Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 13. (a) The governing body shall have power, in addition to the other powers conferred by this chapter, to insert provisions in any ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the refunding bo…

Sec. 14. (a) In the event that the issuing body shall default in the payment of the principal or interest on any of the refunding bonds after the bonds become due, either at maturity or upon call for redemption, a default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days. (b) If th…

Sec. 15. (a) Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of refunding bonds, or trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restrictions of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of such holders, any holder of re…

Sec. 16. This chapter constitutes full and complete authority for the issuance of refunding bonds. No procedure or proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders, acts or things by any governing body, or any board, officer, commission, department, agency, or inst…

Sec. 2. The following terms wherever used or referred to in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning appears from the context: (a) The term "issuing body" shall mean counties, cities, towns, townships, school cities, school towns, districts, poli…

Sec. 3. Any issuing body shall have power and is hereby authorized to refinance, or to refinance and improve, any enterprise, and for such purpose or purposes to borrow money and issue refunding bonds from time to time. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-8-7-3.] As…

Sec. 4. (a) The refunding bonds shall be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the governing body. Such ordinance or resolution may be adopted at a regular or special meeting, and at the same meeting at which they are introduced in the manner now provided by law. (b) Whenever …

Sec. 5. The refunding bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, may bear interest at any rate, payable annually or at shorter intervals, may be in such d…

Sec. 6. Refunding bonds bearing the signatures of officers of the issuing body in office on the date of the signing shall be valid and binding obligations of the issuing body for all purposes, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof any or all of the persons whose signat…

Sec. 7. (a) The refunding bonds may be sold or exchanged in installments at different times, or an entire issue or series may be sold or exchanged at one (1) time. Any issue or series of refunding bonds may be exchanged in part or sold in part in installments at different times o…

Sec. 8. (a) The refunding bonds shall be special obligations of the issuing body and shall be payable from and secured by a lien upon the revenues of the enterprise, as shall be more fully described in the ordinance or resolution of the governing body authorizing the issuance of …

Sec. 9. (a) No recourse shall be had for the payment of the refunding bonds, or interest thereon, or any part thereof, against the general fund of any issuing body, nor shall the credit or taxing power of any issuing body be deemed to be pledged thereto. (b) The refunding bonds, …

Sec. 0.3. (a) The rules of the Indiana department of transportation filed with the secretary of state before July 1, 1993, regarding the administration of the office of traffic safety are considered, after June 30, 1993, rules adopted by the Indiana criminal justice institute. (b…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: "Criminal justice" includes activities concerning: (1) the prevention or reduction of criminal offenses; (2) the enforcement of criminal law; (3) the apprehension, prosecution, and defense of persons accused of crimes; (4) the disposition of convi…

Sec. 10. The institute may disburse federal and state funds available for the purposes of this chapter to entitlement jurisdictions, eligible entities, or local governmental entities if the jurisdiction or entity: (1) makes proper application for the funds; (2) agrees to provide …

Sec. 10.5. (a) If an entitlement jurisdiction, eligible entity, or a local government entity: (1) accepts funds under section 10 of this chapter; and (2) fails to comply with any requirement of the grant or funding; the institute shall deobligate funds to the entitlement jurisdic…

Sec. 12. If any local governmental entity, eligible entity, or entitlement jurisdiction fails to appropriate or pay the funds that it agrees to provide in its application for federal or state funds under this chapter, if any person fails to legally disburse or account for funds r…

Sec. 14. (a) The victim and witness assistance fund is established. The institute shall administer the fund. Except as provided in subsection (e), expenditures from the fund may be made only in accordance with appropriations made by the general assembly. (b) The source of the vic…

Sec. 2. The state accepts the provisions and benefits of the Omnibus Act. The governor may administer and coordinate the activities of state departments, state agencies, and local governmental entities with respect to the Omnibus Act. As added by P.L.46-1983, SEC.1.

Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, "division" refers to the victim services division of the Indiana criminal justice institute. (b) As used in this section, "rape crisis center" means an organization that provides a full continuum of services, including hotlines, victim advoca…

Sec. 24. (a) The institute shall monitor and evaluate the status of Indiana's criminal justice system as described in this section. (b) The institute shall annually gather data and analyze the status of the criminal justice system in Indiana, including the impact of current trend…

Sec. 25. (a) The human trafficking prevention and victim assistance fund is established for the purpose of providing funds for: (1) human trafficking victim services; and (2) human trafficking prevention programs provided by community based organizations. Money in the fund may be…

Sec. 26. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Department" means the Indianapolis Marion County metropolitan police department. (2) "Institute" means the Indiana criminal justice institute. (3) "Pilot project" means the Marion County violent crime redu…

Sec. 27. (a) The Marion County violent crime reduction pilot project fund is established to carry out the purposes of the Marion County violent crime reduction pilot project described in section 26 of this chapter. Money in the fund may be used only to carry out the purposes of t…

