CHAPTER 1.5. PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS, LAWS, AND JOURNALS
IC 2-6-1.5
Chapter 1.5. Printing and Distribution of Bills, Laws, and Journals
IC 2-6-1.5-0.5
"Printing and distribution" defined
Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "printing and distribution"includes the production and transmission of electronic versions oflegislative documents that are subject to this chapter.
As added by P.L.8-1997, SEC.1.
IC 2-6-1.5-1
Items to be printed
Sec. 1. The Indiana general assembly shall, in accordance with theprovisions of this chapter, provide for the preparation, printing anddistribution of its bills, the session laws and journals of each session,the Indiana Code and supplements to the Indiana Code, and suchmiscellaneous printing of stationery, reports and other items,including the printing needs of its service and administrative agency,the Indiana legislative council, as may occur.
(Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.18, SEC.1.) As amended by Acts 1977,P.L.7, SEC.1.
IC 2-6-1.5-2
Contracts; competitive bidding
Sec. 2. (a) All contracts:
(1) for legislative printing; or
(2) for compiling, computerizing, indexing, and printing theIndiana Administrative Code and Indiana Register underIC 4-22;
shall be awarded by the duly elected membership of Indianalegislative council.
(b) The Indiana department of administration shall render anyrequested assistance to the council in the preparation ofspecifications, the setting up of bidding procedures, and theevaluation of bids. However, the determination of the lowest and bestbid by the legislative council shall in all instances be final.
(Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.18, SEC.1.) As amended by P.L.31-1985,SEC.38.
IC 2-6-1.5-3
Journals of house and senate
Sec. 3. (a) The supervision of the preparation and indexing of theJournals of the House and Senate of each session of the GeneralAssembly shall be the duty of the Clerk of the House and theSecretary of the Senate, respectively.
(b) Copies of the Journals of each house shall be distributed to allstate elected officials. Sufficient additional copies shall be furnishedto the Indiana State Library to provide for the state-wide availabilityof the Journals and to fill requests from official agencies in otherstates.(Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.18, SEC.1.)
IC 2-6-1.5-4
Session laws; Indiana Code and supplements
Sec. 4. (a) The supervision of the preparation, indexing, andprinting of the session laws of each session of the general assemblyshall be the duty of the legislative council.
(b) It shall be the duty of the speaker of the house ofrepresentatives and the president pro tempore of the senate, as soonas the printing of the session laws shall be done, to certify the factthat the printed session laws have been compared with the enrolledacts and joint resolutions and have been found correct. A certificateattesting to the accuracy of the printed session laws shall be signedand dated by the speaker and president pro tempore and shall beannexed in print to the volumes of session laws.
(c) Immediately upon receipt of the bound volumes of sessionlaws by the legislative council, one (1) copy of these session lawsshall be delivered to each of the clerks of the circuit courts of thestate.
(d) It is hereby made the duty of each clerk of the circuit court,upon delivery to him of the copy of the enrolled acts referred to insection 5 of this chapter, to send to the governor by first class maila certificate under the seal of his office showing the date of hisreceipt for such laws, as provided in IC 1-1-3-1.
(e) The legislative services agency shall distribute copies of theIndiana Code and the supplements to the Indiana Code to each clerkof the circuit court in a sufficient amount to provide copies for localofficials, as directed by the legislative council. In addition, thelegislative services agency shall distribute one (1) copy of theIndiana Code and one (1) copy of each supplement to the IndianaCode to each public library located in Indiana.
(f) The legislative services agency shall distribute copies of theIndiana Code and the supplements to the Indiana Code to all stateelected officials and state governmental agencies and shall fillrequests for the session laws from official agencies in other states.
(g) The legislative services agency shall provide, from suppliesremaining after the distributions are made under subsections (e)through (f), copies of the Indiana Code and supplements to a localofficial who makes a written request to the legislative servicesagency for copies. The cost to a local official for a copy providedunder this subsection is the same as the cost of a copy sold undersubsection (h). A local official:
(1) who:
(A) does not receive copies of the Indiana Code andsupplements from those distributed to the clerk of the circuitcourt under subsection (e); and
(B) requests, receives, and pays for copies of the IndianaCode and supplements under this subsection; or
(2) who:
(A) submitted a written request to the agency for copies of
the Indiana Code and supplements; and
(B) did not receive copies of the Indiana Code, or asupplement, or both, because the supplies were exhausted;
must be added to the distribution list for copies of the Indiana Codeand supplements that is maintained by the legislative servicesagency. A local official who is added under this subsection to thedistribution list maintained by the legislative services agency isentitled to receive one (1) copy of all subsequent publications of theIndiana Code and the supplements to the Indiana Code upon paymentof the cost for the copy that is prescribed under this subsection.
(h) When each distribution of the session laws, the Indiana Code,or the latest supplement to the Indiana Code is completed, theremaining copies may be sold by the Indiana legislative servicesagency at the cost set by statute. Money collected from the sale ofthose items shall be deposited with the treasurer of state.
(Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.18, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.4, SEC.1.) Asamended by Acts 1977, P.L.7, SEC.2; Acts 1980, P.L.1, SEC.1; Acts1982, P.L.8, SEC.1; P.L.9-1997, SEC.1.
IC 2-6-1.5-5
Distribution of enrolled acts
Revisor's Note: The version of IC 2-6-1.5-5 printed in the 2004edition of the Indiana Code was printed incorrectly. Use thefollowing version of IC 2-6-1.5-5.
Sec. 5. (a) Not more than fourteen (14) days (including Saturdays,Sundays, and legal holidays) after the last day the governor must takeaction on enrolled acts passed during any session of the generalassembly, the legislative services agency shall distribute to the clerkof the circuit court of each county one (1) copy of each enrolled actof that session which became law.
(b) A copy of the enrolled acts distributed under subsection (a)may be in the form of:
(1) a hard paper copy; or
(2) an electronic copy:
(A) on a computer disk;
(B) on a CD-ROM disk; or
(C) in another machine readable format.
(c) The clerk of the circuit court of each county may inform thelegislative services agency whether the clerk prefers to receive theenrolled acts in the form of:
(1) a hard paper copy; or
(2) an electronic copy described in subsection (b)(2) that isavailable from the legislative services agency.
(d) If a clerk of circuit court informs the legislative servicesagency under subsection (c) that the clerk prefers to receive theenrolled acts in the form described in subsection (c)(1) or in a formdescribed in subsection (c)(2), the legislative services agency shalldeliver the enrolled acts to the clerk in the form for which the clerkhas expressed a preference.
(e) This distribution shall be delivered by certified mail, or by any
other means of delivery that includes a return receipt, to each of theclerks of the counties of the state, and shall fulfill the publication andcirculation requirements of Art. 4, Sec. 28 of the Constitution of theState of Indiana.
(Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.4, SEC.2.) As amended by Acts 1978,P.L.3, SEC.3; P.L.8-1997, SEC.2; P.L.2-2001, SEC.1.