Indiana House Bill 1365 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on May 16 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-16 - Effective 07/01/2011
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Allows the first responding volunteer fire department to recover attorney's fees and costs incurred by the department in an action to recover unpaid service charges. Prohibits a volunteer fire department funded by taxes imposed by a unit or by a contract with a unit from imposing a charge on persons who reside or pay property taxes in the unit unless the spill or chemical or hazardous material fire poses an imminent threat to persons or property. Provides that a bill for a service charge by a volunteer fire department must contain: (1) verification that the bill has been approved by the chief of the volunteer fire department; and (2) language indicating that correspondence from the person being billed regarding the bill should be directed to the department. Provides that all bills sent by an agent of a volunteer fire department must be approved by the chief of the volunteer fire department before it is sent to the person being billed for services, and specifies that the chief of the volunteer fire department must review a bill before authorizing an agent to proceed with collection efforts for that bill.

Volunteer fire department recovery of costs.

Rep. Richard Dodge [R]	Rep. Craig Fry [D]	Rep. Timothy Neese [R]	Rep. David Yarde [R]
Rep. David Yarde [R]

2011-04-26 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 73 N: 11 NV: 2 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2011-04-21 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-21 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 88 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-16		Effective 07/01/2011
2011-05-16		Public Law 208
2011-05-10		Signed by the Governor
2011-05-02		Signed by the President of the Senate
2011-04-28		Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2011-04-27		Signed by the Speaker
2011-04-27		Representative C. Fry added as coauthor
2011-04-26		House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 673: yeas 73, nays 11
2011-04-21		Returned to the House with amendments
2011-04-21		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 436: yeas 49 and nays 0
2011-04-18		Senator Hume added as cosponsor
2011-04-18		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-04-14		Senators Arnold, Steele and Holdman added as cosponsors
2011-04-12		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-03-28		Representative Yarde added as coauthor
2011-02-22		First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
2011-02-21		Senate sponsor: Senator Zakas
2011-02-21		Referred to the Senate
2011-02-21		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 217: yeas 88, nays 11
2011-02-17		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-02-15		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2011-01-24		Representative Neese added as coauthor
2011-01-18		First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
2011-01-18		Authored by Representative Dodge

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1365
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1365.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HB/HB1365.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/EH/EH1365.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HE/HE1365.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0217.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0436.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0673.PDF.pdf