Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 6. "Holder" means a person who is: (1) the bearer of any outstanding bond or note registered to bearer or not registered; or (2) the registered owner of any outstanding bond or note that is registered other than to bearer. As added by P.L.25-1984, SEC.1.

Sec. 7. "Note" refers to a note of the bank issued under this article. As added by P.L.25-1984, SEC.1.

Sec. 8. "Qualified entity" means: (1) a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13); (2) a state educational institution; (3) a leasing body (as defined in IC 5-1-1-1(a)); (4) a not-for-profit utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-125); (5) any rural electric membership corporat…

Sec. 9. "Reserve fund" means a reserve fund established under IC 5-1.5-5-1. As added by P.L.25-1984, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.43-1985, SEC.2.

Sec. 1. (a) Any officer, office, court, commission, board, institution, department, agent, or employee of the state, county, or any political subdivision being charged with the duty or authorized or required by law to record, preserve, keep, maintain, or file any record, document…

Sec. 2. (a) For purposes of this section, "administration" refers to the Indiana archives and records administration created by IC 5-15-5.1. (b) The administration shall do the following: (1) Establish procedures to retain an original record, document, plat, paper, or instrument-…

Sec. 0.1. The addition of section 8 of this chapter by P.L.20-1991 applies to public works contracts for which notices calling for sealed proposals for the work are published after June 30, 1991. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.97.

Sec. 1.1. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "person" includes a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, fiduciary, or individual. (b) This chapter applies to the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or ot…

Sec. 1.2. (a) When a public building or other public work or improvement of any character is to be constructed, erected, altered, or repaired at the expense of the state or a commission created by law (excepting the Indiana department of transportation), and when the estimated co…

Sec. 1.3. Construction or alteration of any public building, the estimated cost of which is more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), may not be undertaken by any officer or agent hereinbefore mentioned or referred to except pursuant to and in compliance with plans and sp…

Sec. 1.4. For the purpose of securing bids or for the purpose of causing the work to be done in the desired manner, the state or commission created by law (excepting the Indiana department of transportation) shall prepare, and place on file in its office, plans and specifications…

Sec. 1.5. (a) The governing board of any state educational institution, acting on behalf of said institution, may purchase materials in the manner provided by law and perform any work by means of its own employees and owned or leased equipment in the construction, rehabilitation,…

Sec. 1.6. In the case of fire, flood, windstorm, casualty or other extraordinary emergency, including mechanical failure of any part of a building or structure, and where the health, safety or welfare of the public or the necessary governmental operations are endangered by such l…

Sec. 1.7. On agricultural or forestry land owned or occupied by Purdue University and used by it for educational or research purposes, the trustees of the university may, upon a declaration of necessity recorded in its minutes, award contracts without advertising for bids or othe…

Sec. 1.9. (a) Notwithstanding this article, a state educational institution may award a contract for any construction or repair work to any building, structure, or improvement of the institution without advertising for bids and meeting other contract awarding requirements of this…

Sec. 2. (a) Each bidder shall be required to submit under oath with and as a part of the bidder's bid a statement of: (1) the bidder's experience; (2) the bidder's proposed plan for performing such work; (3) the equipment available for the performance of such work; (4) the bidder…

Sec. 3. (a) Upon the filing of the plans, specifications, and drawings, as provided in section 1.4 of this chapter, the officer or agent shall twice publish a notice indicating that drawings, plans, and specifications are on file at the office and calling for sealed proposals for…

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to a public building or other public work or improvement that may require creation of a trench of at least five (5) feet in depth. (b) IOSHA regulations 29 C.F.R. 1926, Subpart P, for trench safety systems shall be incorporated into the contract d…

Sec. 7. A board, a commission, a trustee, an officer, or agent must establish as a goal that five percent (5%) of the contracts awarded be let to minority business enterprises (as defined in IC 4-13-16.5-1). As added by P.L.1-1990, SEC.64.

Sec. 8. (a) A person who submits a bid or quote for a public works contract under this chapter that involves the installation of plumbing must submit evidence that the person is a licensed plumbing contractor under IC 25-28.5-1. (b) If a public works contract under this chapter i…

Sec. 9. (a) IC 5-22-16.5 (Disqualification of Contractors Dealing with the Government of Iran) applies to the awarding of contracts, including contracts for professional services, under this article. (b) For purposes of applying IC 5-22-16.5 to contracts awarded under this articl…

Sec. 0.3. Any action taken before February 21, 1986, that would be valid if taken under this chapter, as amended by P.L.53-1986, is legalized and validated. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.99.

