*HC1018*
Introduced Version
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION petitioning the United
States Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the
placement of the entire state of Indiana in the same time zone.
Boy, Pressel
_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION petitioning the United
2 States Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the
3 placement of the entire state of Indiana in the same time zone.
4 Whereas, The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260 et
5 seq.) delegates to the Secretary of the United States Department
6 of Transportation the responsibility of designating standard
7 time zones in the United States;
8 Whereas, Indiana is presently divided between the Central
9 Time Zone and the Eastern Time Zone;
10 Whereas, Light maps should be consulted in order to pick the
11 best time zone for the state of Indiana;
12 Whereas, The observance of time in the Central Time Zone
13 would return most of Indiana to normal times for daylight and
14 darkness;
15 Whereas, Relocation of the time zone boundary will provide
16 that most Hoosiers will observe the same time year round;
17 Whereas, Request for changes in the designated time zones
18 must be made by a local unit of government or a state
19 government to the Secretary of the United States Department of
20 Transportation;
21 Whereas, The Secretary of the United States Department of
22 Transportation may make changes in time zone boundaries,
23 subject to public hearings in the communities affected, at the
24 request of the highest political authority of the state;
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1 Whereas, The time that should be observed in Indiana has
2 been a continuing issue of controversy;
3 Whereas, Placement of the entire state of Indiana in a single
4 time zone should be the "default" time zone placement of
5 Indiana; and
6 Whereas, Placement of the entire state of Indiana in one time
7 zone should not prejudice the ability of certain counties under
8 the federal law to seek to be placed in the other time zone:
9 Therefore,
10 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
11 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
12 the Senate concurring:
13 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly hereby
14 petitions the United States Department of Transportation to
15 initiate proceedings under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to
16 hold hearings in the appropriate locations in Indiana on the
17 placement and restoration of the entire state of Indiana in the
18 same time zone.
19 SECTION 2. That this petition should not prejudice, in any
20 way, the ability of any Indiana county to seek to be placed in the
21 other time zone under the procedures prescribed by federal law.
22 SECTION 3. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
23 Representatives is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this
24 resolution to the United States Department of Transportation.
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