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Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and allow local remonstrance to some eminent‑domain takings
Summary
House Bill 1265 would put the Hoosier Homestead award program into statute, create a registry and permit a local legislative body to hear a remonstrance before a fee‑simple condemnation of a designated homestead farm; ISDA testified neutral and the bill was held for amendment.
A proposal to codify the Hoosier Homestead program and give qualifying multi‑generational farms a formal local remonstrance in fee‑simple eminent‑domain proceedings drew testimony and was left in committee for technical amendment.
House Bill 1265 would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program into statute, require ISDA to maintain an electronic registry of homestead farms and create a process by which a homestead farm may seek review by the local legislative body before a fee‑simple taking is carried out. The bill’s sponsor characterized the proposal as a limited procedural protection: it applies only to fee‑simple takings and not to easements, leases, voluntary sales or…
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