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Run Time: Thursday, Jan -31 -2008, 08:33 AM

HB1001 Property tax relief. ( Crawfo rd , Kenley ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Assessor, Auditor, Clerk, Commissioner, Coroner, Council, Highway, Recorders, Surveyors, Treasurers, Angie, David, Andrew

Dige st

Eliminates: (1) school tuition support levies; (2) school transportation fund levies; (3) county medical assistance to wards fund levies; (4) family and children's fund levies; (5) children's psychiatric residential treatment services fund levies; (6) c hildren with special health care needs county fund levies; (7) the state forestry fund levy; (8) the state fair fund levy; (9) the department of local government finance data base management levy; and (10) levies to pay for incarceration of juvenile delinq uents in department of correction facilities. Increases the circuit breaker credit for homesteads, certain rental property, residential mobile home parks, agricultural property, and property of certain lower and moderate income senior citizens. Provides an additional supplemental standard deduction for homesteads. Permits senior citizens to defer the payment of part of the property taxes that would otherwise be due on a homestead. Provides an additional homestead credit for 2008. Eliminates state reimbursed homestead credits, property tax replacement credits, and tax increment financing credits after 2008. Permits a sales disclosure statement to be used as an application for a homestead credit and a standard deduction. Transfers the assessment duties of town ship assessors and assessor -trustees to the county assessor. Revises assessment standards for strip -mined property, improvements to residential property, integrated steel mills, and oil refinery and petrochemical companies. Provides that noncompliance with assessment rules and policies is evidence that an assessment is incorrect. Changes the 100% deduction for inventory into an exemption. Requires the department of local government finance to establish a uniform and common property tax management system. In creases the state adjusted gross income renter's deduction, property tax deduction (for taxpayers who pay 2007 property taxes in 2008), and earned income tax credit. Imposes additional spending and property tax levy limits on political subdivisions, elimin ates excessive levy appeals, and requires spending and levies in excess of the tax and spending limits to be approved in a referendum. Transfers the duties of the county board of tax and capital projects review to the county council. Requires the county co uncil to review budgets, tax levies, and tax rates of all political subdivisions in a county. Requires nonelected bodies to get the approval of a city, town, or county fiscal body before issuing certain bonds or entering into certain leases. Requires schoo l corporations to obtain approval for certain bond issues and lease agreements in a referendum and to use standardized school building plans. Replaces the authority of a county to impose three additional local option income tax rates (i.e., annual levy gro wth rate; public safety rate; property tax replacement credit rate) with a single rate not to exceed 1%. Preserves rates imposed before January 1, 2008. Requires a study of the formulas used to distribute local option income taxes. Permits counties to reta in surplus property tax rebate distributions. Increases the gross retail and use tax to 7%. Provides adoption subsidy procedures and procedures for adjudicating and treating children in need of services and delinquent children. Establishes a school conting ency and reserve account. Establishes the transportation study committee. Makes related changes. Makes appropriations.

Date Action 01/24/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Timothy D. Skinner 01/29/2008 S: Co Sponsor Added Lindel O. Hume 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Tax and Fiscal Policy HB1016 Unclaimed money. ( VanDenburgh , Tallian ) Bill Tracks: Courts, Clerk, Andrew

Digest

DIGEST OF HB1016 (Updated January 28, 2008 9:30 am - DI 84) Unclaimed money. Requires the treasurer of state to return certain unclaimed money dir ectly to the claimant instead of returning the money to a court clerk to present the unclaimed money to the claimant. Removes a requirement that a claimant give notice to the attorney general of proceedings on a claim.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: Sponsor Added Karen Tallian 01/28/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Sue Landske 01/29/2008 S: 1st Readin g Assigned Judiciary HB1042 Intent to sell sexually explicit products. ( Goodin , Steele ) Bill Tracks: Env/Land Use, Commissioner

Digest

Requires a person that intends to sell sexua lly explicit materials, products, or services to register and file a statement with the secretary of state. Requires the secretary of state to notify certain local officials of the county in which the person locates the business. Provides that a person tha t sells sexually explicit materials, products, or services without registering and filing the statement commits a Class B misdemeanor.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (88 -5) 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Brent Steele 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added James A. Lewis HB1045 Courthouse preservation advisory commission. ( Bischoff , Merritt ) Bill Tracks: Admin, Commissioner, Council, Andrew

Digest

Establishes the courthouse preservation advisory commission. Requires the commission to provide assistance for courthouse related projects. Establishes the courthouse preservation fund. Requires the commission to submit a report to the legislative council. Makes conforming changes.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added James A. Lewis 01/28/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Robert N. Jackman, D.V.M 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading referred to C ommittee on Commerce and Public Policy & Interstate Cooperati HB1047 Local time zone public question. ( Dembowski , Broden ) Bill Tracks: Admin, Clerk, Commissioner, Andrew

Digest

Authorizes the placement of a local public question on the ballot in a county locate d on the boundary between the Central Time Zone and the Eastern Time Zone asking the voters of the county whether the county executive should petition the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings to change the time zone in which t he county is located. Provides that if the voters of the county approve the public question and the governor supports the county's petition, the county executive shall petition the Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings to change the time zon e in which the county is located.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (54 -42) 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added John E. Broden 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Rules and Legislative Procedure HB1060 Great Lakes compact. ( Pelath , Gard ) Bill Tracks: Env/Land Use, Andrew

Digest

Implements the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.

