Indiana Senate Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2012 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-16 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Imposes until July 1, 2020, a pro bono legal services fee of $1 on parties who file certain civil actions, small claims actions, and probate actions. Requires the pro bono legal services fees to be transferred to the Indiana Bar Foundation as the entity designated by the Indiana supreme court to organize and administer the interest on lawyers trust accounts (IOLTA) program. Requires the Indiana Bar Foundation to: (1) deposit in an appropriate account and otherwise manage the fees the foundation receives in the same manner it deposits and manages the net earnings the foundation receives from IOLTA accounts; and (2) use the fees the foundation receives to assist or establish approved pro bono legal services programs. Specifies that the handling and expenditure of the pro bono legal services fees received by the Indiana Bar Foundation are subject to audit by the state board of accounts.

Pro bono legal services fee.

Sen. Jean Breaux [D]	Sen. John Broden [D]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]	Sen. Timothy Lanane [D]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Vi Simpson [D]	Sen. Brent Steele [R]	Sen. Karen Tallian [D]

2012-01-31 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-16		Referred to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2012-02-16		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2012-02-09		First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2012-01-31		Senators Simpson and Lanane added as coauthors
2012-01-31		Cosponsors: Reps. Koch and Davisson
2012-01-31		House sponsor: Rep. Stemler
2012-01-31		Referred to the House
2012-01-31		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 50 and nays 0
2012-01-30		Amendment 2 (Miller), prevailed; voice vote
2012-01-30		Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2012-01-26		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2012-01-26		Senators Randolph and Tallian added as coauthors
2012-01-25		Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2012-01-24		Senator Breaux added as coauthor
2012-01-20		Senator Broden added as coauthor
2012-01-19		Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2012-01-09		Senator Steele added as second author
2012-01-04		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2012-01-04		Authored by Senator Grooms

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0235
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN0235.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/SB/SB0235.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/SB/SB0235.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/ES/ES0235.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/PDF/Srollcal/0128.PDF.pdf