Indiana House Bill 1651 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

State funding of certain trials of police officers. Establishes the special prosecution fund (fund) to reimburse a county for expenses incurred in the appointment of a special prosecutor to prosecute a law enforcement officer who is alleged to have unlawfully caused bodily injury to another person by discharging a firearm or using physical force. Establishes a procedure for the county auditor to seek reimbursement from the fund, and provides that the attorney general administers the fund and evaluates claims for reimbursement. Appropriates $200,000 to the fund.

State funding of certain trials of police officers. Establishes the special prosecution fund (fund) to reimburse a county for expenses incurred in the appointment of a special prosecutor to prosecute a law enforcement officer who is alleged to have unlawfully caused bodily injury to another person by discharging a firearm or using physical force. Establishes a procedure for the county auditor to seek reimbursement from the fund, and provides that the attorney general administers the fund and evaluates claims for reimbursement. Appropriates $200,000 to the fund.

Rep. Gregory Porter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2017-01-24	House	Authored by Representative Porter

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1651/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/4/5/0/3450debd/HB1651.01.INTR.pdf