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>>GERRY: HELLO AND WELCOME TO
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS.
I'M GERRY DICK.
IT WAS A RACE TO THE FINISH

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LINE, BUT LEGISLATORS HAVE
CLOSED THE BOOKS ON THE 2018
SESSION OF THE INDIANA GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.

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WHILE WORKFORCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES BILLS
PASSED...EFFORTS TO RAISING THE
SMOKING AGE AND CONSOLIDATE

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TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT
FAILED...VIEWED BY SOME AS
"MISSED OPPORTUNITIES."
FOR MORE ON THE WINNERS AND

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LOSER OF THIS YEAR'S SESSION,
LET'S BRING IN A MAN CLOSE TO
THE ACTION...INDIANA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE PRESIDENT KEVIN

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BRINEGAR.
WELCOME!
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> IT WAS DESCRIBED AS CHAOS

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IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THERE WERE SEVERAL

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IMPORTANT BILLS THAT THE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AGREEMENTS
WERE REACHED SO LATE IN THE DAY
IN THE EVENING THAT THERE WAS

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NOT TIME TO GET THEM PRINTED,
COPIES MADE FOR LEGISLATORS TO
LOOK AT, DEBATE CIRCULAR ON THE
FLOOR AND SO THEY JUST FLAT RAN

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OUT OF TIME.
IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A TRAIN
WRECK.
>> THERE WAS ACRIMONY.

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>> THERE WAS ACKER MOUNTING ON
VARIOUS THINGS, LEADERSHIP BEEN
THAT WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS
IN SOME CASES THEY TOOK IT

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PERSONAL IN A WAY THAT I'VE NOT
SEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
>> ONE OF THOSE MEASURES WOULD
ALIGN DATES TAX CODE WITH NEW

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CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES IT COULD BE
A SPECIAL SESSION?
>> THERE ARE REASONABLE

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CHANCES THERE COULD BE.
I SPOKE TO THE OMB DIRECTOR THIS
MORNING AND THEY AGREED THIS
LEGISLATION IS SO IMPORTANT TO

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TIE OUR DEFINITION OF ADJUSTED
GROSS INCOME TO THE FEDERAL CODE
WHICH HAD MANY CHANGES IN MAJOR
TAX REFORM THAT TOOK PLACE IN

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WASHINGTON SO THAT'S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
THAT WILL BE UP TO THE GOVERNOR
TO DECIDE, BUT IF IT HAPPENS, IT

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WILL HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER IF FOR NO OTHER REASON
THAN THE TAX BILL AND YOU HAVE
SIX OR EIGHT OTHERS WHERE THEY

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WERE READY TO BE VOTED ON, BUT
RAN OUT OF TIME AND SOME
IMPORTANT THINGS THERE AS WELL.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT AGENDA

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ITEMS.
SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES THAT
HAPPENED THIS SESSION.
WORKFORCE WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR

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THE GOVERNOR, THE CHAMBER AND
OTHERS.
>> THEY PASSED SENATE BILL 50
IN HOUSE BILL 1002.

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750 IN THE END WE WERE BATTLING
ABOUT BUT 1002 HAS SOME
PROVISIONS THAT WILL HELP HIGH
SCHOOL COUNSELORS, WILL PROVIDE

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MORE TRAINING FUNDS AND WILL
MAKE OUR WORKFORCE SYSTEM MORE
EMPLOYER DRIVEN AND DEMAND
DRIVEN.

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>> YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE
WORKFORCE.
SEVERAL TECHNOLOGY MEASURES
INCLUDING SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

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BILL TO ALIGN TAXATION.
>> IT WILL CLARIFY THAT
SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE ACTIVITIES
ARE TAX-EXEMPT IN INDIANA.

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THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
INCONSISTENT RULINGS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SO WE
WORKED ALL SUMMER LEADING UP

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THROUGH THE SESSION TO GET THAT
LEGISLATION PASSED.
A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
CHAMBER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

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COUNCIL WERE HELPFUL IN BRINGING
FIRST-HAND STORIES TO THE
STATEHOUSE TO HELP US PASS THAT.
>> ALSO COMPUTER SCIENCE

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CLASSES, NOT MANDATORY, IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> A MANDATORY OFFERING AND WE
THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO

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ENHANCE AND PURSUE STEM GOALS
AND MAKE KIDS MORE READY FOR
COLLEGE AND CAREER.
>> MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THAT

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YOU AND OTHERS TALKING ABOUT
COMING OUT OF THE SESSION.
ONE OF THEM AND YOU FEEL
STRONGLY HEALTH ISSUES NEED TO

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COME INTO FOCUS AS A PRIORITY
RANGE LEADING THE MINIMUM AGE TO
21.
>> THAT'S PART OF THE AGENDA.

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WAS THE CHAMBER IS PART OF WE
WANT THE CIGARETTE TAX INCREASE
AS WELL BECAUSE THAT WILL REDUCE
THE INCIDENCE OF SMOKING YOUNG

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PEOPLE IF THE PRICES HIGHER.
FIVE STATES HAVE RAISED THEIR
LEGAL AGE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE SMOKE

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THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES START
BEFORE AGE 21.
>> YOU CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
THAT.

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ONE MORE ITEM EMERGING TOWNSHIP
SMALL TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENTS IT'S
BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG
TIME WILL IT EVER HAPPENED?

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>> I'M NOT SURE.
THE STRUCTURE WE HAVE CURRENTLY
IS INCREDIBLY WASTEFUL.
AND UNNECESSARY.

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WE HAD AN UNUSUAL OPPONENT ON
THAT AND THAT WAS THE FARM
BUREAU TURNS OUT MANY FARMERS
SERVE AS ON THOSE BOARDS AND

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THEY GET THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE
THERE.
BUT IT'S QUESTIONABLE THAT THAT
SHOULD HAPPEN AT TAXPAYER

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EXPENSE.
>> QUICKLY YOU'VE BEEN GIVING
THE LAST SEVERAL SESSIONS GOOD
GRADES.

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WHAT YOU GIVE THIS SESSION?
>> WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF A
GRADES.
THIS ONE WAS NOT A GOOD SESSION