Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and add remonstrance option for century farms
House Bill 1265 would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm recognition program into statute and create a limited local remonstrance process against fee‑simple condemnations of farms with continuous family ownership, testimony showed; ISDA testified neutral and the sponsor plans technical amendments.
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Representative Green presented House Bill 1265, which would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm program in statute, establish an electronic registry of eligible homestead farms and allow a local legislative body a single review (remonstrance) when a fee‑simple condemnation is proposed for a designated homestead farm.
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