Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1015(ss)
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 1-1-3; IC 2-2.1; IC 2-3-1; IC 2-5-1.1-5;
IC 3-9-2-12; IC 4-12-18; IC 34-6-2-137.
Synopsis: General assembly sessions. Provides that during an
odd-numbered year, the general assembly shall adjourn sine die not
later than the third Monday in November of that year. Provides that in
an even-numbered year, the general assembly shall adjourn sine die not
later than the first Monday in November of that year. Provides that the
sessions of the general assembly are considered to adjourn sine die, by
operation of law, not later than the required sine die adjournment days,
if the general assembly has not previously adjourned sine die. Codifies
provisions relating to the "legislative business per diem allowance", the
legislative "subsistence allowance", and the legislative "mileage
allowance". Provides that legislators are paid the subsistence allowance
for each day: (1) when the general assembly is in session, but in recess
for six or more calendar days; and (2) each day after the general
assembly adjourns sine die unless the general assembly is in special
session, when a legislator is paid the legislative business per diem
allowance. Provides that the "prohibited period" during which
campaign fundraising may not occur by candidates for election to the
general assembly and for state offices ends on the date the budget bill
for the following budget period is approved by the governor. (Under
current law, the prohibited period ends the day the general assembly
adjourns sine die in an odd-numbered year.) Repeals the statutes
providing for technical sessions. Repeals the emergency sessions
statute. Makes technical changes in statutes to reflect these substantive
changes.
Effective: Upon passage.
Bartlett
August 1, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
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Special Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)(ss)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1015(ss)
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the
general assembly.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 1-1-3-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.133-2021,
2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), so
4 As soon as certificates from all the counties have been received, the
5 governor shall issue and publish the governor's proclamation in the
6 Indiana Register under IC 2-6-1.5-5, announcing the date at which the
7 latest filing took place.
8 (b) All courts shall take notice of the facts contained in which the
9 proclamation all courts shall take notice. issued and published under
10 subsection (a).
11 (b) This subsection applies only in calendar year 2021. So soon as
12 certificates from all the counties have been received under
13 IC 2-6-1.5-5(f), the governor shall:
14 (1) for the distribution under IC 2-6-1.5-5(f)(1), issue and publish
15 a governor's proclamation in the Indiana Register under
16 IC 2-6-1.5-5, announcing the date at which the latest filing took
17 place; of the facts contained in which proclamation, all courts
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1 shall take notice; and
2 (2) for the distribution under IC 2-6-1.5-5(f)(2), issue and publish
3 a governor's proclamation in the Indiana Register under
4 IC 2-6-1.5-5, announcing the date at which the latest filing took
5 place; of the facts contained in which proclamation, all courts
6 shall take notice.
7 This subsection expires February 1, 2022.
8 SECTION 2. IC 1-1-3-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
9 [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section,
10 "regular "special session" includes a regular technical session. refers
11 to a session called by the governor under Article 4, Section 9 of the
12 Constitution of the State of Indiana.
13 (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), each provision
14 of each act passed at a regular session of the general assembly takes
15 effect on July 1 next following its enactment, unless a different time is
16 specified in the act.
17 (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), each provision
18 of each act passed at a special session of the general assembly takes
19 effect on the first day of the third calendar month after the calendar
20 month of sine die adjournment of the special session, unless a different
21 time is specified in the act.
22 (d) If an act contains a SECTION that specifies an effective date or
23 dates for one (1) or more other provisions of the act or declares that an
24 emergency exists for the act, then the SECTION takes effect at the
25 same time as the earliest date that any other provision of the act takes
26 effect.
27 (e) This section does not apply to acts that are vetoed by the
28 governor.
29 SECTION 3. IC 2-2.1-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.64-2021,
30 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
31 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout
32 this chapter:
33 (1) "Bill" includes a bill and a joint resolution.
34 (2) "Term of the general assembly" means that two (2) year period
35 of time extending from the first Wednesday after the first Monday
36 in November of any even-numbered year until, but not including,
37 the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the
38 next even-numbered year.
39 (3) "Session" refers to any of the following:
40 (A) A regular session of the general assembly.
