SB 159 Summary

• Purpose: Resolves conflicts between 2009 amendments to Indiana Code and corrects technical problems including incorrect statutory references, expired provisions, grammatical errors, and misspellings throughout the Indiana Code.

• Key Corrections: Fixes numerous cross-references, removes sections that have expired by their own terms, corrects alphabetical ordering of definitions, and resolves conflicts where different text was enacted at the same location in the Code.

• Effective Date: Upon passage, with retroactive effect to May 12, 2009 for certain provisions.

• Scope: Addresses issues across multiple titles including property tax, education, family law, professional licensing, criminal law, and administrative procedures through targeted amendments and repeals of obsolete statutory language.