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IN SCR0037
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Urges the legislative council to assign a study committee to determine the appropriate time zone or time zones for Indiana's 92 counties
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Notes that Indiana was originally in the Central Time Zone from 1883-1965, then 80 counties were reassigned to the Eastern Time Zone in the mid-1960s to facilitate financial transactions and television broadcasts from the Eastern United States
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Cites concerns that the three-hour time difference with the West Coast creates costly business communication problems and that excessive morning darkness in Eastern Time Zone counties jeopardizes student safety and educational performance for 850,000 students
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References that Senate Bill 127 (passed in 2005) directed the governor to petition the U.S. Department of Transportation for hearings on this issue, but USDOT responded that the Indiana General Assembly must first determine the appropriate time boundary and then submit a petition
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of this resolution to the legislative council
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the topic of the determination of the time zone or time zones in which Indiana's 92 counties should be located.