41 (B) A regular technical session of the general assembly.
42 (C) An emergency session of the general assembly convened
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1 under IC 2-2.1-1.2.
2 (D) A special session of the general assembly. session of the
3 general assembly not described in subdivision (4).
4 (4) "Special session" means that period of time during which the
5 general assembly is convened in session upon the proclamation
6 and call of the governor under Article 4, Section 9 of the
7 Constitution of the State of Indiana.
8 SECTION 4. IC 2-2.1-1-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.133-2021,
9 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
10 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c),
11 this section does not apply to a special session.
12 (b) The first regular session of each term of the general assembly
13 shall first convene after an election for members of the general
14 assembly on the third Tuesday after the first Monday of November of
15 each even-numbered year to do the following:
16 (1) Organize itself.
17 (2) Elect its officers.
18 (3) Receive the oath of office.
19 (b) (c) If a special session is called before the date set in subsection
20 (a), (b), then the organization, election, and receiving the oath of office
21 shall be held on the first day of the special session.
22 (c) (d) The general assembly shall then adjourn until a day:
23 (1) certain fixed by a concurrent resolution; or
24 (2) when the gavel of each house falls in the presence of a quorum
25 whether or not a day certain to reconvene in session has been
26 fixed.
27 (d) (e) The general assembly shall reconvene in session no not later
28 than the second Monday in January of the following year.
29 (e) (f) The first regular session of each term of the general assembly
30 that convenes under this section shall adjourn sine die as follows:
31 (1) Not later than November 15 in calendar year 2021.
32 (2) not later than April 29 in any odd-numbered year beginning
33 after December 31, 2022. the third Monday of November of the
34 year the general assembly reconvenes under subsection (e).
35 (g) The session of the general assembly that convenes under this
36 section is considered to adjourn sine die, by operation of law, on
37 the third Monday of November of the year the general assembly
38 reconvenes under subsection (e), if the general assembly has not
39 adjourned sine die on an earlier date of that year.
40 SECTION 5. IC 2-2.1-1-2.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
41 PASSAGE]. Sec. 2.5. (a) This section does not apply in calendar year
42 2021.
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1 (b) Before the first regular session adjourns sine die, the general
2 assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution to fix a day to convene the
3 first regular technical session of the general assembly. The day fixed
4 under this subsection may not be earlier than thirty (30) days after the
5 first regular session adjourns sine die.
6 (c) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a
7 first regular technical session:
8 (1) Bills enacted during the first regular session vetoed by the
9 governor.
10 (2) Bills to correct conflicts among bills enacted during the first
11 regular session.
12 (3) Bills to correct technical errors in bills enacted during the first
13 regular session.
14 (d) The first regular technical session must adjourn sine die before
15 midnight after it convenes.
16 (e) The concurrent resolution adopted under subsection (b) may
17 provide that the first regular technical session is not required to
18 convene if the speaker of the house of representatives and the president
19 pro tempore of the senate jointly issue an order finding that the
20 purposes for which a regular technical session may meet under
21 subsection (c) do not justify the cost and inconvenience of meeting in
22 a regular technical session.
23 (f) If the general assembly does not meet in a regular technical
24 session under this section, the general assembly shall consider and act
25 upon vetoes of bills enacted during the first regular session at the next
26 second regular session.
27 (g) For purposes of Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the
28 State of Indiana, the first regular technical session is not considered a
29 regular session if the general assembly does not consider or act upon
30 vetoes of bills enacted during the first regular session under this
31 section.
32 SECTION 6. IC 2-2.1-1-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
33 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 3. (a) This section
34 does not apply to a special session.
35 (b) The second regular session of each term of the general assembly
36 shall convene for each even-numbered year on the third Tuesday
37 after the first Monday of November of each the immediately
38 preceding odd-numbered year. The general assembly shall then
39 adjourn until a day:
40 (1) certain fixed by a concurrent resolution; or
41 (2) when the gavel of each house falls in the presence of a quorum
42 whether or not a day certain to reconvene in session has been
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1 fixed.
2 (b) (c) The general assembly shall reconvene in session no not later
3 than the second Monday in January of the following year.
