Indiana § 3-5-3-9 - Apportionment among municipalities
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§ 3-5-3-9. Apportionment among municipalities
Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), whenever more than one (1) municipality in a county conducts a municipal primary election, the seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses that cannot be chargeable directly to any particular municipality under section 8 of this chapter shall be apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the municipal primary election bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the county at that municipal primary election.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), whenever more than one (1) municipality in a county conducts a municipal election, the seventy-five percent (75%) of expenses that are not chargeable directly to any particular municipality under section 8 of this chapter must be apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the municipal election bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the county that conducted a municipal election.
(c) The apportionment made under subsection (a) does not apply to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for the expenses described in subsection (a).
(d) This subsection:
(1) applies to a county designated as a vote center county under IC 3-11-18.1; and
(2) does not apply to a town that has entered into an agreement with the county under IC 3-10-7-4 to pay the county a fixed amount for its municipal primary election and municipal election expenses.
All expenses incurred by the county in conducting the municipal primary election and municipal election shall be apportioned to each municipality in the same ratio that the number of voters who cast a ballot in the municipality at the municipal primary election or the municipal election bears to the total number of voters who cast a ballot in all of the municipalities in the county at that municipal primary election or municipal election.
[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-2-7-4(a) part.]
As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.9-1987, SEC.3; P.L.10-1988, SEC.3; P.L.14-2004, SEC.6; P.L.74-2017, SEC.3.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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