republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-230.md

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Bill	Leasing of local unit property.	Provides that a political subdivision may lease real property of the political subdivision that is located between the curb of a street and the front of commercial property, including a parkway strip, tree row, verge, or sidewalk, to the owner or property manager of the commercial property: (1) upon terms agreed to between the political subdivision and the property owner or property manager; and (2) without competitive bidding. Specifies requirements for the lease. Provides that upon execution of the lease, the property of the political subdivision shall be under the maintenance, control, and supervision of the property owner or the property manager, subject to the public's right to use the sidewalk as a walkway. Requires the lessee to: (1) assume the liability of the political subdivision for personal injuries and property damage to third parties occurring on the property; and (2) maintain insurance coverage in amount determined sufficient by the political subdivision. Requires the lease to be approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the members of the fiscal body of the political subdivision and recorded in the office of the county recorder.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 230	Indiana SB 230 (2020)	bill	LEASES LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY	enacted	Jack Sandlin James Buck Woody Burton	5	19	2	2020-01-06	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c827fd19-100b-45a0-8c89-10461b8d0535	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/230	95131d93acd8ef3485e91e97ffc452bb299f65fe3b11f6bf994a582cae05905f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 230 (2020) — Leasing of local unit property.

Provides that a political subdivision may lease real property of the political subdivision that is located between the curb of a street and the front of commercial property, including a parkway strip, tree row, verge, or sidewalk, to the owner or property manager of the commercial property: (1) upon terms agreed to between the political subdivision and the property owner or property manager; and (2) without competitive bidding. Specifies requirements for the lease. Provides that upon execution of the lease, the property of the political subdivision shall be under the maintenance, control, and supervision of the property owner or the property manager, subject to the public's right to use the sidewalk as a walkway. Requires the lessee to: (1) assume the liability of the political subdivision for personal injuries and property damage to third parties occurring on the property; and (2) maintain insurance coverage in amount determined sufficient by the political subdivision. Requires the lease to be approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the members of the fiscal body of the political subdivision and recorded in the office of the county recorder.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 230 - Burton - 3rd Reading — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 230 - Sandlin - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• James Buck — primary (person)
• Woody Burton — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-06 Authored by Senator Sandlin
• 2020-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Amendment #1 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Senator Buck added as second author
• 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 78: yeas 50, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-28 House sponsor: Representative Burton
• 2020-01-29 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 235: yeas 87, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-03 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2020-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 65
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c827fd19-100b-45a0-8c89-10461b8d0535. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).