4 (d) The second regular session of each term of the general assembly
5 that convenes under this section shall adjourn sine die not later than
6 March 14 in any the first Monday of November of that
7 even-numbered year.
8 (e) The session of the general assembly held in an
9 even-numbered year is considered to adjourn sine die, by operation
10 of law, on the first Monday of November of the year the general
11 assembly reconvenes under subsection (c), if the general assembly
12 has not adjourned sine die on an earlier date of that year.
13 SECTION 7. IC 2-2.1-1-3.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
14 PASSAGE]. Sec. 3.5. (a) Before the second regular session adjourns
15 sine die, the general assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution to fix
16 a day to convene the second regular technical session of the general
17 assembly. The day fixed under this subsection may not be earlier than
18 thirty (30) days after the second regular session adjourns sine die.
19 (b) Only the following may be considered and acted upon during a
20 second regular technical session:
21 (1) Bills enacted during the second regular session vetoed by the
22 governor.
23 (2) Bills to correct conflicts among bills enacted during the
24 second regular session.
25 (3) Bills to correct technical errors in bills enacted during the
26 second regular session.
27 (c) The second regular technical session must adjourn sine die
28 before midnight after it convenes.
29 (d) The concurrent resolution adopted under subsection (a) may
30 provide that the second regular technical session is not required to
31 convene if the speaker of the house of representatives and the president
32 pro tempore of the senate jointly issue an order finding that the
33 purposes for which a regular technical session may meet under
34 subsection (b) do not justify the cost and inconvenience of meeting in
35 a regular technical session.
36 (e) If the general assembly does not meet in a regular technical
37 session under this section, the general assembly may consider and act
38 upon vetoes of bills enacted during the second regular session at the
39 next first regular session.
40 (f) For purposes of Article 5, Section 14 of the Constitution of the
41 State of Indiana, the second regular technical session is not considered
42 a regular session if the general assembly does not consider or act upon
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1 vetoes of bills enacted during the second regular session under this
2 section.
3 SECTION 8. IC 2-2.1-1-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.137-2021,
4 SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 12. (a) This section applies only to those bills
6 or joint resolutions which pass
7 (1) after April 19, 2021, and before April 30, 2021; or
8 (2) during the two (2) days before the sine die adjournment of a
9 session of the general assembly.
10 This section does not apply to bills passed during a regular technical
11 session.
12 (b) The presiding officers of the house of representatives and the
13 senate shall sign each bill or joint resolution passed under Article 4,
14 Section 25 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana as soon as
15 practicable, but not later than seven (7) calendar days after
16 (1) the date of passage with respect to a bill or joint resolution
17 passed during the period described in subsection (a)(1); or
18 (2) sine die adjournment of the session of the general assembly at
19 which the bill or joint resolution was passed with respect to a bill
20 or joint resolution passed during the two (2) days before the sine
21 die adjournment of a regular or special session of the general
22 assembly.
23 (c) A bill that has been signed under subsection (b) must be
24 presented to the governor as soon as practicable, but not later than
25 seven (7) calendar days after
26 (1) the date of passage with respect to a bill described in
27 subsection (b)(1); or
28 (2) sine die adjournment of the session of the general assembly at
29 which the bill was passed. with respect to a bill described in
30 subsection (b)(2).
31 SECTION 9. IC 2-2.1-1-13 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
32 PASSAGE]. Sec. 13. (a) This section does not apply in calendar year
33 2021.
34 (b) This section applies only to bills passed during a regular
35 technical session.
36 (c) The presiding officers of the house and senate shall sign each
37 bill passed under Article 4, Section 25 of the Constitution of the State
38 of Indiana as soon as practicable, but not later than the next business
39 day after sine die adjournment of the regular technical session at which
40 the bill was passed.
41 (d) A bill that has been signed under subsection (c) must be
42 presented to the governor as soon as practicable, but not later than the
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1 second business day after sine die adjournment of the regular technical
2 session at which the bill was passed.
