Indiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 4 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 236 — Land banks.

Last action — Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance requiring that, for the five years after a tract is purchased from a land bank, 50% of the amount of property taxes paid on the tract must be transferred to the land bank. Requires a county executive to provide a land bank in the county with a list of tracts located in the territory of the land bank that: (1) are delinquent on property taxes; and (2) have been offered for public sale at least two times and remain unsold; on an annual basis, and permits the county executive to transfer its interest in a tract on the list to a land bank if requested by the land bank not later than 30 days after it receives the list.

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Action History

  1. Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

  2. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

  4. Referred to the House

  5. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 183: yeas 47, nays 1

  6. Cosponsors: Representatives Zent, Clere, Moed

  7. House sponsor: Representative Errington

  8. Senator Buck added as second author

  9. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  10. Senators Tomes and Niemeyer added as coauthors

  11. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

  13. Authored by Senator Lanane

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3 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (142)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 236 do?
Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance requiring that, for the five years after a tract is purchased from a land bank, 50% of the amount of property taxes paid on the tract must be transferred to the land bank. Requires a county executive to provide a land bank in the county with a list of tracts located in the territory of the land bank that: (1) are delinquent on property taxes; and (2) have been offered for public sale at least two times and remain unsold; on an annual basis, and permits the county executive to transfer its interest in a tract on the list to a land bank if requested by the land bank not later than 30 days after it receives the list.
Who sponsors SB 236?
SB 236 is sponsored by Timothy Lanane, James Buck (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), Rick Niemeyer (Republican), Sue Errington (Democrat), Dennis Zent, Edward Clere (Republican), and Justin Moed (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 236?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 236?
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