Sec. 12. (a) After receipt of all orders and approvals required under section 11 of this chapter, the reuse authority shall publish notice of the adoption and the substance of the resolution in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must name a date when the reuse authority will receive and hear remonstrances and objections from persons interested in or affected by the proceedings concerning the proposed project and will determine the public utility and benefit of the proposed project. All persons affected in any manner by the hearing, including all taxpayers of the special taxing district, shall be considered notified of the pendency of the hearing and of subsequent acts, hearings, adjournments, and orders of the reuse authority by the notice given under this section.
(b) At the hearing, which may be adjourned from time to time, the reuse authority shall hear all persons interested in the proceedings and shall consider all written remonstrances and objections that have been filed. After considering the evidence presented, the reuse authority shall take final action determining the public utility and benefit of the proposed project, and confirming, modifying and confirming, or rescinding the resolution. The final action taken by the reuse authority is final and conclusive, except that an appeal may be taken in the manner prescribed by section 14 of this chapter.
(c) If the reuse authority confirms, or modifies and confirms, the resolution and the resolution includes a provision establishing or amending an allocation provision under section 25 of this chapter, the reuse authority shall file a copy of the resolution with both the auditor of the county in which the proposed project is located and the department of local government finance, together with any supporting documents that are relevant to the computation of assessed values in the allocation area, within thirty (30) days after the date on which the reuse authority takes final action on the resolution.
As added by P.L.26-1995, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.214-2019, SEC.45; P.L.257-2019, SEC.135.