Indiana Senate Bill 139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that a county election board may not employ a candidate for elected office, a member of a candidate's committee, or an elected officeholder to perform certain election duties and responsibilities exercised by the circuit court clerk. Provides that a state officeholder may not use public funds to pay for the preparation, printing, distribution, or broadcast of advertising or any other form of communication concerning the activities or duties of the officeholder's state office in which the state officeholder personally appears or speaks, and establishes a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.

Election administration; state officeholders.

Sen. Vi Simpson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2010-01-05		Authored by Senator Simpson

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0139
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN0139.1.html