3 SECTION 10. IC 2-2.1-1.2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
4 PASSAGE]. (Emergency Sessions).
5 SECTION 11. IC 2-3-1-0.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
6 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
7 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 0.3. (a) As used in this chapter, "legislative
8 business per diem allowance" refers to the maximum daily amount
9 allowable to employees of the executive branch of the federal
10 government for subsistence expenses while away from home in
11 travel status in the Indianapolis area.
12 (b) The legislative business per diem changes each time there is
13 a change in that maximum daily amount.
14 SECTION 12. IC 2-3-1-0.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
15 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 0.4. As used in this chapter, "legislative
17 council" refers to the legislative council created by IC 2-5-1.1-1.
18 SECTION 13. IC 2-3-1-0.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
19 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
20 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 0.6. As used in this chapter, "legislative
21 services agency" refers to the legislative services agency
22 established under IC 2-5-1.1-7.
23 SECTION 14. IC 2-3-1-0.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
24 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
25 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, "president pro
26 tempore" refers to the president pro tempore of the senate.
27 SECTION 15. IC 2-3-1-0.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
28 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
29 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 0.8. As used in this chapter, "speaker"
30 refers to the speaker of the house of representatives.
31 SECTION 16. IC 2-3-1-0.9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
32 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
33 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 0.9. As used in this chapter, "subsistence
34 allowance" refers to the amount that is forty percent (40%) of the
35 maximum daily amount allowable to employees of the executive
36 branch of the federal government for subsistence expenses while
37 away from home in travel status in the Indianapolis area.
38 SECTION 17. IC 2-3-1-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
39 [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4. (a) In order to reimburse the
40 members of the general assembly for the expenses they incur in
41 providing legislative services, each member shall receive such per
42 diem and such other expense reimbursements as may be in the
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1 amounts provided by law.
2 (b) The officers of the senate and the house of representatives shall
3 also receive such additional allowances as may be provided to them by
4 law.
5 SECTION 18. IC 2-3-1-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
6 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
7 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. (a) Each member of the house is entitled,
8 when authorized by the speaker, to the legislative business per
9 diem allowance for each day the member is engaged in official
10 business. The speaker shall authorize the legislative business per
11 diem allowance to be consistent with law and house rules.
12 (b) Each member of the senate is entitled, when authorized by
13 the president pro tempore, to the legislative business per diem
14 allowance for every day the member is engaged in official business.
15 The president pro tempore shall authorize the legislative business
16 per diem allowance to be consistent with law and senate rules.
17 (c) Each member of the general assembly is entitled, when
18 authorized by the speaker or the president pro tempore, to the
19 legislative business per diem allowance for every day the member
20 is engaged in official business.
21 (d) In addition to the legislative business per diem allowance,
22 each member of the general assembly is entitled to receive the
23 mileage allowance in an amount equal to the standard mileage
24 rates for personally owned transportation equipment established
25 by the federal Internal Revenue Service for each mile necessarily
26 traveled from the member's usual place of residence to the state
27 capitol. However, if the member traveled by a means other than by
28 motor vehicle, and the member's usual place of residence is more
29 than one hundred (100) miles from the state capitol, the member
30 is entitled to reimbursement in an amount equal to the lowest air
31 travel cost incurred in traveling from the usual place of residence
32 to the state capitol. During the period the general assembly is
33 convened in session, the mileage allowance is limited to one (1)
34 round trip each week per member.
35 (e) A member of the general assembly who is appointed by the
36 governor, speaker, president or president pro tempore, house or
37 senate minority floor leader, or legislative council to serve on any
38 research, study, or survey committee or commission, or who
39 attends any meetings authorized or convened under the auspices of
40 the legislative council, including presession conferences and
41 federal-state relations conferences, is entitled, when authorized by
42 the legislative council, to receive the legislative business per diem
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1 allowance for each day the member is in actual attendance and is
2 also entitled to the mileage allowance, at the rate specified in
3 subsection (d), for each mile necessarily traveled from the
4 member's usual place of residence to the state capitol, or other
5 Indiana site of the committee, commission, or conference.
6 (f) The legislative business per diem allowance and the mileage
7 allowance permitted under this section shall be paid from the
8 legislative council appropriation for legislator and lay member
9 travel unless the member is attending an out-of-state meeting, as
10 authorized by the speaker or the president pro tempore, in which
11 case the member is entitled to receive both of the following:
12 (1) The legislative business per diem allowance for each day
13 the member is engaged in approved out-of-state travel.