Date Action 01/24/2008 H: Sponsor Added Beverly J. Gard 01/24/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Karen Tallian 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Energy and Environmental Affairs HB1071 Funding for voting machine replacement. ( Grubb , Lawson ) Bill Tracks: Elections, Clerk, Council, Andrew

Digest

Provides for the reimbursement of a county that has purchased or will purchase a new voting system to replace a voting system that the county cannot use because the county is unable to obtain technical or other operating support for its current voting system, if the purchase is eligible for reimbursement under the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Requires that any HA VA money received after December 31, 2007 must be allocated to reimburse Boone, Cass, Parke, and Randolph counties and any other county that has purchased or will purchase a new voting system to replace a voting system that the county cannot use because th e county is unable to obtain technical or other operating support for its current voting system. Requires the secretary of state to petition the federal Election Assistance Commission for authority to use HAVA money to reimburse counties as described above . Appropriates $125,000 from the state general fund to match any HAVA money received by the state after December 31, 2007.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Connie Lawson 01/29/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Timothy D. Skinner 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Local Government and Elections HB1077 Funding for local Memorial Day celebrations. ( Ni ezgodski , Broden ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Andrew

Digest

Removes the limit on the amount a township, city, town, or county may appropriate to certain veterans' or ganizations to aid in defraying Memorial Day expenses.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (89 -0) 01/28/2008 H: Sponsor Added John E. Broden 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Local Government and Elections HB1096 Various provisions concerning courts. ( Hoy , Bray ) Bill Tracks: Courts, Clerk, Council

Digest

Allows a petition for a hardship driving license to be filed in the superior court of the county in which the petitioner resides. (Under current law the petition can be filed only in t he circuit court of the county in which the petitioner resides.) Provides, however, that if at the time a petition for a hardship driving license is filed: (1) the petitioner is a defendant in a pending case concerning the operation of a vehicle while into xicated; (2) the petitioner is on probation after being convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated; or (3) the petitioner's driving privileges have been suspended after the petitioner was convicted of committing a controlled substance offense; the petition may be filed only in the circuit court or superior court in which the case is pending or the petitioner was convicted. Removes references to the clerk of the supreme court from statutes concerning: (1) compensation of elected officials; and (2) an nual economic interest statements filed by judicial officers or candidates for judicial office who are subject to election or a retention vote. (As of January 1, 2007, the clerk of the supreme court ceased being a statewide elected office and is now appoin ted by the chief justice.) Provides that the powers of a magistrate include the power to enter a final order or judgment: (1) in a proceeding involving the small claims docket of the court; and (2) concerning protective orders to prevent domestic or family violence. Adds a second judge to the Franklin circuit court as of January 1, 2009. Abolishes the Franklin circuit court magistrate as of January 1, 2009. Abolishes the Madison county court on January 1, 2009. Increases the number of judges serving on the Madison superior court from three judges to five judges on January 1, 2009. Makes the two persons elected Madison county court judges on November 4, 2008, the fourth and fifth judges of the Madison superior court. Adds a second judge to the Miami superior court as of January 1, 2009. Provides that as of January 1, 2009: (1) the Ohio County and Switzerland County joint superior court is abolished; (2) the Jefferson County and Switzerland County joint fifth judicial circuit is abolished; and (3) Jefferson Cou nty constitutes and continues in the fifth judicial circuit and Switzerland County constitutes a new ninety -first judicial circuit. Makes transitional and conforming amendments. Allows the judge of the Dearborn and Ohio circuit court to appoint one full -ti me magistrate. Allows the judge of the St. Joseph probate court to appoint three full -time magistrates. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the commission on courts.)

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (86 -0) 01/28/2008 H: Sponsor Added Richard D. Bray 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Judiciary HB1105 Various public safety matters. ( Tincher , Bray ) Bill Tracks: Public Safety/Security, Commissioner, Council, Andrew

Digest

Increases to 65 years of age (from 60 years of a ge) the mandatory retirement age for a participant in the excise police, gaming agent, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan (plan). Caps the plan's annual retirement allowance at 75% of the participant's average annual salary. Establishes a deferred retirement option plan (DROP) for plan participants. Requires a law enforcement officer who: (1) has less than 25 years experience as a law enforcement officer; and (2) has not been employed as a law enforcement officer in the 10 years before b eing hired as a law enforcement officer; to repeat the full basic training course in order to regain law enforcement powers. Provides that a law enforcement officer who has at least 25 years experience as a law enforcement officer is not required to repeat the full basic training course but is required to attend a refresher course and a pre -basic training course to regain law enforcement powers. Provides that a governmental body may transfer property to the board of fire trustees of a fire protection distri ct or the provider unit of a fire protection territory under the same circumstances that property may be transferred to a volunteer fire department. Provides that a participating unit in a fire protection territory may transfer any money belonging to the p articipating unit to the fire protection territory fund, the fire protection territory equipment replacement fund, or both funds. Legalizes any transfer of money from a participating unit to a fire protection territory before July 1, 2008. Provides that wh en a fire protection territory dissolves, title to any real property transferred to the provider unit reverts to the participating unit that transferred the real property to the provider unit.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added John M. Waterman 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Thomas J. Wyss 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Timothy D. Skinner HB1108 Sheriff's compensation. ( Buell , Merritt ) Bill Tracks: Admin, Council, Andrew

Digest

Provides that the maximum annual compensation for a county sheriff is the sum of: (1) the annual minimum salary that would be paid by the state to a full -time prosecuting attorney in the county; and (2) the amount of any additional annual salary paid by the county from county sources to a full -time prosecuting attorney in the county . Provides that the compensation limit applies to a sheriff elected or reelected to office after November 1, 2010. Requires the sheriff to deposit into the county general fund any tax warrant collection fees that would, if retained by the sheriff, result i n the sheriff's annual compensation exceeding the allowed amount. Requires amounts deposited in a county's general fund under this provision to be used to reduce any unfunded liability of a sheriff's pension trust plan established for the county's sheriff' s department. Provides that any amounts remaining after applying money to the unfunded liability must be applied to the costs of operating the county's sheriff's department.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: Sponsor Added James W. Merritt, Jr. 01/28/2008 H: Co Author Added Cindy Noe 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Local Government and Elections HB1111 Requirements for recording documents and copies. ( Foley , Lawson ) Bill Tracks: Admin, Recorders, Andrew

Digest

Requires (rather than allows) a recorder to record a document or a copy of a document if: (1) the document complies with other statutory recording requirements; and (2) the document or copy will produce a clear and unobstructed copy. Provides that a recorded copy has the same effect as if the original document had b een recorded.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Connie Lawson 01/29/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added John E. Broden 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Local Government and Elections HB1118 Alcoholic beverages. ( VanHaaften ) Bill Track: Angie

