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IN HB1096
Bill
Status
1/6/2015
Primary Sponsor
Randall Frye
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AI Summary
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Amends IC 8-23-2-17 to expand the definition of "public hearing" for Indiana Department of Transportation meetings to include both providing and receiving information concerning proposed highway or bridge construction or improvement projects on county arterial or state highway systems.
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Changes the definition from limiting public hearings to providing information "early in the process of making decisions" to allowing hearings at any point where information is provided or received about proposed projects.
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Requires the department to allow every person an opportunity to be heard in the presence of others during public hearings, in accordance with department procedures.
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Permits the department commissioner or designee to limit testimony at public hearings to a reasonable time period announced at the hearing's opening.
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Takes effect upon passage and declares an emergency for the act.
Legislative Description
Public testimony at INDOT hearings. Amends the definition of "public hearing" for purposes of meetings by the Indiana department of transportation to mean providing or receiving information concerning proposed construction or improvement projects. (The current definition includes only providing information early in the decision making process.)
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
1/6/2015