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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Ind. Gov't. - General Assembly sets priorities for summer studies

Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today in a story that begins:

INDIANAPOLIS – Legislative leaders Wednesday determined which issues lawmakers will tackle in various summer study committees but held off on examining various problems surrounding the Indiana Toll Road lease.

The Indiana Legislative Council – headed by Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne – approved the other topics unanimously.

They include:

Imposition of the death penalty on the mentally ill

Vehicle crashes involving commercial motor vehicles

Various annexation issues

The use of judicial mandates

Evaluation of economic development incentives enacted in 2001

Whether the Indiana Gaming Commission has the authority to grant permission for riverboats to operate on barges

Confined feeding operations

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 7, 2007 08:03 AM
Posted to Indiana Government