Indiana House Bill 1331 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-15 - First Reading: Referred to Government and Regulatory Reform
Pending: House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Abolishes township boards. Specifies that: (1) in the case of a township board for which the members were elected in 2010, the township board is abolished on January 1, 2015; and (2) in the case of a township board for which the members were elected in 2012, the township board is abolished on January 1, 2017. Specifies that after a township board is abolished: (1) the county fiscal body is the fiscal body and legislative body of each township in the county; and (2) the county fiscal body shall exercise the legislative and fiscal powers assigned in the Indiana Code to township boards, including the authority to adopt the township's annual budget and to levy township property taxes for township funds.

Elimination of township boards.

Rep. Milo Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-15	House	First Reading: Referred to Government and Regulatory Reform
2014-01-14	House	Authored by Representative M. Smith.

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/house/1331/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/3/3/d/933df34b/HB1331.01.INTR.pdf