Indiana Senate Bill 213 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Allows the judge of the Allen circuit court to appoint a second full- time magistrate. Removes the judge's authority to appoint a hearing officer: (1) who has the powers of a magistrate; and (2) whose salary is paid by the county. Adds a third judge to the Bartholomew superior court as of January 1, 2013. Allows the judges of the Hamilton superior court to jointly appoint a third magistrate. Adds a fourth judge to the Johnson superior court as of January 1, 2015. Allows the judges of the Warrick circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the commission on courts.)

Courts and court officers.

Sen. Richard Bray [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-01-05		Authored by Senator Bray

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0213
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0213.1.html