Digest Defines "grocery store" for purposes of the law concerning alcohol and tobacco. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to renew or transfer ownership of a beer dealer's permit for a beer dealer who: (1) held a permit before July 1, 2008; and (2) has retail property that does not qualify for a permit as a grocery store. Provides that for an establishment to receive a permit as a grocery store, the establishment's sale of alcohol must represent 25% or less of the annual gross sales of all items sold on the premises excluding gasoline and oil products. Requires the commission to: (1) conduct random unannounced inspections of locations where alcoholic beverages are sold or distributed; and (2) provide notice of a pending investigation at least 15 days before the investigation. (Current law requires 30 days.) Allows a person at least 18 years o f age and less than 21 years of age to receive or purchase alcoholic beverages as part of an enforcement action. Changes the quota provision for liquor dealers and beer dealers. Provides that after July 1, 2008, the alcohol and tobacco commission may issue not more than five one, two, or 3 -way permits to restaurants in economic development areas in most cities and towns. Provides for auctioning of the permits and for renewals. Provides that if the 2010 decennial census authorizes additional permits, the thr ee -way permits issued under this subsection must be subtracted from any additional three -way permits. Provides for graduated civil penalties against a permittee for repeat violations of furnishing alcohol to a minor on the licensed premises and for the col lected penalties to be deposited in the enforcement and administration fund. Provides that civil penalties for violations of tobacco laws concerning sales to minors are the same as penalties for selling alcohol to minors. Requires a member of a local alcoh olic beverage board (local board) to complete a training program to educate the member on alcoholic beverage law and the operation of the local board and the commission. Requires a local board member to be removed if the member does not complete the traini ng within six months after the member is appointed. Provides that members appointed before January 1, 2009, have until July 1, 2009, to receive training. Requires a local board to allow all individuals attending a public local board meeting or hearing to m ake oral comments at the meeting or hearing regarding the subject of the meeting or hearing. Allows a local board to give greater weight to oral comments provided by a person who owns or operates a business, owns real property, or resides within 1,000 feet of the requested location of an alcoholic beverage permit. Requires a liquor dealer (other than a package liquor store) to display liquor in a clearly separated area that prohibits the presence of a minor unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or gua rdian. Changes the notice requirements for new permits and permit transfers. Removes the limits on the number of guests and duration of an event where an excursion and adjacent landsite permit holder provides alcoholic beverages to guests without charge. Allows a local board to appoint at least one attorney to assist the local board in fulfilling its duties. Requires the commission to give notice: (1) by mail to the local board if an objection has been filed and of the date of any appeal hearing set by the commission; and (2) by publication of the date of any appeal hearing set by the commission. Allows a small brewery to sell and deliver beer to a consumer. Removes a provision that allows a large brewery to sell and deliver beer to a consumer. Prohibits a b eer wholesaler from selling beer to a consumer other than an employee. Allows liquor retailers and liquor dealers to provide six ounce samples of flavored malt beverages and hard cider. Allows a liquor wholesaler to sell liquor in an amount not to exceed 1 8 liters to an employee of the liquor wholesaler. Establishes requirements for a wine wholesaler to resell wine purchased at an estate sale. Provides a wholesaler with immunity from product liability for wine that was purchased at an estate sale. Makes it a Class D felony for a wholesaler to sell an unauthorized brand of alcoholic beverages and allows an injured permittee to bring a civil action against the wholesaler. Prohibits a permittee from knowingly or intentionally coercing another permittee to enter into an agreement or take an action that violates the alcoholic beverage statutes and rules. (Current law prohibits only a primary source of supply or a beer wholesaler from coercing a beer wholesaler.) Provides that if a beer wholesaler's warehouse is tr ansferred, the warehouse does not have to be transferred to a location within an incorporated area. Requires criteria, established jointly by the Indiana department of transportation and the office of tourism development, for tourist attraction signage to include a category for a tourist attraction that is a small brewery. Requires alcoholic beverage sales in a drug store or grocery store to be rung up by a sales clerk who: (1) has an employee permit; (2) has alcohol server training; and (3) is at least 19 years of age. Prohibits a proprietor of a package liquor store, drug store, or grocery store from allowing any person who is not a sales clerk from ringing up an alcoholic beverage sale. Allows the sale of alcoholic beverages on New Year's day for off prem ises consumption. Provides that an airline employee does not have to obtain an employee permit to sell alcoholic beverages. Allows an outdoor place of public entertainment used primarily in connection with live music concerts to allow a person to enter its establishment with alcoholic beverages and consume the alcoholic beverages on the premises. Provides that the commission has certain powers regarding enforcement of the tobacco laws. Removes a provision that enforcement officers of the commission must be employed so that not more than ? are members of the same political party. Allows the commission to approve trainer programs (to educate individuals on training alcohol servers) by third parties that meet certain requirements. Requires a grocery store that holds a permit to report annually to the commission the amount of the permit holder's establishment's annual gross sales of food. Requires the commission to notify the local board, upon request, as to whether the grocery store meets the local board's estab lished amount. Changes: (1) the term of an employee's permit from two to three years; and (2) the fee to correspond with the term change. Increases the penalty for furnishing an alcoholic beverage to a minor to: (1) a Class B misdemeanor for the first offe nse; (2) a Class A misdemeanor for a subsequent offense; and (3) a Class D felony if the illegal furnishing of the alcoholic beverage results in serious bodily injury to or the death of any person. Provides that a violation occurs if a person recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally furnishes an alcoholic beverage to a minor. (Current law provides that a violation occurs if a person recklessly furnishes an alcoholic beverage to a minor.) Makes conforming changes.

