Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2. The definitions in IC 36-1-2 apply throughout this chapter. As added by P.L.176-1999, SEC.124.

Sec. 3. For purposes of Article 2, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, the position of appointed deputy of an officer of a political subdivision or a judicial circuit is not a lucrative office. As added by P.L.176-1999, SEC.124.

Sec. 1. Any elected official of any county, city, town, township or the state shall not be entitled to receive payment of any salary or fees, as fixed by law, covering the period during which such elected official is incarcerated in any penal institution as the result of a senten…

Sec. 1. Whenever any officer, servant or employee of the state of Indiana, or of any board, bureau, commission, department, division, instrumentality or agency thereof, or of any city, town, county, township, or school corporation, or of any board, bureau, commission, department,…

Sec. 2. Any condition contained in any resignation, except as to time of taking effect of the same, shall be null and void. Formerly: Acts 1945, c.119, s.2.

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to a person holding an elected or appointed office. (b) When the person submits a written resignation as an officer, the resignation takes effect when filed with the proper person authorized to receive the resignation unless the resignation: (1) h…

Sec. 5. A written resignation containing a provision stating that the resignation takes effect at a time or on a date following the filing of the resignation with the proper person takes effect at that time or on that date. As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.421.

Sec. 6. If this article requires that notice of a resignation be filed with more than one (1) officer or entity, the resignation becomes effective when filed with the first entity unless otherwise stated in the resignation. As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.422.

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to a person who: (1) holds a state, legislative, local, or school board office (all as defined in IC 3-5-2.1); (2) is called into active duty in the: (A) armed forces of the United States; or (B) the national guard; and (3) may not appoint a deput…

Sec. 10. (a) A leave of absence under this chapter begins on the date the officeholder enters active duty and ends on the earliest of: (1) the date of the officeholder's death; (2) the thirtieth day after the date of the discharge or release of the officeholder from active duty; …

Sec. 11. (a) In the event that the officeholder's term of office expires during the officeholder's leave of absence, the office shall be filled as required by law. (b) Except as provided by a federal law or regulation, an officeholder who is on a leave of absence under this chapt…

Sec. 12. This chapter may not be construed as a restriction or limitation on any of the rights, benefits, and protections granted to a member of: (1) the armed forces of the United States; or (2) the national guard; under federal law. As added by P.L.79-2004, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "active duty" means full-time service in: (1) the armed forces of the United States; or (2) the national guard; for a period that exceeds thirty (30) consecutive days in a calendar year. As added by P.L.79-2004, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "armed forces of the United States" means the active or reserve components of the: (1) United States Army; (2) United States Navy; (3) United States Air Force; (4) United States Coast Guard; (5) United States Marine Corps; (6) United States Space …

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "national guard" means: (1) the Indiana army national guard; or (2) the Indiana air national guard. As added by P.L.79-2004, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "officeholder" refers to a person who holds a state, legislative, local, or school board office (all as defined in IC 3-5-2.1). As added by P.L.79-2004, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.186-2025, SEC.54.

Sec. 6. (a) An officeholder who: (1) is called into active duty in the: (A) armed forces of the United States; or (B) national guard; and (2) as a result of the action described in subdivision (1), is unable to perform the duties of the officeholder's office; is entitled to a lea…

Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), an officeholder who elects to take the leave of absence described in section 6 of this chapter shall give written notice that the officeholder is taking a leave of absence for military service to the person or entity design…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and IC 36-5-6-9, during the officeholder's leave of absence, the officeholder's office must be filled by a temporary appointment made under: (1) IC 3-13-4; (2) IC 3-13-5; (3) IC 3-13-6; (4) IC 3-13-7; (5) IC 3-13-8; (6) IC 3-13-9; …

Sec. 9. (a) Whenever the person or entity that receives the written notice under section 7(a) or 7(c) of this chapter has the power to fill a vacancy created by a resignation from the office the officeholder holds, the person or entity shall make the temporary appointment needed …

Sec. 2. Traveling expenses of field examiners shall be allowed and paid on the same basis as provided by law for other state officers and employees when engaged on assignments. Formerly: Acts 1945, c.15, s.2; Acts 1955, c.48, s.1. As amended by P.L.59-2023, SEC.11.

