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IN SCR0005
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/7/2013
Primary Sponsor
Michael Delph
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AI Summary
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Petitions the United States Department of Transportation to hold hearings on placing the entire state of Indiana in the Central Time Zone under the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
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Notes that Indiana is currently divided between Central and Eastern Time Zones and argues that geographic and daylight considerations support full placement in the Central Time Zone.
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Establishes that Central Time Zone placement should be Indiana's "default" time zone while preserving the right of individual counties to petition for Eastern Time Zone placement under federal law.
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit the resolution to Sue Dillon of the Central Time Coalition and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Legislative Description
Requesting U.S. DOT to hold hearings on placing Indiana in Central Time Zone.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure
1/7/2013