Date Action 01/24/2008 H: Amendment #2 (B ell), prevailed; Voice Vote 01/28/2008 H: Co Author Added Suzanne Crouch 01/29/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (73 -19) HB1124 Sheriffs' and deputies' surviving spouse pension. ( Goodin , R. Meeks ) Bill Tracks: Public Safety/Security, Council, Angie

Digest

Authorizes a county to provide a cost of living adjustment (COLA) to a surviving spouse of an employee beneficiary of a sheriff's department's pension trust.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Robert L. Meeks 01/29/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added James A. Lewis 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Pensions and Labor HB1144 Failure to report a dead body. ( Pelath , Steele ) Bill Tracks: Coroner, Shawna

Digest

A person who discovers or has custody of the body of a deceased person and who knowingly or intentionally fails to report the dead body to a public safety officer, coroner, physician, or 911 tel ephone call center within three hours of finding the body, when it appears the deceased person died by violence, suicide, accident, or under certain other suspicious or unusual circumstances, commits failure to report a dead body, a Class A misdemeanor.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Brent Steele 01/29/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Jim Arnold 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters HB1145 Tax delinquent properties. ( Pelath , Boots ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Auditor, Co mmissioner, Angie

Digest

Provides that a county may transfer real property for which the county holds a tax deed to an abutting landowner for no consideration or nominal consideration. Provides that a political subdivision that acquires real property from a county at a time when the county holds a tax deed for the real property may also transfer the real property to an abutting landowner for no consideration or nominal consideration. Provides for notice to all abutting landowners before a county or other p olitical subdivision initiates negotiations for sale or transfer of the real property.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: Sponsor Added Phil Boots 01/28/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Adde d Jim Arnold 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Local Government and Elections HB1156 Police and firefighter death benefits. ( Tyler , M. Young ) Bill Tracks: Public Safety/Security, Andrew

Digest

Increases from $9,000 to $12,000 the death benefit payable to the heirs or estates of active and retired members of the 1925 police pension fund, the 1937 fi refighters' pension fund, the 1953 police pension fund, and the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (93 -0) 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added R. Michael Young 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Pensions and Labor HB1164 Property tax deduction for model residences. ( Herrell , Kenley ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Assessor, Auditor, Angie

Digest

Subject to certain restrictions, allows a 100% property tax deduction for a model residence for not more than: (1) an assessment date for which the residence is partially assessed; and (2) the first three years for which the residence is fully assessed. Specifies procedures for obtaining a deduction. Provides that not more than three model residences in Indiana owned by the same owner or an affiliated group of owners may qualify for the deduction for an assessment date.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Howard "Luke" Kenley 01/29/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added James A. Lewis 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Tax and Fiscal Policy HB1179 Recovery for restraint of trade. ( Moses , Bray ) Bill Tracks: Admin, Commissioner, Andrew Digest

Authorizes the attorney general to bring suit on behalf of the state or a political subdivision to recover direct or indirect damages suffered by the state as the result of certain unlawful acts in restraint of trade. Provides that a prevailing plaintiff is also entitled to treble damages and reasonable costs and attorney's fees.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: Sponsor Add ed Richard D. Bray 01/28/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Tim Lanane 01/29/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Judiciary HB1196 Various election law matters. ( Pierce , Landske ) Bill Tracks: Elections, Clerk, Andrew

Digest

Makes the following changes in election law: (1) Provides that an identification document issued by the Department of Defense, a branch of the uniformed services, the Merchant Marine, or the Indiana National Guard that has an indefinite expiration date, an identification issued by an approved institution of higher le arning, or a Medicare card is an acceptable proof of identification to vote. (2) Provides that an individual confined to a long term care facility may not be challenged solely on the basis that the address on the individual's application for an absentee ba llot differs from the address shown on the individual's voter registration record. (3) Provides that certain individuals under the supervision of the criminal justice system may not be employed by a county board of voter registration. (4) Provides that a p erson who is subject to lawful detention but has not been convicted of a crime is eligible to register and vote until the person has been convicted of a crime and imprisoned following conviction. (5) Provides that poll clerks and assistant poll clerks may ask a voter to show proof of identification. (6) Provides that a voter who executes an affidavit at the polls and is indigent or has a religious objection to being photographed is not required to present proof of identification. (7) Permits a voter who is qualified to vote in person to vote by absentee ballot. Removes all other qualifications for a voter to vote by absentee ballot except for a voter with disabilities who is unable to make a voting mark on the ballot or sign the absentee ballot secrecy envel ope. (Such a disabled voter is currently required to vote before an absentee voter board.) (8) Provides that when a voter votes as an absentee voter, the voter's signature on the absentee ballot affidavit shall be compared with the signature on the voter's voter registration record. (9) Permits all absentee ballot envelopes and related voter applications that will be sent to the same precinct to be enclosed in the same carrier envelope. (10) Provides for the counting of an absentee ballot received by the co unty election board before the close of the polls on election day if the ballot is not otherwise successfully challenged. (11) Requires the secretary of state to publish an analysis of provisional voting in Indiana for each year in which a general or a mun icipal election is held. (12) Requires the counting of a ballot that has been marked and cast by a voter in compliance with election law, but may otherwise not be counted solely as the result of the act or failure to act of an election officer unless evide nce of fraud, tampering, or misconduct affecting the integrity of the ballot is presented. (13) Makes the beginning date of absentee voting in the clerk's office or a satellite office one day later than under current law. (14) Requires a rejected absentee ballot to be treated as a provisional ballot. Requires the county election board to send a notice to a voter whose absentee ballot has been rejected providing certain information. Requires the county election board to meet before noon ten days after an ele ction to provide provisional voters an opportunity to make a presentation in support of the validity of the provisional ballot and to determine which provisional ballots shall be counted. Makes certain procedural changes in processing provisional ballots. (15) Requires the judges, in the presence of the inspector, to take all reasonable actions to register a voter's vote when the voter voting on a direct record electronic voting machine has left the voting both without recording the voter's votes. (16) Perm its a county election board to inspect the register or other recording device on an electronic voting system without obtaining the authority of the state recount commission. (17) Provides that an individual elected treasurer of state takes office January 1 following the individual's election. Provides that the individual elected treasurer of state at the 2006 election vests as a member of PERF if the individual is reelected as treasurer of state at the 2010 election and serves in office until January 1, 201 5. Establishes 65 years of age with at least eight years of creditable service as the normal retirement age for a state officer listed in Article 6, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. (18) Provides for the initiation of the change of a school corporation's organization plan if 10% of the active voters in the school corporation sign a petition for the change. (Under current law, 20% of the voters in a school corporation must support a petition for a change in the school corporation's orga nization plan.) (19) Repeals the following statutes: a statute providing that an absentee ballot may not be counted if the ballot does not contain initials of certain election officials; a statute relating to opening absentee ballot envelopes; a statute th at requires a provisional ballot to be rejected if it does not contain certain initials; and a statute imposing criminal penalties for the inspection of a voting system without the permission of the recount commission.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Amendmen t #1 (Pierce), prevailed; Voice Vote 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Sue Landske 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (66 -27) HB1204 Emergency alert system advisory committee. ( Crooks , Kruse ) Bill Tracks: Public Safety/Security, Commissioner, Andrew

Digest

Establishes the emergency alert system advisory committee to: (1) develop, update , and monitor the effectiveness of the state emergency alert system plan; (2) make recommendations concerning acquisition of appropriate technology and equipment to make the emergency notification system effective on a timely basis in all portions of India na; and (3) through the state police department, purchase appropriate technology and equipment to equip local primary relaying stations with monitoring equipment. Appropriates $350,000 from the state general fund to the state police department for the comm ittee's expenses during the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Robert L. Meeks 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Brent Steele 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Karen Tallian HB1220 Regional development. ( Dobis , Charbonnea u) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Angie

Digest

Establishes a transportation tax area for the territory within Lake County and Porter County. Provides for an allocation to the transportation tax area from the state gross retail and use taxes collected from the counties. Requires the development board of the northwest Indiana regional development authority to use the allocation for projects related to the West Lake line. Establishes a transportation tax area for the territory within LaPorte County and St . Joseph County. Provides for an allocation to the transportation tax area from the state gross retail and use taxes collected from the counties. Requires the board of trustees of the Northwest Indiana Commuter Transportation District to use the tax alloca tion for certain rail improvement projects in South Bend and Michigan City. Requires a city or county that participates in the northwest Indiana Regional development authority to remain a member for at least 10 years. Prescribes the terms for withdrawing f rom the development authority. Makes an appropriation.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Edward E. Charbonneau 01/29/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Karen Tallian 01/29/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Howard "Luke" Kenley HB1244 Common school fund; certification fee. ( Reardon , Lawson ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Auditor, Commissioner, Council, Treasurers, Angie

Digest

Allows for the transfer of congressional township school funds held by various counties to the treasurer of state. Provides that the certification fee charged for parcels of real property on which fees are delinquent is due when the next installment of real property taxes is billed. (Current law provides that the certification fee is due when the next May installment of real property taxes is billed.)

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: 2nd Reading Order Engrossed 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Connie Lawson 01/29/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (95 -0) HB1245 Mass transit funding. ( Austin , Paul ) Bill Tracks: Transportation, Commissioner, Highway, Angie

Digest

Provides that a public transportation corporation located in a county having a c onsolidated city may receive each year, at the election of the public transportation corporation, 3% of the county's certified distribution of county option income tax revenue for the year. Establishes the regional transportation authority formation fund. Provides that a county, city, or town located with in a regional transit authority may establish a transit development district to improve transportation infrastructure within the transit development district. Provides that a transit development district c aptures a part of the sales taxes collected in the transit development district. Requires the fiscal body of the unit establishing a transit development district to appropriate the captured revenues to the regional transit authority. Requires a regional tr ansit authority to distribute 25% of any funds received from a transit development district to the regional transportation authority formation fund. Provides the fund shall be administered by the Indiana department of transportation. Requires the money in the fund to be used to make matching grants of up to 20% of the costs incurred by a county or municipality in establishing a regional transportation authority. Repeals the automated transit district statute.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Vi Simpson 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added James W. Merritt, Jr. 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Earline S. Rogers HB1250 State park development and funding for the NAIAC. ( Klinker , Hershman ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Angie

Digest

Requires 50% of the Tippecanoe County innkeeper's tax revenue to be deposited in a special account through December 2029 (rather than December 2014 as provided in current law). Provides that 60% (rather than 75%) of the amounts deposited in the special account must be distributed to the department of natural resources. Provides that 20% (rather than 25%) of the amounts deposited in the special account must be distributed to a community development corporation. Provides that through December 2029, 20% of the amounts deposited in the speci al account must be distributed to Historic Prophetstown. Provides that an alternative distribution schedule applies after December 2029 (rather than December 2014). Requires the Indiana finance authority to issue a bond for the development of a state park. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to design the Indiana Native American trust license plate with the advice of the Native American Indian affairs commission (NAIAC). Provides that money in the Indiana Native American trust fund must be paid to Histori c Prophetstown through 2008 and to the NAIAC beginning in 2009.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Ron Alting 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Earline S. Rogers 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Connie W. Sipes HB1253 Manual on uniform traffic control devices. ( Saunders , Boots ) Bill Tracks: Transportation, Highway, Angie

Digest

Provides that the Indiana department of transportation shall adopt the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways by order of the commissioner of the de partment of transportation with a letter of concurrence from the Federal Highway Administration rather than by adopting rules.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: 2nd Reading Order Engrossed 01/29/2008 H: Sponsor Added Phil Boots 01/29/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (93 -0) HB1273 Compensation for emergency or disaster training. ( Tincher , Waterman ) Bill Tracks: Public Safety/Security, Commissioner, Andrew

Digest

Provides immunity to districts and responders for injury, death, or property damage during a training event conducted in preparation for: (1) a homeland security emergency; (2) a federal, state, or local disaster; or (3) civilian and infrastructure protection and support. Provides that the medical treatment and burial expense provisions of the worker's compensation and occupational disease law apply to responders during training ev ents. Provides for a $150,000 death benefit to the survivors of a responder who dies as the direct result of personal injury or illness resulting from an action that the responder was obligated or authorized to perform during a training event. Provides for reimbursement for equipment damage or loss, services provided, and other expenses incurred by a district during a training event. Establishes the responder assistance fund for the purpose of paying compensation and reimbursements for training events to re sponders and districts. Annually appropriates from the state general fund an amount sufficient to maintain the fund balance at $1 million.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Timothy D. Skinner 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Jim Arnold 01/30/2008 H: Co Author Added Cleo Duncan HB1275 Local government copying fees. ( Stemler , Sipes ) Bill Tracks: Admin, Assessor, Auditor, Clerk, Commissioner, Coroner, Council, Highway, Recorders, Surveyors, Treasurers, Andrew

Digest

DIGEST OF HB1275 (Updated January 28, 2008 7 :32 pm - DI 84) Local government copying fees. Defines the "actual cost" to a local government agency of copying a public record.