14 (2) Reimbursement for traveling expenses actually incurred
15 in connection with the member's duties, as provided in the
16 state travel policies and procedures established by the
17 legislative council.
18 SECTION 19. IC 2-3-1-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
19 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
20 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 6. (a) This section applies only during the
21 following times:
22 (1) Each day the general assembly is in session as provided in
23 IC 2-2.1-1 but is in recess for six (6) or more consecutive
24 calendar days.
25 (2) Except as provided in subsection (c), each day after the
26 general assembly adjourns sine die in any calendar year.
27 (b) Each member of the general assembly is entitled to the
28 subsistence allowance for each day.
29 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), each member of the
30 general assembly is entitled to the legislative business per diem
31 allowance for each day:
32 (1) that the general assembly is meeting in special session as
33 described in IC 2-2.1-1-4; or
34 (2) beginning on the day the general assembly has begun a
35 new session under IC 2-2.1-1-2 or IC 2-2.1-1-3, except for any
36 day that the general assembly is in recess for six (6) or more
37 calendar days.
38 (d) The subsistence allowance is payable from the
39 appropriations for legislators' subsistence.
40 SECTION 20. IC 2-3-1-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
41 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
42 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of
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1 this chapter or any other statute, the legislative council may adopt
2 resolutions establishing travel policies and procedures that apply
3 only to members of the general assembly or to the staffs of the
4 house of representatives, senate, and legislative services agency, or
5 both members and staffs.
6 (b) The legislative council may apply the travel policies and
7 procedures adopted under subsection (a) to lay members serving
8 on research, study, or survey committees or commissions that are
9 under the jurisdiction of the legislative council.
10 (c) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or policy, the state
11 travel policies and procedures established by the Indiana
12 department of administration and approved by the budget agency
13 do not apply to members of the general assembly, to the staffs of
14 the house of representatives, senate, or legislative services agency,
15 or to lay members serving on research, study, or survey
16 committees or commissions under the jurisdiction of the legislative
17 council (if the legislative council applies its travel policies and
18 procedures to lay members under the authority of this section).
19 (d) If the legislative council has not adopted travel policies and
20 procedures as provided in this section, the state travel policies and
21 procedures established by the Indiana department of
22 administration and approved by the budget agency apply to
23 members of the general assembly, to the staffs of the house of
24 representatives, senate, and legislative services agency, and to lay
25 members serving on research, study, or survey committees or
26 commissions under the jurisdiction of the legislative council.
27 (e) The executive director of the legislative services agency is
28 responsible for the administration of travel policies and procedures
29 adopted by the legislative council. The auditor of state shall
30 approve and process claims for reimbursement of travel related
31 expenses under this subsection based upon the written affirmation
32 of the speaker, the president pro tempore, or the executive director
33 of the legislative services agency that those claims comply with the
34 travel policies and procedures adopted by the legislative council.
35 SECTION 21. IC 2-5-1.1-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.64-2021,
36 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
37 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. (a) The council may do any of the
38 following:
39 (1) On its own initiative or at the direction of the general
40 assembly or of the senate or house of representatives, study
41 subjects of interest and concern, and based on such a study,
42 recommend such legislation as the welfare of the state may
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1 require.
2 (2) Direct standing committees of the senate or house of
3 representatives, or appoint committees and subcommittees subject
4 to the authority of the council, to carry out studies on subjects of
5 interest and concern.
6 (3) Recommend such codification and general revision of the
7 constitution and the laws of the state as may from time to time be
8 necessary.
9 (4) Require any officer or agency, board, commission, committee
10 or other instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of
11 the state to provide information bearing on subjects under
12 consideration by the council or by standing committee or any of
13 its committees or subcommittees.
