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Committee holds Hoosier Homestead remonstrance bill for technical fixes
Summary
House Bill 1265, which would codify the Hoosier Homestead Farm program and add a limited local remonstrance step against fee‑simple condemnation for qualifying farms, was discussed and held for amendment by the House Agriculture Committee.
House Bill 1265, which would put the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into statute and create a limited local remonstrance process for families facing fee‑simple condemnation of qualifying homestead farms, was discussed in committee and held for technical changes.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee that putting the Hoosier Homestead Award program into statute would create an electronic registry of homestead farms and provide a local remonstrance step if a fee‑simple condemnation was proposed. Under the proposal, the remonstrance would notify the local legislative body (typically county commissioners or a city or town council) and allow that body to…
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