Sec. 3. The institute is established to do the following: (1) Evaluate state and local programs associated with: (A) the prevention, detection, and solution of criminal offenses; (B) law enforcement; and (C) the administration of criminal and juvenile justice. (2) Participate in …

Sec. 4. (a) The board of trustees is composed of: (1) the governor, or the governor's designee, who shall act as chairman; (2) the attorney general, or the attorney general's designee; (3) the superintendent of state police, or the superintendent's designee; (4) the commissioner …

Sec. 5. (a) The institute is composed of: (1) the trustees; and (2) the staff of the institute. (b) The trustees, in conjunction with the staff of the institute, shall: (1) evaluate and disseminate to the public information concerning the cost and effectiveness of the criminal an…

Sec. 6. The trustees shall make the final determination on any controversy between the institute and any local governmental entity, eligible entity, or entitlement jurisdiction on local program priorities and grants, subject to the procedures and applications for review as requir…

Sec. 7. The governor may request the assistance of any person, agency, entitlement jurisdiction, eligible entity, local governmental entity, or any state or federal department in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter. As added by P.L.46-1983, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.30-20…

Sec. 8. (a) The trustees shall designate subcommittees for each of the following purpose areas: (1) Drug and crime control. (2) Youth. (3) Exoneration fund. (4) Victim services. (5) Research. (b) The chairman of the trustees shall assign each of the trustees to participate in the…

Sec. 8.1. (a) As used in this section, "division" refers to the victim services division of the Indiana criminal justice institute established under section 8 of this chapter as: (1) amended by P.L.2-1995; and (2) in effect through June 30, 2024. (b) The division continues to exi…

Sec. 8.5. (a) As used in this section, "division" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-6.7-1. (b) The division shall do the following: (1) Coordinate and monitor programs that receive funds from the domestic violence prevention and treatment fund under IC 5-2-6.7. (2) Develop a st…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a vacancy must be filled 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; (7) IC 3-13-10; (8) IC 3-13-11; or (9) IC 20; due to the death of an officeholder. As added by P.L.119-2005, SEC.29.…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "officeholder" refers to a person who holds a state office, legislative office, local office, or school board office (as those terms are defined in IC 3-5-2.1). As added by P.L.119-2005, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.186-2025, SEC.49.

Sec. 3. (a) A person who knows of the death of an officeholder may certify the death to the following: (1) The governor, in the case of the death of any of the following: (A) An individual who holds a state office (as defined in IC 3-5-2.1-97). (B) An individual who is a judge of…

Sec. 4. When the governor: (1) obtains information concerning the death of an individual who: (A) holds a state office (as defined in IC 3-5-2.1-97); or (B) is a judge of a circuit, superior, probate, county, or city court; and (2) is reasonably satisfied that the information des…

Sec. 5. (a) When the secretary of state: (1) obtains information concerning the death of an individual who holds a legislative office (as defined in IC 3-5-2.1-60); and (2) is reasonably satisfied that the information described in subdivision (1) is true; the secretary of state s…

Sec. 6. (a) When a circuit court clerk: (1) obtains information concerning the death of an officeholder of a county, city, town, township, or school corporation not subject to section 4 of this chapter; and (2) is reasonably satisfied that the information described in subdivision…

Sec. 1. (a) Retroactive to January 1, 1969, employees of the state who are compensated for their services on an hourly basis may be granted a vacation with pay and paid holidays by executive order of the governor. (b) Employees of the political subdivisions of the state may be gr…

Sec. 2. (a) The state and political subdivisions of the state shall provide reasonable paid break time each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for the employee's infant child. The break time must, if possible, run concurrently with any break time already provided…

Sec. 1. (a) The state examiner, personally or through the deputy examiners, field examiners, or private examiners, upon the petition of twenty-five (25) interested taxpayers showing that effective local relief has not and cannot be obtained after due effort, shall make the inquir…

Sec. 2. All the provisions of section 1 of this chapter relating to the powers and duties of the attorney general shall apply to all reports of the state examiner, as provided in section 1 of this chapter, whether such inquiries, tests, examination, or investigation and the repor…

Sec. 3. If any examination or investigation made by the state examiner personally or through a deputy examiner, field examiner, or private examiner under this chapter or under any other statute discloses: (1) malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office or of any officer or…

Sec. 4. (a) If a report is filed with the attorney general that discloses any offense, the state examiner shall present a certified copy of the report and competent testimony supporting the charges made in the report to the grand jury of the county in which the offense is alleged…

Sec. 5. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as repealing any laws in force on March 7, 1923, but shall be construed only as conferring additional duties and powers upon the state examiner, deputy examiners, field examiners, and the attorney general of the st…

Sec. 1. At the request of the department of natural resources, the authority may provide for recreational facilities and park projects if the general assembly, by statute: (1) finds that the state needs renovation, refurbishing, or alteration of a recreational facility or park pr…