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SB0126PassPolitical subdivision information on the Internet. Requires local governments and school corporations to provide information for posting on the Indiana transparency Internet web site (transparency web site) as follows: (1) Expenditures categorized by...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 208
SB0232PassLand banks. Authorizes a county, consolidated city, or second class city to which the unsafe building law applies to establish a municipal corporation known as a land bank to manage and improve the marketability of distressed real property in the cou...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 211
SB0310PassLake County pilot program and other local government matters. Establishes a three year pilot program applicable only in Lake County, that authorizes a redevelopment commission to: (1) establish an area known as a new opportunity area; and (2) sell an...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 183
SB0028PassMedical malpractice. Increases the amount of recoverable damages for injury or death to a patient. Increases health care provider liability limits. Defines "final nonappealable judgment." Specifies that claims from the patient's compensation fund mus...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 182
SB0173PassMotorsports racing. With respect to professional motorsports racing teams and members, requires, rather than permits, the department of state revenue (department) to adopt rules, guidelines, or other instructions to establish alternative methods of s...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 210
SB0366PassSolid waste management districts. Provides that the requirement for each county to have a single-county solid waste management district or be a member of a joint solid waste management district expires July 1, 2017. Provides that after June 30, 2017:...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 189
SB0321PassLocal government budgeting. Provides that for each budget year after 2018, the department of local government finance (DLGF) shall certify a political subdivision's budget, tax rate, and tax levy not later than: (1) December 31 of the year preceding ...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 184
SB0087PassMultiple county PTABOAs. Provides that the legislative bodies of two or more counties may adopt substantially similar ordinances to establish a multiple county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA). Provides that a multiple county PTABOA ...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 207
SB0355PassTax sales and tax sale properties. Provides that certain notices of tax sales may omit the descriptions of the properties to be offered for sale if: (1) the notice includes a statement indicating that descriptions of the properties and minimum bids a...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 187
SB0323PassLegislative studies. Requires the legislative services agency to: (1) study the combined reporting approach to apportioning income and transfer pricing for income tax purposes; and (2) report the results of the study before October 1, 2016, to the le...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 185
SB0148PassPublic employees' defined contribution plan. Provides that the state or a political subdivision may elect whether certain retired members of the public employees' retirement fund (fund) may begin or resume membership in the public employees' defined ...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 209
SB0371PassProbate matters. Provides that an individual otherwise qualified for certain property tax deductions for property that the individual occupies as a beneficiary of the trust that owns the property is not required to be considered the owner of the prop...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 190
SB0381PassCigarette and tobacco taxes. Changes the stamp discount for cigarette distributors from $0.012 to $0.013. Changes the tax collection allowance for tobacco distributors from $0.006 to $0.007 for tobacco products other than cigarettes.~ Repeals the tax...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 191
SB0330PassSchool funding. Amends the statute allowing transfers from the state tuition reserve account to the state general fund to be made during the state fiscal year beginning in 2015 and in the state fiscal year beginning in 2016 if distributions for choic...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 186
SB0339PassDaily fantasy sports. Provides that a paid fantasy sports game does not constitute gaming for any purpose. Provides that paid fantasy sports games may be conducted through an Internet web site maintained and operated by a game operator or on the prem...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 212
SB0309PassState and local taxation. Eliminates the exemption for property taxes during the planning and construction of a residence that is conveyed upon completion to a low income individual by a nonprofit organization. Restricts but does not eliminate the ex...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 181
SB0308PassLocal tax matters. Provides that when calculating the base rate for agricultural land for the January 1, 2016, assessment date and each assessment date thereafter, the department of local government finance (DLGF) shall do the following: (1) Use the ...
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2016-03-24
Public Law 180
SB0093PassVarious education matters. Provides that every public school building shall be supplied with safe, potable water from a public water system approved by the commissioner of the department of environmental management. Provides that the financial specia...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 127
SB0021PassObsolete statutes. Repeals or expires various provisions in the Indiana Code containing the following: (1) Reporting requirements that have been completed, including the following: (A) A 2013 report by the commission for higher education concerning s...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 121
SB0045PassMuseums. Provides that a majority of the current members serving on the board of trustees of the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation constitutes a quorum. (Current law specifies that 13 voting members of the board constitute a quorum....
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2016-03-23
Public Law 125
SB0040PassMotor vehicle financial responsibility. Increases the financial responsibility requirements that apply to a motor vehicle registration for property damage liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the motor vehicle.
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2016-03-23
Public Law 124
SB0003PassEducation technical corrections trailer bill. Makes technical corrections throughout IC 20 (education law). Resolves conflicts between ESB 500-2015 and other legislation enacted during the 2015 session of the general assembly. Moves a chapter relatin...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 118
SB0378PassIndiana economic development corporation. Provides that the office of small business and entrepreneurship may maintain: (1) a toll free telephone number; and (2) an Internet web page; to provide free access to the office's services related to the Ind...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 145
SB0096PassCurricular materials. Extends from three years to four years the timeline for serial maturation of notes issued by a school corporation to buy curricular materials.
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2016-03-23
Public Law 128
SB0009PassCharter school data collection. Removes the requirement that charter schools report certain data to the department of education.
