Miscellaneous

May 27, 2011 | Category: Miscellaneous

Noncode statutes project
S.E.A. 266, P.L. 39-2011
Effective July 1, 2011
Repeals a codified noncode statute relating to enforcement of child support orders that was held unconstitutional by the Indiana Court of Appeals.

Technical corrections bill
S.E.A. 295, P.L. 42-2011
Effective April 20, 2011

Noncode statutes
S.E.A. 490, P.L. 220-2011
Effective July 1, 2011
Repeals all noncode statutes enacted after the 1984 regular session of the General Assembly and before the 2010 regular session, except certain specifically preserved noncode statutes. Codifies other noncode provisions. Establishes general rules relating to the operation of legislative study commissions and committees. Relocates the statute establishing the Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee. Repeals the statute enacted for temporary legislative study committees.

Jurisdiction of university and college police
H.E.A. 1406, P.L. 30-2011
Effective July 1, 2011
Provides that a police officer employed by a college or university may exercise the officer’s police power in any part of Indiana if: (1) the college or university adopts a resolution specifically describing the territorial jurisdiction of a police officer employed by the college or university; and (2) the board of trustees sends notice to the superintendent of State Police and the sheriff (or in the case of a consolidated city, the chief of police) of the county in which the institution is primarily located. Requires a police officer employed by a college or university to meet certain training requirements in order to exercise the officer’s police powers. Requires a police officer employed by a college or university that exercises the officer’s police powers outside of the county in which the institution is primarily located to notify the sheriff (or in a consolidated city, the chief of police) as soon as practicable.

Credit time
H.E.A. 1416, P.L. 228-2011
Effective July 1, 2011
Provides that, for an imprisoned person to earn credit time for successfully completing the requirements for a high school diploma through correspondence courses, each correspondence course must be approved in advance by the Department of Correction. Specifies that a period of confinement is consecutive even if an inmate was released on the basis of an erroneous court order, and requires the Department of Correction to identify an offender to the Parole Board and provide certain information if the offender has been consecutively confined for 21 to 25 years, depending on the amount of educational credit time earned by the offender.