Application

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to employees of a governmental entity that exercises any of the executive powers of the state under the direction of the governor or lieutenant governor. (b) This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) The legislative department of state government. (2) The judicial department of state government. (3) The following state elected officers and their personal staffs: (A) The governor. (B) The lieutenant governor. (C) The secretary of state. (D) The treasurer of state. (E) The auditor of state. (F) The attorney general. (4) A body corporate and politic of the state created by state statute. (5) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13). (6) An inmate who is working in a state penal, charitable, correctional, or benevolent institution. (7) The state police department. (c) This subsection does not apply to a political subdivision, the ports of Indiana (established by IC 8-10-1-3), or the northern Indiana commuter transportation district (established under IC 8-5-15). The chief executive officer of a governmental entity that is exempt from this chapter under subsection (b) may elect to have this chapter apply to all or a part of the entity's employees by submitting a written notice of the election to the director. As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.121-2016, SEC.2; P.L.219-2017, SEC.12; P.L.8-2019, SEC.11; P.L.43-2021, SEC.15.