Bill Text: IN SB0021 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Notice of appropriation and revenue measures.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations [SB0021 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0021-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 2-2.1-1-10; IC 2-2.1-1-14.
Synopsis: Notice of appropriation and revenue measures. Provides
that committee hearings and floor votes on appropriations and revenue
raising measures are subject to a waiting period of 72 hours after the
bill or amendment is made available for public review. Applies to any
state general fund appropriation of at least $1,000,000 and to any
revenue raising measure that would raise at least $1,000,000 for the
state general fund. Allows either house to waive the notice if a
provision is added to the bill that states the notice requirement has been
waived.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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(b) During any session the standing committees of the House and Senate may announce and hold public hearings on any bill or resolution assigned to them upon the authorization of the Speaker of the House or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, respectively, but may take no action with regard to its disposition until it is introduced according to the rules of the house of origin. In addition, an appropriation amendment, an appropriation bill, a revenue related amendment, or a revenue related bill is subject to the requirements of section 14 of this chapter.
following findings:
(1) Public participation in the legislative process improves the
quality of enactments by allowing the opportunity for a
detailed review by the public.
(2) The opportunity for a detailed review by the public before
hearings or votes on legislation increases public trust in
government and enhances respect for the general assembly by
ensuring that its operation is conducted with the openness,
order, and dignity befitting the citizens of Indiana.
(3) Prohibiting hearings and votes on an appropriation
amendment, an appropriation bill, a revenue related
amendment, or a revenue related bill until seventy-two (72)
hours after the document is made public allows for public
participation.
(b) As used in this section, "appropriation amendment" means
any change:
(1) that is made in a bill:
(A) on the floor; or
(B) in a committee;
of either house; and
(2) that includes a state general fund appropriation of at least
one million dollars ($1,000,000).
The term includes a conference committee recommendation.
(c) As used in this section, "appropriation bill" means any bill
that includes a state general fund appropriation of at least one
million dollars ($1,000,000).
(d) As used in this section, "revenue related amendment" means
any change:
(1) that is made in a bill:
(A) on the floor; or
(B) in a committee;
of either house; and
(2) that would raise at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) in
revenue for the state general fund.
The term includes a conference committee recommendation.
(e) As used in this section, "revenue related bill" means any bill
that would raise at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) in revenue
for the state general fund.
(f) An action taken in violation of this section is void.
(g) Subject to subsection (i)(2), a committee hearing on:
(1) an appropriation amendment;
(2) an appropriation bill;
(3) a revenue related amendment; or
(4) a revenue related bill;
by a committee of either house may not take place until at least
seventy-two (72) hours after the document (or an electronic version
of the document) comprising the amendment or bill is available for
public review.
(h) Subject to subsection (i)(2), a floor vote in either house for
final passage of:
(1) an appropriation amendment;
(2) an appropriation bill;
(3) a revenue related amendment; or
(4) a revenue related bill;
may not take place until at least seventy-two (72) hours after the
document (or an electronic version of the document) comprising
the amendment or bill is available for public review.
(i) The time sensitive prohibitions of subsections (g) and (h):
(1) apply each time:
(A) an appropriation amendment;
(B) an appropriation bill;
(C) a revenue related amendment; or
(D) a revenue related bill;
is considered; but
(2) may be waived upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the house,
with respect to floor action or action by a committee of the
house, that is considering:
(A) an appropriation amendment;
(B) an appropriation bill;
(C) a revenue related amendment; or
(D) a revenue related bill.
(j) If a bill or an amendment to a bill is adopted under a waiver
under subsection (i)(2), the following must be added to the digest
of the bill and must appear as the contents of a separate noncode
SECTION that must be added to the bill:
"The (insert house) has waived the people's right for a
detailed review of this bill.".
(k) A period set forth in subsection (g) or (h) does not include
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, except that a period applying to:
(1) an appropriation amendment;
(2) an appropriation bill;
(3) a revenue related amendment; or
(4) a revenue related bill;
includes a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday if the house (or the house
of the committee) considering the amendment or bill is in session
on that Saturday, Sunday, or holiday.
