CHAPTER 1. EFFECT OF RECODIFICATION ACT OF THE 1998 REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IC 34-7
ARTICLE 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS
IC 34-7-1
Chapter 1. Effect of Recodification Act of the 1998 Regular
Session of the General Assembly
IC 34-7-1-1
Purpose
Sec. 1. The purpose of the recodification act of the 1998 regular
session of the general assembly is to recodify prior civil law and
procedure in a style that is clear, concise, and easy to interpret and
apply. Except to the extent that:
(1) the recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the
general assembly is amended to reflect the changes made in a
provision of another bill that adds to, amends, or repeals a
provision in the recodification act of the 1998 regular session
of the general assembly; or
(2) the minutes of meetings of the code revision commission
during 1997 expressly indicate a different purpose;
the substantive operation and effect of the prior civil law and
procedure continue uninterrupted as if the recodification act of the
1998 regular session of the general assembly had not been enacted.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-2
Applicability
Sec. 2. Subject to section 1 of this chapter, sections 3 through 9
of this chapter shall be applied to the statutory construction of the
recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general
assembly.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-3
Effect on actions before July 1, 1998
Sec. 3. (a) The recodification act of the 1998 regular session of
the 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 indebtedness
issued, 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 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 the
constitutionality of any provision of the prior civil law and
procedure;
before the effective date of the recodification act of the 1998 regular
session of the general assembly (July 1, 1998). Those rights,
liabilities, penalties, offenses, proceedings, bonds, notes, loans, other
forms of indebtedness, tax levies, funds, patents, contracts, leases,
permits, licenses, certificates of registration, grants of authority, or
limitations of authority continue and shall be imposed and enforced
under prior civil law and procedure as if the recodification act of the
1998 regular session of the general assembly had not been enacted.
(b) The recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the
general assembly does not:
(1) extend, or cause to expire, a permit, license, certificate of
registration, 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 of
authority;
issued under the prior civil law and procedure.
(c) The recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the
general assembly does not affect the revocation, limitation, or
suspension of a permit, license, certificate of registration, or other
grant or limitation of authority based in whole or in part on violations
of the prior civil law and procedure or the rules adopted under the
prior civil law and procedure.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-4
Statutory construction
Sec. 4. The recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the
general assembly shall be construed as a recodification of prior civil
law and procedure statutes. Except as provided in section 1(1) and
1(2) of this chapter, if the literal meaning of the recodification act of
the 1998 regular session of the general assembly (including a literal
application of an erroneous change to an internal reference) would
result in a substantive change in the prior civil law and procedure,
the difference shall be construed as a typographical, spelling, or other
clerical error that must be corrected by:
(1) inserting, deleting, or substituting words, punctuation, or
other matters of style in the recodification act of the 1998
regular session of the general assembly; or
(2) using any other rule of statutory construction;
as necessary or appropriate to apply the recodification act of the
1998 regular session of the general assembly in a manner that does
not result in a substantive change in the law. The principle of
statutory construction that a court must apply the literal meaning of
an act if the literal meaning of the act is unambiguous does not apply
to the recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general
assembly to the extent that the recodification act of the 1998 regular
session of the general assembly is not substantively identical to the
prior civil law and procedure.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-5
Reference to repealed statutes
Sec. 5. Subject to section 8 of this chapter, a reference in a statute
or rule to a statute that is repealed and replaced in the same or a
different form in the recodification act of the 1998 regular session of
the general assembly shall be treated after the effective date of the
new provision as a reference to the new provision.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-6
Citation references
Sec. 6. A citation reference in the recodification act of the 1998
regular session of the general assembly to another provision of the
recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general assembly
shall be treated as including a reference to the provision of prior civil
law and procedure that is substantively equivalent to the provision of
the recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general
assembly that is referred to by the citation reference.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-7
Rules references
Sec. 7. (a) As used in the recodification act of the 1998 regular
session of the general assembly, a reference to rules adopted under
any provision of this title or under any other provision of the
recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general assembly
refers to either:
(1) rules adopted under the recodification act of the 1998
regular session of the general assembly; or
(2) rules adopted under the prior civil law and procedure until
those rules have been amended, repealed, or superseded.
(b) Rules adopted under the prior civil law and procedure
continue in effect after June 30, 1998, until the rules are amended,
repealed, or suspended.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-8
Citations to prior civil law and procedure
Sec. 8. (a) A reference in the recodification act of the 1998 regular
session of the general assembly to a citation in the prior civil law and
procedure before its repeal is added in certain sections of the
recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general assembly
only as an aid to the reader.
(b) The inclusion or omission in the recodification act of the 1998
regular session of the general assembly of a reference to a citation in
the prior civil law and procedure 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 indebtedness
issued, incurred, or made;
(6) any tax levies made;
(7) any funds established;
(8) any patents issued;
(9) the validity, continuation, or termination of contracts 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 the
constitutionality of any provision of the prior civil law and
procedure;
before the effective date of the recodification act of the 1998 regular
session of the general assembly (July 1, 1998). Those rights,
liabilities, penalties, offenses, proceedings, bonds, notes, loans, other
forms of indebtedness, tax levies, funds, patents, contracts, leases,
licenses, permits, certificates of registration, and other grants of
authority continue and shall be imposed and enforced under prior
civil law and procedure as if the recodification act of the 1998
regular session of the general assembly had not been enacted.
(c) The inclusion or omission in the recodification act of the 1998
regular session of the general assembly of a citation to a provision in
the prior civil law and procedure statutes does not affect the use of
a prior conviction, violation, or noncompliance under the prior civil
law and procedure as the basis for revocation of a license, permit,
certificate of registration, or other grant of authority under the
recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general
assembly, as necessary or appropriate to apply the recodification act
of the 1998 regular session of the general assembly in a manner that
does not result in a substantive change in the law.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.
IC 34-7-1-9
Medical malpractice provisions
Sec. 9. Sections 1 through 8 of this chapter apply to IC 34-18
concerning medical malpractice, which, before it was recodified in
the recodification act of the 1998 regular session of the general
assembly effective July 1, 1998, appeared at IC 27-12 in the Indiana
Code.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.