Rep. Carey Hamilton

Establishes a work sharing unemployment insurance program. Requires an employer to submit a work sharing plan for approval by the commissioner of the department of workforce development. Establishes the work sharing benefit as equal to an employee's unemployment benefit reduced by a percentage equal to the percentage of the employee's normal weekly work hours that the employee works under the approved work sharing plan.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana University in recognition of its Bicentennial Anniversary on January 20, 2020.

Provides for an adjusted gross income tax credit for donations to a public school foundation. Provides that the maximum individual taxpayer credit is $1,000 in the case of a single return or $2,000 in the case of a joint return. Provides that the maximum corporate taxpayer credit is the greater of 10% of the corporation's total adjusted gross income tax liability or $10,000.

Requires the state department of health (state department) to establish state maximum contaminant levels for PFAS in water provided by public water systems. Provides that maximum contaminant levels established by the state department: (1) must be protective of public health, including the health of vulnerable subpopulations; and (2) may not be less stringent than any maximum contaminant level or health advisory promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Allows all registered voters to vote by absentee ballot by removing absentee qualifications.

Eliminates the following deadlines concerning net metering: (1) July 1, 2022, the latest date that a net metering tariff must be available to an electricity supplier's customers. (2) July 1, 2032, the latest date that customers who began participating in net metering after December 31, 2017, must be served under a net metering tariff. (3) July 1, 2047, the latest date that customers who were participating in net metering on December 31, 2017, must be served under a net metering tariff. Requires the utility regulatory commission to amend rules to: (1) provide that the net metering facility nameplate capacity that an electric utility makes available for customers' participation in net metering must be at least 1.5% of the electric utility's most recent summer peak load; and (2) require that at least 40% of the net metering facility nameplate capacity made available for customers participating in net metering must be reserved for participation by residential customers. Eliminates the requirement that 15% must be reserved for participation by customers that install net metering facilities using organic waste biomass.

Provides that sales of feminine hygiene products are exempt from the state gross retail tax.

Requires the department of workforce development to establish a paid family and medical leave program to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave. Establishes the family and medical leave fund to be funded with appropriations from the general assembly and payroll contributions. Specifies requirements for administration of the paid family and medical leave program. Provides for the department of workforce development to approve an employer's use of a private plan to meet the program obligations.

Authorizes a county surveyor to classify a regulated drain as a drain in need of reconstruction if: (1) the functionality of the drain is compromised; and (2) the drain could, at a reasonable cost, be reconstructed to perform the function for which it was designed while better serving the interests of public health, significantly reducing undesirable environmental effects, or providing flood reduction benefits. Authorizes a county surveyor to classify a regulated drain as a drain in need of periodic maintenance if the drain can be made to: (1) perform the function for which it was designed and constructed; (2) properly drain affected land; and (3) better serve the interest of public health, produce fewer undesirable environmental effects, or provide flood reduction benefits; through periodically cleaning, spraying, removing obstructions from, and making minor repairs, additions, or alterations to the regulated drain. Provides that the maintenance fund established for a regulated drain or combination of regulated drains may be used to: (1) better serve the interests of public health; (2) reduce undesirable environmental effects; (3) provide flood reduction benefits; (4) improve drainage control; or (5) provide drainage water storage infrastructure or technology associated with water that flows in or into a particular regulated drain or combination of regulated drains. Authorizes a county surveyor, when determining the best method of reconstructing a regulated drain or the best method of drainage for the area to which a petition to establish a new regulated drain relates, to consider cost effective drainage designs that limit undesirable environmental effects, improve public health, or provide flood reduction benefits.

Repeals the supplemental fee to register an electric or hybrid vehicle. Makes conforming changes.