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HB1106 - Regulated amusement devices.
Kendell Culp, Micheal Aylesworth, Steve Bartels
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Regulated amusement devices. Provides that the department of homeland security (department) shall not inspect, and operating permits are not required for, certain regulated amusement devices. Provides that the department may perform an inspection of an exempted regulated amusement device only if a valid complaint or incident is reported to the department concerning the regulated amusement device.
STATUS
Passed
HB1120 - State and local administration.
Jeffrey A. Thompson, Edward D. Clere, Robert W. Cherry
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
State and local administration. Increases the assessed value limit for the disabled veteran property tax deduction from $200,000 to $240,000. Allows that, for purposes of various property tax deductions, an individual has until January 15 of a calendar year in which property taxes are first due and payable to complete, date, and file the required certified statement with the county auditor. Extends through 2025 the expiration of the threshold amounts used for determining whether a political subdivision's project is a controlled project and whether the petition and remonstrance process or the referendum process applies based on the political subdivision's total debt service tax rate. Specifies that a political subdivision's total debt service tax rate does not include a tax rate approved by voters for a referendum debt service tax levy. Extends the current cap on operating referendum tax that may be levied by a school corporation to taxes due and payable in 2025, and provides a formula to determine the cap for that year. Reestablishes, and enumerates requirements and procedures for, a petition and remonstrance and a referendum for controlled projects funded by debt service if the project scope changes from the purpose initially advertised to taxpayers. Adds trailer provisions pertaining to SEA 228-2024 regarding alcoholic beverage taxes on liquor, wine, and hard cider. Requires the state fair commission to approve future dates of the state fair and the state fair board to advise the commission on future dates of the state fair. Provides that a state employee may affirmatively elect to enroll in the deferred compensation plan prior to the auto enroll date on day 31 of the state employee's employment. Requires, effective July 1, 2025, the trustee of the state police pension trust to maintain a supplemental allowance reserve account for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit adjustments. Requires certain political subdivisions to present to the interim study committee on pension management oversight concerning a delinquent employee retirement plan offered by the political subdivision. Increases the maximum date that a member or participant of certain retirement funds can participate in the deferred retirement option plan from 36 to 60 months. Removes a reference in current law to outstanding bonds for which a fee replacement appropriation was made in a provision prohibiting a state educational institution from issuing bonds for refunding or advance refunding of outstanding bonds without approval of the budget agency and the board of trustees of the issuing state educational institution making certain findings. Provides that grant awards authorized in the 2023 budget bill and awarded after December 31, 2024, for regional mental health facility grants to counties for use in constructing new facilities or renovating existing facilities to provide mental health services for certain incarcerated individuals may not exceed $5,000,000 per county (instead of $2,500,000 per county). Prohibits a unit from entering into a sister city or cooperative agreement with a city, town, province, county, school, college, or university located in a foreign adversary. Provides parameters for the northwestern Indiana regional planning commission, beginning with calendar year 2025 and for each year thereafter through calendar year 2029, to annually adjust each participating county's portion of the budget. Authorizes the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to implement a risk based managed care program for certain Medicaid recipients. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to convene a workgroup and, with managed care organizations, to conduct a claims submission testing period before the risk based managed care program is established. Authorizes the establishment of home health agency cooperative agreements and provides for the expiration of those provisions on June 30, 2027. (A similar law enacted in 2022 expired on July 1, 2023.) Specifies that a home health agency may contract directly or indirectly through a network of home health agencies. Provides that distributions for curricular materials may not be considered for purposes of determining whether a school corporation met the requirement to expend a minimum amount of state tuition support for teacher compensation. Repeals the requirement that each school maintained by a school corporation and each charter school establish a curricular materials account. Requires a public school to deposit distributions for curricular materials in: (1) the education fund of the school corporation that maintains the school; or (2) the fund in which a charter school receives state tuition support. Adds a provision to allow a redevelopment commission to expend revenues from its allocation fund that are allocated for police and fire services on both capital expenditures and operating expenses as authorized in the 2023 session in HB 1454. Provides that, if a township transitions from a single township firefighting and emergency services fund to two separate funds as authorized under current law, the township legislative body must approve a transfer of the remaining cash balance from the single fund to the two new separate funds and determine the amounts attributable to each fund. Requires the office of the secretary to present to the Medicaid oversight committee a detailed plan for monitoring expenses of the complete Medicaid program. Requires the office of the secretary to present