(A) The county hereby establishes and imposes the fees to be charged for the furnishing of electronic data as set forth in this division (E) of this section. Division (E) of this section may be amended from time to time to add additional fees or to modify existing fees. Provided, however, that all fees listed in division (E) shall at all times be calculated and established in compliance with the requirements and limitations set forth in I.C. 5-4-3-8(g).
(B) All fees collected under this section shall revert to the County General Fund.
(C) Howard County hereby adopts the uniform Request for Electronic Data form in division (F) of this section. All requests for electronic data must be made in writing on this form, and no electronic data shall be furnished without this form first being completed and filed. All county officeholders, department heads, and employees shall follow the procedures set forth in I.C. 5-14-3-9 and other related public access laws in processing Request for Electronic Data properly filed.
(D) This section shall not affect or replace, but shall be in addition to, the following existing Ordinances with respect to the furnishing of certain electronic data:
(1) Section 36.08, Fees for Copies of Documents and Copies of Electronics Formatted Data.
(2) Section 36.09, Fees for Auditor’s Mapping.
(E) Schedule A.
Electronic Data Provided | Fee |
Electronic Data Provided | Fee |
1. Standard CD or DVD, updated annually to a specific date after taxes are calculated, containing the following fields of information: | |
Owner name | |
Taxpayer name | |
Location address | |
Mailing address | |
Brief legal description | |
Parcel identification number | |
Gross assessed value | |
Net assessed value | |
Exemptions | |
Spring/Fall tax installments | |
Total taxes, including delinquencies | |
Special assessments | $250.00 base fee |
2. CD or DVD containing any or all of the fields from the Standard CD or DVD, current to date of request | $250.00 base fee, plus $25.00 per hour to extract data |
3. Applicable exemptions: All media and all local, state and federal governmental entities shall be exempt from the $250.00 base fee, but shall be subject to the $25.00 hourly rate if special fields are requested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Schedule A. | |
4. Howard County Assessor is authorized to determine on a case by case basis whether a request for aerial photographic images may be provided to individual members of the public or other entities, and, if so, the appropriate charge for same. | |
(F) Schedule B.
Request for Electronic Data
To: Howard County Government
Attn. Terry Tribby
This is to request the following electronic data from Howard County (identify data requested with reasonable particularity):
I (we) understand that Indiana Code 5- 14-3-3(e) and Howard County Ordinance BCC-2005-32 prohibit a person who receives information on a disc or tape from using such information for commercial purposes, including to sell, advertise, or solicit the purchase of merchandise, goods, or services or sell, loan, give away, or otherwise deliver the information obtained to any other person. I (we) hereby certify to Howard County Government that I (we) will not use the information requested above for such commercial purposes. I (we) agree to pay the required fee for such information before the information is furnished.
Dated, this day of , 20 .
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Signature:
Requesting Party
Note: You may return this Request by:
(1) Fax to: (765) 456-2803
OR
(2) Mail to:
Howard County Government
Howard County Administration Center
220 North Main Street
Kokomo, IN 46901
Attn: Terry Tribby
(Ord. BCC-2005-32, passed 9-19-05; Am. Ord. 2020 BCCO-8, passed 2-25-20; Am. Ord. 2020 HCCO-11, passed 2-25-20)