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IN HB1248
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Michael Karickhoff
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AI Summary
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Exempts gatherings of county commissioners from open door law requirements when they perform only routine administrative functions related to everyday internal county management.
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Defines "administrative functions" as routine activities reasonably related to the board's everyday internal management, including conferring with staff and making recommendations to county officials or employees.
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Explicitly excludes from the administrative functions exemption: taking final action on public business, exercising legislative powers, and awarding or entering into contracts that bind the county.
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Applies only to counties without consolidated cities and affects the definition of "meeting" under Indiana Code 5-14-1.5.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
County commissioners' meetings. Provides that a gathering of the members of the county executive body is not a meeting for purposes of the open door law, if the county executive body performs only routine administrative functions involving the everyday internal management of the county.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
1/10/2017