Establishes a tax credit for taxpayers that establish clean energy training positions to provide training in technology involving solar, wind energy, or geothermal energy facilities and equipment. Requires the owner or operator of an above ground storage tank (AST) that is designed to contain more than 660 gallons of liquid to report certain information about the AST to the department of environmental management (department) before January 1, 2022. Establishes certain exceptions from this reporting requirement. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules concerning the reporting requirement. Requires a person who is responsible for the operation of a public water system that uses surface water as a source of drinking water to develop a surface water quality threat minimization and response plan for the public water system and to submit the report to the department. Requires the environmental rules board to adopt rules concerning surface water quality threat minimization and response plans. Makes a technical correction.
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Requires that a public hearing be held on the question of the approval or denial of a closure or postclosure plan for a coal combustion residuals surface impoundment. Provides that the public hearing shall be held at a time that will allow for the greatest participation of the community and at a location nearest to the site of the proposed or existing facility. Establishes requirements for the disposal of coal combustion residuals and the closure of a coal combustion residual surface impoundment. Provides that an owner or operator of a coal combustion residuals surface impoundment must develop a transportation plan for the coal combustion residuals.
Requires the department of correction to adopt jail standards that prohibit a jail from housing a child less than 18 years of age in the same cell as an adult, even if the child is charged as an adult or has been convicted of an offense as an adult. Specifies that a county jail may transfer a child if necessary to comply with the prohibition against housing a child in the same cell as an adult.
Removes a provision that provides that a combination of certain factors may account for not more than 50% of the calculation used to determine an increase or increment in teacher salaries. Increases the basic tuition support appropriation. Makes an appropriation for additional basic tuition support. Provides that a school corporation must provide verification to the department of education that: (1) the school corporation provided each classroom teacher a salary increase of between 2% and 5%; and (2) the total cost incurred to provide the classroom teacher salary increases; in order to receive a basic tuition support distribution that includes a part of the additional appropriation.
Increases the minimum wage paid to certain employees in Indiana as follows: (1) After June 30, 2022, from $7.25 an hour to $8.20 an hour. (2) After December 31, 2022, from $8.20 an hour to $9.15 an hour. (3) After December 31, 2023, from $9.15 an hour to $10.10 an hour. (4) After December 31, 2024, from $10.10 an hour to $11.00 an hour. Provides that after December 31, 2024, and each subsequent December 31, the hourly minimum wage increases at the same percentage as any increase in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year. Increases the cash wage paid to tipped employees as follows: (1) After June 30, 2022, from $2.13 an hour to $3.00 an hour. (2) After December 31, 2022, from $3.00 an hour to $4.28 an hour. (3) After December 31, 2023, from $4.28 an hour to $5.56 an hour. (4) After December 31, 2024, from $5.56 an hour to $6.85 an hour. Provides that after December 31, 2025, and continuing for each subsequent December 31, the cash wage required to be paid to employees is equal to 70% of the hourly minimum wage. Provides that, if the federal minimum wage or cash wage is higher than the state minimum wage or cash wage, employers are required to pay the higher federal rate. Makes technical corrections and corresponding changes.
Requires the department of environmental management (department) to establish and administer the greenhouse gas emissions inventory grant program. Provides that the department may award a grant to a town, city, or county that partners with the Indiana Sustainability Development Program or any other accredited college or university in Indiana with a similar program to conduct a greenhouse gas inventory. Provides that a grant may not exceed $1,000 for a town, city, or county having a population of less than 100,000, or $2,000 for a town, city, or county having a population of more than 100,000. Allows the department to award a grant of more than $2,000 to a town, city, or county having a population of more than 200,000 if money is available in the fund. Establishes the greenhouse gas emissions inventory fund.
Requires a person who causes a spill of certain substances into waters of the state to report the spill immediately to the following: (1) The department of environmental management (department). (2) The county health officer of each county that may be affected by the spill. (3) A water user within five miles upstream and 25 miles downstream of where the spill occurred. (4) At least one emergency response agency. (5) Each park located in the county in which the spill occurred. Requires the department, the county health officer, the water user, the emergency response agency, and each park (entity) to: (1) post the information received about the spill on each entity's Internet web site; and (2) in a manner determined by each entity, make the information received about the spill available to the public. Provides that a county health officer who receives a report of a spill must notify: (1) each park located within five miles upstream and 25 miles downstream of where the spill occurred; and (2) news media in each county that may be affected by the spill. Provides that a person who fails to make the required report is liable for a civil penalty determined by the board. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally fails to make the report required by this act commits a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that a person commits a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for a violation of the reporting requirements. Provides that money collected for a civil violation of the reporting requirements shall be deposited into the environmental management special fund. Adds definitions of "water user", "objectionable substance", "park", and "spill". Makes conforming changes.
Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before September 1 in 2021 through 2024 to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of the revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; and (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected. Excepts residential contractors from the term "employer" for purposes of the reporting requirements.
Establishes a sentencing procedure that requires a court, when sentencing an individual who has committed a crime that is motivated by a bias against another individual's actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity, military service, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation to impose an additional fixed term of imprisonment not to exceed five years, if the offense is a felony, or three years, if the offense is a misdemeanor. Requires law enforcement agencies to report bias motivated crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Requires that all elections be conducted by mail beginning with elections in 2024. Provides for the January 1, 2024, expiration of several provisions of the election code that will be obsolete under a vote by mail system. Requires the interim study committee on elections to study the transition to a vote by mail system and propose necessary legislation to accomplish the transition.