Greg Steuerwald
- Republican
- Representative
- District 40
Author
Makes the office of administrative law proceedings the ultimate authority in any administrative proceeding under its jurisdiction. Provides certain exceptions. Provides that the bill applies to certain proceedings filed after June 30, 2024. Specifies when a state agency may be required to pay reasonable attorney's fees for judicial review proceedings. Outlines procedures for the ultimate authority regarding nonfinal orders and procedures to file objections to final orders. Permits a final order to be corrected by means of a motion to correct error. Provides that the court shall decide all questions of law, including any interpretation of a federal or state constitutional provision, state statute, or agency rule, without deference to any previous interpretation made by the state agency. Provides that a court is not bound by a finding of fact made by the ultimate authority if the finding of fact is not supported by the record. Requires the state agency to transmit the agency record to the court for judicial review. Eliminates the office of environmental adjudication and transfers proceedings to the office of administrative law proceedings. Creates requirements for administrative law judges that are assigned to certain environmental matters. Provides that until the office of administrative law proceedings adopts or amends rules related to environmental matters, it must continue to follow and implement rules under 315 IAC. Requires the office of administrative law proceedings to continue to index and make publicly available, in a substantially similar online searchable format, the final orders of contested appeals currently maintained by the office. Makes conforming changes.
Signed by the Governor
Public Law 128
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the Speaker
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 71, nays 24
Motion to concur filed
Returned to the House with amendments
Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 273: yeas 40, nays 7
Amendment #1 (Carrasco) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Referred to the Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 27: yeas 85, nays 10
Senate sponsors: Senators Carrasco, Koch, Garten
Representative Bartels added as coauthor
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Representative DeLaney removed as coauthor
Authored by Representative Steuerwald
Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, Meltzer, DeLaney
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