Title 4, STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 42. The publisher, with the assistance of the code revision committee, shall establish a format, a numbering system, standards, and techniques for agencies to use whenever they draft and prepare rules under this chapter. As added by P.L.31-1985, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.42-202…

Sec. 43. (a) Subject to section 42 of this chapter, the attorney general may adopt rules under this chapter to interpret or implement this chapter. (b) An agency may adopt rules under this chapter to supplement the procedures in this chapter for its own rulemaking actions. As add…

Sec. 44. Except as provided in section 44.3 of this chapter, a rulemaking action that does not conform with this chapter is invalid, and a rule that is the subject of a noncomplying rulemaking action does not have the effect of law until it is adopted in conformity with this chap…

Sec. 44.3. (a) Notwithstanding the addition of section 44 of this chapter by P.L.31-1985, a rule that is in effect on August 31, 1985, is not invalidated by the passage of P.L.31-1985. (b) Notwithstanding the addition of section 44 of this chapter by P.L.31-1985, a rule that is t…

Sec. 45. A: (1) claim; or (2) defense; that asserts that a rule is invalid on procedural grounds may not be asserted if the claim or defense is based on rulemaking procedures that were followed or should have been followed by a board described in IC 13-14-9-1 or the department in…

Sec. 1. (a) There is hereby created a commission to be known as the Indiana arts commission. On and after July 1, 1967, the commission shall consist of fifteen (15) members who shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve for a term of four (4) years and until their success…

Sec. 2. The commission shall have the following purposes and duties: (1) to stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participation in the performing and fine arts; (2) to make such surveys as m…

Sec. 3. In furtherance of its purposes and duties, the commission shall have, and may exercise, the following powers: (1) To employ an executive director. (2) To adopt, promulgate, amend and rescind such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter a…

Sec. 4. (a) The executive director shall be the chief administrative officer of the commission. The executive director shall supervise the employees of the commission and shall assist the commission in promoting and carrying on its activities and administrative work. The executiv…

Sec. 5. Appropriate office facilities, supplies and equipment shall be provided for the commission and the executive director and other employees of the commission. Formerly: Acts 1965, c.248, s.5; Acts 1967, c.274, s.5.

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "district" means an area certified as an arts and cultural district under this section. (b) As used in this section, "unit" means a city, town, or county. (c) The commission shall establish an arts and cultural district certification program. …

Sec. 1. Any state charitable or benevolent institution or the state of Indiana may: (1) receive gifts, bequests, and devises of real or personal property, or both, for: (A) the aid or maintenance of any institution; or (B) state parks or other state purposes; and (2) agree to ret…

Sec. 2. When the gift is for the purpose of providing an annuity, the same may be accepted by any such institution or by the state itself upon condition that the institution or the state, as the case may be, shall pay to the donor, for the life of the donor, or for a term of year…

Sec. 3. The value of the property comprised in the gift shall be determined by three (3) disinterested appraisers appointed by the governor of the state, and no gift shall be accepted by any institution named in section one or by the state itself unless it be approved by the gove…

Sec. 4. For the purpose of securing the payment of annuities, the property comprised in the gift may be pledged, by way of mortgage or otherwise, to the annuitant or annuitants for the full period of the life of the annuity or annuities, but the property pledged shall be the sole…

Sec. 5. All annuities provided for under this chapter shall be free of all taxation for any or all purposes within the state of Indiana. Formerly: Acts 1917, c.20, s.5. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.11.

Sec. 6. An institution may not be the recipient of a gift, whether on the payment of an annuity or otherwise, that pledges the institution to perform any acts other than acts that the institution is authorized by law to perform. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:…

Sec. 7. All gifts of money, and all money realized from real and personal property, made under this chapter, to permanently endow any institution described in section 1 of this chapter shall be taken in charge by the state, as a trust, and managed in all respects the same as the …

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.255-2015, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. "Class III gaming" has the meaning set forth in 25 U.S.C. 2703(8). As added by P.L.255-2015, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. "Indian lands" has the meaning set forth in 25 U.S.C. 2703(4). As added by P.L.255-2015, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. "Indian tribe" has the meaning set forth in 25 U.S.C. 2703(5). As added by P.L.255-2015, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. "Tribal-state compact" means a compact under 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. between an Indian tribe and the state to allow gaming on Indian lands located in Indiana. As added by P.L.255-2015, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. The definitions set forth in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.1.

