H.E.A. 1079, P.L. 185 Effective: July 1, 2017 Requires the Division of State Court Administration to weekly transmit a list of persons convicted of specified crimes to the Department of Education (Department), and requires the Department to: (1) compare this list with the Department's list of licensed employees; and (2) revoke the license of a licensed employee who has been … [Read more...] about Rehabilitation progress and recidivism reporting
Judicial Administration
Various education matters §15 [Small claims]
H.E.A. 1384, P.L. 251 Effective: July 1, 2017 Provides that a school corporation may designate a full-time employee of the school corporation to represent the school corporation in a small claims court action to collect unpaid required fees if the claim does not exceed $1,500. The full law is available at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1384 … [Read more...] about Various education matters §15 [Small claims]
Property tax matters §33 [service of process fee]
H.E.A. 1450, P.L. 255 Effective: July 1, 2017 Increases the sheriff service of process fee from $25 to $28, provides that the clerk shall collect the fee rather than the sheriff, and distributes $1 of the fee to the clerk's record perpetuation fund. The full law is available at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1450 … [Read more...] about Property tax matters §33 [service of process fee]
DNA for felony arrestees
The House Ways and Means Committee heard SB 322 sponsored by Rep. Steuerwald and Rep. Bauer on DNA for felony arrestees. This bill requires every person arrested for a felony after December 31, 2017, to submit a DNA sample, and specifies that the sample may be obtained only by buccal swab. Under the bill, the DNA sample may not be shipped for DNA identification unless the arrestee … [Read more...] about DNA for felony arrestees
Service of process fees
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 532 sponsored by Rep. Mahan, reducing the service of process fees from $25 to $13 and deleting a prohibition on collection of service of process fees more than one time in a case. It also provides that the sheriff shall collect a service of process fee each time the sheriff serves a document completed by the sheriff. The bill was amended to … [Read more...] about Service of process fees