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Ind. Code § 1-1-3-3 (2025)

Effective dates

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     Sec. 3. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section:

(1) "Regular session" includes a regular technical session.

(2) "SECTION" refers to a paragraph or a group of paragraphs in the body of an act that are preceded by the indented word "SECTION" all in capital letters.

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d), (e), and (f), each SECTION of each act passed at a regular session of the general assembly takes effect on July 1 next following its enactment, unless a different time is specified in the SECTION.

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d), (e), and (f), each SECTION of each act passed at a special session of the general assembly takes effect on the first day of the third calendar month after the calendar month of sine die adjournment, unless a different time is specified in the SECTION.

     (d) If an act contains a SECTION that only declares that an emergency exists for the act, then the SECTION that only declares that an emergency exists takes effect at the same time as the earliest date that any other SECTION of the act takes effect.

     (e) If an act does not declare that an emergency exists, no SECTION of the act shall take effect sooner than the date the act is published and circulated in accordance with Article 4, Section 28 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

     (f) This section does not prohibit the general assembly from specifying an effective date for a SECTION of an act or from delaying the application of part or all of a SECTION of an act in any other clear and specific manner.

As added by Acts 1978, P.L.3, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1-1983, SEC.1; P.L.1-1987, SEC.1; P.L.1-1993, SEC.1; P.L.4-1995, SEC.1; P.L.242-2025, SEC.6.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Lunsford v. State, 640 N.E.2d 59 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994).
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Lunsford v. State, 640 N.E.2d 59 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to Ind.Code § 1-1-3-3, the legislation took effect on July 1, 1993.”
Turner v. State, 669 N.E.2d 1024 (Ind. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “Ind.Code § 1-1-3-3 (1984). Since the amended Robbery statute did not specify an effective date, our legislators intended that the statute become effective September 1, 1984.”
Indiana Voluntary Firemen's Ass'n v. Pearson, 700 F. Supp. 421 (S.D. Ind. 1988). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code § 1-1-3-3. As amended, the Statute imposes a number of restrictions on the activities of professional fundraiser consultants and professional solicitors [hereinafter referred to collectively as “professional solicitors”] whenever those professionals desire to work…”
Indiana Dep't of State Revenue v. Est. of Riggs, 735 N.E.2d 340 (Ind. T.C. 2000). · cites it 2× “This was an earlier effective date than would have otherwise been allowed under Ind.Code Ann. § 1-1-3-3(c) (West Supp.2000).”
Van Hoosier v. Grant Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Welfare, 443 N.E.2d 350 (Ind. Ct. App. 1982). “Ind.Code 1-1-3-3. Therefore, we do not believe it necessary for the court to find on remand that reasonable services were offered inasmuch as the court’s findings will now be entered after the effective date of the amended statute.”
Inst. for the Int'l Educ. of Students v. Qian Chen, 380 F. Supp. 3d 801 (S.D. Ind. 2019). “Acts 1098 , but under the then-current version of Indiana Code § 1-1-3-3, it did not take effect until September 1, 1982, see 1978 Ind.”
Johnson v. State, 585 N.E.2d 1352 (Ind. Ct. App. 1992). “Note that Indiana Code 1-1-3-3 was amended by P.L. 1-1987 to provide that unless a different time is specified in the act, the act would become effective on July 1 of that year, rather than September 1.”
Ind. Code § 1-1-3-3(c): 1 case
Indiana Dep't of State Revenue v. Est. of Riggs, 735 N.E.2d 340 (Ind. T.C. 2000). “This was an earlier effective date than would have otherwise been allowed under Ind.Code Ann. § 1-1-3-3(c) (West Supp.2000).”
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