HB 1335-1_ Filed 02/04/2002, 08:11 Pond


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    RULED OUT OF ORDER


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HOUSE MOTION ____

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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that House Bill 1335 be amended to read as follows:

    Delete the title and insert the following:
    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers.

SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (02)MO133501.1. -->     Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 33-4-8-3; (02)MO133501.1. -->     "SECTION 1. IC 33-4-8-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 3. A senior judge:
        (1) exercises the jurisdiction granted to the court served by the senior judge;
        (2) may serve as a domestic relations mediator, subject to the code of judicial conduct;
        (3)
serves at the pleasure of the supreme court; and
        (3) (4) serves in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court under IC 33-2-1-8.".
SOURCE: Page 1, line 9; (02)MO133501.1. -->     Page 1, line 9, after "filing a" insert " petition for legal separation, paternity, or".
    Page 1, line 10, strike "twenty" and insert " twenty-four".
    Page 1, line 11, delete "($120)." and insert " ($124).".
    Page 2, line 3, after "foster" insert " domestic relations".
    Page 2, line 20, delete "approved by" and insert " submitted to".
    Page 2, line 22, strike "such".
    Page 2, line 23, after "necessary" insert ".".
    Page 2, line 23, strike "to assist in a".
    Page 2, strike line 24.
    Page 2, line 27, delete ", 2004" and insert " of each year".
    Page 2, line 28, after "program" insert ".".
    Page 2, line 28, strike "through".
    Page 2, line 28, delete "2004.".
    Page 2, line 28, strike "The county shall submit a final report".
    Page 2, line 29, strike "to the Indiana judicial conference not later than ".
    Page 2, delete line 30.
    Page 2, line 31, strike "(f) This SECTION expires".
    Page 2, line 31, delete "July 1, 2006.".
    Page 2, line 38, after "filing a" insert " petition for legal separation, paternity, or".
    Page 2, line 39, delete "twenty" and insert " twenty-four".
    Page 2, line 40, delete "($120)" and insert " ($124)".
    Page 3, line 3, after "into the" insert " domestic relations".
    Page 3, line 3, delete "of the court" and insert " .".
    Page 3, delete line 4.
    Page 3, line 5, delete "an" and insert " a domestic relations".
    Page 3, line 5, after fund insert " . The exclusive source of money for the fund shall be the fees collected under subsection (b). The funds shall be used to foster domestic relations alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, reconciliation, nonbinding arbitration, and parental counseling. Litigants referred by the court to services covered by the fund shall make a copayment for the services in an amount determined by the court. The fund shall be administered by the circuit or superior courts in the county that exercises jurisdiction over domestic relations and paternity cases. Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the county general fund, but remains in the fund for the uses specified in this subsection.".
    Page 3, delete lines 6 through 17.
    Page 3, delete lines 20 through 35, begin a new line block indented and insert:
        " (1) develop a plan to carry out the purposes of subsection (c) that have been approved by a majority of the judges in the county exercising jurisdiction over domestic relations and paternity cases; and
        (2) submit the plan to the judicial conference.
The plan must include information concerning how the county proposes to carry out the purposes of the domestic relations alternative dispute resolution fund as set out in subsection (c). The plan may include the use of senior judges as mediators in domestic relations cases as assigned by the supreme court. The judicial conference may request additional information from the county as

necessary.".
    Page 3, line 38, delete ", 2003" and insert " each year".
    Page 3, line 39, delete "through 2003. The county shall submit a final report to" and insert " .".
    Page 3, delete lines 40 through 41.
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to HB 1335 as printed January 31, 2002.)

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Representative Pond


MO133501/DI 106     2002