SB 593 Summary

• Transfers administration of the electronic firearm possession information system from the division of state court administration to the attorney general's office, with the system transmitting data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's NICS database.

• Moves responsibility for developing and maintaining the Indiana protective order registry from the division of state court administration to the attorney general's office.

• Establishes the clerk of circuit court as the official custodian of all court records and requires clerks to provide copies of public records upon request; prohibits sharing individual court case information with the division of state court administration.

• Creates the e-citation fund to be administered by the prosecuting attorneys council and transfers the duty to prescribe electronic traffic ticket contents from the division of state court administration to the prosecuting attorneys council.

• Requires each clerk to establish an automated record keeping fund and repeals the judicial technology and automation project fund, with remaining funds transferred to the state general fund; effective July 1, 2011.