Indiana Senate Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on May 17 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-18 - Effective 07/01/2011
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) to develop criteria for making an adjustment to allow a political subdivision to retain a part of its levy and budget that would otherwise be reduced because of savings: (1) from a government reorganization or township merger; (2) from the transfer, combination, or sharing of powers, duties, functions, or resources under an interlocal cooperation agreement; or (3) from the combination or reorganization of the political subdivision's departments, agencies, or functions. Provides that the amount of such an adjustment may not exceed a specified percentage of the savings or reduction realized in the first full year of operation after the merger or reorganization or the transfer, combination, or sharing of powers, duties, functions, or resources. Provides that the percentage is 50% in the first year of the adjustment and phases down to 10% in the fourth year of the adjustment and thereafter. Provides that the fiscal body of the political subdivision shall determine and certify to the DLGF the amount of the adjustment that the political subdivision wishes to accept. Specifies that in the case of a reorganization under the government reorganization statutes, the amount of any adjustment accepted by a reorganized political subdivision must comply with the reorganization agreement.

Local government reorganization and merger.

Sen. Randall Head [R]

Sen. Brandt Hershman [R]

Sen. Connie Lawson [R]

2011-04-11 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2011-02-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-18		Effective 07/01/2011
2011-05-17		Public Law 58
2011-04-26		Signed by the Governor
2011-04-19		Signed by the President of the Senate
2011-04-18		Signed by the Speaker
2011-04-13		Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2011-04-11		Returned to the Senate without amendments
2011-04-11		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 459: yeas 96, nays 0
2011-04-08		Representative Mahan added as cosponsor
2011-04-07		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-04-05		Representative Candelaria Reardon added as cosponsor
2011-04-04		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2011-03-28		First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2011-02-14		Cosponsor: Rep. M. Smith
2011-02-14		House sponsor: Rep. Truitt
2011-02-14		Referred to the House
2011-02-14		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 114: yeas 49 and nays 0
2011-02-10		Amendment 1 (Head), prevailed;
2011-02-10		Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2011-01-25		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-01-20		Senator Hershman added as second author
2011-01-10		Senator Lawson added as coauthor
2011-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2011-01-05		Authored by Senator Head

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0026
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0026.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0026.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0026.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/ES/ES0026.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SE/SE0026.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0114.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0459.PDF.pdf