H.E.A. 1338, P.L. 171 Effective: July 1, 2024 Specifies that: (1) the public access counselor serves at the pleasure of the governor; and (2) when issuing an advisory opinion, the public access counselor may consider only the plain text of the public access laws and valid Indiana court opinions. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1338 … [Read more...] about Security of property and meeting decorum
Judicial Administration
Disaster emergency
The House Public Health Committee heard SB 234 on disaster emergency authored by Sen. Garten, Sen. Freeman, and Sen. Holdman, and sponsored by Rep. Lehman. The bill provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor expires after 30 days and prohibits the governor from calling a new state of disaster emergency unless the new disaster is wholly unrelated to an … [Read more...] about Disaster emergency
Terms of US Senators and members of Congress
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HJ 3 on terms of US Senators and members of Congress authored by Rep. Hall and sponsored by Sen. Holdman and Sen. Alexander. The joint resolution applies to Congress for a Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United … [Read more...] about Terms of US Senators and members of Congress
Distributions of public safety income tax revenue
The House Ways and Means Committee heard SB 33 on distributions of public safety income tax revenue authored by Sen. Niemeyer and Sen. Dernulc and sponsored by Rep. Slager. The bill, in part, limits use of the judicial local income tax that was passed in 2023 to “courtroom costs” for staffing the court reporter, bailiff, or court administrator. The bill was amended by consent to c … [Read more...] about Distributions of public safety income tax revenue
Commission, committee, and board administration
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1026 on commission, committee, and board administration authored by Rep. Engleman and sponsored by Sen. Freeman. The bill, which was prepared by the Code Revision Commission, does the following: The committee amended the bill by consent to reduce the frequency by which the distressed unit appeal board is required to meet from monthly to … [Read more...] about Commission, committee, and board administration