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to leases of equipment whether or not title passes from the lessor to the lessee. The term "purchaser" as used in this chapter includes persons who make leases for equipment. (b) Any person, officer, board, commissioner, department, commission, or…

Sec. 10. A purchase under this chapter is subject to procurement preferences provided under IC 5-22-15. As added by P.L.19-1990, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.49-1997, SEC.32.

Sec. 11. IC 5-22-16-4(b) applies to a lease or purchase of personal property made after June 30, 2003, by an agency (as defined in IC 4-13-2-1) or a state educational institution to the same extent as if the lease or purchase were subject to IC 5-22. As added by P.L.254-2003, SEC…

Sec. 2. (a) In all cases of advertising for the purchase of materials, equipment, goods and supplies, and the lease of equipment, the purchaser shall prepare specifications describing with reasonable particularity the kind, quantity and quality of all materials, equipment, goods,…

Sec. 2.5. (a) Notwithstanding sections 2 and 3 of this chapter and IC 8-23-9, the Indiana department of transportation may award a public works contract for road or street work subject to the open price provisions of IC 26-1-2-305. (b) Such a contract may provide that prices for …

Sec. 3. (a) A purchaser may not make any purchase or contract for the purchase of any material, equipment, goods, or supplies or the lease of equipment unless the bid, offer, proposal, estimate, or contract of any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation offering a…

Sec. 4. Within thirty (30) days after the acceptance of any bid, offer, proposal, estimate, or contract for purchase of materials, equipment, goods, and supplies, or lease of equipment, the purchaser or purchasers shall: (1) deliver in person or mail to the seller or lessor the o…

Sec. 7. Where in this chapter a duty is imposed upon the purchasers, such duty shall be performed by the person, officer, clerk, or employee whose duty or employment require that they act for any board, commission, department, or unit of government making any such purchase, and a…

Sec. 8.1. (a) This chapter is supplemental to all laws concerning the purchase of material, equipment, goods, and supplies and the lease of equipment by the state. However, this chapter does not preclude the extension beyond the contractual time period of contracts let pursuant t…

Sec. 1. The state, or any political subdivision thereof, are each hereby authorized and empowered to the full extent authorized by the Constitution of Indiana and not prohibited by law, to accept the provisions of any law of the Congress of the United States of America, or any ru…

Sec. 2. The acceptance by the state shall be made by the officer, board, bureau, commission, department, or division having authority by law to do the acts to effectuate the purposes of any such federal law, by, and with the consent of the governor. If there is no officer, board,…

Sec. 3. The acceptance by any political subdivision shall be made by the governing authority of such political subdivision by and with the consent of the appropriating authority of such political subdivision, if expenditures of any public funds of such political subdivision be re…

Sec. 3.5. If any federal funds be received by the state pursuant to the provisions of any such federal law, the same are hereby appropriated for the uses and purposes provided by said federal law, if such appropriation be required. Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.8, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall, for the purposes of this chapter, unless a different meaning appears from the context, have the following meanings: (a) The singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular as requ…

Sec. 1. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Public Policy. It is hereby declared: (1) that there exists in the state of Indiana a need for safe and sanitary residential housing within the financial means of low and moderate income persons and families, a need which unmet is a…

Sec. 10. Pledge of Authority Assets to Obligations of the Authority. The pledge of any assets or revenues of the authority to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any obligations of the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledg…

Sec. 11. All Moneys Received Are Trust Funds and May Be Temporarily Invested. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, all moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The …

Sec. 12. Holders of Authority Obligations Granted Legal Rights to Enforce Duties of the Authority. Any holder of obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter or any coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement or resolution authorizing the is…

Sec. 13. Declaration of Negotiability of Obligations of the Authority. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any obligations issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter, all such obligations and interest coupons appertaining the…

Sec. 14. Obligations of Authority Are Authorized Investments. Obligations issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state of Indiana and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust c…

Sec. 15. Authorization for Issuance of Refunding Obligations. (a) The authority is authorized to provide for the issuance of refunding obligations for the purpose of refunding any obligations then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this chapter, incl…

Sec. 16. (a) The authority may create and establish one (1) or more special funds, referred to in this section as capital reserve funds, to secure the notes and bonds. The authority shall pay into each such capital reserve fund: (1) any moneys appropriated and made available by t…

Sec. 17. State Power to Alter Authority; Pledge Against Impairment of Authority Contracts. The state may at any time, or from time to time, alter or change the structure, organization programs, activities or powers of the authority and may, at its sole discretion, terminate the e…