After six years of trying to leave Calumet Township, the Town Council said Tuesday that 2013 may finally be the charm.
A bill, HB-1585, was introduced in the Indiana House of Representatives on Monday by freshman Rep. Hal Slager-R, Schererville.
"(It) allows for the transfer of a municipal territory to an adjacent township if certain conditions are satisfied," Slager said Tuesday afternoon.
The bill says a community can conduct a referendum among its own citizens to determine whether to leave a township and join an adjacent one — if the township's assistance property tax rate is 15 times the statewide assistance average.
Griffith's tax rate is more than 30 times the average, Griffith Council Vice President Rick Ryfa, R-3rd, noted.
Slager said his bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-Munster; and Gerald Torr, R-Carmel.
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If the bill becomes law, it will be effective starting July 1.
