Title 5, TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: (1) "electronic signature" has the meaning set forth in IC 26-2-8-102(10); (2) "obligations" shall include any bond, note, warrant, or other obligation; and (3) "public entity" shall include any political subdivision as defined by IC 36-1-2, state…

Sec. 2. (a) Whenever any existing statute requires the manual execution, attesting or authentication of any obligation issued by any public entity named in IC 5-1-1-1 by one (1) or more officials or persons, facsimile signatures or electronic signatures of the officials or person…

Sec. 3. These provisions shall not be construed to require manual signing of any interest coupons and signatures on interest coupons may all be facsimile signatures. Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.40, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. In all cases in which the law provides for the publication of a legal notice or notices pertaining to public works projects in any newspaper, it shall be legal for the governmental agency or official required by law to provide for and effect publication of such legal noti…

Sec. 2. This chapter shall not be deemed to alter, amend or repeal any other law of the state of Indiana but shall be supplemental and in addition to any other law now in force providing for the publication of legal notices in a newspaper of general circulation. Formerly: Acts 19…

Sec. 1. (a) An official bond of any state, county, township, or other public officer may not be approved until the execution is acknowledged by the principal and sureties before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. The officer taking the acknowledgment sha…

Sec. 2. The sureties in any official bond, taken and acknowledged as contemplated in the foregoing section, shall, as between such sureties and the state, be deemed and taken to be principals; and it shall not be competent for any surety in such bond to set up, as a defense to an…

Sec. 1. (a) Public officers may not draw or receive their salaries in advance. (b) This section does not prohibit a payment under IC 36-4-8-9. Formerly: Acts 1863, c.36, s.1. As amended by P.L.37-1986, SEC.1.

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.37, SEC.1. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.10(a).

Sec. 1. A person may not hold an office within Indiana, either by election or appointment, if the person has been convicted of: (1) evading the Selective Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 451-473); (2) engaging in conspiracy or an attempt to defraud the government of the United States;…

Sec. 2. Any appointment or election of any person lacking the qualification described in section 1 of this chapter is absolutely void and the person shall be removed from office under IC 34-17. Formerly: Acts 1921, c.83, s.2. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.25; P.L.3-1993, SEC.245…

Sec. 1. Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States, by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the capaci…

Sec. 2. (a) Political subdivisions of the state of Indiana shall allow preference points to eligible armed forces veterans who are being examined for full time employment. Preference points awarded to such veterans on each such examination shall be ten percent (10%) of the total …

Sec. 1. (a) There is established for the public purposes set forth in this article a body politic and corporate, not a state agency but an independent instrumentality exercising essential public functions, to be known as the Indiana finance authority. The authority is separate an…

employment Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other law, no officer or employee of the state forfeits the officer's or employee's office or employment by reason of the officer's or employee's acceptance of membership in the authority or by reason of the officer or employee providing se…

Sec. 11. (a) Each member of the authority, the public finance director, and any other employee or agent of the authority authorized by resolution of the authority to handle funds or sign checks, before beginning the individual's duties, shall execute a surety bond in the penal su…

Sec. 2. Appointments to the authority under section 1(c)(3) of this chapter are for terms of four (4) years. Each member appointed to the authority under section 1(c)(3) of this chapter: (1) holds office for the term of this appointment; (2) continues to serve after expiration of…

Sec. 3. (a) The members shall elect from among their number a vice chair and other officers as they may determine. (b) The members of the authority are entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with their duties as provide…

Sec. 5. Meetings of the members of the authority shall be held at the call of the chair or whenever any three (3) members so request. The members shall meet at least once every three (3) months to attend to the business of the authority. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.25.

Sec. 6. The governor shall appoint the public finance director, who serves at the pleasure of the governor. The public finance director shall: (1) administer, manage, and direct the affairs and activities of the authority and the employees of the authority in accordance with the …

duties; certification of copies Sec. 7. The public finance director, or the public finance director's designee, shall attend the meetings of the members of the authority, shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority, and shall maintain and be custodian of all books, do…

Sec. 8. (a) The authority may, without the approval of the attorney general or any other state officer, employ bond counsel, other legal counsel, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent or temporary, as the authority considers necessary to car…

Sec. 1. (a) The IFA may contract with the NWIRDA or the NICTD for construction, ownership, maintenance, and operation of rail projects. (b) The NWIRDA may contract with the NICTD for construction, ownership, maintenance, and operation of rail projects. As added by P.L.189-2018, S…

Sec. 10. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD may accept the transfer of any rail project to it. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.26.

