Indiana SB 17: Air quality.

Bill Text

Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 17
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 13-11-2-47.8; IC 13-17.
Synopsis: Air quality. Authorizes a town, city, or county to establish
or designate an agency to act for the town, city, or county as a local air
pollution control agency (agency). Requires the commissioner of the
department of environmental management (department) to enter into
a contract with the agency of a town, city, or county if the agency is
willing to enter into the contract. Provides that a contract between the
department and the agency of a town, city, or county must: (1) require
the department to advise, consult, cooperate with, and provide
technical assistance to the agency; (2) authorize the agency to
undertake air pollution control activities on behalf of the department or
initiate enforcement of ordinances of the town, city, or county; and (3)
provide for the payment of fair monetary compensation for the air
pollution control activities performed by the agency. Provides that: (1)
the compensation paid to an agency under a contract must be at least
sufficient to cover the agency's staffing and operating costs; and (2) the
rate of compensation must be adjusted each year according to changes
in the Consumer Price Index.
Effective: July 1, 2026.
Randolph Lonnie M
December 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
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Introduced
Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026)
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SENATE BILL No. 17
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
environmental law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 13-11-2-47.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 47.8. "CPI-U", for purposes of
4 IC 13-17-3-9.5, means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
5 Consumers, all items, as published monthly by the United States
6 Bureau of Labor Statistics.
7 SECTION 2. IC 13-17-3-9.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
8 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
9 1, 2026]: Sec. 9.5. (a) The commissioner shall enter into a contract
10 described in subsection (b) with a local air pollution control agency
11 that is:
12 (1) established or designated by a town, city, or county under
13 IC 13-17-12-1(b); and
14 (2) willing to enter into the contract.
15 (b) A contract entered into under this section must do the
16 following:
17 (1) Require the department to:
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1 (A) advise, consult, and cooperate with; and
2 (B) provide technical assistance to;
3 the local air pollution control agency.
4 (2) Either authorize the local air pollution control agency:
5 (A) to undertake air pollution control activities, including:
6 (i) monitoring regional ambient air quality; and
7 (ii) within the local air pollution control agency's
8 jurisdiction, issuing operating permits and operating
9 permit revisions, performing compliance inspections,
10 responding to complaints and emergencies, and initiating
11 enforcement actions;
12 on behalf of the department; or
13 (B) to:
14 (i) issue operating permits and operating permit
15 revisions;
16 (ii) perform compliance inspections;
17 (iii) respond to complaints and emergencies; and
18 (iv) initiate enforcement actions;
19 as authorized by ordinances of the town, city, or county, as
20 applicable, that are consistent with or more restrictive
21 than air pollution control laws.
22 (3) Provide that the local air pollution control agency must be
23 paid fair monetary compensation for the activities described
24 in subdivision (2) from funds available to the department for
25 administration of the air pollution control laws, including the
26 following:
27 (A) United States Environmental Protection Agency
28 federal grant funding for the purpose of air pollution
29 control program support activities funded under Section
30 105 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7405), as
31 further described in Section 66.001 of the Catalog of
32 Federal Domestic Assistance.
33 (B) United States Environmental Protection Agency
34 federal grant funding for the purpose of PM2.5 air
35 monitoring activities funded under Secti