January 25, 2002



SENATE BILL No. 11

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DIGEST OF SB 11 (Updated January 22, 2002 12:38 PM - DI 71)



Citations Affected: IC 4-20.5.

Synopsis: State house office and parking space. Requires the department of administration to assign parking spaces along Senate Avenue to state employees and visitors with mobility disabilities. Permits the department to reserve a limited number of spaces for satellite transmission vehicles used by electronic media. Prohibits the department from assigning space in the state house to any private entity, other than space assigned for express delivery boxes, newspaper vending boxes, food sales areas owned or operated by visually disabled persons, and ATM machines. Requires the department to reassign any space previously assigned to nongovernmental entities to the legislative council.

Effective: July 1, 2002.



Wheeler, Hume


    November 20, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
    January 24, 2002, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.



January 25, 2002

Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)


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SENATE BILL No. 11


    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state offices and administration and to make an appropriation.

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

    SECTION 1. IC 4-20.5-6-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.172-1999, SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 8. (a) The commissioner may regulate:
        (1) the traffic and parking of motor vehicles, bicycles, or other vehicles; and
        (2) the traffic of pedestrians;
on the streets, roads, paths, and grounds of real property controlled by the state through the department of administration in and around the state capitol, office buildings, parking garages, and adjoining state controlled property.
    (b) Rules adopted under subsection (a) may include the following:
        (1) Provisions governing the registration, speed, weight, operation, parking, times, places, and use of motor vehicles, bicycles, and other vehicles.
        (2) Provisions governing the traffic of pedestrians.
        (3) Provisions prescribing the assessment and collection of civil penalties for the violation of rules adopted by the commissioner.

Penalties may include the following:
            (A) The imposition of reasonable charges.
            (B) The removal and impounding (at the expense of the violator) of vehicles that are operated or parked in violation of rules adopted by the commissioner.
            (C) The denial of permission to operate a vehicle on the property in and around the state capitol building, office buildings, parking garages, and adjoining state controlled property.
    (c) Rules adopted under this section must include provisions for an administrative appeal when a civil penalty is imposed under the rules. A person aggrieved by a final disposition of an appeal by the department may appeal the disposition to a court of jurisdiction. The attorney general may enforce a civil penalty imposed under this section by filing an appropriate action in a court of jurisdiction.
    (d) This section does not limit or restrict the powers of any other governmental authority having jurisdiction over public streets, roads, alleys, or ways.
     (e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the commissioner shall designate all parking space in Indianapolis along Senate Avenue between Washington Street and Ohio Street to handicapped:
        (1) state employees; and
        (2) state house and government center visitors;
whose mobility is challenged.
    (f) The commissioner may reserve not more than four (4) parking spaces in Indianapolis along Senate Avenue between Washington Street and Ohio Street for vehicles that:
        (1) are owned by media companies; and
        (2) contain equipment that transmits television signals to satellites.
    SECTION 2. IC 4-20.5-6-9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 9. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, no office or other space located in the state house may be assigned to a nongovernmental entity or person other than the following:
        (1) Space utilized as a food sales or vending area that is owned or operated by a person who is blind or who is visually impaired.
        (2) Pickup boxes owned by express delivery companies.
        (3) Newspaper boxes.
        (4) Automated teller machines (ATMs).
    (b) The department of administration shall assign space on the

first floor of the state house previously assigned to nongovernmental entities or persons to the legislative council.