MADAM PRESIDENT:
The Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 60,
has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the
recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
Delete the title and insert the following:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
natural and cultural resources.
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. IC 14-13-6-22 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS: Sec. 22. (a) The commission is authorized to do the
following:
(1) Hold public hearings.
(2) Request the presence and participation at a commission
meeting of representatives of any governmental or private entity
that has an interest in natural resources, tourism, historic
preservation, archaeology, or environmental issues.
(3) Enter into contracts, within the limit of available funds, with
individuals, organizations, and institutions for services that
further the purposes of this chapter.
(4) Enter into contracts, within the limit of available funds, with
local and regional nonprofit corporations and associations for
cooperative endeavors that further the purposes of this chapter.
(5) Enter with governmental and private entities into cooperative
agreements that further the purposes of this chapter.
(6) Receive appropriations of federal funds.
(7) Accept gifts, contributions, and bequests of funds from any
source.
(8) Apply for, receive, and disburse funds available from the
state or federal government in furtherance of the purposes of this
chapter, and enter into any agreements that may be required as
a condition of obtaining the funds.
(9) Enter into any agreement and perform any act that is
necessary to carrying out the duties of the commission and the
purposes of this chapter.
(b) The following conditions apply to the handling and
disbursement of any funds that the commission receives under
subsection (a)(8):
(1) The department shall provide accounting services pertaining
to the funds.
(2) The commission may appoint an individual to act as treasurer
of the commission for purposes of the handling and disbursement
of the funds.
(3) Before the funds can be spent for any purpose, a claim for the
All expenditure expenditures must be approved reviewed by the
commission at a meeting of the commission.
(4) A claim against the funds may not be paid without the
signatures of:
(A) the president of the commission selected under section
14 of this chapter or the treasurer appointed under
subdivision (2); and
(B) the director or the director's designee.
(Reference is to SB 60 as introduced.)
and when so amended that said bill be reassigned to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources.