This is the final installment of the Legislative Update for the 2017 legislative session. This installment contains summaries of select bills of interest that were signed into law in the 2017 legislative session. Civil Drug or alcohol screening tests (S.E.A. 55, P.L. 43) Adverse possession (S.E.A. 121, P.L. 51) Pyramid promotional schemes (S.E.A. 283, P.L. 105) Use of criminal … [Read more...] about 2017 Legislative Session Digest
Technical Corrections
Code revision corrections
S.E.A. 64, P.L. 44 Effective: April 13, 2017 Resolves substantive problems in the Indiana Code not suitable for resolution in the annual technical corrections bill. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the Code Revision Commission.) The full law is available at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/64 … [Read more...] about Code revision corrections
Code revision corrections
H.E.A. 1020, P.L. 9 Effective: March 29, 2017 Updates the list of criminal statutes codified outside IC 35. Makes no substantive change to law. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the Code Revision Commission.) The full law is available at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1020 … [Read more...] about Code revision corrections
Technical corrections
H.E.A. 1181, P.L. 85 Effective: April 20, 2017 Resolves technical problems in the Indiana Code. Provides that the technical corrections bill may be referred to as the "technical corrections bill of the 2017 general assembly". Specifies that the title may be used in the lead-in line of each SECTION of another bill to identify the provisions added, amended, or repealed by the … [Read more...] about Technical corrections
Code revision corrections
The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 64 on code revision corrections sponsored by Rep. Steuerwald and Rep. Kersey. Author Sen. Zakas referred to this bill as the companion to the technical corrections bill to clarify substantive discrepancies within the Indiana Code. Testimony on the bill was heard from the Office of Code Revision. The bill passed 11-0. Read the bill at … [Read more...] about Code revision corrections