Bill Text: IN HB1079 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Conservancy district election procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development [HB1079 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-HB1079-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1079

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 14-33-5-5.5; IC 14-33-5.4-3.5.

Synopsis: Conservancy district election procedures. Allows, if in the opinion of the secretary of a conservancy district (secretary) a freehold has been divided into multiple freeholds to increase the number of voters, the secretary to exclude the freeholders of the multiple freeholds from the list of freeholders eligible to vote. Provides that the determination of the secretary may be challenged by petitioning the circuit court that created the district.

Effective: Upon passage.

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Dembowski

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    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1079

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning natural and cultural resources.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 14-33-5-5.5; (10)IN1079.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 14-33-5-5.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5.5. (a) If in the opinion of the secretary of the district a freehold has been divided into multiple freeholds for the sole purpose of increasing the number of freeholders eligible to cast a vote in an election under this chapter, the secretary of the district may determine to exclude the freeholders of those multiple freeholds from the list of freeholders referred to in section 5(a) of this chapter.
     (b) The determination of the secretary of the district under subsection (a) may be challenged by petitioning the circuit court that created the district.

SOURCE: IC 14-33-5.4-3.5; (10)IN1079.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 14-33-5.4-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 3.5. (a) If in the opinion of the secretary of the district a freehold has been divided into multiple freeholds for the sole purpose of increasing the number of

freeholders eligible to cast a vote in an election under this chapter, the secretary of the district may determine to exclude the freeholders of those multiple freeholds from the list of freeholders referred to in section 3(f) of this chapter.
     (b) The determination of the secretary of the district under subsection (a) may be challenged by petitioning the circuit court that created the district.

SOURCE: ; (10)IN1079.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.