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Committee reviews bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and add local remonstrance for century‑old farms
Summary
House Bill 1265 would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into statute and create a limited local remonstrance process for century‑plus family farms facing fee‑simple condemnation; proponents said the change would give multigenerational farms a final local review before condemnation is pursued.
House Bill 1265 would put the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into state law and create a narrowly tailored process that lets qualifying multigenerational family farms ask their local legislative body to review proposed fee‑simple condemnations, the bill's sponsor told the committee.
"1265 simply gives a homestead farm the right to make one final appeal to their local legislative body to review the potential condemnation," the sponsor said, explaining that the remonstrance process would be limited to…
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