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Bill Department of natural resources. Repeals code provisions regarding commercial fishing on Lake Michigan. Removes the requirement that the director of the department of natural resources (department) send, to a person who has a license that is placed on probationary status, notice that includes a description of the amount of child support in arrears and an explanation of the procedures to pay child support arrearage. Repeals the mussels license issued by the department. Provides that a law enforcement officer or an employee of the department is not liable for the destruction of a permitted animal that escapes an enclosure and poses a threat to public safety. Provides instances when a construction permit for a floodway is not required to remove a logjam or mass of wood debris that has accumulated in a river or stream. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2022, the director of the department shall not exercise authority to remove or eliminate an abode or residence from a floodway if the abode or residence was constructed before January 1, 2022. (Current law provides that the director of the department shall not exercise the authority if the residence or abode was constructed before January 1, 2020.) Provides that before July 1, 2023, the department shall adopt a license for the removal of trees; channel maintenance; and bank reconstruction, repair, and stabilization in a floodway. Provides that a local floodplain administrator shall utilize the best floodplain mapping data available as provided by the department and located on the Indiana Floodplain Information Portal when reviewing a permit application for a structure or a construction activity in, or near, a floodplain. Provides that a contract to purchase timber must be in writing. Allows the collection of damages for costs associated with a claim or action, including attorney's fees, or damages specified in a contract with a timber buyer or a person who cuts timber but is not a timber buyer. Requires a timber buyer to keep complete and accurate records for at least five years after a transaction. Allows the director of the department to suspend a timber buyer's license for not more than 90 days before a final adjudication if the director of the department finds that the holder of the timber buyer's license poses a clear and immediate danger to public health, safety, or property if allowed to continue to operate. Provides that the director of the department may renew the suspension for periods of not more than 90 days. Makes technical and conforming changes. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2022 HB 1103 Indiana HB 1103 (2022)
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ANIMALS (other than Livestock)
FISH AND WILDLIFE
HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS; HISTORIC SITES AND PRESERVATION
LAKES AND PONDS
LICENSES AND LICENSING
NATURAL RESOURCES
State Department of
PUBLIC SAFETY
TIMBER AND TIMBER HARVESTING
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Michael Crider
Sean Eberhart
Susan Glick
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Indiana HB 1103 (2022) — Department of natural resources.

Repeals code provisions regarding commercial fishing on Lake Michigan. Removes the requirement that the director of the department of natural resources (department) send, to a person who has a license that is placed on probationary status, notice that includes a description of the amount of child support in arrears and an explanation of the procedures to pay child support arrearage. Repeals the mussels license issued by the department. Provides that a law enforcement officer or an employee of the department is not liable for the destruction of a permitted animal that escapes an enclosure and poses a threat to public safety. Provides instances when a construction permit for a floodway is not required to remove a logjam or mass of wood debris that has accumulated in a river or stream. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2022, the director of the department shall not exercise authority to remove or eliminate an abode or residence from a floodway if the abode or residence was constructed before January 1, 2022. (Current law provides that the director of the department shall not exercise the authority if the residence or abode was constructed before January 1, 2020.) Provides that before July 1, 2023, the department shall adopt a license for the removal of trees; channel maintenance; and bank reconstruction, repair, and stabilization in a floodway. Provides that a local floodplain administrator shall utilize the best floodplain mapping data available as provided by the department and located on the Indiana Floodplain Information Portal when reviewing a permit application for a structure or a construction activity in, or near, a floodplain. Provides that a contract to purchase timber must be in writing. Allows the collection of damages for costs associated with a claim or action, including attorney's fees, or damages specified in a contract with a timber buyer or a person who cuts timber but is not a timber buyer. Requires a timber buyer to keep complete and accurate records for at least five years after a transaction. Allows the director of the department to suspend a timber buyer's license for not more than 90 days before a final adjudication if the director of the department finds that the holder of the timber buyer's license poses a clear and immediate danger to public health, safety, or property if allowed to continue to operate. Provides that the director of the department may renew the suspension for periods of not more than 90 days. Makes technical and conforming changes.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • HB 1103 - Glick - 3rd Reading — 4010 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Michael Crider — primary (person)
  • Sean Eberhart — primary (person)
  • Susan Glick — primary (person)
  • Chris May — coauthor (person)
  • David Abbott — coauthor (person)
  • Pat Boy — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-04 Authored by Representative Eberhart
  • 2022-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2022-01-13 Representative Boy added as coauthor
  • 2022-01-24 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2022-01-25 Representatives Abbott D and May added as coauthors
  • 2022-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-01-27 Senate sponsor: Senator Glick
  • 2022-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 120: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3
  • 2022-01-28 Referred to the Senate
  • 2022-02-07 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2022-02-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2022-02-24 Amendment #1 (Glick) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
  • 2022-02-24 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-28 Senator Crider added as second sponsor
  • 2022-03-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 284: yeas 40, nays 10 passage, reading-3
  • 2022-03-02 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
  • 2022-03-02 Motion to dissent filed
  • 2022-03-02 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
  • 2022-03-03 House conferees appointed: Eberhart and Hatfield
  • 2022-03-03 House advisors appointed: Abbott, Ellington, King, Boy, Jackson and Pfaff
  • 2022-03-03 Senate conferees appointed: Glick and Niezgodski
  • 2022-03-03 Senate advisors appointed: Ford Jon and Randolph Lonnie M
  • 2022-03-08 CCR # 1 filed in the House
  • 2022-03-08 Motion to concur filed
  • 2022-03-08 House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 384: yeas 92, nays 4 amendment-failure
  • 2022-03-09 Signed by the Speaker
  • 2022-03-09 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  • 2022-03-15 Public Law 141
  • 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2022-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e3cfa58-46cf-4b60-9e93-f8b90bc75547. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).