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Committee hears Hoosier Homestead bill; members hold measure for technical amendment
Summary
House Bill 1265 would put the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program into statute and create a local remonstrance process for family farms facing condemnation. Testimony emphasized preservation of multigenerational farms; the committee agreed to hold the measure for technical changes and consider an amendment at a later meeting.
A representative advancing House Bill 1265 told the Indiana House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee the measure would codify the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program and provide a narrow remonstrance process for farms designated as Hoosier Homestead Farms facing a fee-simple eminent-domain taking.
"House bill 1265 first puts the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program into statute," the presenter said, adding the bill would create an electronic registry and allow a homestead farm a local appeal to the county board of commissioners or the municipal legislative body if a fee-simple condemnation is proposed. The presenter framed the bill as limited: it would not affect eminent-domain…
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