Title 4, TITLE 4. STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "minority" means a member of a minority group (as defined in IC 4-13-16.5-1). As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.87-2008, SEC.3.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "minority business enterprise" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-16.5-1. As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.87-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "women's business enterprise" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-16.5-1. As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.87-2008, SEC.5; P.L.15-2020, SEC.11.

women's business enterprises Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "goods and services" does not include the following: (1) Utilities and taxes. (2) Financing costs, mortgages, loans, or other debt. (3) Medical insurance. (4) Fees and payments to a parent or an affiliated company …

Sec. 7. If the commission determines that the provisions of this chapter relating to expenditures and assignments to minority and women's business enterprises have not been met, the commission may suspend, limit, or revoke the person's license or permit, or may fine or impose app…

Sec. 8. The commission shall use the certifications made under IC 4-13-16.5 for minority and women's business enterprises that do business with horse track operations on contracts for goods or services or contracts for business. As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.87…

Sec. 9. The commission shall supply permit holders with a list of minority and women's business enterprises certified under section 8 of this chapter. As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.87-2008, SEC.7.

priority of order over other claims Sec. 1. (a) The bureau shall provide information to a certificate holder concerning persons who are delinquent in child support. (b) Prior to a certificate holder disbursing a payout of six hundred dollars ($600) or more, in winnings, from spor…

Sec. 2. IC 4-31-6-11, IC 4-33-8.5, and IC 4-35-6.7 apply, as appropriate, to sports wagering conducted at a licensed facility. As added by P.L.293-2019, SEC.43.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to the following agencies: (1) A division (as defined in IC 12-7-2-69(c)), for a state institution under the administrative control of the division. (2) The Indiana department of health, for an institution under the administrative control of the …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "road" includes an alley, a public highway, and a street. As added by P.L.7-1993, SEC.7.

Sec. 3. An agency may acquire a road abutting, adjacent to, or running through a state institution under the administrative control of the agency under this chapter. As added by P.L.7-1993, SEC.7.

Sec. 4. (a) IC 32-24 applies to acquisition of a road under this chapter. (b) The owners of all property immediately abutting that part of the road the agency wants to acquire must be made defendants to an action filed under IC 32-24. As added by P.L.7-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L…

Sec. 5. A defendant is entitled only to the special damages that the defendant will sustain because of the following: (1) Loss of ingress and egress to and from the defendant's abutting property. (2) Any fee interest the defendant may have in the road and other property to be tak…

Sec. 6. (a) If the court finds that public necessity requires that another road be established to take the place of the road acquired by the agency, the court shall order that before the road is acquired by the agency, the agency shall provide for construction of a similar road n…

Sec. 8. (a) A defendant shall pay the cost of the action against the defendant if the award made by the court is less than ten percent (10%) more than the final offer made to the defendant by the state. (b) If subsection (a) does not apply to a defendant, the state shall pay the …

Sec. 1. This Compact shall be effective immediately upon: (1) Endorsement by the Tribal Chairperson and Tribal Secretary and concurrence in that endorsement by resolution of the Tribal Council; (2) Endorsement by the Governor of the State and ratification by the State General Ass…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), as used in this chapter, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" refers to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 …

Sec. 2. As used in the chapter, "health plan" means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered or issued: (1) by an entity that assumes or carries insurance risk; and (2) to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse the costs of health care services. As adde…

coverage Sec. 3. Notwithstanding any other law, a resident of Indiana may not be required to purchase coverage under a health plan. A resident may delegate to the resident's employer the resident's authority to purchase or decline to purchase coverage under a health plan. As adde…

for a waiver Sec. 4. The office of the secretary of family and social services and the department of insurance: (1) shall investigate; and (2) may apply for a waiver under; 42 U.S.C. 18052 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As added by P.L.160-2011, SEC.1.…

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "preexisting condition exclusion" has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR 144.103, as in effect on January 1, 2019. (b) Notwithstanding any other law: (1) 42 U.S.C. 300gg-3; (2) 45 CFR 147.108; and (3) all other provisions of the Patient Protectio…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "unit" refers to the homeowner protection unit established under this chapter. As added by P.L.73-2004, SEC.4.