to the budget committee a policy to set a required minimum percentage of the reimbursement for personal care services under the home and community-based services waivers that must be paid to the individual providing the direct service. Provides that, if the county fiscal body of Howard County makes certain findings, the Howard County fiscal body may adopt an ordinance that would impose the innkeeper's tax on a person engaged in the business of renting or furnishing rooms, lodgings, or accommodations located within an inn, a hotel, or a motel for a period of more than 30 days. (Current law limits the imposition of the innkeeper's tax to renting or furnishing rooms, lodgings, or accommodations for periods of less than 30 days.) Provides that an ordinance would not apply to existing rooms, lodgings, or accommodations that were not subject to the 30 day threshold prior to January 1, 2024. Provides that an ordinance may not become effective until after April 30, 2024, and must expire before July 1, 2025. Requires the county fiscal body, if an ordinance is adopted, to reduce the tax for any person subject to the innkeeper's tax from 8% (current law) to 6% until the ordinance expires. Allows the county fiscal body to return the tax rate to 8% after the ordinance expires. Reinstates a provision that was repealed in SEA 325-2023 (P.L.182-2023) that includes as a "homestead" property that is an individual's principal place of residence, is located in Indiana, and is owned by an entity, if the individual is a shareholder, partner, or member of the entity that owns the property. Amends a redevelopment commission provision defining "residential property" to apply to allocation areas established after June 30, 2025 (rather than June 30, 2024). Amends certain language in provisions in HEA 1199-2024. Makes amending changes to the Grant County local income tax special purpose rate added in HEA 1121-2024. Requires the state and local tax review task force to study several additional topics during the 2024 legislative interim. Makes technical corrections. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1121 - Local income taxes.
Jeffrey A. Thompson, Edward D. Clere, Robert W. Cherry
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Local income taxes. Extends the expiration of provisions concerning a county with a single voting bloc and the allocation of votes for a local income tax council. Specifies the amount of revenue from a local income tax rate imposed for correctional facilities and rehabilitation facilities in a county that may be used for operating expenses of those facilities. Allows a county fiscal body to adopt a local income tax rate for an acute care hospital located in the county to be used only for the operating expenses of the acute care hospital. Provides that, for the purpose of distributing the local income tax (LIT), if two or more school corporations or civil taxing units merge or consolidate to form a single school corporation or civil taxing unit, the school corporation or civil taxing unit is entitled to the combined pro rata distribution of the LIT revenue allocated to each applicable school corporation or civil taxing unit in existence on January 1 of the immediately preceding calendar year prior to the merger or consolidation. Provides that the department of local government finance shall make certain adjustments pertaining to the distribution of LIT for Floyd County in 2025, which provide that the Highlander Fire Protection District (district) shall receive an amount equal to the combined distribution that would have been distributed to the Greenville Fire Protection District (FPD) and the Lafayette Fire Protection District (FPD) in 2024, but for their elimination resulting from the merger to establish the district. Requires corresponding adjustments in 2025 to reduce the distribution for each applicable civil taxing unit and school corporation in Floyd County, excluding the district, by an amount that equals the proportionate share of the amount of LIT received in 2024 of the combined distribution that would have been distributed to the Greenville FPD and the Lafayette FPD in 2024, but for their elimination. Provides that funds accumulated from a Perry County special purpose tax rate to construct or improve the county jail after the redemption of bonds issued or final payment of lease rentals due under a lease shall be transferred to a county capital project fund to be used to finance capital projects within Perry County. (Current law specifies that such remaining funds are to be transferred to the county jail operations fund to be used for financing the maintenance and operations of the Perry County detention center.) Allows Grant County, under specified circumstances, to adopt an ordinance to impose a special purpose local income tax rate to fund and finance the construction of a county jail. Provides, for purposes of calculating distributions of the financial institutions tax to local taxing units, how to calculate distributions for a taxing unit that did not receive distributions in 2012 because the unit was subsequently established from the merger or consolidation of two or more taxing units that received distributions from the financial institutions tax fund in 2012. Provides, for purposes of calculating qualified distributions of the commercial motor vehicle excise tax to local taxing units, how to calculate base revenue distributions for a taxing unit that did not receive a base revenue distribution in 2001 because the taxing unit was subsequently established from the merger or consolidation of two or more taxing units that received base revenue distributions in 2001. Provides that, for purposes of determining the apportionment or distribution of the motor vehicle excise tax, that the county auditor may make adjustments to reflect the merger or consolidation of two or more taxing units. Authorizes Knox County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 6% under current law). Provides that, if the tax rate is increased to more than 6%, the portion of the tax rate that exceeds 6% expires on December 31, 2045. Authorizes the city of Hammond to impose a food and beverage tax. Authorizes the town of Cicero to impose a food and beverage tax.
STATUS
Passed
HB1381 - Property tax deductions and credits.
Christopher N. Judy, Robert W. Cherry, Dave Heine
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Property tax deductions and credits. Makes the following property tax changes for assessment dates occurring after December 31, 2024: (1) Increases the assessed value cap from $240,000 to $350,000 that applies to an individual's eligibility for the: (A) over 65 property tax deduction; and (B) over 65 circuit breaker credit; without altering the requirement in current law that any subsequent increases in assessed value are not considered unless the increase is attributable to substantial renovation or new improvements to the property. (2) Eliminates the assessed value cap that applies to the property tax deduction for a veteran who: (A) has a total disability; or (B) is at least 62 years of age and has at least a 10% disability.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1149 - Assessed value deduction for disabled veterans.
Robert W. Cherry
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Assessed value deduction for disabled veterans. Increases the assessed value cap, from $200,000 to $240,000, that applies to the property tax deduction for a veteran who: (1) has a total disability; or (2) is at least 62 years of age and has at least a 10% disability. Provides that for purposes of determining the assessed value of the real property, mobile home, or manufactured home for an individual who has received a deduction in a previous year, increases in assessed value that occur after December 31, 2024, are not considered for purposes of determining whether an individual is eligible to receive the deduction.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1013 - Conservancy district road funding.
Robert W. Cherry
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Conservancy district road funding. Provides that if a conservancy district assumes responsibility in its district plan for the road construction and maintenance of the public highways, bridges, and streets in the conservancy district (eligible conservancy district), distributions from the motor vehicle highway account to a county, city, or town that shares territory with the eligible conservancy district are proportionately reduced and the amount of the reduction is instead distributed to the eligible conservancy district. Provides that if a county, city, or town shares territory with an eligible conservancy district, distributions from the local road and street account are proportionately reduced and the amount of the reduction is instead distributed to the eligible conservancy district. Provides that an eligible conservancy district may apply for a loan from the distressed road fund. Provides that an eligible conservancy district may apply for a matching grant from the local road and bridge matching grant fund. Eliminates the primary highway system special account.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1002 - Enforcement of equal educational opportunity.
Christopher P. Jeter, Becky Cash, Julie A. McGuire
Last updated 8 months ago
67 Co-Sponsors
Enforcement of equal educational opportunity. Defines "antisemitism", specifies that the public policy of the state is to provide educational opportunities free of religious discrimination, and provides that antisemitism is discrimination on the basis of race, creed, religion, or national origin.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB1001 - Education and higher education matters.
Chuck Goodrich, Robert W. Behning, Robert Heaton
Last updated 9 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Education and higher education matters. Amends the definition of "eligible student" to include a sibling of a student with a disability with regards to the education scholarship account program (ESA). Provides that the sibling may not use the ESA account for certain ESA qualified expenses. Provides that an annual grant amount awarded under the career scholarship account (CSA) program may be used for costs related to obtaining a driver's license if certain conditions are met. Establishes conditions regarding the amount of funds that may be used from CSA annual grant amounts for transportation costs. Amends certain requirements regarding ESA and CSA participating entities regarding providing evidence of unencumbered assets. Changes certain CSA application time frames from seven days to 30 days. Requires each state educational institution to provide to the commission for higher education (commission) certain information regarding degrees, degree completion, faculty members, administrative support staff, costs, compensation, and debt loads. Requires the commission to prepare longitudinal analysis regarding certain data. Requires each private postsecondary educational institution and each out-of-state public and nonprofit degree granting institution that offers instructional or educational services or training in Indiana to provide to the department of education information to carry out certain reporting requirements and requirements related to the Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed dashboard. Allows for the revocation of an out-of-state public or nonprofit degree granting institution's authorization if the institution fails to provide the information. Adds teaching to the employment sectors eligible for the next level jobs employer training grant program. Amends requirements regarding: (1) eligibility for career coaching grants; and (2) instruction on career awareness.
STATUS
Passed
HB1148 - Local government finance and administration.
Robert W. Cherry
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Local government finance and administration. Provides that at a county auditor's discretion, the county auditor may choose not to require the inspection of certain items otherwise required to claim a disabled veteran's property tax deduction if the following criteria have been satisfied with regard to an individual seeking to claim the deduction: (1) The county auditor has inspected the individual's items in a previous year and approved the deduction for that year. (2) There has been no change to the individual's property or the individual's qualifying status since the last year that the county auditor approved the deduction. (3) The individual has signed a sworn statement, as prescribed by the Indiana department of veterans' affairs, subject to the penalty of perjury, affirming the requirement that there has been no change to the individual's property or the individual's qualifying status since the last year that the county auditor approved the deduction. (4) The county auditor has not disapproved the individual's claim for the deduction in a year since the county auditor most recently approved the deduction. Requires the proper officers of a political subdivision that desire to appropriate more money for a particular year than the amount prescribed in the budget for that year as finally determined to hold a public hearing after submitting the following information regarding the proposed additional appropriation to the department of local government finance's (DLGF) computer gateway (gateway): (1) The amount of the additional appropriation. (2) The name of the affected fund. (3) The name and account number of the affected account. (4) The date, time, and place at which the political subdivision will hold a public hearing on the proposed additional appropriation. Requires the proper officers of a political subdivision to submit the required information, in a manner prescribed by the DLGF, to the gateway at least 14 days prior to the public hearing. Requires the DLGF to make the information submitted by the political subdivision available to taxpayers through the gateway at least 10 days prior to the public hearing. Provides that if the date, time, or place of the public hearing changes following the original submission of the information to the gateway, the political subdivision shall submit the updated information to the gateway as soon as possible. Provides that a county fiscal body may establish a salary schedule that includes a stipend to be paid to the county auditor for the county auditor's duties when warranted as determined by the county fiscal body. Provides that the county fiscal body may consider factors such as: (1) required attendance at additional meetings; (2) meetings held outside of usual work hours; (3) increased workload volume; or (4) any other relevant factor as determined by the county fiscal body.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1147 - Horse racing and racetrack ownership.
Robert W. Cherry, Ethan Manning, Cory Criswell
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Horse racing and racetrack ownership. Specifies that the horse racing commission (IHRC) may adopt rules that incorporate by reference the most current version of the model rules adopted by the Association of Racing Commissioners International. Removes certain obsolete references to emergency rules. Requires a permit holder to own the real property, including buildings, structures, and other improvements, on which a horse racing meeting is to be conducted. Prohibits a permit issued for a horse racing meeting from being leased. Provides that judges and stewards may suspend a license for not more than three years on behalf of the IHRC. (Current law allows judges and stewards to suspend a license for not more than one year on behalf of the IHRC.) Provides that the suspension of a license or the imposition of certain civil penalties must occur within 365 days after the date of the violation (instead of 180 days as required by current law). Provides that a horse's veterinary medical records and medical condition must be furnished within five business days without written client authorization to the IHRC as part of an investigation in which a horse under the care, control, or ownership of a licensee has been treated by a veterinarian.
STATUS
Introduced
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