House Bill

HB 1523

Public depositories.

In plain English

Allows school corporations and library districts to invest public funds in designated depositories anywhere in their county, and lets a county invest its funds in a depository in a neighboring county. Removes the location requirement for certain certificate of deposit investments, and treats those made after June 30, 2018 as lawful and insured by the public deposits insurance fund.

Written by AI from the official digest below, and checked only by automated rules. If they differ, the official digest and bill text control.

Official digest

Amends as follows the Indiana Code section authorizing a political subdivision to invest public funds in certificates of deposit of depositories that have not been designated as a depository by the local board of finance but have been designated by the state board of finance as a depository for state deposits: (1) Provides that an investment that is made under the section after June 30, 2018, in a certificate of deposit of a depository that is located outside the territorial limits of the investing political subdivision is considered lawfully invested and insured by the public deposits insurance fund notwithstanding the current statutory requirement that all public funds of all political subdivisions must be deposited in designated depositories located in the territorial limits of the political subdivision. (2) Eliminates, for purposes of investments in certificates of deposit made under the section, the applicability of the current statutory requirement that all public funds of all political subdivisions must be deposited in designated depositories located in the territorial limits of the political subdivision. Amends the Indiana Code section requiring that all public funds of all political subdivisions be deposited in public depositories within the territorial limits of the political subdivision to provide that a board of finance of a political subdivision that is: (1) a school corporation; or (2) a library district; may invest the public funds of the political subdivision in a designated depository located anywhere in the county in which the political subdivision is located. Authorizes a county to invest the public funds of the county in a depository that is located in another county contiguous to that county.

Latest action: Committee report: do pass, adopted, April 10, 2025Full text and history at iga.in.gov

Authors and sponsors

Kyle Pierce, Travis Holdman, Scott Baldwin

Co-authors and co-sponsors: Jake Teshka, Ethan Lawson, Alaina Shonkwiler, Lonnie Randolph

Roll-call votes

1 recorded vote, oldest first. Third-reading votes decide whether a bill passes a chamber; amendment votes and procedural motions are listed too.

House · Feb 11, 2025

Third reading: vote to pass

Roll call text: HB 1523 - Pierce K - 3rd Reading

Passed

88 yes4 no8 did not vote

Republicans: 63 yes, 3 no, 4 did not voteDemocrats: 24 yes, 0 no, 4 did not voteIndependents: 0 yes, 1 noNot matched to a current member: 1 yes, 0 no

How each member voted

Yes (88)

No (4)

Did not vote (8)

Source: Open States, compiled from the Indiana General Assembly's official roll calls. The official record at iga.in.gov controls. Spot an error? Let us know.