Bill Text: IN SB0368 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vote fraud and employment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0368 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0368-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 368

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 3-14-2-31.

Synopsis: Vote fraud and employment. Provides that a person who is convicted of any of certain offenses relating to voting shall be prohibited from being employed by the state or a county, municipality, or township for three years, unless the sentencing court finds that the person committed the offense because the person feared employment related retaliation and that the person appreciates the wrongfulness of the person's conduct.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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    January 11, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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SENATE BILL No. 368

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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 3-14-2-31; (11)IN0368.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 3-14-2-31 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 31. (a) Notwithstanding IC 35-50-2-7 or IC 35-50-3-2, and except as provided in subsection (b), if a person is convicted of an offense under this chapter:
        (1) the court sentencing the person for the offense shall prohibit the person from being employed by the state or a unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23) for a period of three (3) years; and
        (2) if the person is currently employed by the state or a unit, the person's employment is terminated as a matter of law on the date of sentencing.
    (b) The court sentencing a person convicted of an offense under this chapter may suspend or modify the prohibition under subsection (a)(1) or the termination under subsection (a)(2), or both, if the court finds that the person:
        (1) committed the offense because the person feared

employment related retaliation; and
        (2) appreciates the wrongfulness of the person's conduct.