1. (a) The nine (9) classes of counties as set out in this chapter are based on a unit factor system. The factors are determined by the relation of the county to the state as established and certified to each county auditor by the state board of accounts not later than July 1 of each year. The factors are as follows:

   1. (1) Population.
   2. (2) Gross assessed valuation, as shown by the last preceding gross assessed valuation, as certified by the various counties to the state comptroller in the calendar year in which the calculation is made.

2. (b) The factors for each of the nine (9) classes set out in this chapter shall be obtained as follows:

   1. (1) The population of each county shall be divided by the population of the entire state.
   2. (2) The gross assessed valuation of each county shall be divided by the gross assessed valuation of the entire state.
   3. (3) The results obtained in subdivisions (1) and (2) shall be added together and the sum obtained for each county shall be divided by two (2).
   4. (4) The result obtained under subdivision (3), multiplied by one hundred (100), determines the classification of each county according to the following schedule:

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-15-26-5.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.524.