St. Joseph County Commissioner suggests home rule would allow St. Joseph County to adopt an ordinance moving the county to central time. I’m fairly certain that the Home Rule statute in no way gives counties the authority to override federal law. On the other hand, the counties around Cincinnati and Louisville observed Eastern Daylight Time illegally for 30 years and Perry County just adopted a Certificate of Need ordinance under the premise of Home Rule despite a similar ordinance having been struck down by a federal court two months earlier, so what the heck.

St. Joseph County Commissioner suggests home rule would allow St. Joseph County to adopt an ordinance moving the county to central time. I’m fairly certain that the Home Rule statute in no way gives counties the authority to override federal law. On the other hand, the counties around Cincinnati and Louisville observed Eastern Daylight Time illegally for 30 years, so what the heck.