Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "retention schedule" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-15-5.1-1. As added by P.L.50-1991, SEC.9.

Sec. 11. This chapter does not apply to public records of a hospital established and operated under IC 16-22 and IC 16-23. As added by P.L.40-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-1993, SEC.51; P.L.184-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a local government official is not required to retain a compilation or creation of a list or report if: (1) the list or report: (A) consists solely of information contained in public records; and (B) is generated by a …

Sec. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the county commission to review and approve orders under section 7 of this chapter subject to compliance with an approved retention schedule. (b) The county commission may request the assistance of the administration in developing records manag…

Sec. 2.5. (a) The county commission shall implement retention schedules for use by local government officials as part of a records management program for local government public records not more than thirty (30) days after adoption by the oversight committee on public records as …

Sec. 3. No financial records or records relating to financial records shall be destroyed until the earlier of the following actions: (1) The audit of the records by the state board of accounts has been completed, report filed, and any exceptions set out in the report satisfied. (…

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no records shall be destroyed, removed, or transferred from any office until a period of at least three (3) years shall have elapsed from the date on which the records were filed, nor even after that time if the records are in fre…

Sec. 5. Public records having an official value but which are used infrequently by the officer with whom they are filed or maintained shall, on order of the commission and the consent of the administration, be removed and transferred to the Indiana state archives. Formerly: Acts …

Sec. 6. Public records having no apparent official value, but having a historical value shall be transferred to and shall, with the consent of the administration, constitute a part of the Indiana state archives. Formerly: Acts 1939, c.91, s.6. As amended by P.L.50-1991, SEC.15; P…

Sec. 7. (a) When any public records are ordered to be destroyed, removed, or transferred, the commission shall enter an order to that effect on its minutes, stating the date on which the order is entered and a general description of the public records which the commission orders …

Sec. 8. A public official or other person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally destroys or damages any public record commits a Level 6 felony unless: (1) the commission shall have given its approval in writing that the public records may be destroyed; (2) the commission sh…

Sec. 1. Every contract for or on behalf of the state of Indiana or any of the municipal corporations thereof, for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the state of Indiana shall contain provisions by which the contractor agrees: (a) Tha…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "authority" refers to the Indiana housing and community development authority created by IC 5-20-1-3. As added by P.L.176-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. (a) The authority may establish a program to provide free mortgage foreclosure counseling and education to homeowners who have defaulted on or are in danger of defaulting on the mortgages on their homes. (b) The authority may enter into an agreement with any public, priva…

Sec. 3. In addition to using money provided for the program from: (1) court fees under IC 33-37-5-33 (before its expiration on July 1, 2017); and (2) any civil penalties imposed and collected by a court for a violation of a court order in a foreclosure action under IC 32-30-10.5;…

Sec. 4. (a) The authority shall annually submit a report to the legislative council concerning the following: (1) The operation of the mortgage foreclosure counseling and education program, if the program is conducted by the authority during the reporting period. (2) A summary of…

Sec. 1. The purchasing agency of a governmental body may purchase services using any procedure the governmental body or the purchasing agency of the governmental body considers appropriate. As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. (a) A governmental body may adopt rules governing the purchase of services for the governmental body. (b) The purchasing agency of a governmental body may establish policies regarding the purchase of services for the governmental body. As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. (a) Under the provisions of this article, the governmental body may enter into a public-private agreement for an original term not to exceed five (5) years with board approval. (b) Any public-private agreement with an original term in excess of five (5) years must be appr…

Sec. 2. A public-private agreement may be terminated by the board in conformity with the terms of the public-private agreement. As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.34.

Sec. 3. The public-private agreement may provide for the payment of money to either party if the public-private agreement is terminated. The payments may be used in the form of liquidated damages to compensate the operator for demonstrated unamortized costs, to retire or refinanc…

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "final offer of public financial resources" means a final executed definitive agreement that is the product of negotiations between the corporation or another public agency and an industrial, research, or commercial prospect. As added by P.L.197…

Sec. 0.6. As used in this chapter, "negotiations" means communications, including letters of intent, memoranda of understanding, and other preliminary, early stage, or informal communications, directed to or with an industrial, research, or commercial prospect. As added by P.L.19…

Sec. 1. The corporation shall do the following: (1) Create and regularly update a strategic economic development plan that includes the following: (A) Identification of specific economic regions within Indiana and methods by which the corporation will implement more regional coll…

