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Committee hears bill to put Hoosier Homestead program into statute, allow local remonstrance on eminent domain
Summary
House Bill 1265 would codify the Hoosier Homestead Farm program, create a registry, and give qualifying long‑held family farms a local remonstrance process against fee‑simple condemnation; ISDA testified neutrally and committee indicated plans to hold the bill for technical amendments.
Representative Green introduced House Bill 1265 to codify the Hoosier Homestead Farm program and to provide a limited local remonstrance process for farms designated as Hoosier Homestead Farms.
Under the bill, the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program — a long-running ceremonial award program recognizing families that have owned farms for 100, 150 or 200 years — would be placed into statute, ISDA would maintain an electronic registry of qualifying homestead farms, and a remonstrance process would allow a homestead farm to petition a local legislative body before a fee‑simple taking by eminent domain is finalized. Representative Green said the measure is intended to "give Hoosier…
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