Mark Messmer
- Republican
Author
Requires a postsecondary educational institution (institution) to submit a disclosure report to the Indiana commissioner for higher education (commissioner) of gifts from a foreign source that meet the reporting threshold established by a federal law regarding disclosures of foreign gifts. Provides that the institution shall submit the disclosure report to the commissioner with the same information required to be reported in the disclosure report described in the federal law and at the same time the institution files the disclosure report under the federal law. Provides that certain information for each institution shall be posted on the commission for higher education's (commission) Internet web site. Provides that whenever it appears that an institution has failed to comply with gift disclosure requirements, a civil action may be brought by the attorney general or at the request of: (1) a member of the general assembly; (2) the governor; (3) a member of the commission; (4) a member of the state board of education; or (5) an Indiana taxpayer; to compel compliance with the gift disclosure requirements. Provides that beginning July 1, 2022, a foreign business entity may not acquire agricultural land located within Indiana for the purposes of crop farming or timber production. Specifies exceptions. Prohibits a foreign business entity that owns agricultural land located within Indiana from transferring the agricultural land to another foreign business entity after June 30, 2022, for the purposes of crop farming or timber production. Requires a foreign business entity to report the acquisition, sale, or transfer of agricultural land for the purposes of crop farming or timber production located within Indiana to the secretary of state and the attorney general. Provides that agricultural land acquired, sold, or transferred in violation of law is subject to forfeiture to the state. Adds a provision to prohibit business entities: (1) organized under the laws of the Russian Federation; or (2) wholly controlled by a citizen or citizens of the Russian Federation who are not legal residents of the United States; from holding and conveying real property located within Indiana.
Signed by the Governor
Public Law 156
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the Speaker
Senator Randolph added as coauthor
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 363: yeas 49, nays 1
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 378: yeas 96, nays 0
CCR # 1 filed in the House
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
Senate conferees appointed: Messmer and Lanane
Senate advisors appointed: Tomes, Breaux and Rogers
Concurrence withdrawn
House advisors appointed: Teshka, Prescott, Manning, DeLaney and Moed
House conferees appointed: Lindauer and Dvorak
Senate dissented from House amendments
Motion to dissent filed
Returned to the Senate with amendments
Motion to concur filed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 298: yeas 96, nays 0
Amendment #3 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote
Representative Moed removed as cosponsor
Representatives Prescott, Hostettler, Moed added as cosponsors
Amendment #13 (Lindauer) prevailed; voice vote
Amendment #14 (Lindauer) prevailed; Roll Call 282: yeas 62, nays 27
Amendment #12 (Prescott) prevailed; voice vote
Amendment #11 (Prescott) prevailed; Roll Call 283: yeas 59, nays 28
Amendment #4 (Dvorak) ruled out of order
Amendment #5 (Dvorak) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Appeal the ruling of the chair (Dvorak); ruling of the chair sustained. Roll Call 284: yeas 65, nays 26
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Referred to Committee on Education pursuant to House Rule 84
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Representative Moed added as cosponsor
First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Referred to the House
House sponsor: Representative Lindauer
Senator Kruse added as coauthor
Senators Doriot and Garten added as coauthors
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 130: yeas 47, nays 2
Senators Koch and Alting added as coauthors
Senator Leising added as third author
Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senator Raatz added as coauthor
Senator Tomes added as second author
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Authored by Senator Messmer
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