Indiana House Bill 1342 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
Pending: House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that after December 31, 2014, in a township containing territory within a municipality that has a population of at least 10,000: (1) the township may continue to exercise the township's powers and duties only within the territory of the township that is unincorporated or is within a municipality that is located in the township and has a population of less than 10,000; and (2) within each municipality that has a population of at least 10,000 or within a consolidated city, the municipal executive shall exercise the powers and duties otherwise granted to the township trustee, and the municipal fiscal and legislative body shall exercise the powers and duties otherwise granted to the township board. Specifies that in the case of a township that has all of the township's territory within a municipality having a population of at least 10,000 or a county having a consolidated city, the offices of township trustee, township board, and township assessor (if any) of the township are abolished on January 1, 2015. Provides that after December 31, 2014, in a county having a consolidated city, salaries of small claims court judges shall be established by ordinance of the city-county council and shall be paid by the county in the same installments as judges of the superior court in the county. Provides that for elections in 2014 and thereafter, a

Local government issues.

Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-11		First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2012-01-11		Authored by Representative Wesco

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1342
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1342.1.html