The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 199 concerning substantive problems in the Indiana Code, authored by Sens. Bray, Head, and Randolph and sponsored by Rep. Washburne. Sen. Bray introduced this bill, which resolves various nontechnical conflicts and problems not suitable for resolution in the annual technical corrections bill, including: (1) statutes that have been both amended and repealed; (2) ambiguous language and references; (3) faulty definitions; and (4) reference to defunct entities. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.) Two amendments were introduced replacing certain instances of “lieutenant governor” with “director of the Indiana office of energy development” and providing a definition of “small business ombudsman.” That amendment also replaces instances of “ombudsman” with “small business ombudsman.” Both amendments were adopted by consent, and the amended bill passed 8-0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/199.