HB 1398-1_ Filed 02/14/2005, 09:44


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COMMITTEE REPORT


                                                        YES:

11

                                                        NO:
0

MR. SPEAKER:
    Your Committee on       Judiciary     , to which was referred       House Bill 1398     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 32, line 31; (05)AM139801.32. -->     Page 32, delete lines 31 through 42.
    Delete pages 33 through 36.
    Page 37, delete lines 1 through 26.
    Page 63, between lines 14 and 15, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 13-14-9-3; (05)AM139801.58. -->     "SECTION 58. IC 13-14-9-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.240-2003, SECTION 4, AND AS AMENDED BY P.L.282-2003, SECTION 35, IS CORRECTED AND AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the department shall provide notice in the Indiana Register of the first public comment period required by section 2 of this chapter. A notice provided under this section must do the following:
        (1) Identify the authority under which the proposed rule is to be adopted.
        (2) Describe the subject matter and the basic purpose of the proposed rule. The description required by this subdivision must:
            (A) include a listing of all alternatives being considered by the department at the time of the notice; and must
            (B) include:
                (i) a statement indicating whether each alternative listed under clause (A) is imposed under federal law;
                (ii) a statement explaining how each alternative listed under clause (A) that is not imposed under federal law differs from federal law; and
                (iii) any information known to the department about the potential fiscal impact of each alternative under clause (A) that is not imposed under federal law; and
            (C)
set forth the basis for each alternative listed under clause (A).
        (3) Describe the relevant statutory or regulatory requirements or restrictions relating to the subject matter of the proposed rule that exist before the adoption of the proposed rule.
        (4) Request the submission of alternative ways to achieve the purpose of the proposed rule.
        (5) Request the submission of comments, including suggestions of specific language for the proposed rule.
        (6) Include a detailed statement of the issue to be addressed by adoption of the proposed rule.
    (b) This section does not apply to rules adopted under IC 13-18-22-2, IC 13-18-22-3, or IC 13-18-22-4.".
SOURCE: Page 98, line 35; (05)AM139801.98. -->     Page 98, between lines 35 and 36, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 34-11-8-1; (05)AM139801.119. -->     "SECTION 119. IC 34-11-8-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. (a) This section applies if a plaintiff commences an action and:
         (1) the plaintiff fails in the action from any cause except (1) negligence in the prosecution of the action;
        (2) the action abates or is defeated by the death of a party; or
        (3) a judgment is arrested or reversed on appeal.
    (b) If subsection (a) applies, a new action may be brought not later than the later of:
        (1) three (3) years after the date of the determination under subsection (a); or
        (2) the last date an action could have been commenced under the statute of limitations governing the original action;
and be considered a continuation of the original action commenced by the plaintiff.".
SOURCE: Page 115, line 9; (05)AM139801.115. -->     Page 115, between lines 9 and 10, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 35-50-2-2; (05)AM139801.135. -->     "SECTION 135. IC 35-50-2-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 2. (a) The court may suspend any part of a sentence for a felony, except as provided in this section or in section 2.1 of this chapter.
    (b) With respect to the following crimes listed in this subsection, the court may suspend only that part of the sentence that is in excess of the minimum sentence, unless the court has approved placement of the offender in a forensic diversion program under IC 11-12-3.7:
        (1) The crime committed was a Class A or Class B felony and the person has a prior unrelated felony conviction.
        (2) The crime committed was a Class C felony and less than seven (7) years have elapsed between the date the person was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later, for a prior unrelated felony conviction and the date the person committed the Class C felony for which the person is being sentenced.
        (3) The crime committed was a Class D felony and less than three (3) years have elapsed between the date the person was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later, for a prior unrelated felony conviction and the date the person committed the Class D felony for which the person is being sentenced. However, the court may suspend the minimum sentence for the crime only if the court orders home detention under IC 35-38-1-21 or IC 35-38-2.5-5 instead of the minimum sentence specified for the crime under this chapter.
        (4) The felony committed was:
            (A) murder (IC 35-42-1-1);
            (B) battery (IC 35-42-2-1) with a deadly weapon or battery causing death;
            (C) sexual battery (IC 35-42-4-8) with a deadly weapon;
            (D) kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2);
            (E) confinement (IC 35-42-3-3) with a deadly weapon;
            (F) rape (IC 35-42-4-1) as a Class A felony;
            (G) criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) as a Class A felony;
            (H) child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3) as a Class A or Class B felony;
            (I) robbery (IC 35-42-5-1) resulting in serious bodily injury or with a deadly weapon;
            (J) arson (IC 35-43-1-1) for hire or resulting in serious bodily injury;
            (K) burglary (IC 35-43-2-1) resulting in serious bodily injury or with a deadly weapon;
            (L) resisting law enforcement (IC 35-44-3-3) with a deadly weapon;
            (M) escape (IC 35-44-3-5) with a deadly weapon;
            (N) rioting (IC 35-45-1-2) with a deadly weapon;
            (O) dealing in cocaine, a narcotic drug, or methamphetamine (IC 35-48-4-1) if the court finds the person possessed a firearm (as defined in IC 35-47-1-5) at the time of the offense, or the person delivered or intended to deliver to a person under eighteen (18) years of age at least three (3) years junior to the person and was on a school bus or within one thousand (1,000) feet of:
                (i) school property;
                (ii) a public park;
                (iii) a family housing complex; or
                (iv) a youth program center;
            (P) dealing in a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance (IC 35-48-4-2) if the court finds the person possessed a firearm (as defined in IC 35-47-1-5) at the time of the offense, or the person delivered or intended to deliver to a person under eighteen (18) years of age at least three (3) years junior to the person and was on a school bus or within one thousand (1,000) feet of:
                (i) school property;
                (ii) a public park;
                (iii) a family housing complex; or
                (iv) a youth program center;
            (Q) an offense under IC 9-30-5 (operating a vehicle while intoxicated) and the person who committed the offense has accumulated at least two (2) prior unrelated convictions under IC 9-30-5; or
            (R) an offense under IC 9-30-5-5 (operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death) if the person had:
                (i) at least fifteen-hundredths (0.15) gram of alcohol per one hundred (100) milliliters of the person's blood, or at least fifteen-hundredths (0.15) gram of alcohol per two hundred ten (210) liters of the person's breath; or
                (ii) a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II of IC 35-48-2 or its metabolite in the person's blood; or
            (S) (R) aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5).
    (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), whenever the court suspends a sentence for a felony, it shall place the person on probation under IC 35-38-2 for a fixed period to end not later than the date that the maximum sentence that may be imposed for the felony will expire.
    (d) The minimum sentence for a person convicted of voluntary manslaughter may not be suspended unless the court finds at the sentencing hearing that the crime was not committed by means of a deadly weapon.
    (e) Whenever the court suspends that part of an offender's (as defined in IC 5-2-12-4) sentence that is suspendible under subsection (b), the court shall place the offender on probation under IC 35-38-2 for not more than ten (10) years.
    (f) An additional term of imprisonment imposed under IC 35-50-2-11 may not be suspended.
    (g) A term of imprisonment imposed under IC 35-47-10-6 or IC 35-47-10-7 may not be suspended if the commission of the offense was knowing or intentional.

    (h) A term of imprisonment imposed for an offense under IC 35-48-4-6(b)(1)(B) may not be suspended.".
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1398 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Foley


AM139801/DI 107    2005