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IN HR0015
Resolution
Status
N/A
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Thompson
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AI Summary
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Urges the Legislative Council to assign to an appropriate study committee the question of which time zone Indiana's state capital and majority of citizens should observe
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Notes that Senate Bill 127-2005 passed with an understanding that hearings would be held regarding the Central and Eastern time zone boundary in Indiana, but no hearings were ever conducted
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Identifies that Indiana is currently split between two time zones, with 12 counties (Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Starke, Gibson, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick) in the Central Time Zone representing about 20% of the population and most of the remaining 92 counties in the Eastern Time Zone
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States that placing the state capital in the Central Time Zone would result in Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, and Ohio counties remaining in the Eastern Time Zone with about 5% of the population
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Identifies commerce, education achievement, and student safety as issues related to time zone placement that warrant study
Legislative Description
A HOUSE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of which time zone our state capital and, therefore, the majority of our citizens should observe.