HB 1259-1_ Filed 02/22/2006, 10:13
Adopted 2/23/2006

COMMITTEE REPORT

MADAM PRESIDENT:

    The Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Utilities, and Public Policy, to which was referred House Bill No. 1259, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:

    Delete the title and insert the following:
    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (06)CR125901.1. -->     Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 4-3-21-2; (06)CR125901.1. -->     "SECTION 1. IC 4-3-21-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.5-2005, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "military base" means a United States or Indiana government military installation that:
        (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.
".
SOURCE: Page 2, line 28; (06)CR125901.2. -->     Page 2, delete lines 28 through 42, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 4-3-21-11; (06)CR125901.3. -->     "SECTION 3. IC 4-3-21-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.203-2005, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 11. The council shall do the following:
        (1) Identify the public infrastructure and other community support necessary:
            (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.".
    Delete page 3.
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1259 as printed January 26, 2006.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0.

____________________________________

    Wyss
Chairperson


CR125901/DI 71    2006