Requires a school employer to bargain collectively class size, health and safety matters, and teacher preparation time with an exclusive representative.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Specifies that "solicit" for the crime of child solicitation includes luring and enticing the victim. Increases the penalty for inappropriate communication with a child from a Class B misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony if the person sends the child an explicit image.
Provides that a parcel of land that: (1) is at least one-tenth of an acre in size; and (2) contains wetlands, as delineated by a person certified in wetland delineation; may be classified as wildlands for purposes of property tax assessment.
Allows pharmacists to prescribe and dispense self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives and hormonal contraceptive patches (contraceptives). Establishes requirements for pharmacists who want to prescribe and dispense contraceptives. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to adopt rules. Requires health plans to provide coverage for contraceptives and certain services. Establishes an exception for nonprofit religious employers.
Provides that the polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. (Under current law, the polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.)
Permits a voter to register at the polls by: (1) completing a voter registration form along with an affirmation that the person has not voted elsewhere in the election; and (2) providing proof of residence. Makes conforming changes.
Adopts the interstate teacher mobility compact. Sets forth the requirements of a compact state. Sets forth the duties of the interstate teacher mobility compact commission. Provides that a receiving state determines equivalency standards. Amends the definition of "unencumbered license" in the compact. Removes certain provisions concerning compensation from the compact. Makes conforming changes.
Establishes the cannabis compliance advisory committee to review and evaluate certain rules, laws, and programs. Establishes the cannabis compliance commission to regulate all forms of legal cannabis in Indiana, including hemp and low THC hemp extract.
Allows a county to adopt an ordinance requiring every person who wishes to participate in a tax sale as a bidder to pay a neighborhood investment fee of not more than $150 and specifies the manner in which neighborhood investment fees collected are to be distributed to land banks. Allows a county to adopt an ordinance to impose, in addition to the 5% penalty for delinquent real property taxes, an additional penalty of not more than 3% for a total penalty that may not exceed 8% of the amount of delinquent real property taxes (additional penalty ordinance). Exempts delinquent tax payments attributable to real property receiving the homestead standard deduction for the most recent assessment date from an additional penalty ordinance. Specifies the manner in which the amounts collected attributable to an additional penalty ordinance are to be distributed to land banks. Allows a county to adopt an ordinance imposing a $15 fee for each document recorded on a tract located in the territory of a land bank and specifies the manner in which the fee is be distributed to land banks. Makes various changes to the statutes governing land banks that concern certain land bank powers, objectives, and duties. Provides that a majority of the directors of a land bank's board must have demonstrated competency in an occupation or discipline that is relevant to the primary purpose of a land bank. Allows a land bank to establish advisory committees composed of specified community members to consult with and advise the land bank on: (1) properties within the territory of the land bank that are imposing the greatest harm on residents and neighborhoods; (2) resident and neighborhood priorities for new uses of land bank properties; and (3) options for potential transferees of land bank properties. Provides, subject to certain limitations, that a land bank may use an interlocal agreement to establish processes to improve the quality of title and marketability of property the land bank owns by extinguishing any liens that exist on the property. Provides that, if a land bank enters into an interlocal agreement, any employees of an eligible unit who may be contracted to provide staffing services to the land bank pursuant to the interlocal agreement retain their status as public employees of the eligible unit. Requires a county executive to provide a land bank in the county with a list of tracts located in the territory of the land bank that: (1) are delinquent on property taxes; and (2) have been offered for public sale at least two times and remain unsold; on an annual basis. Specifies that list must be provided to the land bank within 60 days after the end of the last tax sale for which the tracts went unsold. Allows the county executive to transfer its interest in a tract on the list to a land bank if requested by the land bank not later than 90 days after it receives the list.
