Rep. Mike Aylesworth

Reduces the required percentage amount of the motor vehicle highway account distributions that counties, cities, and towns must use for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways from 50% in current law to 40% in calendar years beginning January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 2025. Provides that, for a period in which the reduction applies, the term "preservation" includes both snow removal and expenditures for deicing road salt or similar deicing agents. Requires counties, cities, and towns that apply the reduced required percentage amounts authorized under the bill to submit to the local technical assistance program (LTAP) at Purdue University in conjunction with the Indiana department of transportation a detailed itemization of the uses of the funds in the calendar year that were for: (1) purposes other than construction, reconstruction, and preservation; and (2) preservation that included only snow removal and expenditures for deicing road salt or similar deicing agents. Requires the LTAP to present a statewide aggregate report of the results received from counties, cities, and towns to the budget committee for each year.

Provides that, after June 30, 2024, the following apply: (1) If a dwelling for sale is connected to a residential onsite sewage system, the system must be inspected by a qualified inspector; if the inspection indicates that the system is failing, the sales disclosure form that an owner is required under current law to submit to a prospective buyer must disclose that the system has been inspected and the qualified inspector determined that the system exhibited one or more of the conditions constituting system failure; and a failure of the dwelling owner to satisfy this requirement makes transfer of ownership of the dwelling voidable at the election of the buyer, even after the closing. (2) Before a fee simple interest in a nondwelling structure connected to a commercial onsite sewage system may be transferred, the system must be inspected by a qualified inspector; a document disclosing the results of the inspection must be provided to the local health department, the county recorder, and the transferee; if the inspection discloses any condition constituting system failure, the transferee must present to the county recorder an affidavit stating that the cause of the system failure has been eliminated or will be eliminated before the transferee uses the nondwelling structure for the transferee's intended purpose; the county recorder may not record a deed transferring the fee simple interest in the nondwelling structure unless these requirements are satisfied; and a failure of the nondwelling structure owner to provide the required document is a complete defense to an action for breach of a contract to purchase the nondwelling structure and is a breach of a legal duty for which the transferee may bring a civil action for compensatory damages. (3) Before a fee simple interest in a lot containing both a water well and a dwelling connected to a residential onsite sewage system or a nondwelling structure connected to a commercial onsite sewage system may be transferred, water from the water well must be tested by a qualified tester for the presence of arsenic, nitrate, lead, and coliform bacteria; a document certifying that the testing has been conducted and setting forth the results of the testing must be provided to the local health department, the county recorder, and the transferee; the county recorder may not record a deed transferring the fee simple interest in the lot unless the recorder is presented this document; and a failure of the lot owner to provide the required document is a complete defense to an action for breach of a contract to purchase the lot and is a breach of a legal duty for which the transferee may bring a civil action for compensatory damages. Makes certain exceptions. Requires the state department of health to adopt rules to: (1) establish requirements and standards for the inspection of residential onsite sewage systems and commercial onsite sewage systems and the testing of well water; and (2) establish qualifications for inspectors of residential onsite sewage systems and commercial onsite sewage systems and testers of well water.

Requires the interim study committee on elections to study all issues relating to making voting by absentee ballot by mail as secure as in-person voting. Provides that a county election board may provide the training required for poll workers in person, online, through video presentation, or by any combination of these formats. Standardizes language regarding who can receive election supplies for a precinct. Provides that a person providing an absentee ballot application form to an individual may not highlight, emphasize any language, or otherwise make marks on the provided absentee ballot form that might prompt or confuse a voter regarding the information the voter should supply in filling out the absentee ballot application. Provides that a county election board may not permit the use of drop boxes to receive absentee ballots. Provides that the following is a Level 6 felony: (1) Casting a ballot in an Indiana election and later casting another ballot in the same Indiana election with the intent that both ballots be counted. (2) Casting a ballot for a federal office in an Indiana election and during the same general election also casting a ballot for the same federal office in another state with the intent that both ballots be counted. Enhances the crime of battery if the victim is an election worker. Repeals a statute relating to absentee ballot drop boxes.

Requires a railroad corporation to inform the local law enforcement authority of a blocked railroad-highway grade crossing in certain instances.

Reconciles the conflicting provisions regarding the maximum speed limit in an alley. Provides that an alley is not subject to the statutory maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Increases the maximum speed limit for a vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than 26,000 pounds from 65 miles per hour to 70 miles per hour when the vehicle is operated on a highway that is: (1) on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside an urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000; or (2) the responsibility of the Indiana finance authority.

Allows a disabled veteran who rents a dwelling as a principal place of residence to claim an additional renter's deduction of up to $3,000 from the disabled veteran's adjusted gross income.

Establishes a grant-in-aid subsidy for a county highway supervisor's annual salary. Makes an appropriation.

Allows a town to invest the proceeds received from the sale of a capital asset made after December 15, 2021, and before January 1, 2023, in the same manner as the next generation trust fund if the proceeds from the sale exceed $24,000,000 but do not exceed $26,000,000. (Under current law, a political subdivision is authorized to invest the proceeds received from the sale of certain capital assets in the same manner as the next generation trust fund only if the proceeds exceed $50,000,000.) In addition, requires the fiscal body of the town to contract with a financial institution eligible to receive public funds of a political subdivision to assist the town in its investment program.

Specifies that the amount of excess combined reserves that may be transferred to the pre-1996 account in 2022 may not exceed $2,500,000,000. Reduces the individual adjusted gross income tax rate from 3.23% in 2022 to 3.15% in 2023 and 2024. Phases down the individual adjusted gross income tax rate after 2024 depending on certain conditions being met. Allows a taxpayer to elect a special property tax valuation method for mini-mill equipment. (Current law allows the method to be used only for certain integrated steel mill and oil refinery/petrochemical equipment.) Repeals the utility receipts and utility services use taxes. Requires a utility that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for the approval of rates and charges to file a rate adjustment with the IURC that adjusts the utility's rates and charges to reflect the repeal of the utility receipts tax. Requires a utility that is subject to the utility receipts tax and not under the jurisdiction of the IURC to adjust the utility's rates and charges to reflect the repeal of the utility receipts tax. Requires each utility to provide notice to the utility's customers that the adjustment in rates and charges reflects the repeal of the utility receipts tax. Specifies taxpayer procedure for the repeal of the utility receipts and utility services use tax. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services may not enter into a final contract that would implement a risk based managed care program or capitated program for the specified Medicaid population before January 31, 2023. Makes conforming changes.

Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan.