A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to name the bridge crossing Blue Lick Creek on US 31 near Memphis, Indiana, the "Corporal Jordan L. Spears Memorial Bridge".
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Wednesday, February 16, 2022, as a day to honor the work and mission of the regions of the American Red Cross serving the state of Indiana.
Provides that a charitable nonprofit foundation established to hold the proceeds of the sale of certain county hospitals may provide for compensation of the foundation's chairperson. (Under current law, the county treasurer is the foundation's chairperson and the members of the board of the foundation serve without compensation.) Provides that: (1) the county treasurer's service as the board's chairperson is considered to be part of the county treasurer's duties as county treasurer; (2) the chairperson may not vote on, or otherwise participate in, any board action relating to the compensation of the chairperson; (3) if the board provides for the payment of compensation to the chairperson, the compensation is considered to be part of the county treasurer's compensation as county treasurer; and (4) the amount of compensation paid by the foundation is in addition to the salary paid by the county to the chairperson as county treasurer.
Amends various statutes to name the political subdivisions described by population parameters or other identifying terms. Updates multipliers that are based on a county's population and used in determining distributions made by the department of correction to county misdemeanant funds. Removes language providing that changes to boundaries of certain political subdivisions may not take effect during the year immediately before the year a federal decennial census is conducted. Makes conforming amendments.
Requires certain businesses to post a notice with human trafficking hotline information in each public restroom of the business and in a conspicuous place near the public entrance or in another conspicuous location of the business in clear view of the public and employees where similar notices are customarily posted. Provides that a business owner who fails to comply with the human trafficking hotline notice requirement commits a Class C misdemeanor. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute to administer the human trafficking hotline notice requirement. Requires every governmental entity, on the home page of its web site, to provide an identified hyperlink to the model human trafficking hotline notice that is on the Indiana criminal justice institute's web site. Provides that when a person seeking treatment as a victim arrives at an examination facility, the provider shall comply with certain requirements prior to commencing a forensic medical examination.
Creates a direct liquor seller's permit with an annual permit fee of $500 for a liquor manufacturer that wants to sell and ship liquor directly to Indiana consumers. Provides that a person that sells and ships liquor directly to a consumer without a direct liquor seller's permit commits: (1) a Class A infraction for the first violation; (2) a Class A misdemeanor for a second violation that is done knowingly and within 10 years of the first infraction or conviction; and (3) a Level 6 felony for a third or subsequent violation that is done knowingly and within 10 years of the first two infractions or convictions.
Provides that if a court denies a request for an arrest warrant involving a crime of domestic violence, a prosecuting attorney may petition the court to hold an ex parte hearing to present additional evidence to establish probable cause. Requires a court to set the ex parte hearing within 24 hours after the petition is filed. Provides that if a court denies a request for an arrest warrant after the ex parte hearing and issues a summons for the defendant, certain notice of the summons to the victim is required. Requires the service of summons on a defendant concerning an alleged crime of domestic violence to be served by a law enforcement officer. Requires a bail hearing if a person is charged with a crime of domestic violence. Enhances the penalty for invasion of privacy to a Level 6 felony if a person violates a no contact order that was issued as a condition of probation or a bond. Enhances the penalty for domestic battery to a Level 6 felony if a person has a previous unrelated conviction of domestic battery. Provides that bail must be revoked for a defendant charged with a crime of domestic violence who violates a no contact order while on bail and who is subsequently charged with invasion of privacy or a subsequent crime of domestic violence.
Provides that a recreational vehicle campground that is not connected to a public sewer system may include one or more holding tanks in which wastewater from recreational vehicles is stored before processing. Limits the capacity of a holding tank to not more than 10,000 gallons.
Provides that an association or representative organization that meets certain requirements has standing to: (1) bring a declaratory judgment action as to an ordinance adopted under the planning and development law; and (2) obtain judicial review of a zoning decision.
Effective July 1, 2022: (1) Allows a notice to be published in either a locality newspaper or a regular newspaper. (2) If no locality newspaper or a regular newspaper is published in a county, requires publication in a locality newspaper or regular newspaper published in an adjoining county having a general circulation within the county placing the notice. (3) Prohibits an indigent person from being charged a fee that is greater than the governmental rate for publishing a notice. Effective January 1, 2023: (1) Changes the basic rate for publishing notices. (2) Allows for an increase January 1 of any year of the basic charges for the previous year for publishing notices by not more than the inflation rate. (3) Establishes a limit on the amount charged for publishing notices regarding estate administrations, sheriff's foreclosure sales, redemption of property, and service of summons by publication. Effective July 1, 2027: (1) Requires a notice to be published: (A) in an eligible publication; (B) on a statewide notice web site; and (C) if the notice is required by a court order, rule, or statute and is part of a court proceeding, on the Indiana supreme court web site. (2) Repeals statutes defining newspapers and other publications and publication of subsequent notices on the official web site of the political subdivision. Provides that not later than July 1, 2027, the office of technology may enter into memoranda of understanding with state agencies and an organization representing a majority of Indiana newspapers to operate a statewide notice web site. Makes conforming amendments.
