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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Ind. Law - "Daniels vetoes film industry bill" - Concerns about maintaining a permanent historical record

"Daniels vetoes film industry bill" is the headline to a brief story by Bill Ruthhart on the Indianapolis Star website:

Gov. Mitch Daniels vetoed his first bill in more than two years Friday, rejecting a measure that would provide tax incentives to the film industry.

House Enrolled Act 1388 allowed for tax and other financial incentives to encourage film and media productions in the state.

In a letter to House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, Daniels said he disagreed with the legislation's provision to allow unlimited refundable tax credits for all media productions under $6 million and a 15 percent credit to other production-related expenses.

I have expressed concerns in the past about the lack of preservation of Indiana governors' signing statements, veto messages, and related materials.

See "Executive Orders, Signing Statements, and Veto Messages, Part One," 49 Res Gestae 8 (Apr. 2006), pp. 35-37". The article is accessible here. See particularly the section titled "State signing statements," beginning on p. 4. and the section on "Veto messages" on p. 6.

So where is the Governor's veto message? And where is the "letter to House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend" expressing the Governor's concerns? NOT where they would have been found during the terms of past governors, on the monthly calendar of press releases.

And how have the signing statements and veto messages of our more recent governors, which had been at one time available online, been preserved?

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 28, 2007 09:15 AM
Posted to Indiana Law