Indiana Senate Bill 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 28 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Annexation. Provides, with certain exceptions, that the following apply to annexations for which an annexation ordinance is adopted after March 31, 2020: (1) A municipality initiating an annexation must file a petition with the court signed by at least: (A) 51% of the owners of land that is not exempt from property taxes in the annexation territory; or (B) the owners of more than 75% in assessed valuation of land that is not exempt from property taxes in the annexation territory. (2) If the petition filed by the municipality has enough signatures, the court must hold a hearing to review the annexation. (3) Adds provisions regarding the validity of a signature on an annexation petition. (4) Eliminates the remonstrance procedure for annexations and reimbursement of remonstrator's attorney's fees and costs. (5) Provides that remonstrance waivers are void for annexations for which the annexation ordinance is adopted after March 31, 2020. (6) Provides that a settlement agreement in lieu of annexation that is executed after March 31, 2020, is void. (7) Eliminates provisions regarding the contiguity of a public highway. Eliminates provisions that prohibit an annexation from taking effect in the year preceding the year that a federal decennial census is conducted.

Annexation.

Sen. Philip Boots [R]	Sen. Mike Gaskill [R]	Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. James Buck [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Thompson [R]

2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 37 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2020-01-28	Senate	Referred to the House
2020-01-27	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2020-01-27	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Thompson
2020-01-27	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 37, nays 12
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Niemeyer added as third author
2020-01-21	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2020-01-16	Senate	Senator Gaskill added as second author
2020-01-16	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-06	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2020-01-06	Senate	Authored by Senator Boots

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/23/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/8/f/038fef5f/SB0023.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/1/5/f/315fc32e/SB0023.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/5/8/0/c5808c63/SB0023.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/4/0/72406d5c/SB0023.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/4/5/f345c109/SB0023.53_S.pdf