Citations Affected:
IC 2-6-1.5.
Synopsis: Legislative documents. Specifies that certain legislative
documents are to be distributed in electronic rather than paper format,
unless the legislative council, the principal secretary of the senate, or
the principal clerk of the house of representatives directs that paper
copies be used.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and
Technology.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the
general assembly.
SECTION 1. IC
2-6-1.5-4
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4. (a) The
supervision of the preparation, indexing, and printing of the session
laws of each session of the general assembly shall be the duty of the
legislative council.
(b) It shall be the duty of the speaker of the house of representatives
and the president pro tempore of the senate, as soon as the printing of
the session laws shall be done, to certify the fact that the printed
session laws have been compared with the enrolled acts and joint
resolutions and have been found correct. A certificate attesting to the
accuracy of the printed session laws shall be signed and dated by the
speaker and president pro tempore and shall be annexed in print to the
volumes of session laws.
(c) Immediately upon receipt of the bound volumes of session laws
by the legislative council, one (1) copy of these session laws shall be
delivered to each of the clerks of the circuit courts of the state.
(d) It is hereby made the duty of each clerk of the circuit court, upon
delivery to him the clerk of the copy of the enrolled acts referred to in
section 5 of this chapter, to send to the governor by first class mail a
certificate under the seal of his the clerk's office showing the date of
his the clerk's receipt for such laws, as provided in IC
1-1-3-1
.
(e) The legislative services agency shall distribute copies of the
Indiana Code and the supplements to the Indiana Code to each clerk of
the circuit court in a sufficient amount to provide copies for local
officials, as directed by the legislative council. In addition, the
legislative services agency shall distribute one (1) copy of the Indiana
Code and one (1) copy of each supplement to the Indiana Code to each
public library located in Indiana.
(f) The legislative services agency shall distribute copies of the
Indiana Code and the supplements to the Indiana Code to all state
elected officials and state governmental agencies and shall fill requests
for the session laws from official agencies in other states.
(g) The legislative services agency shall provide, from supplies
remaining after the distributions are made under subsections (e)
through (f), copies of the Indiana Code and supplements to a local
official who makes a written request to the legislative services agency
for copies. The cost to a local official for a copy provided under this
subsection is the same as the cost of a copy sold under subsection (h).
A local official:
(1) who:
(A) does not receive copies of the Indiana Code and
supplements from those distributed to the clerk of the circuit
court under subsection (e); and
(B) requests, receives, and pays for copies of the Indiana Code
and supplements under this subsection; or
(2) who:
(A) submitted a written request to the agency for copies of the
Indiana Code and supplements; and
(B) did not receive copies of the Indiana Code, or a
supplement, or both, because the supplies were exhausted;
must be added to the distribution list for copies of the Indiana Code and
supplements that is maintained by the legislative services agency. A
local official who is added under this subsection to the distribution list
maintained by the legislative services agency is entitled to receive one
(1) copy of all subsequent publications of the Indiana Code and the
supplements to the Indiana Code upon payment of the cost for the copy
that is prescribed under this subsection.
(h) When each distribution of the session laws, the Indiana Code, or
the latest supplement to the Indiana Code is completed, the remaining
copies may be sold by the Indiana legislative services agency at the
cost set by statute. Money collected from the sale of those items shall
be deposited with the treasurer of state.
SECTION 2.
IC 2-6-1.5-6
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to the
distribution of legislative documents to the following:
(1) State and local government officers, departments,
agencies, boards, and commissions.
(2) Public libraries.
(3) State educational institutions (as defined in
IC 20-12-0.5-1
).
(4) Members of the public by sale.
(b) The Indiana Register shall be distributed by the legislative
services agency in electronic format only.
(c) Unless directed otherwise by the legislative council, the
legislative services agency shall distribute the following documents
in electronic format only:
(1) The Indiana Code and its supplements.
(2) The annual session laws of the general assembly.
(3) The Indiana Administrative Code.
(d) Unless directed otherwise by the principal secretary of the
senate, the legislative services agency shall distribute the senate
journal in electronic format only.
(e) Unless directed otherwise by the principal clerk of the house
of representatives, the legislative services agency shall distribute
the house journal in electronic format only.
(f) The legislative services agency shall post any document
described in this section on the Internet.
(g) This section does not:
(1) prevent the legislative services agency from printing as
many paper copies of documents described in this section as
are needed:
(A) for historical purposes; or
(B) by the general assembly for internal distribution; or
(2) affect a person's right to copy a document under
IC 5-14-3.
SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.