Indiana House Bill 1395 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-18 - First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
Pending: House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that in a township containing territory within a municipality that has a population of at least 10,000, after December 31, 2012: (1) the township may continue to exercise the township's powers and duties only within the territory of the township that is unincorporated or is within a municipality that is located in the township and has a population of less than 10,000; and (2) within each municipality that has a population of 10,000 at least or within the consolidated city, the municipal executive shall exercise the powers and duties otherwise granted to the township trustee, and the municipal fiscal and legislative body shall exercise the powers and duties otherwise granted to the township board. Specifies that in the case of a township that has all of its territory within any municipality having a population of at least 10,000 or a county having a consolidated city, the offices of township trustee, township board, and township assessor (if any) of such a township are abolished on January 1, 2013. Provides that after December 31, 2012, in a county having a consolidated city, salaries of small claims court judges shall be established by ordinance of the city-county council and shall be paid by the county in the same installments as judges of the superior court in the county. Provides that for elections in 2012 and thereafter, a candidate for the office of township board or township trustee must

Local government issues.

Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-18		First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2011-01-18		Authored by Representative Wesco

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1395
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1395.1.html