Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1340
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 8-14.
Synopsis: Conservancy district road funding. Provides that, beginning
July 1, 2025, a conservancy district that: (1) has an elected board of
directors; and (2) has assumed responsibility in its district plan for the
construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of the public highways
within the conservancy district; is considered a city or town for
purposes of distributions from the motor vehicle highway account and
the local road and street account.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
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January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1340
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
transportation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 8-14-1-0.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2025]: Sec. 0.3. Beginning July 1, 2025, "city or town", as used
4 throughout this chapter, includes a conservancy district that:
5 (1) is established under IC 14-33;
6 (2) has a board that consists of directors in which each
7 director has been elected to the board under IC 14-33-5-2 or
8 IC 14-33-5.4-3; and
9 (3) has assumed responsibility in the district plan for the
10 construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of the public
11 highways (as defined in IC 9-25-2-4) within the conservancy
12 district.
13 SECTION 2. IC 8-14-2-1.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
14 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
15 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.1. Beginning July 1, 2025, "city or town", as used
16 throughout this chapter, includes a conservancy district that:
17 (1) is established under IC 14-33;
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1 (2) has a board that consists of directors in which each
2 director has been elected to the board under IC 14-33-5-2 or
3 IC 14-33-5.4-3; and
4 (3) has assumed responsibility in the district plan for the
5 construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of the public
6 highways (as defined in IC 9-25-2-4) within the conservancy
7 district.
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