Sec. 10. Not later than October 1, 2024, and not later than October 1 of each year thereafter, the corporation shall submit to the executive director of the legislative services agency, for distribution to the members of the general assembly, a report regarding funds dedicated to…

Sec. 11. If the corporation extends an offer to one (1) or more voting or nonvoting members of the budget committee to tour a potential economic development site that may receive state assistance in undertaking the economic development project, the corporation shall simultaneousl…

Sec. 12. (a) On or before May 1, 2026, and each May 1 thereafter, the Indiana defense task force established by IC 4-3-21.5 shall submit a report to the corporation's office of defense development and the budget committee. The report shall identify the Indiana defense task force'…

Sec. 13. (a) Not later than December 1, 2026, the corporation shall develop an education to employment research program. The program must create a framework for education to employment data analysis and data sharing to: (1) inform state policymaking and economic development strat…

Sec. 2. (a) The corporation shall develop and promote programs designed to make the best use of Indiana resources to ensure a balanced economy and continuing economic growth for Indiana, and, for those purposes, may do the following: (1) Cooperate with federal, state, and local g…

Sec. 4. The board, the corporation, and the officers and employees of the board or corporation, when developing job creation incentive packages to locate companies in Indiana, shall give weight, in the awarding or approving of job creation incentives, to business entities that lo…

Sec. 5. The corporation shall designate an employee to serve as a compliance officer whose duties are to determine and report to the corporation whether each person that receives a job creation incentive granted by the corporation or another agency or instrumentality of the state…

Sec. 6. The corporation shall require an applicant for a job creation incentive to be granted by the corporation after March 31, 2010, to enter into an agreement with the corporation as a condition of receiving the incentive. Subject to IC 5-28-28-8, the agreement must include th…

Sec. 7. The corporation shall establish a program to ensure that dislocated workers from Indiana are given consideration for jobs created by business entities receiving a job creation incentive from the state or an instrumentality of the state (excluding any political subdivision…

Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (c), the aggregate amount of applicable tax credits that the corporation may certify: (1) for each state fiscal year ending on or before June 30, 2025, for all taxpayers is two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000); and (2) for each state …

Sec. 9.5. (a) As used in this section, "foreign adversary" means a country described in 15 CFR 791.2 as in effect on July 1, 2026. (b) The corporation may not award an applicable tax credit to a taxpayer if the corporation determines that the taxpayer is: (1) organized under the …

Sec. 1. (a) If a separate notice of request for qualifications is issued under IC 5-30-5-1(a), the public agency shall issue a request for proposals to the potential design-builders selected under IC 5-30-5-6. (b) Each request for proposals must contain a design criteria package.…

Sec. 2. (a) The design criteria developer shall prepare the design criteria package. (b) The design criteria developer may not submit a proposal or furnish design or construction services under the contract. (c) The design-builder may not delegate or subcontract design services o…

Sec. 3. (a) The public agency shall determine the scope and level of detail required for the design criteria package. (b) The design criteria package must specify the design criteria necessary to describe the public project, which may include, as appropriate, the following: (1) A…

Sec. 4. In addition to the design criteria package, a request for proposals must include the following: (1) Instructions. (2) Proposal forms and schedules. (3) General and special conditions. (4) The basis for evaluation of proposals, including a description of the selection crit…

Sec. 5. The request for proposals must include the requirement that a proposal be submitted in the following two (2) packages: (1) A qualitative proposal. (2) A price proposal. As added by P.L.74-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 5.5. The deliverables required for a qualitative proposal in a request for proposals may not exceed the following, as considered appropriate for the type of project by the technical review committee for the public project: (1) All information requested in the design criteria…

Sec. 6. The public agency may provide a stipend to a non-successful bidder to encourage competition under this article. As added by P.L.74-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. The CMc shall execute a payment bond to the public agency, approved by the public agency, in an amount equal to the GMP, if established, or the proposed construction cost. The payment bond must be conditioned for payment by the CMc, the CMc's successors and assigns, and b…

Sec. 2. (a) The CMc shall furnish proof of its ability to obtain a valid performance bond that is acceptable to the public agency in an amount equal to the GMP, if established, or the proposed construction cost. (b) The CMc shall furnish the bond at the time of an early release c…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the tourism information and promotion fund established by section 5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.78-2019, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. The corporation may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this chapter. As added by P.L.78-2019, SEC.5.