Indiana § 21-7-12-9 - Citations to prior civil law and procedure

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§ 21-7-12-9. Citations to prior civil law and procedure

Sec. 9. (a) A reference in the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly to a citation in the prior law before its repeal is added in certain sections of the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly only as an aid to the reader.

(b) The inclusion or omission in the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly of a reference to a citation in the prior law 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 or authorized;

(7) any funds established;

(8) any patents issued;

(9) the validity, continuation, or termination of contracts, easements, 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;

(E) limitations of authority; or

(F) degrees; or

(11) the validity of court decisions entered regarding the constitutionality of any provision of the prior law;

before the effective date of the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly (July 1, 2007). Those rights, liabilities, penalties, violations, proceedings, bonds, notes, loans, other forms of indebtedness, tax levies, funds, patents, contracts, easements, leases, permits, licenses, certificates of registration, grants of authority, limitations of authority, and degrees, continue and shall be imposed and enforced under prior law as if the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly had not been enacted.

(c) The inclusion or omission in the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly of a citation to a provision in the prior law does not affect the use of a prior conviction, violation, or noncompliance under the prior law as the basis for revocation of a license, permit, certificate of registration, or other grant of authority under the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly, as necessary or appropriate to apply the recodification act of the 2007 regular session of the general assembly in a manner that does not result in a substantive change in the law.

[2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.242.

IC 21-7-13Chapter 13. Definitions

21-7-13-1Application 21-7-13-2"Academic term" 21-7-13-3"Academic year" 21-7-13-4Repealed 21-7-13-5"Current ADM" 21-7-13-6"Approved postsecondary educational institution" 21-7-13-6"Approved postsecondary educational institution" 21-7-13-7"Approved secondary school" 21-7-13-8"Ball State University" 21-7-13-9"Board of trustees" 21-7-13-10"College or university" 21-7-13-11"Commission for higher education" 21-7-13-12Repealed 21-7-13-13"Community college system" 21-7-13-13.3"Degree granting" 21-7-13-13.5"Degree map" 21-7-13-14"Educational costs" 21-7-13-15"Educational support costs" 21-7-13-16"Elementary school" 21-7-13-17"Eligible institution" 21-7-13-18"Faculty" 21-7-13-19"High school" 21-7-13-20"Indiana University" 21-7-13-21"Indiana State University" 21-7-13-22"Ivy Tech Community College" 21-7-13-23"Nonprofit college or university" 21-7-13-24"Nonpublic school" 21-7-13-25"Occupational and technical education" 21-7-13-26"Postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution" 21-7-13-26.5"Postsecondary SEI affiliated educational institution" 21-7-13-26.5"Postsecondary SEI affiliated educational institution" 21-7-13-27"Private technical, vocational, correspondence, and trade school" 21-7-13-28"Purdue University" 21-7-13-29Repealed 21-7-13-29.5"Research intensive campus" 21-7-13-30"School corporation" 21-7-13-31"Secondary school" 21-7-13-31.3"Secretary of education" 21-7-13-31.5"State accredited nonpublic school" 21-7-13-32"State educational institution" 21-7-13-33Repealed 21-7-13-34Repealed 21-7-13-35"University of Southern Indiana" 21-7-13-36"Vincennes University" 21-7-13-37"Vocational education"

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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