1. (a) If the Indiana judicial center establishes a circuit and superior court motion clerk pilot program, the Indiana judicial center shall report on the progress of the pilot program to the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary established under IC 2-5-1.3-4 (4) in the 2016 and 2017 legislative interims. The report must be submitted in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 and include:

   1. (1) a list of the counties in which the pilot program was available in the preceding year;
   2. (2) the number of petitions filed for pilot program assistance in the preceding year;
   3. (3) the number of requests for pilot program assistance made by a judge in the preceding year;
   4. (4) the costs associated with the pilot program in the preceding year;
   5. (5) the expected costs of expanding the pilot program statewide;
   6. (6) a recommendation on the appropriate fee, if necessary, for motion clerk assistance if the pilot program is expanded statewide;
   7. (7) recommendations for alternative sources of funding for the pilot program if the pilot program is expanded statewide;
   8. (8) recommendations on the types of matters with which a motion clerk should be available to assist a court; and
   9. (9) other recommendations regarding implementing the pilot program statewide.
2. (b) The interim study committee on courts and the judiciary may make recommendations and propose legislation concerning the pilot program.

As added by P.L.62-2016, SEC.3.