{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-1-1-5.5-17","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 1-1-5.5-17","heading":"P.L.2-1998 intended to resolve technical conflicts among acts and correct technical errors; no effect on rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred, violations committed, or proceedings begun; references to repealed statutes","body":"Sec. 17. (a) P.L.2-1998 is intended to resolve technical conflicts among acts enacted by the general assembly and to correct other technical errors. P.L.2-1998 is not intended to change the intended effective date of any statute or otherwise result in any substantive change in the law.\n(b) A SECTION of P.L.2-1998 does not affect any:\n(1) rights or liabilities accrued;\n(2) penalties incurred;\n(3) violations committed; or\n(4) proceedings begun;\nbefore the effective date of that SECTION of P.L.2-1998. Those rights, liabilities, penalties, offenses, and proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced under prior law as if that SECTION of P.L.2-1998 had not been enacted.\n(c) Any reference in any statute or rule to a statute that is repealed and replaced in the same or a different form by P.L.2-1998 shall be treated after the effective date of the new provision as a reference to the new provision.","path":["TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","ARTICLE 1. LAWS GOVERNING THE STATE","Chapter 5.5. Effect of Certain Acts"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_1.html#1-1-5.5-17","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-06-30T21:27:13Z","sha256":"3d0689e3309efde3082f2f67fcac7eb112f3193caf36db760d4e78cce8b5f05b","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-1-1-5.5-16","next":"us-in/ic-1-1-5.5-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}