March 2, 2001





SENATE BILL No. 509

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DIGEST OF SB 509 (Updated March 1, 2001 2:16 PM - DI 87)



Citations Affected: IC 5-15.

Synopsis: Public records. Adds the public access counselor and the director of the data processing oversight commission to the members of the oversight committee on public records.

Effective: July 1, 2001.





Merritt




    January 22, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure.
    February 6, 2001, reported favorably _ Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on Governmental and Regulatory Affairs.
    March 1, 2001, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.







March 2, 2001

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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SENATE BILL No. 509



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

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

SOURCE: IC 5-15-5.1-18; (01)SB0509.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 5-15-5.1-18 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 18. (a) The oversight committee on public records consists ex officio of:
        (1) the governor or his designee;
        (2) the secretary of state or his designee;
        (3) the state examiner of the state board of accounts or his designee;
        (4) the director of the state library;
        (5) the director of the historical bureau;
        (6) the director of the commission on public records; and
        (7) the commissioner of the department of administration or his designee;
         (8) the public access counselor; and
        (9) the director of the data processing oversight commission.

    (b) The oversight committee also consists of two (2) lay members appointed by the governor for a term of four (4) years. One (1) lay member shall be a professional journalist or be a member of an

association related to journalism.
    (c) The oversight committee shall elect one (1) of its members to be chairman. The director of the commission on public records shall be the secretary of the committee. The ex officio members of the oversight committee shall serve without compensation and shall receive no reimbursement for any expense which they may incur. Each lay member is entitled to reimbursement for traveling and other expenses as provided in the state travel policies and procedures, established by the department of administration and approved by the state budget agency and each lay member is entitled to the minimum salary per diem as provided in IC 4-10-11-2.1(b).