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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning time.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of
Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 1-1-8.1-3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 3. The state
supports the county executive of any county that seeks to
change the time zone in which the county is located under
the procedures established by federal law.
SECTION 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006]: IC 1-1-8.1-1;
IC 1-1-8.1-2.
SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The
governor and the general assembly hereby petition the
United States Department of Transportation to initiate
proceedings under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to hold
hearings in the appropriate locations in Indiana on the
issue of the location of the boundary between the Central
Time Zone and the Eastern Time Zone in Indiana.
(b) The governor and the general assembly advise the
United States Department of Transportation that any
administrative action to change the time zone boundary
in response to the petition contained in this SECTION
should not change the time zone for any of the following
Indiana counties:
(1) Any Indiana county currently located in the
Central Time Zone, which should remain in the
Central Time Zone.
(2) Clark County, which should remain in the
Eastern Time Zone.
(3) Dearborn County, which should remain in the
Eastern Time Zone.
(4) Floyd County, which should remain in the
Eastern Time Zone.
(5) Harrison County, which should remain in the
Eastern Time Zone.
(6) Ohio County, which should remain in the Eastern
Time Zone.
(c) To implement this SECTION, the governor shall,
not later than ten (10) days after the governor files this
act with the secretary of state, send a copy of this act
along with any other necessary documentation prescribed
by the United States Department of Transportation to the
appropriate official of the United States Department of
Transportation.
(d) This SECTION expires July 1, 2007.
SECTION 4. An emergency is declared for this act.
Approved: