February 9, 2007





SENATE BILL No. 344

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DIGEST OF SB 344 (Updated February 6, 2007 12:16 pm - DI 71)



Citations Affected: IC 5-2.

Synopsis: Release of criminal intelligence information. Permits criminal intelligence assessments to be released to a government official or any other individual when necessary to avoid imminent danger to life or property.

Effective: July 1, 2007.





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    January 11, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation & Veterans Affairs.
    February 8, 2007, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






February 9, 2007

First Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2007)


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SENATE BILL No. 344



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

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

SOURCE: IC 5-2-4-6; (07)SB0344.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 5-2-4-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 6. Criminal intelligence information is hereby declared confidential and may be disseminated only to another criminal justice agency, in accordance with section 7 of this chapter, and only if the agency making the dissemination is satisfied that the need to know and intended uses of the information are reasonable and that the confidentiality of the information will be maintained.
SOURCE: IC 5-2-4-7; (07)SB0344.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 5-2-4-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who knowingly releases criminal intelligence information to an agency or person other than a criminal justice agency commits a Class A misdemeanor.
     (b) A criminal justice agency may disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to a government official or any other individual when necessary to avoid imminent danger to life or property.