Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section, "state agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-1-1. The term does not include the office of the following elected state officials: (1) Secretary of state. (2) State comptroller. (3) Treasurer. (4) Attorney general. However, each state o…

Sec. 3.6. (a) As used in this section "public agency" does not include a state agency (as defined in section 3.5(a) of this chapter). (b) As an additional means of inspecting and copying public records, a public agency may provide enhanced access to public records maintained by t…

Sec. 4. (a) The following public records are excepted from section 3 of this chapter and may not be disclosed by a public agency, unless access to the records is specifically required by a state or federal statute or is ordered by a court under the rules of discovery: (1) Those d…

Sec. 4.3. Nothing contained in section 4(b)(8) of this chapter requires a law enforcement agency to release to the public the job title or job description of law enforcement officers. As added by P.L.35-1984, SEC.1.

Sec. 4.4. (a) This section applies to a request for a record that the public agency considers to be excepted from disclosure under section 4(b)(1) or 4(b)(25) of this chapter. The public agency may do either of the following: (1) Deny disclosure of the record or a part of the rec…

Sec. 4.7. (a) Records relating to negotiations between the Indiana finance authority and industrial, research, or commercial prospects are excepted from section 3 of this chapter at the discretion of the authority if the records are created while negotiations are in progress. (b)…

Sec. 4.8. (a) Records relating to negotiations between the office of tourism development (before July 1, 2020) or the Indiana destination development corporation (after June 30, 2020) and industrial, research, or commercial prospects are excepted from section 3 of this chapter at…

Sec. 4.9. (a) Records relating to negotiations between the ports of Indiana and industrial, research, or commercial prospects are excepted from section 3 of this chapter at the discretion of the ports of Indiana if the records are created while negotiations are in progress. (b) N…

Sec. 5. (a) If a person is arrested or summoned for an offense, the following information shall be made available for inspection and copying: (1) Information that identifies the person including the person's name, age, and address. (2) Information concerning any charges on which …

Sec. 5.1. (a) As used in this section, "requestor" means the following: (1) An individual who is depicted in a law enforcement recording. (2) If the individual described in subdivision (1) is deceased: (A) the surviving spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, son, or daughter of…

Sec. 5.2. (a) A public agency shall permit any person to inspect or copy a law enforcement recording unless one (1) or more of the following circumstances apply: (1) Section 4(b)(19) of this chapter applies and the person has not demonstrated that the public agency that owns, occ…

Sec. 5.3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a public agency that is not the state or a state agency shall retain an unaltered, unobscured law enforcement recording for at least one hundred ninety (190) days after the date of the recording. (b) Except as provided in subsec…

Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to a judicial public record. (b) As used in this section, "judicial public record" does not include a record submitted to a court for the sole purpose of determining whether the record should be sealed. (c) Before a court may seal a public recor…

Sec. 6. (a) If a public record contains disclosable and nondisclosable information, the public agency shall, upon receipt of a request under this chapter, separate the material that may be disclosed and make it available for inspection and copying. (b) If a public record stored o…

Sec. 6.5. A public agency that receives a confidential public record from another public agency shall maintain the confidentiality of the public record. As added by P.L.34-1984, SEC.3.

Sec. 7. (a) A public agency shall protect public records from loss, alteration, mutilation, or destruction, and regulate any material interference with the regular discharge of the functions or duties of the public agency or public employees. (b) A public agency shall take precau…

Sec. 8. (a) For the purposes of this section, "state agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-1-1. (b) Except as provided in this section, a public agency may not charge any fee under this chapter for the following: (1) To inspect a public record. (2) This subdivision applies…

Sec. 8.1. (a) A public agency may give priority in fulfilling public records requests to: (1) Indiana residents; and (2) requests submitted for civic, journalistic, academic, or personal use. (b) Requests identified as originating from out-of-state entities or automated systems m…

Sec. 8.3. (a) The fiscal body of a political subdivision having a public agency that charges a fee under section 8(h) or 8(i) of this chapter shall adopt an ordinance establishing an enhanced access fund. The ordinance must specify that the fund consists of fees collected under s…

Sec. 8.5. (a) The fiscal body of a political subdivision having a public agency that charges a fee under section 8(j) of this chapter shall adopt an ordinance establishing an electronic map generation fund. The ordinance must specify that the fund consists of fees collected under…

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to a request for information under section 4.4 of this chapter. (b) A denial of disclosure by a public agency occurs when the person making the request is physically present in the office of the agency, makes the request by telephone, or re…

Sec. 9.5. (a) This section does not apply to any matter regarding: (1) the work product of the legislative services agency under personnel rules approved by the legislative council; or (2) the work product of individual members and the partisan staffs of the general assembly. (b)…

