Indiana Senate Bill 73 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 26 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-31 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: House Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Annexation. Provides, with certain exceptions, that the following apply to annexations for which an annexation ordinance is adopted after March 31, 2022: (1) To proceed with an annexation initiated by the municipality, the municipality must file a petition with the court signed by: (A) at least 51% of the owners of non-tax exempt land; or (B) the owners of at least 75% in assessed valuation of non-tax exempt land; in the annexation territory. (2) If the petition has enough signatures, the court must hold a hearing to review the annexation. (3) Adds provisions regarding the validity of signatures. (4) Eliminates remonstrances and reimbursement of remonstrator's attorney's fees and costs. (5) Voids remonstrance waivers. (6) Eliminates provisions regarding contiguity of a public highway and that prohibit an annexation from taking effect in the year before a federal decennial census is conducted. Voids a settlement agreement in lieu of annexation executed after March 31, 2022. (7) Eliminates the requirement that a municipality adopt a fiscal plan if the annexation is petitioned for by 100% of the owners of land within the annexation territory.

Annexation.

Sen. Philip Boots [R]	Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]
Rep. Daniel Leonard [R]

2022-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 35 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-13 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-31	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2022-01-26	Senate	Referred to the House
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Doriot added as coauthor
2022-01-24	Senate	Senator Kruse added as third author
2022-01-24	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Leonard
2022-01-24	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 45: yeas 35, nays 12
2022-01-20	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2022-01-18	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2022-01-10	Senate	Senator Niemeyer added as second author
2022-01-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2022-01-04	Senate	Authored by Senator Boots

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/73/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/4/6/7/d467c793/SB0073.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/4/3/9/f439cb04/SB0073.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/e/3/6fe32400/SB0073.02.COMS.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/7/f/0/47f07465/SB0073.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/b/5/0/ab501ab5/SB0073.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/3/2/b/932bf444/SB0073.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/e/f/7/2ef7c1b9/SB0073.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/a/3/7/6a37320c/SB0073.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/9/5/a/b95a6821/SB0073.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/b/f/6/bbf6e045/SB0073.45_S.pdf