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2016-03-23
Public Law 119
SB0067PassLocal income tax distributions. Provides for a supplemental distribution of local income taxes when the balance in a county's local income tax trust account exceeds 15% (rather than 50%, under current law) of the certified distributions to be made to...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 126
SB0253PassUniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Enacts the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Defines "digital asset" as an electronic record in which an individua...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 137
SB0167PassState higher education institutions. Permits a public benefit corporation to merge with a state higher education institution, without court approval, if the public benefit corporation is controlled by the state higher education institution.
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2016-03-23
Public Law 130
SB0172PassRegulation of private clubs. Allows the holder of a club permit to designate one or more days in each calendar month as guest days, not to exceed a total of four guest days in any calendar month (instead of one day each week).
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2016-03-23
Public Law 132
SB0146PassTort claims immunity. Provides that the tort claims act applies to a claim against certain approved postsecondary educational institutions and associations acting on behalf of certain approved postsecondary educational institutions if: (1) the instit...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 129
SB0169PassSpecial permits. Provides that if a permit holder: (1) holds one-way, two-way, or three-way permits that are issued, without regard for quota restrictions, for certain premises; and (2) holds a permit for a microbrewery that is located on or adjacent...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 131
SB0301PassWorkforce education. Requires the department of workforce development (DWD) to prepare an occupational demand report before July 1, 2016, regarding the expected workforce needs of employers for a 10 year projection and the training and education that...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 141
SB0327PassTransparency portal. Requires a political subdivision to upload certain contracts to the Indiana transparency Internet web site during each year that the contract amount payable by the political subdivision for the year exceeds the lesser of: (1) 10%...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 142
SB0177PassAlcoholic beverage matters. Prohibits the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) from issuing a beer dealer's permit to a package liquor store unless the proprietor of the package liquor store satisfies Indiana resident ownership requirements. A...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 133
SB0335PassSchool corporation health insurance. Specifies that a school corporation may assign wages and pay premiums for collectively bargained health insurance and is not required to make the collectively bargained health insurance available to all school cor...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 143
SB0375PassPrequalification for public works projects. Delays from June 30, 2016, to December 31, 2016, the date after which public works projects that are awarded must comply with the requirement that a contractor be qualified under IC 4-13.6-4 or IC 8-23-10 b...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 144
SB0234PassEducation of coaches of student athletes. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2017, the completion of a certified player safety education course: (1) is required for a head coach or assistant coach of an interscholastic sport; and (2) is optional for a ...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 135
SB0291PassIndustrial hemp. Removes provisions that: (1) allow a grower to retain seed from an industrial hemp crop for the following year; (2) exempt a grower from obtaining an agricultural hemp seed production license in order to retain seed for future planti...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 139
SB0020PassWorkforce policies. Provides that a local governmental unit may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to provide to an employee who is employed within the jurisdiction of the unit a scheduling policy that exceeds the requirements o...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 120
SB0031PassProbate study subcommittee. Establishes a probate study subcommittee of the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary.
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2016-03-23
Public Law 123
SB0023PassTechnical corrections. Repeals conflicting provisions contained in HEA 1019-2015 (Common construction wage and public works) concerning applicability of the requirements in HEA 1019-2015. The provisions that would be repealed were added by HEA 1019-2...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 122
SB0294PassSale of carryout at Indianapolis 500 Race. Provides that the holder of a three-way permit that is issued to a premises located at a facility used in connection with the operation of a paved track more than two miles in length may sell sealed bottles ...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 140
SB0279PassReferendum and petition and remonstrance process. Provides that at least 500 or 5% of the property owners or registered voters of a political subdivision are necessary to initiate either a debt service remonstrance or debt service referendum. (Curren...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 138
SB0251PassIndiana out of school time learning advisory board. Establishes the out of school time learning advisory board for a three year period. Provides for ex officio members and members appointed by the secretary of the family and social services administr...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 136
SB0217PassTownship assistance payment of electric bills. Allows the township trustee to deposit township assistance funds in an account of a township assistance recipient (recipient) with an electric service provider (provider) for prepaid electric service. Ex...
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2016-03-23
Public Law 134
SB0219PassExpedited licenses for military spouses. Requires certain profession and occupation boards (boards) to adopt rules that establish procedures to expedite the issuance or renewal of a license, certificate, registration, or permit to a military spouse w...
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2016-03-22
Public Law 94
SB0383PassSystem integrity adjustments. Provides that an eligible water or wastewater utility may petition the utility regulatory commission (commission) to charge a system integrity adjustment to recover or credit an adjustment amount based on the eligible ut...
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2016-03-22
Public Law 104
SB0238PassSoil and water conservation funding. Specifies that a certain part of the cigarette tax fund money annually appropriated to the department of natural resources under current law shall be appropriated to and used by the division of soil conservation o...
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2016-03-22
Public Law 95
SB0304PassProperty tax matters. For the January 1, 2017, assessment date, increases the assessed value limit for the property tax deduction for certain veterans with a disability from $143,160 to $175,000. Provides that an individual may claim a deduction from...
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2016-03-22
Public Law 100
SB0255PassUnderground petroleum storage tanks. Provides for the underground petroleum storage tank excess liability trust fund to be referred to as the "ELTF". Eliminates a provision stating that fees and penalties paid in connection with underground petroleum...
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2016-03-22
Public Law 96
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