HB 1894-1_ Filed 02/21/2001, 13:29
Adopted 2/21/2001


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COMMITTEE REPORT


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MR. SPEAKER:

    Your Committee on       Local Government     , to which was referred       House Bill 1894     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 2, line 9; (01)CR189401.2. -->     Page 2, line 9, after "hearing" insert " by a one (1) time publication in accordance with IC 5-3-1 that is".
    Page 2, line 10, delete "forty-eight (48) hours" and insert " twenty (20) days".
    Page 2, line 10, delete "in accordance with" and insert " .".
    Page 2, line 11, delete "IC 5-14-1.5-5.".
    Page 3, between lines 9 and 10, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 36-4-3-4.1; (01)CR189401.4. -->     "SECTION 4. IC 36-4-3-4.1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 4.1. (a) This section applies to municipalities: the following:
        (1) A municipality having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) but less than fifteen thousand (15,000) located in a county having a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) but less than seventy-eight thousand (78,000).
        (2) A municipality having a population of more than thirty-three thousand (33,000) but less than thirty-three thousand eight

hundred fifty (33,850) located in a county having a population of more than one hundred seven thousand (107,000) but less than one hundred eight thousand (108,000). and
        (3) A municipality that is located in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
         (4) A town having a population of more than four thousand (4,000) but less than four thousand two hundred fifty (4,250).
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the legislative body of a municipality to which this section applies may, by ordinance, annex territory that:
        (1) is contiguous to the municipality;
        (2) in the case of a municipality described in subdivision subsection (a)(1) or (a)(4), has its entire area within the township within which the municipality is primarily located; and
        (3) is owned by a property owner who consents to the annexation.
    (c) Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a municipality having a population of:
        (1) more than six thousand (6,000) but less than six thousand five hundred (6,500); or
        (2) more than eight thousand seven hundred (8,700) but less than eight thousand nine hundred (8,900);
in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000).
    (d) Territory annexed under this section is exempt from all property tax liability under IC 6-1.1 for municipal purposes for all portions of the annexed territory that is classified for zoning purposes as agriculture and remains exempt from the property tax liability while the property's zoning classification remains agriculture.
    (e) There may not be a change in the zoning classification of territory annexed under this section without the consent of the owner of the annexed territory.".

SOURCE: Page 4, line 27; (01)CR189401.4. -->     Page 4, line 27, strike "sixty (60)" and insert " ninety (90)".
    Page 6, between lines 28 and 29, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (e) If a municipality decides not to continue with an annexation after the court determines that the remonstrance is sufficient, a municipality may not make further attempts to annex the territory during the four (4) years after the date the municipality

determined not to continue with the annexation.".
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1894 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Stevenson


CR189401/DI 94    2001