SB 283 IN

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Provides that at least 65% of the funds distributed to a county containing a consolidated city from the motor vehicle highway account (MVHA) shall be used for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways by the county and the consolidated city respectively. (Current law provides that at least 50% of the funds distributed to a county or a municipality from the MVHA is to be used for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the county or municipality's highways.) Provides that, for purposes of determining the right of the consolidated city to receive a distribution of money from the MVHA based on population, the population of all the territory of the consolidated city is considered its population. Provides that, beginning in calendar year 2024, the consolidated city must use: (1) the entire amount distributed to the consolidated city from the MVHA that is attributable to the consolidated city's population in Wayne, Pike, and Decatur townships not included in the population of the fire special service district; and (2) an appropriation that is the greater of $8,000,000 or the amount of the distribution from the MVHA that is attributable to the consolidated city's population in Wayne, Pike, and Decatur townships not included in the population of the fire special service district in the previous year; for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of the consolidated city's local streets and alleys. Requires the Indiana department of transportation (department) to: (1) conduct a study, with advisement from the consolidated city, to determine the asset condition of the consolidated city's former state highways; (2) appear before the interim study committee on roads and transportation during the 2023 legislative interim to provide testimony on the department's findings and observations from the study; and (3) not later than November 1, 2023, report the department's findings and observations to the interim study committee on roads and transportation.

• Aaron Freeman Republican · author
• Jack Sandlin · author
• Fady Qaddoura Democratic · author
• Robert Behning Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 11, 2023 Authored by Senator Freeman · upper
2. Jan 11, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations · upper
3. Feb 6, 2023 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
4. Feb 6, 2023 Senator Sandlin added as second author · upper
5. Feb 6, 2023 Senator Walker K added as coauthor · upper
6. Feb 6, 2023 Senator Qaddoura added as third author · upper
7. Feb 9, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
8. Feb 13, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 105: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
9. Feb 13, 2023 House sponsor: Representative Behning · upper
10. Feb 14, 2023 Referred to the House · upper
11. Feb 28, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation · lower
12. Apr 4, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
13. Apr 4, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 · lower
14. Apr 6, 2023 Representative Shackleford added as cosponsor · lower
15. Apr 11, 2023 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
16. Apr 11, 2023 Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor · lower
17. Apr 13, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
18. Apr 17, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 431: yeas 97, nays 1 · lower
19. Apr 18, 2023 Returned to the Senate with amendments · lower
20. Apr 19, 2023 Motion to dissent filed · upper
21. Apr 19, 2023 Senate dissented from House amendments · upper
22. Apr 20, 2023 House conferees appointed: Behning and Hamilton · lower
23. Apr 20, 2023 House advisors appointed: Pressel, Soliday, Heine, Porter and Johnson · lower
24. Apr 20, 2023 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Qaddoura · upper
25. Apr 20, 2023 Senate advisors appointed: Niezgodski and Sandlin · upper
26. Apr 25, 2023 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
27. Apr 26, 2023 CCR # 1 filed in the House · lower
28. Apr 26, 2023 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 490: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
29. Apr 26, 2023 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 515: yeas 91, nays 2 · lower
30. Apr 28, 2023 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
31. Apr 28, 2023 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
32. May 1, 2023 Signed by the Speaker · lower
33. May 4, 2023 Signed by the Governor · executive
34. May 4, 2023 Public Law 179 · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · Apr 26, 2023 · PDF
• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 11, 2023 · PDF
• Senate Bill (S) · Feb 6, 2023 · PDF
• Senate Bill (H) · Apr 4, 2023 · PDF
• Senate Bill (H) · Apr 11, 2023 · PDF