Sec. 3. (a) The expense of examination and investigation of accounts shall be paid by each municipality or entity as provided in this chapter. (b) The state examiner shall certify to the auditor of each county the amount chargeable to each taxing unit within the county for the ex…

Sec. 3.6. As provided in section 3 of this chapter, each of the following units of state government and eligible federal projects shall bear the direct and indirect costs of its own examination from the following designated funds: (1) Indiana department of transportation (except …

Sec. 4. All disbursing officers be and they are hereby authorized to make all disbursements or payments required to be made under the provisions of this chapter without any appropriation being made therefor. Formerly: Acts 1945, c.15, s.4. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.38.

Sec. 1. (a) The authority is granted all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate its public and corporate purposes under the referenced statutes, including the following: (1) Have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and an independent instrume…

Sec. 10. Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or trust agreement or indenture pursuant to which the bonds are issued may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract or contracts with the holders of the bonds, as to the following: (1) Pledging all or any …

Sec. 11. (a) The authority has the power to issue, from time to time, bonds to renew or to pay bonds, including the interest on these bonds, whenever the authority considers refunding expedient, to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded ha…

Sec. 12. Any pledge made by the authority is valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. The revenue, money, or properties so pledged and received by the authority after the pledge is immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or furt…

Sec. 13. The authority, subject to any agreements with bondholders as may then exist, has the power out of any funds available to purchase bonds of the authority, which, at the option of the authority, shall be canceled after the purchase, at any reasonable price which, if the bo…

Sec. 14. The bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be a bank having the power of a trust company or any trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement or indenture may contain provisi…

Sec. 15. Whether the bonds are in the form and character of negotiable instruments, the bonds are negotiable instruments, subject only to provisions of the bonds relating to registration. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.25.

Sec. 16. Any bonds issued by the authority under this article shall be executed by the manual or facsimile, except as otherwise provided in this article, signatures of the officers or agents of the authority that the authority designates. If bonds are issued pursuant to a trust i…

Sec. 17. The members of the authority, the officers and employees of the authority, the public finance director, any agents of the authority, and any other persons executing bonds issued under the referenced statutes are not subject to personal liability or accountability by reas…

Sec. 18. The authority may create and establish any funds and accounts necessary or desirable for the authority's purposes. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.25.

Sec. 19. All money received by the authority, except as provided in the referenced statutes, shall be deposited as soon as practical in a separate account or accounts in banks or trust companies organized under the laws of this state or in national banking associations. The money…

Sec. 2. The authority: (1) may not deal in securities within the meaning of or subject to any securities law, securities exchange law, or securities dealers law of the United States or of the state of Indiana or of any other state or jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, except as a…

Sec. 20. Notwithstanding section 19 of this chapter, the authority has the power to contract with the holders of any of its bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any money of the authority and of any money held in trust or otherwise for the pay…

Sec. 21. The state pledges to and agrees with the holder of any bonds issued under this article that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with bondholders or in any way impair the rights or remedies of bo…

Sec. 22. Bonds issued under this article and: (1) proceeds received from their sale by a holder, to the extent of the holder's costs of acquisition; (2) proceeds received on their redemption before maturity; (3) proceeds received at their maturity; and (4) interest received on th…

Sec. 23. The bonds issued under this article by the authority are declared to be legal investments in which all public officers or public bodies of this state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and …

Sec. 24. (a) The issuance of bonds and the adoption of rules under the referenced statutes need not comply with the requirements of any other state laws applicable to the issuance of the bonds or adoption of these rules. No proceedings, notice, or approval is required for the iss…

Sec. 25. Any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this article and any other securities issued in connection with a financing under this article are exempt from the registration and other requirements of IC 23-19 and any other securities registration laws. As added by P.L.18…

Sec. 26. Any holder of bonds or any coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement or resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, except to the extent the rights given in this article may be restricted by the trust agreement or resolution, may,…

Sec. 27. (a) All expenses incurred by the authority in carrying out the referenced statutes are payable solely from funds provided under the referenced statutes, except to the extent payable from grants or advances from participating providers or any other entity, which grants or…

Sec. 28. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), all property, both tangible and intangible, acquired or held by the authority under the referenced statutes is declared to be public property used for public and governmental purposes, and all the property and income from the pro…

Sec. 29. The authority shall, following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of the authority's activities under the referenced statutes for the preceding year to the governor, the budget committee, and the general assembly. A report submitted to the general ass…