Indiana Senate Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
Pending: House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Recusal of local government officials. Provides that county, city, town, and township elected officials (local officials) may not, outside of a public meeting: (1) participate in a discussion or a vote; or (2) persuade the vote of another elected official of the unit; if the local official has a financial interest in the outcome of a decision before the body the local official serves. Provides that an elected official has a financial interest if the decision involves: (1) the transfer or authorized use of property owned or controlled by the elected official or a relative of the elected official; or (2) the procurement of services by the unit from the elected official, the elected official's employer or prospective employer, the elected official's relative, or an entity the elected official owns or controls. Provides that if disqualification of a body's members prevent a vote from being taken or cause a tie vote, the decision will be made or the tie broken by the following: (1) The mayor, in the case of a city legislative body. (2) The clerk-treasurer, in the case of a town legislative body. (3) The township trustee, in the case of a township legislative body. (4) The county fiscal body, in the case of a county executive body. (5) The county executive, in the case of a county fiscal body.

Recusal of local government officials. Provides that county, city, town, and township elected officials (local officials) may not, outside of a public meeting: (1) participate in a discussion or a vote; or (2) persuade the vote of another elected official of the unit; if the local official has a financial interest in the outcome of a decision before the body the local official serves. Provides that an elected official has a financial interest if the decision involves: (1) the transfer or authorized use of property owned or controlled by the elected official or a relative of the elected official; or (2) the procurement of services by the unit from the elected official, the elected official's employer or prospective employer, the elected official's relative, or an entity the elected official owns or controls. Provides that if disqualification of a body's members prevent a vote from being taken or cause a tie vote, the decision will be made or the tie broken by the following: (1) The mayor, in the case of a city legislative body. (2) The clerk-treasurer, in the case of a town legislative body. (3) The township trustee, in the case of a township legislative body. (4) The county fiscal body, in the case of a county executive body. (5) The county executive, in the case of a county fiscal body.

Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]
Rep. Ethan Manning [R]

2019-02-19 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 9 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2019-02-20	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-19	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Manning
2019-02-19	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 154: yeas 40, nays 0
2019-02-18	Senate	Amendment #2 (Head) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-18	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-02-11	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
2019-02-04	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-28	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Brown L added as second author
2019-01-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2019-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Head

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/270/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/e/b/2aebb771/SB0270.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/4/4/1/044139e6/SB0270.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/0/0/5/20051fea/SB0270.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/a/0/f/ea0f0b33/SB0270.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/0/4/3/00431f20/SB0270.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/7/0/2f706321/SB0270.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/6/5/6/f65616a9/SB0270.154.pdf