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Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program, adds local remonstrance option against eminent domain
Summary
House Bill 1265 would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into statute, create an electronic registry, and give qualifying century‑plus family farms a limited local appeal when a fee‑simple taking for eminent domain is proposed; the committee held the bill for technical amendment.
The House Agriculture Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1265, which would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm recognition program into statute, create a registry of qualifying farms, and provide a local remonstrance process when a county or municipality contemplates fee‑simple condemnation of a registered homestead farm.
Representative Green, sponsor of the bill, told the committee HB 1265 “first puts the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program into statute,” and described a limited process that would notify a local legislative body if an offer to acquire all or part of a registered homestead farm is rejected by the family. “1265 simply gives a homestead farm the right…
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