Town of Griffith.
Summary
Changes the definition of "eligible municipality". Provides that if at least 2/3 of the voters voting in a special election held in the town of Griffith (town) on the public question of whether the territory of the town should be transferred to an adjacent township vote "yes" on the public question: (1) the legislative body of the eligible municipality may submit a petition to one or more adjacent townships within two years after the special election requesting that the adjacent township accept transfer of the territory of the town; (2) the legislative body of an adjacent township that receives a petition for the transfer of the town's territory may adopt a resolution accepting the transfer before the later of December 31 of the year in which the petition is received or the ninetieth day after the date that the petition is received; and (3) if no legislative body of an adjacent township to which a petition for transfer was submitted by the town accepts the transfer before July 1, 2020, the territory of the town is automatically transferred to the adjacent township with the greatest assessed value effective January 1, 2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Mar 4, 2020
Signed Mar 21, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2020 · House Mar 3, 2020
How they voted
33–7
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 41
Feb 4, 2020
D
Democratic8
87% Nay
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
4
Mar 21, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Amended
Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 341: yeas 32, nays 8
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
upper
Mar 3, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (58-29-5)
house
Mar 2, 2020
Amended
Amendment #3 (Porter) failed; voice vote
lower
Mar 2, 2020
Amended
Amendment #1 (Porter) failed; voice vote
lower
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-7-1)
senate
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
upper
3 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Soliday
RRepublican
P
Jim Buck
RRepublican
P
Rick Niemeyer
RRepublican
Co
Mike Aylesworth
RRepublican
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