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Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and add remonstrance for century farms; ISDA neutral, bill held for amendment
Summary
House Bill 1265 would put the Hoosier Homestead Award program into statute, create an electronic registry, and provide a local remonstrance step for homestead farms facing fee-simple condemnation; the Indiana State Department of Agriculture testified neutral and the bill was held for technical amendments.
Indiana House Agriculture Committee — Members heard testimony on House Bill 1265, which would codify the Hoosier Homestead Farm program, require ISDA to maintain an electronic registry of qualifying homestead farms, and create a limited local remonstrance process when a fee-simple taking of a homestead farm is proposed under eminent domain.
Representative Greene, speaking in support of 1265, said the bill would formalize a program that has operated largely administratively since 1976 and would give multi‑generational homestead farms…
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