Bill Text: IN HB1092 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Johnson superior court and Wabash city court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Signed by the Governor [HB1092 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1092-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each Johnson superior court is a standard superior court as described in IC 33-29-1.
(c) Johnson County comprises the judicial district of each court.
SECTION 2. IC 33-33-41-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 4. (a) The Johnson superior court No. 1 and Johnson superior court No. 2 each have one (1) judge who shall hold sessions in the Johnson County courthouse in Franklin.
(b) The Johnson superior court No. 3
SECTION 3. IC 33-33-41-4.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 4.1. (a) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of this chapter, the Johnson superior court No. 4 is not
established until January 1, 2015.
(b) The initial election of the judge of the Johnson superior
court No. 4 added by section 3 of this chapter is the general election
on November 4, 2014. The term of the initially elected judge begins
January 1, 2015.
(c) Notwithstanding IC 33-38-5, the part of the total salary and
benefits that would otherwise be paid by the state for the judge of
the new Johnson superior court No. 4 may not be paid by the
auditor of state until the auditor of state receives a resolution of the
board of county commissioners of Johnson County that sets forth
the board's determination that a building in existence on January
1, 2012, has been rehabilitated and is ready as a place for the court
added by section 3 of this chapter to hold sessions.
SECTION 4. IC 33-35-2-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2012]: Sec. 6.5. A city court in a city having a population of more
than ten thousand five hundred (10,500) but less than eleven
thousand (11,000) has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court
in civil cases in which the amount in controversy does not exceed
one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). However, the city
court does not have jurisdiction in actions for:
(1) slander;
(2) libel;
(3) foreclosure of mortgage on real estate, in which the title to
real estate is in issue;
(4) matters relating to a decedent's estate, appointment of
guardians, and all related matters; and
(5) actions in equity
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