Title 24, TRADE REGULATION

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, a nonprofit corporation established to improve the practice and educational standards of the profession of industrial hygiene by certifying individuals who meet its education, experience,…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "certified industrial hygienist (CIH)" is a person who has received the designation certified industrial hygienist from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and whose certification has not lapsed or been revoked. As added by P.L.175-1996, SEC.…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "education" means: (1) a baccalaureate or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in: (A) industrial hygiene; (B) biology; (C) chemistry; (D) engineering; (E) physics; or (F) a closely related physical or biological science; or (2…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "experience" means the completion of professional level work sufficient to provide competence in the following: (1) The anticipation and recognition of workplace environmental factors and stresses, including chemical, physical, biological, and erg…

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "industrial hygiene" means the science and practice of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling the environmental factors and stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or signi…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "industrial hygienist (IH)" means a person who has the education and experience to practice industrial hygiene. As added by P.L.175-1996, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "industrial hygienist in training (IHIT)" means a person who has received the designation industrial hygienist in training from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and whose certification has not lapsed or been revoked. As added by P.L.175-19…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to residential real property located in Indiana, including all fixtures to, structures on, and improvements to the real property. As added by P.L.251-1987, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.82-2012, SEC.1; P.L.170-2017, SEC.4.

Sec. 10. (a) A real property improvement supplier shall provide a completed real property improvement contract to the consumer before it is signed by the consumer. Except as provided in subsection (c), and subject to subsection (e) and section 10.6 of this chapter for contracts e…

Sec. 10.5. (a) A real property improvement supplier shall not advertise, offer, or promise to pay or rebate any part of an insurance deductible to induce a person to enter into a real property improvement contract or otherwise purchase goods or services from the real property imp…

Sec. 10.6. (a) This section applies to a real property improvement contract that is entered into by a real property improvement supplier and a consumer after June 30, 2017. (b) Before entering into a real property improvement contract with a consumer, the real property improvemen…

Sec. 11. Before a consumer signs a real property improvement contract and before the consumer can be required to make any down payment in connection with the real property improvement contract, the real property improvement supplier must have agreed unequivocally by written signa…

Sec. 12. A real property improvement supplier shall give a fully executed copy of a real property improvement contract to the consumer immediately after the consumer signs it. The real property improvement contract must show the dates the real property improvement supplier and ea…

Sec. 13. Any approval required by this chapter shall not be unreasonably withheld by the consumer. As added by P.L.251-1987, SEC.3.

Sec. 14. A real property improvement supplier who violates this chapter commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general or by a consumer under IC 24-5-0.5-4 and is subject to the remedies and penalties under IC 24-5-0.5. As added by P.L.251-1987, SEC.3. Amended…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "consumer" means a person that owns, leases, or rents the residential real property that is the subject of a real property improvement contract. As added by P.L.251-1987, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.170-2017, SEC.5.

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "exterior improvement" means any alteration, repair, replacement, reconstruction, or other modification made to the exterior of residential real property, including the exterior of any structure on or fixture or improvement to the property. The …

Sec. 2.6. As used in this chapter, "insurance policy" refers to a: (1) personal line policy of property and casualty insurance coverage; or (2) commercial line farm insurance policy that insures residential property. As added by P.L.170-2017, SEC.7.

Sec. 2.7. As used in this chapter, "insured consumer" refers to a person: (1) that is a policyholder or an insured under a: (A) personal line policy of property and casualty insurance coverage; or (B) commercial line farm insurance policy that insures residential property; and (2…

Sec. 2.8. As used in this chapter, "interior improvement" means any alteration, repair, replacement, reconstruction, or other modification made to the interior of real property, including the interior of any structure on or fixture or improvement to the property. The term also in…

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "real property improvement" means any alteration, repair, replacement, reconstruction, or other modification of residential real property. (b) The term includes the following: (1) An exterior improvement. (2) An interior improvement. As added …

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "real property improvement contract" means an agreement, oral or written, between a real property improvement supplier and a consumer to make a real property improvement and for which the real property improvement contract price exceeds one hundre…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "real property improvement contract price" means the amount actually charged for the services, materials, and work to be performed under the real property improvement contract but does not include financing costs, loan consolidation amounts, taxes…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "real property improvement supplier" means a person who engages in or solicits real property improvement contracts whether or not the person deals directly with the consumer. As added by P.L.251-1987, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.170-2017, SEC.13.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, a corporation, the state or its subdivisions or agencies, a business trust, an estate, a trust, a partnership, an association, or a cooperative or any other legal entity. As added by P.L.251-1987, SEC.3.

Sec. 7.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "real property" or "residential real property" means real property that: (1) contains one (1) to four (4) units; and (2) is used in whole or in part as a dwelling of a consumer. (b) The term includes all fixtures to, structures on, and impro…

Sec. 7.7. As used in this chapter, "roof system" includes roof coverings, roof sheathing, roof weatherproofing, and insulation. As added by P.L.82-2012, SEC.6.

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "specifications" means the plans, detailed drawings, lists of materials, or other methods customarily used in the residential building industry as a whole to describe with particularity the work, workmanship, materials, and quality of materials fo…

Sec. 9. If a license or permit is necessary for any part of a real property improvement, the real property improvement contract must be conditioned upon the appropriate party obtaining the necessary licenses or permits before any work under the real property improvement contract …

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Commercial litigation financier" means a person that enters into, or offers to enter into, a commercial litigation financing agreement with a plaintiff in a civil proceeding. The term does not include a nonprof…

Sec. 2. A commercial litigation financier may not provide funding to a commercial litigation financing agreement that is directly or indirectly financed by a foreign entity of concern. As added by P.L.140-2024, SEC.2.

Sec. 3. A party may not disclose or share any documents or information subject to a court order to seal or protect that is received in the course of the civil proceeding with a commercial litigation financier. As added by P.L.140-2024, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. A commercial litigation financier may not make any decision, have any influence, or direct the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney with respect to the conduct of the underlying civil proceeding or any settlement or resolution of the civil proceeding, or make any decisio…

Sec. 5. (a) In a civil proceeding in which a plaintiff enters into a commercial litigation financing agreement, the contents of the commercial litigation financing agreement are subject to discovery under the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure by: (1) a party other than the plainti…

Sec. 1. This article supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws adopted by a city, county, city and county, municipality, or local agency regarding the processing of personal data by controllers or processors. As added by P.L.94-2023, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. Any reference to federal, state, or local law or statute in this article includes any accompanying rules, regulations, or exemptions. As added by P.L.94-2023, SEC.1.