Date Action 01/28/2008 H: 2nd Reading Order Engrossed 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Connie W. Sipes 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (95 -0) HB1280 Energy efficient buildings. ( Pierce , Hershman ) Bil l Tracks: Env/Land Use, Commissioner, Andrew

Digest

Requires a building or structure constructed, reconstructed, repaired, altered, or retrofitted under certain public works contracts entered into after December 31, 2008, to be designed with the goal of a chieving the silver rating under the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, the Green Globes Two Globes level, or an equivalent standard under an equivalent rating system that is accredite d by the American National Standards Institute. Provides that the certification requirement does not apply to a public works contract entered into by a school corporation. Provides that for state agency purchases, there is a 5% price preference for certain office equipment that is compliant with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star ratings. Allows the Indiana economic development corporation to adopt rules allowing the corporation to give priority to economic development projects th at meet or surpass the standards of the leadership in energy and environmental design ratings systems developed by the U.S. Green Building Council or the Green Building Initiative.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Brandt Hershman 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Vi Simpson 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Added Jean Breaux HB1292 Flags on public buildings to be made in USA. ( Bartlett , Smith ) Bill Tracks: Admin, Angie

Digest

Provides an absolute purchasing preference for United States and Indiana flags manufactured in the United States. Provides that if there are no flags manufactured in the United States that meet the specifications of the purchasing agent, the purchasing agent may purchase flags manufactured outside the United States.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: 2nd Reading Order Engrossed 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Samuel Smith 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (95 -0) HB1293 Taxation. ( GiaQuinta , Broden ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Auditor, Angie Digest

Establishes a procedure for the submission of a sales disclosure form for a homestead by November 1 to constitute an applicatio n for the homestead credit, the standard deduction, and certain property tax deductions for property taxes payable in the immediately succeeding year. Provides that submission of the sales disclosure form after November 1 constitutes an application for the next succeeding year. In cases where that procedure does not apply, changes the deadline for application for the credit and deductions from June 10 to November 1. Establishes November 1 as the date of ownership to qualify for certain deductions. Directs t he department of local government finance to prescribe before July 1, 2008, a new sales disclosure form that must include information to allow the form to serve as an application. Allows a county auditor to reduce the assessed value used to set tax rates t o take into account deductions resulting from applications filed late in the year. Provides that changes in information reported by the county auditor to political subdivisions resulting from applications filed late in the year do not result in withholding of property tax replacement revenue by the state. Authorizes the designation of property maintenance areas (PMA) in any municipality. Provides that the fiscal body of a municipality may designate a PMA and provide a certification for qualified expenditure s made for certain maintenance activities performed on certain property in a PMA. Provides a state tax credit for taxpayers that have received a certification of qualified expenditures made in a PMA, and provides that a taxpayer is not entitled to a carryb ack, carryover, or refund of an unused credit. Requires the department of state revenue and the county auditor to reduce the amount of the municipality's county option income tax allocation by an amount equal to the total amount of income tax credits award ed for property maintenance in the municipality. Allows certain taxpayers to claim interstate commerce exemptions for certain inventory for the 2004, 2005, and 2006 assessment dates by filing amended returns before March 1, 2008. Provides that the amended returns are considered to have been timely filed.

Date Action 01/29/2008 H: Co Author Added Terry A. Goodin 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added John E. Broden 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (93 -0) HB1297 Publication of notices. ( Hinkle , Gard ) Bill T racks: Admin, Auditor, Commissioner, Council, Angie

Digest

Provides that a notice published in a newspaper must also be posted on the newspaper's Internet web site if the newspaper maintains a web site that the general public may access without entering a password or paying a fee. Eliminates the requirement that a city publish the ordinance setting the salaries of elected city officers. Requires the disclosure in the annual report of a city or town and the annual abstract of receipts and expenditures of a county of the total payment made to each vendor paid more than $2,500, except that this disclosure need not exceed 200 vendors. Requires cities, towns, and counties to publish salaries of officers, deputies, and employees only if the salary exceeds a certa in amount. Requires all political subdivisions with a budget of at least $300,000 and the power to levy a tax to publish an annual report (if not required under any other statute to publish an annual report) of: (1) the receipts and expenditures of the pol itical subdivision, including the salaries of officers, deputies, and employees if the salary exceeds a certain amount; and (2) the total payment made to each vendor paid more than $2,500, except that this disclosure need not exceed 200 vendors. Requires a school corporation to publish a listing of positions that receive extracurricular salaries or stipends for school activities that exceed $1,000. Allows a political subdivision publishing notice under IC 5 -3-1 to publish in only one newspaper in the politi cal subdivision (instead of two newspapers), if only one newspaper is published in the political subdivision. Allows a newspaper or qualified publication to increase the basic publication charges that were in effect during the previous year by an amount eq ual to the lesser of: (1) the average of the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for the preceding two years; or (2) the maximum annual percentage increase in the spending of political subdivisions for the year under any spending cap limit enacted into law. Requires public notice advertisements to be in at least 7 point type. Requires a sheriff to publish notice of a mortgage foreclosure sale in at least two newspapers (instead of one newspaper) in each county where the real estate is locat ed, unless only one newspaper is published in a county. Eliminates the requirement that counties publish claims (except for court allowances) in advance of payment. (Current law does not require municipalities to follow this procedure.) Makes conforming am endments.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (93 -1) 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Beverly J. Gard 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Robert J. Deig HB 1318 Spinal cord and brain injury fund; law enforcement continuing education ( Mays , Becker ) Bill Tracks: Courts, Clerk, Andrew

Digest

Eliminates the $10 registration fee on motorcycles that is designated for deposit in the spinal cord and brain injury fund. Provides for a fee of fifty cents to be collected after December 31, 2008, for registr ation of certain vehicles, to be deposited in the spinal cord and brain injury fund. Repeals the law establishing the spinal cord and brain injury fund, and re -enacts the law under a different citation number to resolve a technical conflict between P.L.193 -2007 and P.L.234 -2007, which resulted in the addition of two different laws with the same citation number. Increases the law enforcement continuing education program fee from $3 to $4. Makes an appropriation.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (91 -5) 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Vaneta Becker 01/30/2008 H: 2n d Sponsor Added Patricia L. Miller HB1319 Property tax matters. ( Grubb , Kenley ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Assessor, David

