Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 368
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 3-14-2-31.
Synopsis: Vote fraud and employment. Provides that a person who is
convicted of any of certain offenses relating to voting shall be
prohibited from being employed by the state or a county, municipality,
or township for three years, unless the sentencing court finds that the
person committed the offense because the person feared employment
related retaliation and that the person appreciates the wrongfulness of
the person's conduct.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 11, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and
Civil Matters.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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SENATE BILL No. 368
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 3-14-2-31; (11)IN0368.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 3-14-2-31 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2011]:
Sec. 31. (a) Notwithstanding IC 35-50-2-7 or IC 35-50-3-2,
and except as provided in subsection (b), if a person is convicted of
an offense under this chapter:
(1) the court sentencing the person for the offense shall
prohibit the person from being employed by the state or a unit
(as defined in IC 36-1-2-23) for a period of three (3) years;
and
(2) if the person is currently employed by the state or a unit,
the person's employment is terminated as a matter of law on
the date of sentencing.
(b) The court sentencing a person convicted of an offense under
this chapter may suspend or modify the prohibition under
subsection (a)(1) or the termination under subsection (a)(2), or
both, if the court finds that the person:
(1) committed the offense because the person feared
employment related retaliation; and
(2) appreciates the wrongfulness of the person's conduct.