The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 149 on various courts matters authored by Sen. Koch. The bill does the following:
- makes clarifying changes to the powers and duties of the Marion superior court executive committee
- Provides that an appointed judicial officer shall be vested by the judges of the family division of the Marion superior court with suitable powers for the handling of all probate matters of the court
- Removes and reallocates the powers and duties of a probate hearing judge, probate commissioner, juvenile referee, bail commissioner, and master commissioner from the Marion superior court
- Provides that the Marion County judicial selection committee nomination procedure shall be followed when filling a vacancy that occurs in a court
- Provides that the clerk of a circuit court, clerk of a city or town court, or judge of a city or town court that does not have a clerk; may retain as an administrative fee an amount of up to $3 from the excess amount collected by the clerk for general court costs
Marion County Superior Court supervising judge Amy Jones and Accelerate Indiana Municipalities testified in favor of the bill. The bill passed 10-1.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/149