Allows the judge of the Lake superior court division No. 4 to appoint a magistrate to serve the Lake superior court division No. 4.
Recognizing January 11th as Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
Requires the department of environmental management (department) to establish and maintain an electronic data base of information on potentially contaminated properties. Requires the inclusion of information on a property in the data base if the property: (1) is the site of an existing or former hazardous waste facility; (2) was included in the federal government's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System and a hazardous substance remains on the property; (3) contains an underground storage tank; (4) is included in the department's registry of sites at which contamination of groundwater has been detected; (5) is undergoing remediation subject to the authority of the department; or (6) is included in the list of properties used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance that is maintained on the Internet by the state police department. Requires that the data base be available to users without cost through the Internet and that information on properties be presented in the data base in a manner that is easily searchable and intuitive to users. Provides for the removal of information on a property from the data base when the condition causing the property to be included in the data base is resolved or if the information was included by error. Provides that a person is not entitled to initiate or participate in an administrative review of a decision of the department concerning the inclusion of a property in the data base unless the person owns or has another legal interest in the property. Provides that the inclusion of information on a property in the data base does not subject a person associated with the property to civil or criminal liability, is not grounds for a civil or administrative action against a person associated with the property, and does not disqualify a person associated with the property from any right, power, privilege, or immunity.
Authorizes the city of Hobart to impose a food and beverage tax.
Provides that, beginning July 1, 2022, before a fee simple interest in a dwelling connected to a residential onsite sewage system, a nondwelling structure connected to a commercial onsite sewage system, or a lot or tract of land containing a water well in addition to a residential or commercial onsite sewage system may be transferred: (1) the residential or commercial onsite sewage system must be inspected by a qualified inspector and (if applicable) water from the water well must be tested by a qualified tester; (2) a document certifying that the inspection or testing has been conducted and setting forth the results of the inspection or testing must be provided to the local health department, the county recorder, and the person to whom the fee simple interest is being transferred; and (3) any cause of failure of the residential or commercial onsite sewage system must be eliminated before the county recorder may record a deed transferring a fee simple interest in the property. Provides exceptions. Provides that the failure of the owner of the dwelling, nondwelling structure, or lot or tract of land on which a water well is located to provide the document to the transferee or prospective transferee: (1) is a complete defense to an action brought by the owner against the prospective transferee for breach of a contract to purchase the property; and (2) is a breach of a legal duty owed to the transferee for which the transferee may bring a civil action against the owner for compensatory damages. Provides that if an inspection indicates that a dwelling's residential onsite sewage system exhibits any conditions constituting failure, or the testing of water from the water well indicates a reportable presence of arsenic, nitrate, lead, or coliform bacteria: (1) the owner of the dwelling shall state the results of the inspection or testing in the disclosure form that the owner is required to prepare before an offer for the sale of the dwelling is accepted; and (2) the failure of the seller to state this information in the disclosure form makes the sale of the dwelling voidable at the election of the buyer, even after the closing. Requires the state department of health to adopt rules establishing: (1) requirements and standards for inspections and testing; (2) qualifications for inspectors and testers; and (3) requirements and standards for the training and certification of inspectors and testers.
Establishes the expeditionary veterans license plate.
Provides that the maximum speed limit for a vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than 26,000 pounds 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; is 70 miles per hour. (Current law provides that the maximum speed limit for those vehicles (other than a bus) is 65 miles per hour.)
Requires the person or entity having authority over a child care facility or preschool to test the drinking water in the child care facility or preschool before January 1, 2024, to determine whether lead is present in the drinking water in a concentration equal to or exceeding 15 parts per billion. Excepts a child care facility or preschool from this testing requirement if its drinking water: (1) was or will be tested through the Lead Sampling Program for Schools and Child Care Facilities conducted by the Indiana finance authority in 2019 and 2020; or (2) has otherwise been tested for lead at least once after 2017. Provides that, if testing indicates that lead in the drinking water of a child care facility or preschool equals or exceeds 15 parts per billion, the person or entity having authority over the child care facility or preschool is required to take action to reduce the concentration of lead to below 15 parts per billion.
Allows a disabled veteran who rents a dwelling for use as the disabled veteran's principal place of residence to claim an additional renter's deduction from the disabled veteran's adjusted gross income. Provides that the additional deduction may not exceed $3,000.
Provides that county, township, and town residency requirements prescribed by Article 6, Section 6 of the Indiana Constitution do not apply to city or town court judges. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
