INDIANAPOLIS  — On Tuesday the Indiana House has voted to eliminate the last 13 remaining township assessor offices around the state.

The vote was 53-44 to eliminate the remaining offices at the end of 2022.

The bill now goes to the state Senate for consideration.

The 13 township assessor offices remain after voters decided to retain them in 2008 referendums allowed under a law that abolished more than 950 such offices across the state.

Bill sponsor Republican Rep. Karen Engleman of Georgetown said state reports have found that county offices have been more cost effective and fair in property assessments.

Lake County has five of the township assessor offices that would be abolished, with one each in Allen, Elkhart, Howard, LaPorte, Porter, St. Joseph, Vigo and Wayne counties.