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Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and give farms a local remonstrance in condemnation cases
Summary
House Bill 1265 would put the Hoosier Homestead Award program into statute, create a registry of qualifying homestead farms and allow those farms limited local remonstrance against fee-simple condemnations; the committee discussed technical edits and held the bill for further amendments.
A member of the House introduced House Bill 1265 to the committee, describing it as complementary to HB1234 and saying the state lost "345,682 acres, to be exact, between 2010 and 2022." The bill would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into statute, require ISDA to maintain an electronic registry of qualifying homestead farms, and establish a local remonstrance process for homestead farms facing fee‑simple eminent domain takings.
The bill’s author said the remonstrance process is limited: it applies only to a fee-simple…
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