HB 1118-3_ Filed 02/05/2001, 10:43


Text Box


    PREVAILED      Roll Call No. _______
    FAILED        Ayes _______
    WITHDRAWN        Noes _______
    RULED OUT OF ORDER


[

HOUSE MOTION ____

]

MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that House Bill 1118 be amended to read as follows:

    Delete the title and insert the following:
    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections and to make an appropriation.

SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (01)MO111802.1. -->     Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 3-5-3-1; (01)MO111802.1. -->     "SECTION 1. IC 3-5-3-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in sections 7 through 10 of this chapter and section 12 of this chapter, the county auditor shall pay the expenses of voter registration and for all election supplies, equipment, and expenses out of the county treasury in the manner provided by law. The county fiscal body shall make the necessary appropriations for these purposes.
    (b) The county executive shall pay to the circuit court clerk or board of registration the expenses of:
        (1) removing voters from the registration record under IC 3-7-43, IC 3-7-45, or IC 3-7-46; and
        (2) performing voter list maintenance programs under IC 3-7;
out of the county treasury without appropriation.
    (c) Registration expenses incurred by a circuit court clerk or board of registration for:
        (1) the salaries of members of a board of registration appointed under IC 3-7-12-9;
        (2) the salaries of chief clerks appointed under IC 3-7-12-17; and
        (3) the salaries of assistants employed under IC 3-7-12-19;
may not be charged to a municipality. However, the municipality may be charged for wages of extra persons employed to provide additional assistance reasonably related to the municipal election.
SOURCE: IC 3-5-3-3; (01)MO111802.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 3-5-3-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 3. After a county election and registration fund has been established, the county shall budget and pay for all the expenses specified in section 1 of this chapter from the fund. The county may not use the money in the fund for any other purpose. Whenever a municipality reimburses the county for expenses under this chapter, the county shall deposit the money received from the municipality into the fund. Whenever the auditor of state reimburses the county under section 12 of this chapter, the county shall deposit the money received from the auditor of state into the fund.
SOURCE: IC 3-5-3-12; (01)MO111802.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 3-5-3-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 12. (a) The circuit court clerk of each county may submit to the auditor of state a claim for partial reimbursement of expenses incurred to employ poll workers at a general or primary election in the amount determined under subsection (b). A claim submitted under this section must be on a form prescribed by the state board of accounts. A circuit court clerk submitting a claim under this section shall attach to the prescribed form proof of the expenses for which the county seeks reimbursement.
    (b) A claim for reimbursement submitted under subsection (a) may not exceed the amount determined under the following STEPS:
        STEP ONE: Determine the amount of money spent by the county to employ poll workers for the 2000 general election.
        STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by seventeen percent (17%).

     (c) The auditor of state shall issue a warrant in the amount of each claim submitted to the auditor under this section. A claim submitted under this section must be paid from the state general fund.
    (d) There is annually appropriated to the auditor of state from

the state general fund an amount necessary to pay the claims submitted under this section.".


    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1118 as printed February 1, 2001.)

________________________________________

Representative Whetstone


MO111802/DI 92     2001