Policy Successes

SUPPORT Northeast Indiana

Right-to-work Law which provides that no employer, labor organization or any person may require an individual to become or remain a member of a labor organization, or pay dues, fees or assessments (or charitable donation substitutes) as a condition of employment, new or continued
Early Childhood Development Pilot & Expansion Program

REVITALIZE Northeast Indiana’s Downtown Areas

Moves administration of credit from DNR to the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA)
Introduced in HB1215, passed in SEA367

GROW and PROMOTE Northeast Indiana

HEA1039 Indiana Grown
Establishes Indiana Grown initiative to market and promote Indiana produced agriculture products
Provides the Department of Agriculture to develop, administer and market

Allen County Single County Executive

HEA1346 allows for Allen County to have a referendum in 2014 to propose the option to move to a single county executive

CONNECT Northeast Indiana

Creation of a rural broadband working group by Executive Order
Will be chaired by Lt. Governor and Secretary of Commerce

INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY THE REGIONAL CHAMBER THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT NORTHEAST INDIANA

Single Point of Contact

HEA1198 creates a single point of contact for businesses by streamlining state government agencies

World-Class Infrastructure

HEA1002 provides for the transfer of up to $400 million from the Major Moves 2020 Trust Fund to be used for transportation projects

Military Base Support

SEA260 allows local units of government the ability to expend money for the direct support of active military bases

Utility Policy That Encourages Economic Development

HEA1187 supports future economic development efforts, and ensures a fair process for the resolution of disputes between competing municipal utilities

Maintain Use of TIF for broadband & IT infrastructure

Removed language from HEA1118 that would have restricted communities from the ability to use TIF funding for IT infrastructure

Workforce Development and Training

HEA1003 provides expanded funding to promote internships for high school students
HEA1083 ensures access to $700,000 in minority training funding for all apprenticeship programs

Competitive Business Climate

SEA1 reduces the corporate income tax and financial institutions tax rates to 4.9% by 2023, expands abatement schedule and comprehensive study of business tax reform