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IN HB1587
Bill
Status
1/23/2017
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Saunders
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AI Summary
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Merges the Indiana Historical Bureau into the Indiana State Library as a division, eliminating their status as separate divisions of the Indiana Library and Historical Department (ILHD).
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The ILHD shall manage the state library, and the state library shall manage the historical bureau under the new structure.
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Transfers appointment authority for the historical bureau's chief administrative officer from the ILHD board to the director of the state library.
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The chief administrative officer of the historical bureau reports to the director of the state library rather than directly to the ILHD board.
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Effective July 1, 2017, with conforming changes made throughout Indiana Code sections 4-23, 5-15-5.1-18, and 23-14-67.
Legislative Description
Merger of state library and the historical bureau. Merges the Indiana historical bureau into the Indiana state library as a division of the library. (Current law specifies that the Indiana historical bureau and the Indiana state library are separate divisions of the Indiana library and historical department (ILHD).) Specifies that: (1) the ILHD shall manage the library; and (2) the library shall manage the bureau. Requires the director of the library to appoint a chief administrative officer of the bureau. (Current law requires the board of the ILHD to appoint a director of the bureau.) Makes conforming changes.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
1/23/2017