Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1349 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/10/2025

                             
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1349
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:  IC 5-20-1-18.
Synopsis:  IHCDA report requirement. Requires the housing and
community development authority (IHCDA) to include in its annual
report certain information concerning the authority's programs to
promote housing stability.
Effective:  July 1, 2025.
Burton
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory
Reform.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1349
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state
and local administration.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 5-20-1-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.189-2018,
2 SECTION 41, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 18. (a) The authority shall, promptly following the
4 close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the
5 preceding year to the public finance director appointed under
6 IC 5-1.2-3-6, the budget committee, and the general assembly. An
7 annual report submitted under this section to the general assembly must
8 be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. The report shall set forth a
9 complete operating and financial statement of the authority during such
10 year, and a copy of such report shall be available to inspection by the
11 public at the Indianapolis office of the authority. The authority shall
12 cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in
13 each year by an independent certified public accountant and the cost
14 thereof may be paid from any available money of the authority.
15 (b) The report submitted under subsection (a) must contain the
16 following information about the operations of the authority's
17 programs to promote housing stability for the state fiscal year
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1 ending June 30, 2025, and for each state fiscal year thereafter:
2 (1) The number of applicants that sought to participate in
3 each program.
4 (2) The average wait time for receiving services under each
5 program.
6 (3) The average amount of monetary benefits provided to the
7 participants in each program.
8 (4) Identified barriers to providing expedited services under
9 each program.
10 (5) The amount of additional appropriations necessary to fully
11 meet the demand for services under each program.
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