Sec. 10. (a) Beginning in 2008, the unit shall, after June 30 and before November 1 of each year, report to the legislative council on the following: (1) The unit's budget for the most recent state fiscal year. (2) The unit's actual income and expenses during the most recent stat…

Sec. 2. The attorney general shall establish a homeowner protection unit to enforce IC 24-9 and to carry out this chapter. As added by P.L.73-2004, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.66-2014, SEC.1; P.L.52-2017, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. (a) The unit shall do the following: (1) Investigate deceptive acts in connection with mortgage lending. (2) Investigate violations of IC 24-9. (3) Institute appropriate administrative and civil actions to redress: (A) deceptive acts in connection with mortgage lending; a…

designate toll free telephone number; staffing; sharing of information; uniform procedures; publicizing number Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "residential real estate transaction" includes: (1) mortgage lending practices; (2) real estate appraisals; and (3) other practice…

As added by P.L.66-2014, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.52-2017, SEC.3.

Sec. 4. (a) The following may cooperate with the unit to implement this chapter: (1) The Indiana professional licensing agency and the appropriate licensing boards with respect to persons licensed under IC 25. (2) The department of financial institutions. (3) The department of in…

Sec. 5. The attorney general may file complaints with any of the entities listed in section 4 of this chapter to carry out this chapter and IC 24-9. As added by P.L.73-2004, SEC.4.

Sec. 6. The establishment of the unit and the unit's powers does not limit the jurisdiction of an entity described in section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.73-2004, SEC.4.

Sec. 7. The attorney general and an investigator of the unit may do any of the following when conducting an investigation under section 3 of this chapter: (1) Issue and serve a subpoena for the production of records, including records stored in electronic data processing systems,…

Sec. 8. The unit shall cooperate with the Indiana housing and community development authority in the development and implementation of the home ownership education programs established under IC 5-20-1-4(d). As added by P.L.73-2004, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.235-2005, SEC.51; P.L.181-…

Sec. 9. (a) The homeowner protection unit account within the general fund is established to support the operations of the unit. The account is administered by the attorney general. (b) The homeowner protection unit account consists of the following: (1) Fees collected under IC 24…

Sec. 1. Where an appropriation is made to any officer or department of state government for a specific employment or purpose, itemized vouchers showing the proper expenditure of the appropriation for the purpose named shall be made to the auditor of state before a warrant coverin…

Sec. 2. Where an appropriation is made for office expenses in any department of state government, it shall be unlawful to pay any portion of said appropriation for clerk hire, janitor service or special labor compensation. Formerly: Acts 1899, c.137, s.2.

Sec. 1. The state technology advancement and retention (STAR) account is established within the state general fund. The purpose of the account is to provide funding for programs within Indiana that are designed to: (1) advance and retain technology related enterprises within Indi…

Sec. 2. The budget agency shall administer the STAR account. As added by P.L.96-2004, SEC.17.

Sec. 3. The account consists of money, including federal money, appropriated to the account by the general assembly and gifts and grants to the account. An appropriation, a gift, or a grant may be designated for one (1) or more purposes listed in section 6 of this chapter. As add…

Sec. 4. The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the account not currently needed to meet the obligations of the account in the same manner as other public funds may be invested. As added by P.L.96-2004, SEC.17.

Sec. 5. Money in the account at the end of a state fiscal year reverts to the state general fund. As added by P.L.96-2004, SEC.17.

Sec. 6. Money in the account that is not otherwise designated under section 3 of this chapter is annually dedicated to the following: (1) The Indiana economic development partnership fund under IC 4-12-10. (2) The scientific instrument project within the department of education. …

Sec. 7. Expenses for administering the account or any of the programs funded from the account may be taken from the account but may not exceed two percent (2%) of the balance in the account. The budget agency must approve administrative expenses taken from the account. As added b…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "bureau" refers to the department of correction ombudsman bureau established by section 3 of this chapter. The term includes individuals approved to act in the capacity of ombudsmen by the department of correction ombudsman bureau. As added by P.L…

Sec. 10. (a) The director of the bureau shall prepare a report each year on the operations of the bureau. (b) A copy of the report shall be provided to the following: (1) The governor. (2) The legislative council. (3) The department. (4) The department of correction. A report pro…

Sec. 11. A person who interferes with the ombudsman is subject to criminal prosecution under IC 35-44.2-1-4. As added by P.L.292-2001, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2012, SEC.9.

Sec. 12. The department of administration shall provide and maintain office space for the bureau. As added by P.L.292-2001, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "ombudsman" means an employee of the bureau or an individual approved by the bureau to investigate and resolve complaints that the department of correction endangered the health and safety of any person, or that the department of correction violat…

administration Sec. 3. The department of correction ombudsman bureau is established as a separate bureau within the department of administration. As added by P.L.292-2001, SEC.2.

other employees Sec. 4. (a) The governor shall appoint a director of the bureau. The governor shall appoint a successor director within thirty (30) days after a vacancy occurs in the position of the director. The director serves at the pleasure of the governor. (b) The director m…