Sec. 2. "Commission" refers to the state lottery commission. As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.1.

Sec. 3. "Director" refers to the director of the commission. As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.1.

Sec. 4. "Lottery" refers to the Indiana state lottery. As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.1.

Sec. 4.3. "Lottery courier service" means a for-profit service operated for the purpose of purchasing or facilitating the purchase of lottery tickets on behalf of persons and delivering or transmitting the tickets, or electronic images of the tickets, to the person in exchange fo…

Sec. 5. "Major procurement" means a procurement for a contract for the printing of tickets to be used in a lottery game, consultation services for the start up and operation of the lottery, and any goods and services involving any of the following: (1) The official recording for …

Sec. 6. "Person" means an individual, a firm, an association, a joint venture, a partnership, a limited liability company, an estate, a trust, a syndicate, a fiduciary, a corporation, or any other group or combination. The term includes an agency or political subdivision of the s…

Sec. 7. "Retailer" means a person who sells lottery tickets on behalf of the commission under a contract. As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.1. Amended by P.L.32-1990, SEC.1.

Sec. 8. "Vendor" means a person who provides or proposes to provide goods or services to the commission. The term does not include an employee of the commission, a retailer, or a state agency. As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.1.

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124.

Sec. 10. "Gambling operation" means the conduct of authorized gambling games on a riverboat. As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124.

Sec. 10.5. "Gaming activity information" means information related to table game and slot machine activity used to determine and confirm revenue and the computation of tax. As added by P.L.212-2018(ss), SEC.2.

Sec. 11. "Gross receipts" means the total amount of money exchanged for the purchase of chips, tokens, or electronic cards by riverboat patrons. As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124.

Sec. 11.1. "Historic hotel" means a structure originally built as a hotel that: (1) contained at least three hundred (300) sleeping rooms on or before January 1, 1930; (2) is listed in, or is seeking listing in, the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) was regionally rec…

Sec. 11.5. "Historic hotel district" means a historic hotel district that is established under IC 36-7-11.5. As added by P.L.92-2003, SEC.5.

Sec. 11.6. "Law enforcement agency" means any of the following: (1) The gaming agents of the Indiana gaming commission. (2) The state police department. (3) The conservation officers of the department of natural resources. (4) The state excise police of the alcohol and tobacco co…

Sec. 12. Except as provided in IC 4-33-10-2.1, "licensee" means a person holding a license issued under this article. As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124. Amended by P.L.4-1996, SEC.93.

Sec. 13. "Licensed owner" means a person that owns a riverboat that is licensed under this article. As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124.

Sec. 13.3. "Limited mobile gaming system" refers to a system that enables a licensed owner or operating agent to accept wagers through the use of mobile gaming devices approved under this article. As added by P.L.229-2013, SEC.8.

Sec. 13.5. "Mobile gaming device" means an electronic device, including software, that does the following: (1) Displays information related to a gambling game. (2) Enables a patron to place a wager on a gambling game from an approved location using money placed into a deposit acc…

Sec. 14. "Occupational license" means a license: (1) issued by the commission under IC 4-33-8; and (2) that must be held by an individual described in IC 4-33-8-1.5. As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124. Amended by P.L.152-2025, SEC.14.

Sec. 14.5. "Operating agent" means a person with whom the commission has entered into a contract under IC 4-33-6.5 to operate a riverboat in a historic hotel district. As added by P.L.92-2003, SEC.6.

Sec. 14.6. "Operating agent contract" refers to the contract entered into by the commission under IC 4-33-6.5 with respect to the operation of a riverboat in a historic hotel district. As added by P.L.92-2003, SEC.7.