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From: jrh@dixie.aiss.uiuc.edu (Jason R. Heimbaugh)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: They call themselves 'Hoosiers'
Date: 15 Jun 1994 22:01:48 GMT

Being bored one day I sent out a bunch a letters, one to the Legislative Services Agency in Indiana asking for information about the following two lines in the AFU FAQ (quotations cited under fair use):

T.*Indiana House Bill #246 of 1897 would've set pi=3.2, killed in state Senate. T. Public boners are banned in Indiana. Law upheld by US Supreme Court. Copyrighted 1991-94. All rights reserved by Terry Chan (twchan@lbl.gov).

June 2, 1994

Legislative Information
Legislative Services Agency
302 State House
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Dear Sir,

I would like to receive copies of two Indiana state bills, for which I have information that it will cost either $.10 per page for bills over 10 pages or $.15 per page. Whatever the correct figure is, I am sure you will bill me appropriately.

The first bill I would like a copy of is the bill that makes it illegal to have an erection in public. Also, if you happen to know what U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld this law, could you include that as well?

The second bill if House Bill #246 of 1897 that proposed setting the value of pi to 3.2. It was defeated by the Indiana State Senate which raises my doubts as to whether or not you have access to a copy.

Thank you for your time and effort in responding to my requests,

Jason R. Heimbaugh

                        LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY
                              302 State House
                      Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2789
                              (317) 232-9550

June 13, 1994

Jason R. Heimbaugh
R.R. 1, Box 120
Champaign, IL 61821

Dear Mr. Heimbaugh:

I have enclosed the following in response to your letter dated June 2, 1994:

     (1) A copy of Engrossed House Bill 246 from the 1897 Session of the
     Indiana General Assembly.  Engrossed House Bill 246 is also known as
     the "Indiana Pi Bill".

     (2) A copy of Indiana's public indecency statute, IC 35-45-4-1.  The
     United States Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of this
     statute in the case "Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.", 111 S.Ct. 2456
     (1991).  Because the "Barnes" case is some 22 pages long, I have not
     included it so that you would not incur a copy charge.  If you are
     interested [in] reading the case, I'm certain that the law library at
     the University of Illinois would have it.

Please let us know whether you require additional information.

Very truly yours,

Robert J. Rudolph
Deputy Director
Office of Bill Drafting and Research

RJR:rr

Enclosures: as indicated

35-45-4-1 Public indecency; indecent exposure

Sec. 1. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally, in a public place:

(1) engages in sexual intercourse;

(2) engages in deviate sexual conduct;

(3) appears in a state of nudity; or

(4) fondles the genitals of himself or another person;

commits public indecency, a Class A misdemeanor.