Synopsis: Military base development. Adds additional members to the
military base planning council. Includes the Muscatatuck Training
Center in the military bases eligible for development.
Effective: July 1, 2006.
January 10, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Economic
Development and Small Business.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state
and local administration.
necessary:
(SENATE SPONSORS _ STEELE, HUME)
January 25, 2006, reported _ Do Pass.
January 30, 2006, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
February 2, 2006, read third time, passed. Yeas 97, nays 0.
February 6, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security,
Utilities, and Public Policy.
February 23, 2006, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(1) has an area of at least sixty thousand (60,000) nine hundred
(900) acres; and
(2) is used for:
(A) the design, construction, maintenance, and testing of
electronic devices and ordnance; and
(B) the training of active and reserve component forces of
the United States military.
(1) Each member of the house of representatives whose house
district includes all or part of a county that contains any part of a
military base.
(2) Each member of the senate whose senate district includes all
or part of a county that contains any part of a military base.
(3) The lieutenant governor or the lieutenant governor's designee.
(4) The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee.
(5) The commissioner of the department of environmental
management or the commissioner's designee.
(6) The commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation
or the commissioner's designee.
(7) The executive director of the state emergency management
agency department of homeland security or the executive
director's designee.
(8) The commissioner of the department of workforce
development or the commissioner's designee.
(9) The president of the Indiana economic development
corporation or the president's designee.
(10) The director of the office of energy and defense
development.
(8) (11) The following local government representatives:
(A) One (1) member of the county executive of each county
that contains all or part of a military base, appointed by the
county executive.
(B) One (1) member of the county fiscal body of each county
that contains all or part of a military base, appointed by the
county fiscal body.
(C) One (1) member:
(i) who is the executive of the municipality having the
largest population in each county that contains all or part of
a military base if that municipality is a city; or
(ii) who is appointed from the membership of the fiscal body
of that town, if a town is the municipality having the largest
population in the county.
(D) One (1) member of the legislative body of the municipality
having the largest population in each county that contains a
military base, appointed by the legislative body of that
municipality.
(E) One (1) member of the county executive of each county
listed in IC 36-7-30.5-10(4) through IC 36-7-30.5-10(6),
appointed by the county executive.
(1) Identify the public infrastructure and other community support
(A) to improve mission efficiencies; and
(B) for the development and expansion;
of military bases in Indiana.
(2) Identify existing and potential impacts of encroachment on
military bases in Indiana.
(3) Identify potential state and local government actions that can:
(A) minimize the impacts of encroachment on; and
(B) enhance the long term potential of;
military bases.
(4) Identify opportunities for collaboration among:
(A) the state, including the military department of the state;
(B) political subdivisions;
(C) military contractors; and
(D) academic institutions;
to enhance the economic potential of military bases and the
economic benefits of military bases to the state.
(5) Review state policies, including funding and legislation, to
identify actions necessary to prepare for the United States
Department of Defense Efficient Facilities Initiative scheduled to
begin in 2005.
(6) Study how governmental entities outside Indiana have
addressed issues regarding encroachment and partnership
formation described in this section.
(7) With respect to a multicounty federal and state military base
under IC 36-7-30.5:
(A) vote to require the establishment of the development
authority under IC 36-7-30.5, if necessary; and
(B) advise and submit recommendations to a development
authority board appointed under IC 36-7-30.5.