Some townships could opt out of a Central Indiana mass transit district under an amendment adopted Wednesday by the Indiana House
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House Bill 1011, authored by Rep. Jerry Torr, would let Central Indiana voters decide, via a referendum, whether to pay a local income tax to fund a mass transit system.
to fund a mass transit system.
The tax currently proposed is for up to 0.3 percent. Under the proposal, all counties surrounding Marion, plus Madison and Delaware, could choose to participate in the referendum to decide if their county will join the mass transit district.
The proposal has split those lawmakers from more urban areas and those in rural areas who fear their constituents would end up paying for a system that they would never use.
Under the amendment offered Wednesday by Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, the most rural townships on the outer perimeter of the district could opt out, so long as the township neighbors a county that is not part of the district.
The only such township that would not have that choice is Morgan County’s Washington Township because it contains the county seat of Martinsville.
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