Sen. Greg Walker

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Irv Cross.

Changes the membership requirements for members of the Native American Indian affairs commission as follows: (1) Specifies that eight, rather than six, members must be Native American Indians from different geographic regions of Indiana. (2) Adds two nonvoting members appointed by the minority leaders of the senate and house of representatives. (3) Removes the requirement that two members must be Native American Indians who have knowledge in Native American traditions and spiritual issues. (4) Replaces the commissioner of the commission for higher education or the commissioner's designee as an ex officio member with the director of the department of child services or the director's designee. (5) Provides that not more than two members of the commission may represent the same tribe or organization. (Current law limits a particular tribe or organization to one member.)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson upon her retirement from the Office of the Indiana Secretary of State.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Columbus Youth Hockey, Inc. ("CYH") for their efforts in developing a successful youth hockey program and congratulating the program's Columbus Icemen ("Icemen") on winning the 2021 Indiana State High School Hockey Association ("ISHSHA") Class 2A championship.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing James C. Clark.

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator John C. Ruckelshaus upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.

Provides for a thirteenth check in 2021 for certain members of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit system. Provides for a $50 payment to members of the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund and public employees' retirement fund, and to participants of the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan.

Provides that the rules in existence for counting straight ticket votes apply to ballots cast on electronic voting systems and that the current rules apply to paper ballots and optical scan ballots. Requires the county election board to begin entering unofficial results canvassed by the county election board into the computerized list for statewide and legislative offices beginning at 8 p.m. on election night and continuing at stated intervals through the day after election day until the entry of unofficial results is completed.

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator James W. Merritt, Jr. upon his retirement from the Indiana State Senate.

Provides that after June 30, 2021, a political subdivision may not issue or guarantee a debt obligation until the fiscal officer of the political subdivision has: (1) prepared a debt capacity analysis report (report) on a standard form prescribed by the SBOA with the assistance of the department of local government finance; and (2) presented the report to the fiscal body of the political subdivision in a public hearing. Provides that after June 30, 2021, political subdivisions must provide information concerning pledges, covenants, and agreements that they have made to secure or guarantee a financial obligation of another person to the department of local government finance in the form and on the schedule specified by the department made. Requires the state board of accounts to establish standards for the state and political subdivisions that require disclosure of pledges, covenants, and agreements that have been made to secure or guarantee a financial obligation of another person, including guarantees for private bond issues of private companies. Specifies that the standards must be consistent with generally accepted governmental accounting principles. In reporting periods beginning after June 30, 2021, requires the state and political subdivisions to include the disclosures in the notes of the entity's annual financial statements.