The House Ways & Means Committee heard SB 417 on various tax matters authored by Sen. Holdman and Sen. Baldwin. The bill, in relevant part, allows county fiscal bodies to pass a county tax to provide funding for court staff salaries. The sponsor, Rep. Thompson, introduced the bill and discussed the increase in county court budget this would permit. The bill was amended, but … [Read more...] about Various tax matters
Judicial Administration
Juror compensation
The Senate Tax & Fiscal Policy Committee heard HB 1466 on jury compensation sponsored by Sen. Gaskill and authored by Rep. Davis. Last week, Rep. Davis explained that the bill increases the juror appearance rated to $30 per day, the juror service rate to $80 per day for the first five days and provides the juror service rate is $90 per day beginning on the sixth day of trial. T … [Read more...] about Juror compensation
Address confidentiality
The House Local Government Committee heard SB 314 on address confidentiality. Sponsored by Rep. Engleman and Rep. Olthoff. Authored by Sen. Gaskill, the bill replaces a "victim of domestic violence" with an individual who is an address confidentiality "program participant" in the definition of "covered person" for purposes of the statutes concerning restricted addresses. The bill … [Read more...] about Address confidentiality
Duties of victim services division of ICJI
On recommitment, the Senate Appropriations Committee heard HB 1195 on duties of victim services division of ICJI sponsored by Sen. Messmer and authored by Rep. McNamara. This bill reassigns duties to the Victim Services Division of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) from the domestic violence prevention and treatment council within the division. This bill was amended … [Read more...] about Duties of victim services division of ICJI
Conviction data
The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 136 on conviction data sponsored by Rep. Bartels. The bill defines a person prohibited from possessing or carrying a handgun. The bill also creates a new conviction database that is a repository for several other databases, allowing law enforcement to check one database, not multiple databases, to determine if a person is … [Read more...] about Conviction data