Sec. 11. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD may: (1) in the manner provided by IC 32-24; or (2) as otherwise required for a railroad federal aid project funded in any part under 49 U.S.C. 103, et seq.; acquire by appropriation any land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, …

authorization Sec. 12. (a) The state, acting through the governor, may convey, transfer, lease, or sell, with or without consideration, real property of any nature (including buildings, structures, improvements, land, rights-of-way, easements, and legal or equitable interests), t…

Sec. 13. All property of the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD constituting a rail project is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any political subdivision. As added …

Sec. 14. (a) Notwithstanding IC 36-7.5-2-8, the NWIRDA and the NICTD may utilize and may comply with the provisions of: (1) IC 5-16; (2) IC 5-23; (3) IC 5-30; (4) IC 5-32; (5) IC 36-1-12; or (6) any combination of the statutes listed in subdivisions (1) through (5) as determined …

Sec. 2. The IFA and the NWIRDA may finance rail projects in accordance with this article. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.26.

Sec. 3. (a) The IFA may exercise any powers provided under this article in participation or cooperation with any governmental entity, including the NWIRDA, the NICTD, a unit, or a political subdivision, and enter into any contracts to facilitate that participation or cooperation.…

Sec. 4. (a) The IFA may pay or reimburse the cost of construction of a rail project or of owning or leasing a rail project from any money available to the IFA under this article or any other law, including, without limitation, the proceeds of notes and bonds, grant proceeds from …

Sec. 6. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD may acquire by purchase, whenever the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD considers a purchase expedient, or lease as lessee, any land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, or other legal or equitable interests as the IFA, the NWIRDA, or…

Sec. 7. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD (each entity referred to in this section as the "contracting party") may make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this article. These c…

Sec. 8. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD (each entity referred to in this section as the "grantee") may receive and accept from any federal or state agency grants for or in aid of the construction of any rail project and repay any grant to the grantee from a federal agency if th…

Sec. 9. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD may accept gifts, devises, bequests, grants, appropriations, revenue sharing, other financing and assistance, and any other aid from any source and agree to and comply with conditions attached to the aid. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.26.

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

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 purchase or sale of securities or other investments; or (B) the performance of its duties and execution of any of its pow…

Sec. 3. Money not being used to purchase securities may be invested as provided in a resolution, agreement, or trust agreement of the bank. As added by P.L.42-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.29-1986, SEC.6.

Sec. 4. The bank may not: (1) purchase securities other than from a qualified entity or other than for investment under section 3 of this chapter; (2) deal in securities within the meaning of or subject to any securities law, securities exchange law, or securities dealers law of …

Sec. 5. (a) The bank shall have an audit of its books and accounts made at least once each year by either the state board of accounts or by an auditor or auditing firm to be appointed by the board upon review of the firm's proposal by the state board of accounts. The cost of the …

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

Sec. 8. All meetings of the bank shall be open to the public in accordance with and subject to 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.42-1985, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. A fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government is that government is the servant of the people and not their master. Accordingly, it is the public policy of the state that all persons are entitled to full and complete information…

failure to protect; offense; discipline Sec. 10. (a) A public employee, a public official, or an employee or officer of a contractor or subcontractor of a public agency, except as provided by IC 4-15-10, who knowingly or intentionally discloses information classified as confident…

Sec. 2. (a) The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter. (b) "Copy" includes transcribing by handwriting, photocopying, xerography, duplicating machine, duplicating electronically stored data onto a disk, tape, drum, or any other medium of electronic d…

Sec. 2.1. "Public agency", for purposes of this chapter, does not mean a provider of goods, services, or other benefits that meets the following requirements: (1) The provider receives public funds through an agreement with the state, a county, or a municipality that meets the fo…

Sec. 2.2. (a) The following records of a private university police department are public records and subject to this chapter: (1) A record created or received after July 1, 2016, by a private university police department, to the extent the record: (A) is created solely for a law …

electronic data storage; use of information for commercial purposes; contracts Sec. 3. (a) Any person may inspect and copy the public records of any public agency during the regular business hours of the agency, except as provided in section 4 of this chapter. A request for inspe…

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) Auditor. (3) Treasurer. (4) Attorney general. However, each state office desc…

technology 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 main…