay the tax within thirty (30) days after the date notice of the additional tax due is given to the company.(c) The accounts of the various taxing units shall be credited or charged with each unit's proportionate share of additional taxes collected and refunds made under this section.[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-44-14 part.]Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.83; P.L.9-2024, SEC.165.
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