Bill Text: IN HCR0006 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging USDOT to hold hearings on placing Indiana in Central time zone.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2012-01-09 - Referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation [HCR0006 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HCR0006-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the placement of the entire state of Indiana in the Central Time Zone.
_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION petitioning the United States
Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the placement of the
entire state of Indiana in the Central Time Zone.
Whereas, The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260 et
seq.) delegates to the Secretary of the United States
Department of Transportation the responsibility of
designating standard time zones in the United States;
Whereas, Indiana is presently divided between the Central
Time Zone and the Eastern Time Zone;
Whereas, Considerations of geography indicate that the
entire state of Indiana should be located in the Central Time
Zone;
Whereas, The observance of time in the Central Time Zone
would return most of Indiana to normal times for daylight
and darkness;
Whereas, Relocation of the time zone boundary will provide
that most Hoosiers will observe the same time year round;
Whereas, Requests for changes in the designated time zones
must be made by a local unit of government or a state
government to the Secretary of the United States Department
of Transportation;
Whereas, The Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation may make changes in time zone boundaries,
subject to public hearings in the communities affected, at the
request of the highest political authority of the state;
Whereas, The time that should be observed in Indiana has
been a continuing issue of controversy;
Whereas, The general assembly finds that it is in the best
interest of the citizens of Indiana to be located in the Central
Time Zone;
Whereas, Placement of the entire state of Indiana in the
Central Time Zone should be the "default" time zone
placement of Indiana; and
Whereas, Placement of the entire state of Indiana in the
Central Time Zone should not prejudice the ability of certain
counties under federal law to seek to be placed in the Eastern
Time Zone: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly hereby petitions
the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings
under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to hold hearings in the
appropriate locations in Indiana on the placement and restoration of the
entire state of Indiana in the Central Time Zone.
SECTION 2. That this petition should not prejudice in any way the
ability of any Indiana county to seek to be placed in the Eastern Time
Zone under the procedures prescribed by federal law.
SECTION 3. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives shall send a certified copy of this resolution to the
Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation as an
official expression of the opinion by and a petition of the 117th Indiana
General Assembly.