Greenhouse gas emissions inventory grant program. [HB-1193]
Greenhouse gas emissions inventory grant program. Requires the department of environmental management (department) to establish and administer the greenhouse gas emissions inventory grant program. Provides that the department may award a grant to a town, city, or county that partners with the Indiana Sustainability Development Program or any other accredited college or university in Indiana to conduct a greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Provides the maximum amount of money the department may award in a grant to a town, city, or county based off
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HB-1193: Greenhouse gas emissions inventory grant program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patricia Boy
Representative Andrade M Added As Coauthor on 01/17/2023
Highway finances. [HB-1174]
Highway finances. Reduces the required percentage amount of the motor vehicle highway account distributions that counties, cities, and towns must use for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways from 50% in current law to 40% in calendar years beginning January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025. Provides that, for a period in which the reduction applies, the term "preservation" includes both snow removal and expenditures for deicing road salt or similar deicing agents. Requires counties, cities, and towns that apply the
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HB-1174: Highway finances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Micheal Aylesworth
Authored By Representative Abbott on 01/10/2023
Opioid settlement. [HB-1208]
Opioid settlement. Specifies that the distribution of funds from an opioid litigation settlement is subject to a bankruptcy court order or bankruptcy settlement. Provides that an annual distribution of less than $5,000 payable to a city or town pursuant to an opioid litigation settlement agreement must be paid instead to the county. (Under current law, the threshold is $1,000.) Specifies that amounts owed by the state for attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with opioid litigation must be deducted from the opioid settlement distribution
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HB-1208: Opioid settlement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Philip GiaQuinta
First Reading: Referred To Committee On Appropriations on 02/27/2023
Designated outdoor refreshment areas. [HB-1187]
Designated outdoor refreshment areas. Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor
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HB-1187: Designated outdoor refreshment areas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Randy Lyness
Representatives Lindauer And Miller K Added As Coauthors on 01/24/2023
Requirements for elected officials. [HB-1040]
Requirements for elected officials. Provides that if an examination of an audited entity is unable to be performed because the audited entity's accounts, records, files, or reports are not properly maintained or reconciled, the entity may be declared unauditable. Requires an unauditable entity to bring its accounts, records, files, or reports into an auditable condition within 90 days. Requires the state board of accounts (SBOA) to publish a list of entities declared to be unauditable on the SBOA's website. Provides that if an entity is declared
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HB-1040: Requirements for elected officials.
Sponsored by: Sen. Eric Bassler
Public Law 58 on 04/20/2023
Dissolution of towns. [HB-1060]
Dissolution of towns. Repeals a statute relating to the dissolution of a small town (a town with a population of less than 500) and included towns in Marion County. Restates this statute and additionally provides that if the county election board of the county in which the greatest percentage of the population of a small town is located finds that the town has not elected town officers during the preceding 10 years, that county election board shall certify that fact to the county executive of each county in which the town is located. Removes from
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HB-1060: Dissolution of towns.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Engleman
Representative Payne Z Added As Coauthor on 01/12/2023
Registration of rental units. [HB-1030]
Registration of rental units. Allows a political subdivision to impose an annual registration fee of up to $10 per rental unit that is not part of a rental unit community. (Current law allows for an annual registration fee of up to $5 per rental unit that is not a part of a rental unit community.) Provides that a political subdivision may impose an additional fee or penalty on an owner or landlord for failure to pay a registration fee for a rental unit or to register a rental unit in an amount not greater than: (1) $50 per rental unit, if at least
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HB-1030: Registration of rental units.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Olthoff
Authored By Representative Olthoff on 01/09/2023
Local unit water infrastructure fund. [HB-1033]
Local unit water infrastructure fund. Establishes the local unit water infrastructure fund (fund) to provide grants, loans, and other financial assistance to counties, cities, and towns for projects to: (1) repair, replace, or increase the capacity of water infrastructure; or (2) replace lead water service lines; in community water systems. Requires the Indiana finance authority (authority) to administer the fund. Provides that the fund consists of appropriations from the state general fund and money from other sources. Requires the authority to
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HB-1033: Local unit water infrastructure fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Randall Frye
Representative Andrade M Added As Coauthor on 01/19/2023
Township assessors. [HB-1035]
Township assessors. Provides that, in counties that have one or more township assessors, the county election board shall place on the ballot at the November 2024 general election a public question asking whether the office of township assessor should be abolished or continued. Provides that a county election board shall tabulate the votes cast on the public question and certify the results to the department of local government finance. Provides that if a majority of the voters voting on the public question vote "yes", the office of each township
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HB-1035: Township assessors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Ford
First Reading: Referred To Committee On Local Government on 02/23/2023
Town of Hardinsburg. [HB-1063]
Town of Hardinsburg. Legalizes the action of the county commissioners of Washington County dissolving the town of Hardinsburg. Repeals an 1893 act that legalized the incorporation of the town of Hardinsburg.
HB-1063: Town of Hardinsburg.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Engleman
First Reading: Referred To Committee On Local Government on 02/23/2023