Digest

Provides that land that has a forest canopy covering at least 50% of the area of the land and that was assessed as agricultural land for the March 1, 2005, assessment date is considered to be devoted to agricultural use and shall be assessed as agricultural land for taxation purposes unless: (1) the land is rezoned; (2) the land is divided into two or more parcels; (3) the ownership of the land is conveyed or transferred; or (4) there is a substantial change in the use of the land. With respect to an excessive levy appeal based on increased costs to a civil taxing unit resulting from annexation, consolidation, or other extensions of governmental services by the unit to additional geographic areas or persons: (1) eliminates the restriction against an appeal after 2009; (2) allows an appeal in the first year increased costs are incurred and the immediately succeeding four years; and (3) makes the excessive levy for a year a permanent part of the unit's maximum permissible levy for succeeding years.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Howard "Luke" Kenley 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Timothy D. Skinner 01/30/2008 H: Co Sponsor Adde d Jeff Drozda HB1329 Sex offenses and children. ( Reske , Wyss ) Bill Tracks: Courts, Commissioner, Shawna

Digest

Provides that, as a condition of probation or parole, a sex offende r: (1) must consent to the search of the sex offender's computer at any time; (2) must permit installation on the sex offender's computer or device with Internet capability of hardware or software to monitor the sex offender's Internet usage; (3) may be pr ohibited by a probation or parole officer from using or accessing certain web sites, chat rooms, or instant messaging programs; and (4) may not delete, erase, or tamper with information on the sex offender's computer that relates to Internet usage. Require s a school corporation to include a mandatory instructional unit on safely using the Internet for grades 3 and above. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person at least 21 years of age to propose a face to face meeting with a child less than 14 years of age by computer network or cellular telephone text message if the communication between the parties involves a reference to sexual activity, and enhances the crime to a Class D felony for a second or subsequent offense. Specifically provides that law enfor cement officials may seize computers and other equipment used to commit or facilitate sex crimes. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) photographs a person who is in a state of nudity and is in an area in which a person would reasonab ly be expected to disrobe; and (2) fails to destroy the image that was photographed, shows the image to another person, publishes the image, or makes the image available on the Internet, after the person who was photographed asks the person to destroy or n ot show the image, commits photographic voyeurism, a Class A misdemeanor. Prohibits an offender against children from entering or loitering within 1,000 feet of school property, a youth program center, or a public park if the offender knows that children a re present. Provides a defense if the offender enters the school property, youth program center, or public park to vote, or if the offender enters a school to attend a meeting with school personnel concerning the offender's child and the offender: (1) has notified the school that the person is an offender against children; and (2) is accompanied by a school employee to and from the meeting.

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Reading Pass (95 -0) 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Thomas J. Wyss 01/30/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Karen Tallian HB1360 Mortgage lending issues. ( Bardon , Bray ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Assessor, Auditor, Clerk, Angie

Digest

Requires the homeowner protection unit (unit) within the attorney general's office to establish a to ll free telephone number to receive calls from persons having information about suspected fraudulent transactions and practices concerning residential real estate transactions. Requires the unit to share information reported by callers to the telephone num ber with appropriate law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) to establish an electronic system for the collection and storage of sales disclosure form data for real estate conveyances. Provides th at the system must allow closing agents to input the sales disclosure form data into the system; and (2) submit the form electronically to a data base maintained by the DLGF. Requires the DLGF to make the data base accessible to county auditors, county and township assessors, and the legislative services agency. Requires the DLGF to establish electronic systems that automatically apply: (1) the mortgage deduction to a person entitled to the deduction; and (2) the homestead credit to a person entitled to the credit. Provides that the systems must allow closing agents to: (1) input information about the mortgage transaction that is the basis for the deduction or the credit; and (2) submit the form electronically to data bases maintained by the DLGF. Requires t he DLGF to make the data bases accessible to county auditors. Requires a county auditor to accept an electronic filing for the mortgage deduction or the homestead credit if the filing is complete. Prohibits a county auditor from requiring any other informa tion or form of identification for a person to claim the mortgage deduction or the homestead credit. Requires the DLGF to establish an electronic system for the collection and storage of the: (1) names; and (2) license, registration, or certificate numbers ; of certain professionals that participate in or assist with residential mortgage transactions. Provides that the system must allow closing agents to: (1) input the required information with respect to each professional involved in the transaction; and (2 ) submit the form electronically to a data base maintained by the DLGF. Requires the DLGF to make the data base accessible to: (1) the state agencies responsible for regulating the specified professionals; and (2) the homeowner protection unit in the attor ney general's office. For residential mortgage transactions that close after June 30, 2008, and before January 1, 2010, requires a closing agent to do the following at the time of closing: (1) In the case of a first lien purchase money mortgage transaction , provide the customer with the sales disclosure form prescribed by the DLGF and the applications for the homestead credit and the mortgage deduction. (2) In the case of a refinancing, provide the customer with the application for the mortgage deduction. ( 3) Require the customer to complete and sign the form or forms provided. (3) Collect the signed and completed forms for filing. (4) Inform the customer of other specified property tax deductions by providing the customer with a form prescribed by the DLGF that describes the deductions. Requires the closing agent to file the signed forms with the appropriate county auditor. For a residential mortgage transaction that closes after December 31, 2009, requires a closing agent to input and submit the following i nformation to the appropriate data bases maintained by the DLGF, as applicable: (1) Information to enable the customer to obtain the mortgage deduction and the homestead credit. (2) Sales disclosure form data. (4) The names and license, certificate, or reg istration numbers of specified professionals involved in the transaction. Specifies that evidence of compliance with the licensing and registration requirements for loan brokers, originators, and principal managers shall include a national criminal history background check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Specifies that the securities commissioner (commissioner) shall require each: (1) equitable owner of a loan brokerage business; (2) director, manager, or officer of an applicant for licensure as a loan broker; and (3) applicant for registration as an originator or a principal manager; to submit fingerprints for a national criminal history background check by the FBI. Prohibits the commissioner from releasing the results of a national criminal h istory background check to a private entity. Allows the commissioner to designate a multistate automated licensing system and repository (system) as the sole entity responsible for processing applications for: (1) licenses for loan brokers; and (2) certifi cates of registration for originators and principal managers. Increases the amount of the bond that a licensed loan broker must maintain with the commissioner from $50,000 to $100,000. Eliminates the exemption from the loan broker statute for persons autho rized to make loans on behalf of, or insured by, certain federal agencies. Specifies that a loan broker is subject to the state statute requiring disclosure of a breach of the security of any records: (1) maintained by the broker; and (2) containing the pe rsonal information of a borrower or prospective borrower. Prohibits loan brokers, originators, and principal managers from disposing of unencrypted, unredacted personal information with respect to borrowers or prospective borrowers without first taking cer tain actions to render the personal information illegible or unusable. Prohibits a person from performing specified acts in connection with a contract for the services of a loan broker. Provides that first lien mortgage transactions are subject to regulati on under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC). Requires a creditor, a mortgage servicer, or an agent of a creditor to acknowledge a written offer made in connection with a proposed short sale of property that is subject to a mortgage that is at least 10 days delinquent. Provides that the acknowledgment must be provided not later than 10 business days after the date of the offer. Requires the creditor, servicer, or agent to accept or reject the short sale offer not later than 20 business days after receip t of the offer. For an adjustable rate mortgage, requires a creditor to provide a one page disclosure document that provides the following information: (1) The mortgage transaction's fully indexed rate. (2) The maximum monthly payment that could be require d under the terms of the mortgage transaction, including amounts owed for taxes and insurance, if the creditor will establish an escrow account for taxes and insurance. Provides that a creditor is not liable to the debtor or any other person if the estimat e of monthly taxes and insurance provided in the disclosure document differs from the actual taxes and insurance owed at any time during the mortgage. Specifies that a violation of the home loan practices act is a deceptive act subject to action by the att orney general. For a deceptive act involving home loan practices, increases: (1) the damages that may be awarded to an aggrieved consumer; and (2) the amount of the civil penalties that may be imposed on a violator. Provides that any civil penalties collec ted by the attorney general shall be deposited in the home owner protection unit account in the general fund. Prohibits a creditor from recommending or issuing to a prospective borrower: (1) a stated income or no documentation loan; or (2) a home loan if t he creditor does not first conduct a reasonable inquiry into the prospective borrower's creditworthiness. Provides that if a creditor conducts a reasonable inquiry, the creditor is not liable if the borrower later defaults on a home loan issued by the cred itor. Requires settlement service providers to make closing documents available to borrowers at least 48 hours before the closing. Provides that if terms of the home loan set forth in the documents provided differ from t

