Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1205

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: None (noncode).

Synopsis: Indiana time zones. Petitions the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings under the federal Uniform Time Act to locate all of Indiana in the Central Time Zone except for Clark County, Dearborn County, Floyd County, Harrison County, and Ohio County.

Effective: Upon passage.





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    January 9, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2006)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1205



    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning Indiana time zones.

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

SOURCE: ; (06)IN1205.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The general assembly hereby petitions the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to locate all of Indiana, except the counties named in subsection (b), in the Central Time Zone.
    (b) The general assembly advises the United States Department of Transportation that the following Indiana counties should remain in the Eastern Time Zone:
        (1) Clark County.
        (2) Dearborn County.
        (3) Floyd County.
        (4) Harrison County.
        (5) Ohio County.
    (c) The secretary of state shall transmit a copy of this act to the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation not later than ten (10) days after this act is filed with the secretary of state.

SOURCE: ; (06)IN1205.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.