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Legislative Update
March 7, 2013
Road School
“Half Time” at the General Assembly
• Increased local road and
Transportation
bridge funding by eliminating
off the top expenditure for the
State Police, BMV
HB 1001
Budget Bill
• Dedicated 1.5 percent of the
overall sales tax collections to
the MVH fund.
• This will increase county
distributions for the
MVH fund by nearly $70
million each year.
Transportation
HB 1324
(Frye)
Motor Fuels
• Alternative Fuels Tax
• Fuel tax imposing the
existing rates on the diesel
or gasoline gallon
equivalents of the various
forms of natural gas sold.
• Generate revenue in an
amount approaching $1 M
• Would allow a county or
Transportation
municipality that receives
funds from the Federal
Surface Transportation
Program (STP) to exchange
HB 1067
the federal funds at a rate of
(Cherry)
$0.75 of state funds for
Federal
each $1 of federal funds.
Funds
Exchange
• May reduce project
administration costs
• Permits a county income tax
council to impose a motor
Transportation
vehicle excise surtax and a
wheel tax for a county.
SB 389
(Boots)
County
Excise Surtax
and Wheel
Tax.
• 45 counties have not adopted
• Could raise an estimated
$70M if they adopt the taxes
at the maximum rates.
• Votes on the income tax
council are apportioned based
on population where
Transportation
Road
Funding Day
at the State
House
Local Government
Reform
SB 475
Single County
Commissioner
• Allen County Only
• IACC did not Support or
oppose the bill at the
request of Allen County
Commissioners
• Passed the Senate
Local Government
Reform
SB 226 (Glick)
Suspension of
Local
Officeholder
• Local elected officeholder
may be suspended from
office if the officeholder is
charged with certain
felonies or misdemeanors
• 2/3 majority of the
legislative body finds that
the offense is relevant to
the officeholder's
suitability for office
• Suspended with pay
Department of
Correction Reform
HB 1006
(Steuerwald and
Steele)
Various Changes
to Criminal Code
• It makes various changes
to the criminal code,
• Changes to the law
concerning community
corrections, probation,
sentencing, probation
funding, drug and
alcohol program funding,
Department of
Correction Reform
• Consolidation of Community
Corrections and Probation–
HB 1006
(Steuerwald and
Steele)
Various Changes
to Criminal Code
• In counties or combinations of
counties that have established a
community corrections program,
a court with authority to impose
probation may, with the consent
of the community corrections
advisory board, establish and
operate a consolidated probation
and community corrections
department.
• A “court” should not have the
authority to establish
consolidation
Department of
Correction Reform
HB 1006
(Steuerwald and
Steele)
Various Changes
to Criminal Code
• Penalty Reductions for
Marijuana Possession and
Certain Crimes of Theft
• More individuals will likely be
committed to either jails or
assigned to probation or
community corrections programs
Department of
Correction Reform
• This could be very costly
to counties.
HB 1006
(Steuerwald and
Steele)
Various Changes
to Criminal Code
• Counties could see and
increase in jail
population and the
number of individuals in
community correction
• Funding must be
established
Gaming
• This bill eliminates the
casino admissions tax.
SB 528
Gaming (Boots)
• Reduces the set amount
distributed to every nongaming county by $6.5
M.
• Counties can not afford
to take this loss
Call To Action!
IACC “Adopt a
Legislator”
Initiative
• Thank your House
Members for their
support for
Transportation Funding
• Encourage your Senators
to support local road
funding increases
• Report your Feed back