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E-News 1-14-22 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS House Bill 1002 - Various Tax Matters Author: Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) Bill Summary: The bill repeals a provision that would require the budget agency to transfer the amount of combined excess reserves that exceed $2.5 billion in calendar year 2022 to the pre-1996 account of the Indiana state teachers’ retirement fund. Amends provisions that provide for an automatic taxpayer refund if sufficient excess reserves are available to: (1) clarify the tax return filing requirement for a refund; (2) require that refunds be distributed before May 1 of the...
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E-News 1-7-22 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Indiana General Assembly Now in 2022 Session The Indiana General Assembly started the 2022 legislative session this week on Jan. 4. The 2022 session is considered a “short session,” with all legislative activity set to end on March 14. As a result, lawmakers have been quick to schedule committee hearings on a number of bills this week. Lawmakers have until the end of January to move any new legislation out of committee.   As the 2022 legislative session proceeds, the IBA Government Relations Team continues to represent industry views on banking-related...
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E-News 12-23-21 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Holcomb Urges Hoosiers to Vax Gov. Holcomb is encouraging Hoosiers to get vaccinated amid reports COVID-19’s highly contagious omicron variant has been detected in Indiana. This comes as a surge of the delta variant is rocking hospitals across the state. Unvaccinated Hoosiers are filling ICUs to the point the National Guard has been called in to help at least 20 hospitals. The Hoosier State is heading into the holiday weekend with some of the highest COVID-19 case counts of the entire coronavirus pandemic. Statewide, just 12.2% of intensive care unit hospital...
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E-News 12-17-21 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Holcomb Awards READI Funds to All 17 Regions Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation board of directors approved plans to award $500 million in READI funds to support regional development plans across 17 regions representing all 92 counties. The READI program, which stands for “Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative,” was first announced by Gov. Holcomb in his 2021 State of the State address and then enacted in legislation by the Indiana General Assembly. According to the...
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