Bill Text: IN HB1162 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Special relief.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy [HB1162 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-HB1162-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1162

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: None (noncode).

Synopsis: Special relief. Provides special relief for David L. Scott, who was released from prison in January 2008 after DNA evidence indicated he did not commit the murder for which he was convicted in April 1985. Makes an appropriation.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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Tincher, Kersey

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    January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1162

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning special relief for David L. Scott and to make an appropriation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: ; (10)IN1162.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010] (a) There is appropriated to David L. Scott, who was released from prison in January 2008 after DNA evidence indicated he did not commit the murder for which he was convicted in April 1985, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) from the state general fund for special relief. This money is not appropriated for payment of damages but is provided solely out of humanitarian consideration for the wrongs done to David L. Scott.
    (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2011.