SB 1-5_ Filed 03/01/2006, 08:02 Behning


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HOUSE MOTION ____

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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 1 be amended to read as follows:

     Page 5, line 3, delete "and".
    Page 5, between lines 3 and 4, begin a new line block indented and insert:
        " (2) a majority of the voters of the county (excluding the voters of the excluded cities) approve the local public question on the fire department consolidation; and".
    Page 5, line 4, delete "(2)" and insert " (3)".
    Page 6, line 31, after "effective." insert " The fire department consolidation may not occur unless a majority of the voters in the county (excluding the voters in the excluded cities) approve a local public question on the fire department consolidation.".
    Page 6, between lines 38 and 39, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (c) If the requirements of subsection (a) are satisfied, the county election board shall place a public question on the ballot on the consolidation of fire departments in accordance with IC 3-10-9. The local public question shall be placed on the ballot of the 2007 primary election for consideration of the voters of the county (excluding the voters in the excluded cities). The public question shall be placed on the ballot in all the precincts that are located in the county (excluding the precincts in the excluded cities) in substantially the following form:"Shall the following fire departments (insert names of fire departments) be consolidated into the Indianapolis Fire Department?". The voters in the excluded cities may not vote on the public question. The consolidation of the fire departments is approved if a majority of

the voters of the county voting on the public question (excluding the voters in the excluded cities) approve the fire department consolidation. The circuit court clerk shall issue, in a form prescribed by the state election board, a certificate declaring whether the public question is approved by a majority of the voters of the county voting on the public question (excluding the voters in the excluded cities).".
    Page 6, line 39, delete "(c) If the requirements of subsection (a) are satisfied," and insert " (d) If the fire department consolidation is approved by a majority of the voters of the county (excluding the voters of the excluded cities),".
    Page 7, line 14, delete "(d)" and insert " (e)".
    Page 7, line 14, delete "(c)" and insert " (d)".
    Page 7, line 27, delete "(e)" and insert " (f)".
    Page 7, line 27, delete "(c)" and insert " (d)".
    Page 7, line 31, delete "(c)" and insert " (d)".
    Page 8, line 4, delete "(f)" and insert " (g)".
    Page 8, line 4, delete "(g)" and insert " (h)".
    Page 8, line 5, delete "(c)" and insert " (d)".
    Page 8, line 42, delete "(g)" and insert " (h)".
    Page 9, line 1, delete "(f)" and insert " (g)".
    Page 9, line 5, delete "(h)" and insert " (i)".
    Page 9, line 14, delete "(i)" and insert " (j)".
    Page 10, line 11, delete "(j)" and insert " (k)".
    Page 10, line 24, delete "(k)" and insert " (l)".
    Page 11, line 17, delete "(l)" and insert " (m)".
    Page 12, line 5, delete "(m)" and insert " (n)".
    (Reference is to ESB 1 as printed February 24, 2006.)

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Representative BEHNING


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