The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1307, sponsored by Sen. Niemeyer and Sen. Randolph, increasing the maximum civil jurisdiction from an amount in controversy of $3,000 to an amount in controversy of $6,000 for Lake County city and town court jurisdiction in East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hobart, and Crown Point city courts, and Merrillville town court. The bill was amended to specify that money from the jury pay fund may be used by a city or town court to supplement the cost of jury fees. The amended bill passed 7-0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1307.