Bill Text: IN HB1179 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mechanic's liens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-26 - Amendment 2 (Bartlett), prevailed; Voice Vote [HB1179 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-HB1179-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1179

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 32-28-3-1.5.

Synopsis: Mechanic's liens. Allows an incorporated or unincorporated association that represents employees, employers, suppliers, or an employee benefit fund to file a statement and notice of intention to hold a mechanic's lien on behalf of a person who: (1) is a member of or participant in the association; (2) performed labor or furnished materials as described in the mechanic's lien law; and (3) may have a lien as set forth in mechanic's lien law.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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Bartlett

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    January 7, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Employment.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1179

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property.

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

SOURCE: IC 32-28-3-1.5; (10)IN1179.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 32-28-3-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 1.5. (a) An incorporated or unincorporated association that represents employees, employers, suppliers, or an employee benefit fund may file a statement and notice of intention to hold a lien under this chapter on behalf of a person who:
        (1) is a member of or participant in the association;
        (2) performed labor or furnished materials as described in section 1(a) of this chapter; and
        (3) may have a lien as set forth in section 1 of this chapter.
    (b) If an incorporated or unincorporated association files a statement and notice of intention to hold a lien under this chapter on behalf of a member of or participant in the association, the association:
        (1) has the same rights and remedies under this chapter as the member or participant;
        (2) may enforce the lien by filing a complaint on behalf of the

member or participant as provided in this chapter; and
        (3) shall identify by name all the members or participants on whose behalf the association is acting under this chapter in:
            (A) the statement and notice of intention to hold a lien;
            (B) a complaint filed under this chapter; and
            (C) any other document required under this chapter to have or enforce a lien.