January 19, 2010





HOUSE BILL No. 1186

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DIGEST OF HB 1186 (Updated January 13, 2010 5:54 pm - DI 69)



Citations Affected: IC 33-35; IC 33-36.

Synopsis: Interlocal agreements concerning courts. Allows a city or town that has not established a city or town court or an ordinance violations bureau to enter into an interlocal agreement with a city, town, or other municipal corporation that has established: (1) a city or town court; or (2) an ordinance violations bureau; to hear and dispose of ordinance violations that would otherwise come under the jurisdiction of a city or town court or an ordinance violations bureau established by the city or town.

Effective: July 1, 2010.





Saunders, Pierce




    January 7, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
    January 19, 2010, reported _ Do Pass.






January 19, 2010

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1186



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers.

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

SOURCE: IC 33-35-1-6; (10)HB1186.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 33-35-1-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 6. A city or town that has not established a court under this chapter may enter into an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7 with a city or town that:
        (1) has established a court under this chapter; and
        (2) is located in the same judicial circuit as the city or town that has not established a court;
to hear and dispose of ordinance violations that would otherwise come under the jurisdiction of a court established by the city or town under this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 33-35-2-3; (10)HB1186.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 33-35-2-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 3. A city court has the following jurisdiction over crimes, infractions, and ordinance violations:
        (1) Jurisdiction of all violations of the ordinances of the city.
        (2) Jurisdiction of all misdemeanors and all infractions.
         (3) If the city that established the city court has entered into an interlocal agreement described in IC 33-35-1-6 with another city or a town, jurisdiction of all other ordinance violations described in the interlocal agreement.
SOURCE: IC 33-35-2-8; (10)HB1186.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 33-35-2-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 8. (a) A town court has exclusive jurisdiction of all violations of the ordinances of the town.
    (b) A town court also has jurisdiction of all misdemeanors and all infractions.
    (c) If the town that established the town court has entered into an interlocal agreement described in IC 33-35-1-6 with a city or another town, the town court has jurisdiction of all other ordinance violations described in the interlocal agreement.
SOURCE: IC 33-36-2-4; (10)HB1186.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 33-36-2-4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 4. A city or town that has not established a court under IC 33-35-1 or an ordinance violations bureau under this chapter may enter into an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7 with a municipal corporation that:
        (1) has established an ordinance violations bureau under this chapter; and
        (2) is located in the same judicial circuit as the city or town that has not established a court or an ordinance violations bureau;
to hear and dispose of ordinance violations that would otherwise come under the jurisdiction of an ordinance violations bureau established by the city or town under this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 33-36-3-7; (10)HB1186.1.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 33-36-3-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 7. (a) Subject to subsection (b), all sums collected by the violations clerk as civil penalties for ordinance violations shall be accounted for and paid to the municipal corporation as provided by law.
     (b) If a city or town that has not established a court under IC 33-35-1 or an ordinance violations bureau under IC 33-36-2 has entered into an interlocal agreement described in IC 33-36-2-4 with a municipal corporation, the sums collected by the violations clerk that involve the city or town that has not established a court or an ordinance violations bureau shall be accounted for and paid as provided in the interlocal agreement.