IC 32-16
    ARTICLE 16. EFFECT OF RECODIFICATION OFTITLE 32

IC 32-16-1
    Chapter 1. Effect of Recodification by the Act of the 2002Regular Session of the General Assembly

IC 32-16-1-1
"Prior property law"
    Sec.1. As used in this chapter, "prior property law" refers to thestatutes that are repealed or amended in the recodification act of the2002 regular session of the general assembly as the statutes existedbefore the effective date of the applicable or corresponding provisionof the recodification act of the 2002 regular session of the generalassembly.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

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Purpose of recodification
    Sec. 2. The purpose of the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly is to recodify prior property law ina style that is clear, concise, and easy to interpret and apply. Exceptto the extent that:
        (1) the recodification act of the 2002 regular session of thegeneral assembly is amended to reflect the changes made in aprovision of another bill that adds to, amends, or repeals aprovision in the recodification act of the 2002 regular sessionof the general assembly; or
        (2) the minutes of meetings of the code revision commissionduring 2001 expressly indicate a different purpose;
the substantive operation and effect of the prior property lawcontinue uninterrupted as if the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

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Statutory construction of recodification
    Sec. 3. Subject to section 2 of this chapter, sections 4 through 9of this chapter shall be applied to the statutory construction of therecodification act of the 2002 regular session of the generalassembly.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

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Effect of recodification
    Sec. 4. (a) The recodification act of the 2002 regular session ofthe general assembly does not affect:
        (1) any rights or liabilities accrued;
        (2) any penalties incurred;        (3) any violations committed;
        (4) any proceedings begun;
        (5) any bonds, notes, loans, or other forms of indebtednessissued, incurred, or made;
        (6) any tax levies made or authorized;
        (7) any funds established;
        (8) any patents issued;
        (9) the validity, continuation, or termination of any contracts,easements, or leases executed;
        (10) the validity, continuation, scope, termination, suspension,or revocation of:
            (A) permits;
            (B) licenses;
            (C) certificates of registration;
            (D) grants of authority; or
            (E) limitations of authority; or
        (11) the validity of court decisions entered regarding theconstitutionality of any provision of the prior property law;
before the effective date of the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly (July 1, 2002). Those rights,liabilities, penalties, offenses, proceedings, bonds, notes, loans, otherforms of indebtedness, tax levies, funds, patents, contracts, leases,permits, licenses, certificates of registration, grants of authority, orlimitations of authority continue and shall be imposed and enforcedunder prior property law as if the recodification act of the 2002regular session of the general assembly had not been enacted.
    (b) The recodification act of the 2002 regular session of thegeneral assembly does not:
        (1) extend, or cause to expire, a permit, license, certificate ofregistration, or other grant or limitation of authority; or
        (2) in any way affect the validity, scope, or status of a license,permit, certificate of registration, or other grant or limitation ofauthority;
issued under the prior property law.
    (c) The recodification act of the 2002 regular session of thegeneral assembly does not affect the revocation, limitation, orsuspension of a permit, license, certificate of registration, or othergrant or limitation of authority based in whole or in part on violationsof the prior property law or the rules adopted under the prior propertylaw.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

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Recodification of prior property law
    Sec. 5. The recodification act of the 2002 regular session of thegeneral assembly shall be construed as a recodification of priorproperty law. Except as provided in section 2(1) and 2(2) of thischapter, if the literal meaning of the recodification act of the 2002regular session of the general assembly (including a literalapplication of an erroneous change to an internal reference) would

result in a substantive change in the prior property law, the differenceshall be construed as a typographical, spelling, or other clerical errorthat must be corrected by:
        (1) inserting, deleting, or substituting words, punctuation, orother matters of style in the recodification act of the 2002regular session of the general assembly; or
        (2) using any other rule of statutory construction;
as necessary or appropriate to apply the recodification act of the2002 regular session of the general assembly in a manner that doesnot result in a substantive change in the law. The principle ofstatutory construction that a court must apply the literal meaning ofan act if the literal meaning of the act is unambiguous does not applyto the recodification act of the 2002 regular session of the generalassembly to the extent that the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly is not substantively identical to theprior property law.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

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References to repealed statutes
    Sec. 6. Subject to section 9 of this chapter, a reference in a statuteor rule to a statute that is repealed and replaced in the same or adifferent form in the recodification act of the 2002 regular session ofthe general assembly shall be treated after the effective date of thenew provision as a reference to the new provision.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

IC 32-16-1-7
References to citations
    Sec. 7. A citation reference in the recodification act of the 2002regular session of the general assembly to another provision of therecodification act of the 2002 regular session of the general assemblyshall be treated as including a reference to the provision of priorproperty law that is substantively equivalent to the provision of therecodification act of the 2002 regular session of the general assemblythat is referred to by the citation reference.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

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References to prior rules
    Sec. 8. (a) As used in the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly, a reference to rules adopted underany provision of this title or under any other provision of therecodification act of the 2002 regular session of the general assemblyrefers to either:
        (1) rules adopted under the recodification act of the 2002regular session of the general assembly; or
        (2) rules adopted under the prior property law until those ruleshave been amended, repealed, or superseded.
    (b) Rules adopted under the prior property law continue in effect

after June 30, 2002, until the rules are amended, repealed, orsuspended.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.

IC 32-16-1-9
References to prior property law
    Sec. 9. (a) A reference in the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly to a citation in the prior property lawbefore its repeal is added in certain sections of the recodification actof the 2002 regular session of the general assembly only as an aid tothe reader.
    (b) The inclusion or omission in the recodification act of the 2002regular session of the general assembly of a reference to a citation inthe prior property law before its repeal does not affect:
        (1) any rights or liabilities accrued;
        (2) any penalties incurred;
        (3) any violations committed;
        (4) any proceedings begun;
        (5) any bonds, notes, loans, or other forms of indebtednessissued, incurred, or made;
        (6) any tax levies made;
        (7) any funds established;
        (8) any patents issued;
        (9) the validity, continuation, or termination of contracts,easements, or leases executed;
        (10) the validity, continuation, scope, termination, suspension,or revocation of:
            (A) permits;
            (B) licenses;
            (C) certificates of registration;
            (D) grants of authority; or
            (E) limitations of authority; or
        (11) the validity of court decisions entered regarding theconstitutionality of any provision of the prior property law;
before the effective date of the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly (July 1, 2002). Those rights,liabilities, penalties, offenses, proceedings, bonds, notes, loans, otherforms of indebtedness, tax levies, funds, patents, contracts, leases,licenses, permits, certificates of registration, and other grants ofauthority continue and shall be imposed and enforced under priorproperty law as if the recodification act of the 2002 regular sessionof the general assembly had not been enacted.
    (c) The inclusion or omission in the recodification act of the 2002regular session of the general assembly of a citation to a provision inthe prior property law does not affect the use of a prior conviction,violation, or noncompliance under the prior property law as the basisfor revocation of a license, permit, certificate of registration, or othergrant of authority under the recodification act of the 2002 regularsession of the general assembly, as necessary or appropriate to applythe recodification act of the 2002 regular session of the general

assembly in a manner that does not result in a substantive change inthe law.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.1.