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IN HB1327
Bill
Status
1/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
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Repeals existing state and local pest and vector abatement programs under IC 16-41-33 effective July 1, 2018.
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Authorizes the state department of health executive board to adopt rules for pest and vector control.
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Authorizes municipal corporations and health and hospital corporations to adopt ordinances and rules for pest and vector control.
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Prohibits lodging establishment owners, lessees, superintendents, or managers from furnishing beds or bedding infested with pests or vectors.
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Requires lodging establishment rooms with infested beds or bedding to be thoroughly fumigated, disinfected, and renovated until pests and vectors are entirely exterminated.
Legislative Description
Pest and vector control. Repeals statutes concerning state and local programs for pest and vector abatement. Allows: (1) the executive board of the state department of health to adopt rules; and (2) the board of a municipal corporation and the health and hospital corporation to adopt ordinances and rules; concerning the control of pests and vectors. Provides that the owner, lessee, superintendent, or manager of an establishment subject to the lodging establishment laws may not furnish beds or bedding infested with pests or vectors. Requires that a lodging establishment room that has an infested bed or infested bedding must be
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/16/2018