14 (5) By an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of its members
15 present and voting:
16 (A) administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance
17 of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts,
18 documents and testimony and have the deposition of witnesses
19 taken in the manner prescribed by law for taking depositions
20 in civil actions bearing on subjects under consideration by the
21 council or by any of its committees or subcommittees; and
22 (B) petition, through the presiding officer of the council, any
23 circuit court, superior court, or probate court of the appropriate
24 county for an order for compliance with any order or
25 subpoenas issued under this section.
26 (6) Adopt such rules and procedures and organize such agencies
27 as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties.
28 (7) Receive appropriations and make allocations for the
29 reasonable and necessary expenditures of the council and the
30 standing and interim committees of the house of representatives,
31 senate and general assembly.
32 (8) Enter into whatever contracts or other arrangements deemed
33 by it to be necessary or appropriate to exercising its rights,
34 privileges, and powers and performing its duties under this
35 chapter and IC 2-6-1.5 and to carrying out the intent, purposes,
36 and provisions of this chapter and IC 2-6-1.5.
37 (9) Initiate sessions of the general assembly under IC 2-2.1-1.2.
38 (10) (9) Do all other things necessary and proper to perform the
39 functions of the legislative department of government and to carry
40 out the intent, purposes and provisions of this chapter.
41 (b) The council may authorize its executive director to act on its
42 behalf and with its authority on any matter of administration under this
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1 chapter and under IC 2-6-1.5, including executing and implementing
2 any contract or other arrangement under which it agrees to be bound.
3 SECTION 22. IC 3-9-2-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.133-2021,
4 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 12. (a) This section does not apply to:
6 (1) a member of the general assembly; or
7 (2) a candidate's committee of a member of the general assembly;
8 with respect to an office other than a legislative office or a state office
9 to which the member seeks election.
10 (b) As used in this section, "affected person" refers to any of the
11 following:
12 (1) An individual who holds a legislative office.
13 (2) A candidate for a legislative office.
14 (3) An individual who holds a state office.
15 (4) A candidate for a state office.
16 (c) As used in this section, "prohibited period" means the period:
17 (1) beginning on the day in January in each odd-numbered year
18 the general assembly reconvenes under IC 2-2.1-1-2; and
19 (2) through either of the following:
20 (A) April 29 in calendar year 2021.
21 (B) The day the general assembly adjourns sine die under
22 IC 2-2.1-1-2 in an odd-numbered year beginning after
23 December 31, 2022. the date the budget bill (as defined in
24 IC 4-12-1-2(e)) for the following budget period (as defined
25 by IC 4-12-1-2(g)) enacted by the general assembly is
26 approved by the governor.
27 (d) During the prohibited period, an affected person, an affected
28 person's candidate's committee, and a legislative caucus committee may
29 not do any of the following:
30 (1) Solicit campaign contributions.
31 (2) Accept campaign contributions.
32 (3) Conduct other fundraising activities. This subdivision does not
33 prohibit an affected person from participating in party activities
34 conducted by a regular party committee.
35 SECTION 23. IC 4-12-18-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.174-2022,
36 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
37 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. Discretionary funds deposited into an
38 economic stimulus fund during a period in which the general assembly
39 is convened in a regular session an emergency session under
40 IC 2-2.1-1.2, or a special session may not be allotted or expended
41 unless appropriated by the general assembly or reviewed by the budget
42 committee. Appropriations made by the general assembly do not revert
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1 until the end of the biennium in which they are appropriated.
2 SECTION 24. IC 4-12-18-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.174-2022,
3 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 6. Before discretionary funds deposited into
5 an economic stimulus fund during a period in which the general
6 assembly is not convened in a regular session an emergency session
7 under IC 2-2.1-1.2, or a special session may be allotted to or expended
8 by a state agency or instrumentality, the allotment or expenditure must
9 be reviewed by the budget committee. Money is considered
10 continuously appropriated for the period of the federal award after
11 budget committee review.
12 SECTION 25. IC 34-6-2-137 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
13 PASSAGE]. Sec. 137. "Session of the general assembly", for purposes
14 of IC 34-13-1-6, does not include a regular technical session.
15 SECTION 26. An emergency is declared for this act.
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