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Committee advances bill to form Indiana-Illinois boundary commission as discussion on county transfers intensifies
Summary
The Indiana House Regulatory Reform Committee voted to pass House Bill 1008, which would create a bipartisan commission to study transferring interested Illinois counties into Indiana. Supporters cited tax and economic differences; critics pressed fiscal and representation questions. The measure passed the committee 11-1 and must still advance in a
The Indiana House Regulatory Reform Committee on Thursday passed House Bill 1008, a measure that would create an Indiana–Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission to study whether counties in Illinois that voted in nonbinding referendums to leave that state should be considered for transfer to Indiana.
Speaker Todd Houston, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the bill “just starts that conversation” and described the proposal as a way to evaluate “mutual advantages of redrawing the state lines” after referendums in multiple Illinois counties. “When seven counties in November voted to secede this past November, it caught our attention,” Houston said during his presentation.
The bill would create a five‑member, bipartisan commission appointed by the governor to study issues such as fiscal impact, local government services, and the feasibility of any…
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