Bill Text: IN HB1156 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Polling places.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment [HB1156 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1156-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1156

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 3-11-8-4.

Synopsis: Polling places. Provides that a public school building may be used as a polling place only if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy permitting the use of the school building as a polling place.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Richardson

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    January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1156

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.

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

SOURCE: IC 3-11-8-4; (13)IN1156.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 3-11-8-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 4. School buildings, (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), fire stations and all other public buildings shall be made available without charge to a county for holding an election.
     (b) A school building of a public school corporation may be used as a polling place only if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy permitting the use of the school building as a polling place.
    (c) The county may not be required to sign any agreement assuming liability as a precondition for use of the a public building for holding an election.