§ 1-1-5.5-23 — No effect of IC 35-43-5 on penalties incurred, crimes committed, or proceedings begun; doctrine of amelioration; insurance

Indiana § 1-1-5.5-23

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Art. 1: LAWS GOVERNING THE STATE
• Ch. 5.5: Effect of Certain Acts

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(a) A section of IC 35-43-5, as amended and
enacted during the 2021 regular session of the Indiana general
assembly, does not affect:
(1) penalties incurred;
(2) crimes committed; or
(3) proceedings begun;
before the effective date of that section of IC 35-43-5. Those penalties,
crimes, and proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced
under prior law as if that section of IC 35-43-5 had not been amended
or enacted.
(b) The general assembly does not intend the doctrine of
amelioration (see Vicory v. State, 400 N.E.2d 1380 (Ind. 1980)) to
apply to any section of IC 35-43-5, as amended or enacted during the
2021 regular session of the Indiana general assembly.
(c) The general assembly does not intend any section of IC 35-43-5,
as amended or enacted during the 2021 regular session of the Indiana
general assembly, to affect the:
(1) statutory or common law as it relates to insurance coverage or
the construction of an insurance policy; or
(2) holding of Colonial Penn Ins. Co. v. Guzorek, 690 N.E.2d 664
(Ind. 1997).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.174-2021, SEC.1.