Comments: IN HB1116 | 2019 | Regular Session

Indiana House Bill 1116 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Various local government matters. Allows the governing body of a state or local government agency to discuss in an executive session strategy regarding a real estate transaction by the governing body. Allows the fiscal officer of a political subdivision to appropriate funds received from any private entity or individual for the purpose of repairing or replacing damaged property. (Current law allows only appropriation of funds from an insurance company.) Eliminates political party affiliation requirements for members of a utility service board or storm water management board. Allows a political subdivision to receive electronic bids for public work projects that exceed a certain amount, if the bid solicitation states the procedure for transmitting the electronic bid and the means of transmission protects the bid contents. Requires a political subdivision that receives electronic bids to provide electronic access to the notice of the bid solicitation through the computer gateway administered by the state office of technology in addition to newspaper publication. Provides that a hazardous tract of land containing a building that is not an unsafe building constitutes an unsafe premises and is subject to the unsafe building law. Specifies the procedure for notice by publication under the unsafe building law. Eliminates the requirement that a negotiable note for a public work project or eligible efficiency project be repaid by a political subdivision on January 1 and July 1 of each year of the note's term. Allows a drainage board to send written invitations for bids for construction work by electronic means. Resolves conflicts with HEA 1019-2019 and HEA 1115-2019.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-01 - Public Law 164 [HB1116 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]