Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 146, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 January 1986 — Page 3

Orr plan one vote shy in House

Bill to appoint slate schools head dies

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Gov. Robert D. Orr’s priority of making the state school superintendent an appointed rather than elected position died in the Indiana House when the speaker failed to hand the measure down for a vote. Midnight Wednesday was the deadline for lawmakers to pass measures in the house of origin for the 1986 session of the Indiana General Assembly. Orr’s aides spent most of Wednesday lobbying representatives to vote for House Bill 1238, but they only could come up with 50 votes by the end of the day. House Speaker J. Roberts Dailey, R-Muncie, decided not to hand down the bill because it didn’t have the 51 votes needed for passage. As Orr aide Mark Lubbers was telling reporters at 11:45 p.m. that there would be no vote on the superintendent bill, the House was hearing final comments on a measure to make the bison the official state animal. That bill passed unanimously. When asked shortly after midnight if he were disappointed by the House’s lack of action, Orr said: “Well good gracious, I’d hoped we’d make this a very successful piece of legislation early 0n.... Sure, I’d be

Credit card rate ceiling 18% in House-passed bill

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) People who use plastic instead of cash for their purchases could save a little money each month under a bill approved by the Indiana House. “Next to a tax cut, this is the best piece of legislation we can pass this session,” Rep. Edward E. Goble, D-Batesville, said of H.B. 1008, which would lower the maximum interest rate on Indiana-based credit cards from 21 percent to 18 percent. The House approved the bill on an 83-16 vote Wednesday. Rep. Hurley C. Goodall, D-Muncie, said that when the Legislature agreed to raise the interest rate cap in 1982, it was with the understanding credit card providers would voluntarily reduce rates when the economy improved. Since then most other interest rates have dropped, but credit card rates in Indiana have not, Goble said. “I think money lenders in this state have broken faith with the General Assembly,” Goodall said. He added that H.B. 1008 tackles the problem by telling credit card providers: “If you won’t be responsible,- we’ll make you responsible.”

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GOV. ROBERT ORR Support falls short dishonest if I said I wasn’t disappointed.” Orr’s top education adviser, John Hammond, said he hopes the measure will be revived in the Senate as an amendment to a bill being heard in the Education Com-

Rep. Chester F. Dobis, D-Merrillville, argued that the measure only would affect a few providers since only credit card operations based in Indiana would come under the bill’s provisions. He also contended rate fluctuations should occur through the marketplace rather than by mandate. “Competition ought to set the pace,” Dobis said. Rep. Stanley G. Jones, D-West Lafayette, said many Hoosiers get their credit cards from in-state businesses and through local financial institutions. “I think this does affect millions of Hoosiers across the state,” Jones said. “We’re talking about a substantial sum of money.” He noted that nationwide, $6 billion is spent on credit card interest rates in a year. Goble added that he has checked several major Indiana department stores and ail are charging 21 percent interest rates. Those businesses would be affected by the bill, he said. Twenty-two states already have credit card interest rates of 18 percent or less, he said.

mittee. He didn’t specify which bill might be a likely candidate. Lubbers said a main reason for the bill failing to get enough support was strong opposition from political and special interest groups. “How do you beat the Indiana State Teachers Association, the Indiana Republican Party and fundamental Christian groups that are opposed to it?” he asked. “Frankly, the only thing that will make this bill go is strong public support,” he added. When asked why there was so much opposition, Lubbers asked for a cigarette lighter, held it out and lit it. “Here, put your hand over it,” he said. “Heat.”' Hammond added that some people also were against the measure because they fear change. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Philip T. Warner, R-Goshen, also was frustrated about the course of action on the bill. “I don’t know how much longer we can afford to play politics with the schools in Indiana,” he said.

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Orr has said he favors appointment of a state school superintendent because it would insulate the job from politics and would allow the state’s top school official to devote full time to education, something he said would make the job more attractive to qualified people. Orr also said appointment would make the governor accountable for the quality of education in Indiana. During his State of the State address Jan. 13, Orr said he had two priorities for the 1986 session of the Indiana General Assembly passage of the superintendent bill and license branch reform. The Indiana House handed the governor temporary setbacks on both issues. A license branch measure was passed in the House on Tuesday, but that amended y version was stripped of all the governor’s proposals for taking politics out of the branches. The House also voted last Friday in favor of a request to override Orr’s veto last year of a bill to allow police officers and firefighters to serve in elected municipal offices. The request also must receive Senate approval before the governor’s veto could be overridden.

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