Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 5 R cosponsors

HB 1329 — Local government matters.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2024. Enacted.

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Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    4 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).

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Summary

Reduces the membership of the board of directors of the Indiana stadium and convention building authority (board) from seven members to three members. Provides that the director of the budget agency or the director's designee serves as chair of the board. Authorizes the solid waste management district of Vanderburgh County to make grants and loans for certain purposes. Provides that with certain exceptions a governmental entity is prohibited from requiring that a Class 2 structure or a residential onsite sewage system be inspected when a property is sold or transferred. Allows a governmental entity to require certain inspections of properties located in that part of St. Joseph County containing a designated sole source aquifer only if it has been more than 15 years since: (1) the property was last sold or transferred; or (2) the Class 2 structure or system was constructed or installed. Provides, for purposes of posting a license bond, that a political subdivision may not impose any requirement for the political subdivision to be identified as an obligee on the license bond other than the requirement in statute. Provides that certain obligors may initiate a civil action against a political subdivision that does not recognize or does not allow an obligor to post a license bond that satisfies certain requirements. Provides that, if the obligor prevails in the action, the obligor shall be awarded an amount equal to: (1) 300% of the cost of obtaining the license bond; (2) compensatory damages; and (3) reasonable attorney's fees. Provides that if a contractor: (1) has posted a license bond to obtain one license from a political subdivision; and (2) is required to obtain another license from the political subdivision to perform work that the contractor intends to perform; the contractor may not be required to post a second license bond as a condition of obtaining the second license if the type of work that the first license authorizes the contractor to perform is so closely related to the type of work that the second license will authorize the contractor to perform that both types of work are typically involved in a single residential construction project. Provides that a city, town, or county that requires a building permit for the construction of a Class 2 structure may provide for the inspection to be conducted by: (1) an individual employed by the city, town, or county, or by another city, town, or county, as a building inspector; (2) a registered architect; (3) a registered professional engineer; (4) a certified building official; or (5) a licensed home inspector.

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 157

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Motion to withdraw CCR #1: prevailed

  7. CCR # 2 filed in the Senate

  8. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 323: yeas 42, nays 5

  9. Senator Messmer added as conferee

  10. Senator Pol removed as conferee

  11. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the House; Roll Call 323: yeas 76, nays 18

  12. CCR # 2 filed in the House

  13. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  14. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  15. Representative Johnson B removed as conferee

  16. Representative Lindauer added as conferee

  17. Senate conferees appointed: Baldwin and Pol

  18. Returned to the House with amendments

  19. Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D., Rogers and Bohacek

  20. House conferees appointed: Pressel and Johnson B

  21. House dissented from Senate amendments

  22. Motion to dissent filed

  23. House advisors appointed: Miller D, May, Hall, Bauer M and Errington

  24. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 260: yeas 45, nays 3

  25. Senator Bohacek added as third sponsor

  26. Senator Bohacek removed as second sponsor

  27. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  28. Amendment #1 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote

  29. Senator Rogers added as second sponsor

  30. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  31. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

  32. Referred to the Senate

  33. Senate sponsors: Senators Baldwin and Bohacek

  34. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 82, nays 14

  35. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  36. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  37. Representative Miller D added as coauthor

  38. Authored by Representative Pressel

  39. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

Sponsors

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Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (145)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1329 do?
Reduces the membership of the board of directors of the Indiana stadium and convention building authority (board) from seven members to three members. Provides that the director of the budget agency or the director's designee serves as chair of the board. Authorizes the solid waste management district of Vanderburgh County to make grants and loans for certain purposes. Provides that with certain exceptions a governmental entity is prohibited from requiring that a Class 2 structure or a residential onsite sewage system be inspected when a property is sold or transferred. Allows a governmental entity to require certain inspections of properties located in that part of St. Joseph County containing a designated sole source aquifer only if it has been more than 15 years since: (1) the property was last sold or transferred; or (2) the Class 2 structure or system was constructed or installed. Provides, for purposes of posting a license bond, that a political subdivision may not impose any requirement for the political subdivision to be identified as an obligee on the license bond other than the requirement in statute. Provides that certain obligors may initiate a civil action against a political subdivision that does not recognize or does not allow an obligor to post a license bond that satisfies certain requirements. Provides that, if the obligor prevails in the action, the obligor shall be awarded an amount equal to: (1) 300% of the cost of obtaining the license bond; (2) compensatory damages; and (3) reasonable attorney's fees. Provides that if a contractor: (1) has posted a license bond to obtain one license from a political subdivision; and (2) is required to obtain another license from the political subdivision to perform work that the contractor intends to perform; the contractor may not be required to post a second license bond as a condition of obtaining the second license if the type of work that the first license authorizes the contractor to perform is so closely related to the type of work that the second license will authorize the contractor to perform that both types of work are typically involved in a single residential construction project. Provides that a city, town, or county that requires a building permit for the construction of a Class 2 structure may provide for the inspection to be conducted by: (1) an individual employed by the city, town, or county, or by another city, town, or county, as a building inspector; (2) a registered architect; (3) a registered professional engineer; (4) a certified building official; or (5) a licensed home inspector.
Who sponsors HB 1329?
HB 1329 is sponsored by Mike Bohacek (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican), Doug Miller (Republican), and Jim Pressel (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1329?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 1329?
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