Sec. 1. (a) The bank is granted all powers necessary, convenient, or appropriate to carry out and effectuate its public and corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Have a perpetual existence as a body politic and corporate, and an independent instrum…

Sec. 2. The bank may: (1) make, enter into, and enforce all contracts necessary, convenient, or desirable for the purposes of the bank or pertaining to: (A) a loan to or a lease or an agreement with a qualified entity; (B) a purchase, acquisition, or sale of securities or other i…

Sec. 3. Money not being used to purchase securities may be temporarily invested and reinvested pending the disbursements of that money as provided in a resolution of the bank or in a trust agreement entered into by the bank under IC 5-1.5-4-8. As added by P.L.25-1984, SEC.1. Amen…

Sec. 4. The bank may not: (1) lend money other than to a qualified entity; (2) purchase securities other than: (A) a security to which a qualified entity is a party as issuer, borrower, or lessee; or (B) an investment under section 3 of this chapter; (3) deal in securities within…

Sec. 5. (a) The bank shall have an audit of its books and accounts made at least once in each year by a certified public accounting firm or the state board of accounts. If the audit is to be conducted by a certified public accounting firm, the firm may not be selected without a r…

Sec. 6. The board shall adopt, on either a calendar or fiscal year basis, an annual budget, which may be amended from time to time during the year. As added by P.L.25-1984, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.43-1985, SEC.10.

Sec. 7. All expenses incurred in carrying out this article are payable solely from revenues of the bank or funds appropriated under this article and nothing in this article authorizes the bank to incur an indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state. As added by…

Sec. 8. All meetings of the bank shall be open to the public in accordance with and subject to the limitations of IC 5-14-1.5. All records of the bank shall be subject to the requirements of IC 5-14-3. As added by P.L.25-1984, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. Whenever any civil order book, probate order book, judgment docket, entry docket or other record book in which are kept any of the records and proceedings of any circuit, superior or criminal court in this state have been or shall be damaged by fire or otherwise to the ex…

Sec. 2. (a) The clerk of the court shall promptly, under the direction of the court, transcribe the contents of a damaged book described in section 1 of this chapter into a new book of like size and form, in plain, legible handwriting. The clerk shall certify that the transcripti…

Sec. 3. Damaged books described in section 1 of this chapter shall be preserved and maintained by the office of the clerk of the court or by the Indiana state archives as set forth in IC 5-15-6-6. Formerly: Acts 1893, c.19, s.3. As amended by P.L.171-2015, SEC.9.

Sec. 4. Such transcribed book, when so made and certified, shall bear the name and number of the original damaged book of which it is a transcript, and such authenticated transcript shall be deemed, held to be, and treated as the original, and shall have the full force and effect…

Sec. 1. (a) A public official, board, commission, or other public agency having charge of the construction of a public building, an addition to the building, or an alteration of the building shall file in the department of homeland security, within sixty (60) days after the compl…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2. The department of homeland security shall provide a safe depository for all blueprints and specifications filed as provided in section 1 of this chapter…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "families of low and moderate income" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-20-1-2. As added by P.L.69-1989, SEC.3.

Sec. 10. The Indiana housing and community development authority shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this chapter. As added by P.L.69-1989, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.112 and P.L.181-2006, SEC.27.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "housing project" means any work or undertaking to provide decent, safe, and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for families of low and moderate income, including: (1) buildings, land, equipment, faci…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "mutual housing association" refers to a corporation established under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.69-1989, SEC.3.

Sec. 4. (a) A mutual housing association may be established as a nonprofit corporation incorporated under IC 23-7-1.1 (before its repeal on August 1, 1991) or IC 23-17 to prevent and eliminate neighborhood deterioration and to preserve neighborhood stability by: (1) providing hig…

Sec. 5. A mutual housing association must have as one (1) of its purposes in its articles of incorporation the construction, rehabilitation, development, ownership, or operation (including the management and maintenance of housing) of high quality long term housing for families o…

Sec. 6. The Indiana housing and community development authority may enter into a contract with a mutual housing association to provide financial assistance for the construction, rehabilitation, ownership, or operation of housing for families of low and moderate income. State fina…

Sec. 7. A contract for state financial assistance with a mutual housing association under section 6 of this chapter must include (for each housing site) the following provisions: (1) Each housing site must be managed in an efficient manner to permit the fixing of the rentals at t…

Sec. 8. The Indiana housing and community development authority may assess a mutual housing association a service charge for each loan or grant provided to the association. As added by P.L.69-1989, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.111 and P.L.181-2006, SEC.26.

Sec. 9. A resident of a mutual housing association: (1) must participate in the ongoing operation and management of the housing; (2) must have a right to continue residing in the housing as long as the resident complies with the terms of the occupancy agreement; and (3) may not p…