Bill Text: IN HB1200 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Flood plain disclosure requirements.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-25 - Representatives Bischoff, Cheatham and Hinkle added as coauthors [HB1200 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-HB1200-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1200

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 32-31-1-21.

Synopsis: Flood plain disclosure requirements. Removes the inclusion of basements from rental structures that are required to be disclosed as being in a flood plain.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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Smith M, Cheatham, Hinkle, Bischoff

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    January 7, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1200

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 32-31-1-21; (10)IN1200.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 32-31-1-21, AS ADDED BY P.L.27-2009, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 21. (a) This section applies to rental agreements entered into or renewed after June 30, 2009, for residential, agricultural, and commercial property.
    (b) If the lowest floor of a structure including a basement, that is the subject of a rental agreement is at or below the one hundred (100) year frequency flood elevation, as determined by:
        (1) the department of natural resources;
        (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps; or
        (3) FEMA approved local flood plain maps;
the landlord shall clearly disclose in a landlord-tenant rental agreement that the structure is located in a flood plain.