Date Action 01/30/2008 H: 3rd Re ading Pass (92 -1) 01/30/2008 H: Sponsor Added Richard D. Bray 01/3 0/2008 H: 2nd Sponsor Added Tim Lanane SB0001 Limits on school and child welfare levies. ( Lubbers , Crawford ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Auditor, Commissioner, Council, Angie, David, Andrew

Digest

Terminates, beginning January 1, 2010: (1) the medical assistance to wards property tax levy; (2) the family and children's property tax levy; (3) the children's psychiatric residential treatment services property tax levy; (4) the ch ildren with special health care needs property tax levy; (5) the maximum permissible tuition support levy; and (6) the county supplemental school financing property tax levy. Specifies that the termination of the tuition support levy does not prohibit a sc hool corporation from imposing a referendum tax levy. Makes related changes.

Date Action 01/22/2008 S: 3rd Reading Pass (48 -0) 01/22/2008 S: Spons or Added William A. Crawford 01/22/2008 S: Co Sponsor Added Jeffrey K. Espich SB0002 School board elections at general election time. ( Becker , Lubbers , Merritt , Welch ) Bill Tracks: Election s, Clerk, Andrew

Digest

Requires that school board members selected by election must be elected at general elections. Repeals obsolete statutes.

Date Action 01/17/2008 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted 01/22/2008 S: 2nd Reading Order Engrossed 01 /30/2008 H: 1st Reading Assigned Elections and Apportionment SB0004 Reduction of credit tim e for sex offenders. ( Drozda , L. Lawson ) Bill Tracks: Public Safety/Security, Shawna

Dig est

Creates department of correction credit Class IV for felons convicted of certain serious child molesting offenses and certain murders involving sex offenses. Specifies that persons in credit Class IV earn one day of credit for each six days of incarcer ation. Provides that persons in credit Class IV may be placed in a credit class where they earn no credit, but may not be placed in a credit class where they earn more credit.

Date Action 01/23/2008 S: Committee Sched 1:00 PM Room 130 Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters 01/24/2008 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted 01/30/2008 H: 1st Reading Assigned Courts and Criminal Code SB0012 Credit for excessive property taxes. ( Kenley , Crawford ) Bill Tracks: Finance/Tax/Assess, Assessor, Auditor, Clerk, Commissioner, Coroner, Council, Highway, Recorders, Surveyors, Treasurers, Angie, David, Andre w

Digest

Provides that for property taxes first due and payable in 2009, the circuit -breaker credit is equal to the amount by which a person's property tax liability attributable to the person's: (1) homestead exceeds 1.5%; (2) residential property exceed s 2.5%; (3) nonresidential real property exceeds 3%; or (4) personal property exceeds 3%; of the gross assessed value of the property that is the basis for determination of the property taxes. Provides that for property taxes first due and payable in 2010 and thereafter, the circuit -breaker credit is equal to the amount by which a person's property tax liability attributable to the person's: (1) homestead exceeds 1%; (2) residential property exceeds 2%; (3) nonresidential real property exceeds 3%; or (4) pe rsonal property exceeds 3%; of the gross assessed value of the property that is the basis for determination of the property taxes. Specifies that property taxes imposed after being approved by the voters in a referendum or local public question shall not b e considered for purposes of calculating the circuit -breaker credit. Eliminates the provision specifying that school tuition support property tax levies may not be reduced because of the circuit - breaker credit. Specifies the extent to which land assessment s are eligible for a credit. Repeals obsolete provisions. Makes conforming amendments.

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