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Committee hears bill to put Hoosier Homestead program into law and allow local remonstrance for eminent domain
Summary
House Bill 1265 would codify the Hoosier Homestead program and create a limited local remonstrance process for century-family farms facing fee-simple condemnation; committee discussion ended with sponsors planning technical amendments and the measure held for future action.
A committee hearing on House Bill 1265 described a proposal to place the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program into statute and to give qualifying century-family farms a limited opportunity to remonstrate at the local level before a fee-simple condemnation proceeds.
The bill’s sponsor told the Agriculture Committee HB1265 would record the Hoosier Homestead program in law, direct the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) to maintain an electronic registry of designated homestead farms and provide a narrowly tailored remonstrance process when a fee-simple taking is…
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