IN SB0537 | 2011 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 17 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-05-18 - Effective 07/01/2011
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

Establishes the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation (corporation) as a public body corporate and politic to govern the state museum and historic sites. Establishes the corporation's board of trustees to oversee and govern the corporation. Provides that the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation board of trustees are exempt from the state procurement requirements. Makes meetings of the board subject to the open meetings law and makes records of the corporation subject to the open records law. Provides an exception from the procurement statutes for the board's acquisition of artifacts for the state museum and historic sites. Provides that employees of the corporation are subject to the state personnel system and participation in the public employees' retirement fund. Provides that the corporation is subject to the state personnel system. Permits the corporation's employees to participate in the state employee group insurance and other benefit plans. Provides that the board and corporation employees are under the jurisdiction of the ethics commission and the executive branch ethics rules. Specifies that the corporation's proposed budget is subject to the budget statutes governing state agencies if the proposed budget includes funding from the state general fund. Establishes the state museum and historic sites development fund. Provides that the board's investments must be consistent with the public funds investment requirements that apply to the treasurer of state. Provides that interest earned on the corporation's investments shall be deposited in the corporation's funds. Provides that all earned income accruing to the corporation's fund is appropriated continuously. Requires the chief executive officer of the corporation to report annually to the state budget committee concerning the activities, revenues, expenditures, and profits of the museums' shops, facility rentals, and restaurants. Requires the executive officer of the corporation to enter into a memorandum of understanding with nonprofit organizations that are recognized supporters of state historic site. Requires the executive officer of the corporation to enter into a memorandum of understanding with: (1) the Indiana department of transportation; (2) the department of correction; and (3) the department of natural resources (DNR). Establishes the state museum foundation. Includes transitional provisions to transfer the museum and historic sites functions and funds from the DNR to the corporation. Requires prior review of the state budget committee and the approval of the budget director for obligations to be incurred by the corporation for lands and structures. Repeals laws governing the state museum and historic sites as entities administered by the DNR. Makes conforming changes.

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Title

State museum and historic sites.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2011-04-29 - House - House - Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House (Y: 92 N: 2 NV: 5 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2011-04-29 - Senate - Senate - Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate (Y: 47 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-14 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2011-04-13 - House - House - Amendment 4 (Bacon), prevailed (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2011-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 41 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2011-05-18 Effective 07/01/2011
2011-05-17 Public Law 167
2011-05-10 Signed by the Governor
2011-05-05 Signed by the President of the Senate
2011-05-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2011-05-05 Signed by the Speaker
2011-04-29 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 526: yeas 47, nays 3
2011-04-29 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 726: yeas 92, nays 2
2011-04-29 Rules suspended
2011-04-29 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
2011-04-21 House advisors appointed: Eberhart, Heaton and Cheatham
2011-04-21 House conferees appointed: Saunders and Battles
2011-04-20 Senate advisors appointed: Arnold and Wyss
2011-04-20 Senate conferees appointed: Merritt and Lanane
2011-04-20 Senate dissented from House amendments
2011-04-14 Returned to the Senate with amendments
2011-04-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 535: yeas 96, nays 0
2011-04-13 Amendment 4 (Bacon), prevailed; Roll Call 505: yeas 96, nays 0
2011-04-13 Amendment 2 (Clere), ruled out of order
2011-04-13 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2011-04-07 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-03-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2011-02-17 Senator Wyss added as second author
2011-02-17 House sponsor: Rep. Saunders
2011-02-17 Referred to the House
2011-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 164: yeas 41 and nays 9
2011-02-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-02-14 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2011-02-07 Senator Arnold added as coauthor
2011-02-03 Committee report: amend do pass, reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2011-01-31 Senator Lanane added as coauthor
2011-01-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Appointments and Claims
2011-01-18 Authored by Senator Merritt

Indiana State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttp://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0537
Texthttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0537.1.html
Texthttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0537.1.html
Texthttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0537.2.html
Texthttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/ES/ES0537.1.html
Texthttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/ES/ES0537.2.html
Texthttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SE/SE0537.1.html
Roll Callhttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0164.PDF.pdf
Roll Callhttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0505.PDF.pdf
Roll Callhttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0535.PDF.pdf
Roll Callhttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0526.PDF.pdf
Roll Callhttp://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Hrollcal/0726.PDF.pdf

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