Bill Text: IN HB1292 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Distribution of traffic violation judgments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation [HB1292 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HB1292-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1292

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 34-28-5-5.

Synopsis: Distribution of traffic violation judgments. Provides that if funds are collected as a judgment for a moving traffic violation based on a citation issued by an officer of a local law enforcement agency: (1) 45% of the funds are deposited in the state general fund; (2) 45% of the funds are deposited in the general fund of the political subdivision served by the local law enforcement agency to be used for public safety purposes; and (3) 10% of the funds are transferred to the law enforcement academy that serves the area in which the political subdivision is located; instead of 100% of the funds being deposited in the state general fund. Retains exceptions for funds collected for infraction judgments: (1) in Marion County that are used to pay the compensation of appointed court commissioners and to pay costs of the county's guardian ad litem program; and (2) for violations of certain temporary worksite speed limits that are transferred to the Indiana department of transportation to pay the costs of hiring off duty police officers to patrol highway work zones.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Stevenson

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    January 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1292

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning civil procedure.

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

SOURCE: IC 34-28-5-5; (11)IN1292.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 34-28-5-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.106-2010, SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 5. (a) A defendant against whom a judgment is entered is liable for costs. Costs are part of the judgment and may not be suspended except under IC 9-30-3-12. Whenever a judgment is entered against a person for the commission of two (2) or more civil violations (infractions or ordinance violations), the court may waive the person's liability for costs for all but one (1) of the violations. This subsection does not apply to judgments entered for violations constituting:
        (1) Class D infractions; or
        (2) Class C infractions for unlawfully parking in a space reserved for a person with a physical disability under IC 5-16-9-5 or IC 5-16-9-8.
    (b) If a judgment is entered:
        (1) for a violation constituting:
            (A) a Class D infraction; or

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            (B) a Class C infraction for unlawfully parking in a space reserved for a person with a physical disability under IC 5-16-9-5 or IC 5-16-9-8; or
        (2) in favor of the defendant in any case;
the defendant is not liable for costs.
    (c) Except for costs, and except as provided in subsection (e), subsection (f), and IC 9-21-5-11(e), the funds collected as judgments for violations of statutes defining infractions shall be deposited in the state general fund.
    (d) A judgment may be entered against a defendant under this section or section 4 of this chapter upon a finding by the court that the defendant:
        (1) violated:
            (A) a statute defining an infraction; or
            (B) an ordinance; or
        (2) consents to entry of judgment for the plaintiff upon a pleading of nolo contendere for a moving traffic violation.
    (e) The funds collected for an infraction judgment described in section 4(h) of this chapter shall be transferred to a dedicated county fund. The money in the dedicated county fund does not revert to the county general fund or state general fund and may be used, after appropriation by the county fiscal body, only for the following purposes:
        (1) To pay compensation of commissioners appointed under IC 33-33-49.
        (2) To pay costs of the county's guardian ad litem program.
     (f) Except as provided in subsection (e) and IC 9-21-5-11(e), funds collected as a judgment for a moving traffic violation based on a citation issued by an officer of a local law enforcement agency shall be distributed as follows:
        (1) Forty-five percent (45%) of the funds shall be deposited in the state general fund.
        (2) Forty-five percent (45%) of the funds shall be:
            (A) deposited in the general fund of the political subdivision served by the local law enforcement agency; and
            (B) used for public safety purposes in the political subdivision.
        (3) Ten percent (10%) of the funds shall be:
            (A) transferred to the law enforcement academy that serves the area in which the political subdivision served by the local law enforcement agency is located; and

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            (B) used to pay the costs of operating the law enforcement academy.