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Committee holds Hoosier Homestead bill for amendment after testimony on eminent domain remonstrance
Summary
House Bill 1265, which would put the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into statute and give qualifying multi‑generation farms a local remonstrance right against fee‑simple eminent domain takings, was heard and held for amendment; ISDA testified neutral and recommended technical statutory language changes.
At a House Agriculture Committee meeting, members heard testimony on House Bill 1265, a measure to place the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into statute and to permit eligible homestead farms a local remonstrance process when a fee‑simple taking by eminent domain is proposed.
Representative Vince Green, the bill’s sponsor, framed the proposal as a way to protect multi‑generation family farms. He said the new process would let a homestead farm make “one final appeal to their local legislative body to review the potential condemnation” when a fee‑simple taking is proposed; the remonstrance is limited and does…
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