Indiana House Bill 1037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on May 13 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-13 - Public Law 2
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Requires the Indiana department of transportation to adopt rules concerning minimum distance requirements at railroad crossings. Provides that statutory minimum distance requirements expire on the date on which the rules are finally adopted. Provides that a railroad that violates a rule adopted by the Indiana department of transportation (INDOT) concerning minimum distance requirements at railroad crossings is subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each day the violation continues and that the maximum civil penalty for a continuing violation is $5,000. Authorizes INDOT to bring an action to recover a civil penalty in the circuit or superior court of the county in which the crossing that is the subject of the violation is located.

Railroad crossings.

Rep. Edmond Soliday [R]

Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

Rep. Ben Smaltz [R]

Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]

2013-03-12 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2013-01-23 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 91 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-13	House	Public Law 2
2013-03-27	House	Signed by the Governor
2013-03-21	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2013-03-19	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2013-03-18	House	Signed by the Speaker
2013-03-12	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2013-03-12	Senate	Returned to the House without amendments
2013-03-12	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 44 and nays 0
2013-03-11	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-03-05	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2013-02-25	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs
2013-01-23	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Charbonneau and Arnold
2013-01-23	House	Referred to the Senate
2013-01-23	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: yeas 91, nays 1
2013-01-22	House	Representatives DeLaney, Smaltz and Niemeyer added as coauthors
2013-01-22	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2013-01-17	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2013-01-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
2013-01-07	House	Authored by Representative Soliday

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2013&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1037
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/IN/IN1037.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HB/HB1037.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/EH/EH1037.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/HE/HE1037.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Hrollcal/0019.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/Srollcal/0254.PDF.pdf