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February 24, 2007
HOUSE BILL No. 1777
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DIGEST OF HB 1777
(Updated February 23, 2007 11:44 am - DI 107)
Citations Affected: IC 4-23; IC 12-13.
Synopsis: MLK Holiday Commission and Commission on the Social
Status of Black Males. Requires the office of the secretary of family
and social services, not the civil rights commission, to provide staff
support for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Indiana Holiday Commission
(commission). Requires the commission to receive a separate line item
appropriation in the state budget. Provides that 5 members of the
commission constitute a quorum. Requires the Commission on the
Social Status of Black Males to appoint an executive director and
assistant executive director. Requires the division of family resources
to provide staff and support upon the request of the Commission on the
Social Status of Black Males or the executive director.
Effective: July 1, 2007.
January 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and
Human Affairs.
February 13, 2007, amended, reported _ Do Pass. Recommitted to Committee on Ways
and Means.
February 20, 2007, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
February 23, 2007, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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February 24, 2007
First Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2007)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1777
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 4-23-24.1-6; (07)HB1777.3.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 4-23-24.1-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 6. Eight (8) Five (5)
members of the commission constitute a quorum.
SOURCE: IC 4-23-24.1-8; (07)HB1777.3.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 4-23-24.1-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 8. (a) The civil rights
commission office of the secretary of family and social services shall
furnish the necessary staff support for the commission.
(b) The budget of the commission shall:
(1) be prepared separately from the budget of the office of the
secretary of family and social services; and
(2) receive a separate line item in the biennial budget bill of
the general assembly.
(c) The staff support for the commission may not make any
decisions on behalf of the commission.
SECTION 3. IC 12-13-12-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 5. (a) At the first
meeting of the commission each year, the members shall elect:
(1) one (1) member to be the commission's chairperson; and
(2) one (1) member to be the commission's vice chairperson.
(b) A vacancy in the office of chairperson or vice chairperson shall
be filled by vote of the remaining members. The term of office of a
person chosen to fill a vacancy expires at the first meeting of the
commission the following year.
(c) The commission shall appoint an:
(1) executive director; and
(2) assistant executive director;
of the commission.
SOURCE: IC 12-13-12-7; (07)HB1777.3.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 12-13-12-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.145-2006,
SECTION 77, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 7. The division of family resources shall provide
staff and administrative support to the commission
based upon the
request of the:
(1) commission; or
(2) executive director of the commission.