Indiana House Bill 1270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 6 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-06 - Public Law 282
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Kankakee River basin and Yellow River basin development. Abolishes the Kankakee River basin commission and repeals its statute. Establishes the Kankakee River basin and Yellow River basin development commission (commission) as a public body corporate and politic. Authorizes the commission to participate in the flood control program operated by the Indiana finance authority. Requires certain state agencies to assist each other in simplifying the permitting process with respect to the flood control activities of the commission. Provides that there is imposed in each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2020, an annual special assessment against each taxable parcel of real property that is located within any part of the basin within an Indiana county. Requires the default special assessments to be paid to be paid to the commission. Specifies the amount of the default special assessment by parcel category and the commission's permissible uses of the special assessments. Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt a resolution opting to implement one of the following methods of supporting the commission instead of collecting the default special assessments: (1) Paying direct support to the commission in lieu of the default special assessments. (2) Supplementing reduced special assessments with direct support payments. (3) Imposing special assessments that exceed the amount that could be raised through the default special assessments. Provides that direct support must equal at least 90% of the amount that could be raised through the default special assessments. Specifies the amounts that a county may retain in calendar years beginning after December 31, 2022, from special assessments imposed instead of the default special assessments. Establishes an advisory committee to the commission. Requires the commission to coordinate its flood control activities with other public agencies to ensure that undeveloped public land is used for providing flood storage to the greatest extent feasible before other lands are used. Authorizes an Indiana business preference if certain conditions are met. Establishes an Indiana employment goal with respect to contracts for public works awarded by the commission.

Kankakee River basin and Yellow River basin development. Abolishes the Kankakee River basin commission and repeals its statute. Establishes the Kankakee River basin and Yellow River basin development commission (commission) as a public body corporate and politic. Authorizes the commission to participate in the flood control program operated by the Indiana finance authority. Requires certain state agencies to assist each other in simplifying the permitting process with respect to the flood control activities of the commission. Provides that there is imposed in each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2020, an annual special assessment against each taxable parcel of real property that is located within any part of the basin within an Indiana county. Requires the default special assessments to be paid to be paid to the commission. Specifies the amount of the default special assessment by parcel category and the commission's permissible uses of the special assessments. Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt a resolution opting to implement one of the following methods of supporting the commission instead of collecting the default special assessments: (1) Paying direct support to the commission in lieu of the default special assessments. (2) Supplementing reduced special assessments with direct support payments. (3) Imposing special assessments that exceed the amount that could be raised through the default special assessments. Provides that direct support must equal at least 90% of the amount that could be raised through the default special assessments. Specifies the amounts that a county may retain in calendar years beginning after December 31, 2022, from special assessments imposed instead of the default special assessments. Establishes an advisory committee to the commission. Requires the commission to coordinate its flood control activities with other public agencies to ensure that undeveloped public land is used for providing flood storage to the greatest extent feasible before other lands are used. Authorizes an Indiana business preference if certain conditions are met. Establishes an Indiana employment goal with respect to contracts for public works awarded by the commission.

Rep. Doug Gutwein [R]	Rep. Jim Pressel [R]	Rep. Micheal Aylesworth [R]	Rep. Mara Reardon [D]
Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2019-04-18 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 84 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2019-04-16 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 40 N: 5 NV: 4 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-04-09 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-04 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-01-15 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-06	House	Public Law 282
2019-05-06	House	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-22	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-22	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-18	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 563: yeas 84, nays 2
2019-04-18	House	Motion to concur filed
2019-04-16	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2019-04-16	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 484: yeas 40, nays 5
2019-04-15	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2019-04-15	Senate	Amendment #1 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote
2019-04-15	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-04-09	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-04-04	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2019-03-19	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as second sponsor
2019-02-27	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2019-01-25	House	Referred to the Senate
2019-01-24	House	Representatives Pressel, Aylesworth, Candelaria Reardon added as coauthors
2019-01-24	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Niemeyer
2019-01-24	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 37: yeas 97, nays 0
2019-01-22	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-01-16	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Select Committee on Government Reduction
2019-01-10	House	Authored by Representative Gutwein

Type	Source
Summary	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1270/
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/1/9/821995d7/HB1270.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/8/c/d/b8cd92a6/HB1270.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/0/6/a/306a026a/HB1270.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/6/3/4/f6341c37/HB1270.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/9/5/6295d221/HB1270.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/8/9/1/18917e0c/HB1270.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/3/e/8e3e679c/HB1270.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/3/5/8/23584adf/HB1270.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/6/1/8/5618ee11/HB1270.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/f/7/d/5f7d2abc/HB1270.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/a/b/6/6ab60640/HB1270.06.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/3/b/1/a3b1ed7e/HB1270.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/9/d/4/59d4e871/HB1270.37.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/b/7/4/3b7422cf/HB1270.02.COMH.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/c/8/3/1c83d5a6/HB1270.03.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/e/9/c/fe9c06a7/HB1270.484.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/9/c/d/d9cdf43a/HB1270.563.pdf