1. (a) Except as provided in section 12.5 of this chapter, money in the county economic development project fund shall be used by the county solely to:

   1. (1) finance, construct, improve, equip, operate, maintain, and promote first, a civic center, and then an economic development project, if there is money not needed for a civic center, approved under section 13 of this chapter; and
   2. (2) retire bonds issued, loans obtained, or lease payments incurred under IC 36-1-10 (referred to in this chapter as "obligations") to finance, construct, improve, equip, operate, maintain, or promote first, a civic center, and then an economic development project approved under section 13 of this chapter.
2. (b) Obligations entered into for the purposes described in subsection
3. (a) shall be retired by using money collected from a tax imposed under this chapter.

As added by P.L.74-1988, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.51-1992, SEC.1.