Title 4, STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a lease under IC 8-23-24.5. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.62.

Sec. 2. The intent of this chapter is to encourage the use of property owned by the state to promote the growth and harvesting of vegetation to be used as fuels and other energy products. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.62.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "agency " has the meaning set forth in IC 4-20.5-1-3. The term includes a state institution. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.62.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "vegetation" refers to grasses or other plants that are suitable for processing into fuels or other energy products. The term does not include grasses or other plants that may be used to feed livestock. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.62.

Sec. 5. To the extent permitted by federal law and when consistent with public safety, an agency may enter into leases with appropriate persons for the persons to plant, maintain, and harvest vegetation on state property owned or maintained by the agency for use in production of …

Sec. 6. A lease under this chapter must provide for the following: (1) The lessee is responsible for planting, maintaining, and harvesting the vegetation at the lessee's cost. (2) The lessee becomes the owner of the vegetation when harvested. (3) The harvested vegetation must be …

Sec. 7. A lease under this chapter may provide for the following: (1) Any term of the lease that the agency considers best to implement the intent of this chapter, but not for more than four (4) years. (2) For the lease of parcels of sizes that the agency considers the best to im…

Sec. 8. The agency shall award a lease under this chapter to the responsive and responsible bidder who submits the highest bid for the particular lease. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.62.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "director" means the director of the office. As added by P.L.34-2013, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the Indiana office of energy development established by section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.34-2013, SEC.2.

Sec. 3. (a) The Indiana office of energy development is established to develop and implement a comprehensive energy policy for the state. (b) The governor shall appoint the director of the office. The director is the chief energy officer of the state and shall report directly to …

Sec. 4. The office shall carry out the duties relating to energy policy that were carried out by the following: (1) The department of commerce (before its abolishment in 2005). (2) The office of the lieutenant governor under IC 4-4-2.4 (before its repeal). As added by P.L.34-2013…

Sec. 5. The office shall administer the following: (1) The energy development fund under IC 4-23-5.5-10. (2) A low interest revolving loan program for certain energy efficiency or recycling projects under section 9 of this chapter. (3) The green industries fund under IC 5-28-34, …

Sec. 6. The office shall collaborate with the office of the lieutenant governor regarding the following programs: (1) Home energy assistance programs, including the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant under 42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq. (2) Weatherization programs, including w…

Sec. 7. The office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. As added by P.L.34-2013, SEC.2.

Sec. 8. (a) All powers, duties, liabilities, records, property, appropriations, and employees of the lieutenant governor as of June 30, 2013, that are related to energy or energy development, including the center for coal technology research, are transferred to the office as the …

Sec. 9. The office may establish and administer a revolving loan program for the purpose of making low interest loans to projects designed to promote the development and efficient use of energy resources or to promote recycling market development. The interest rates for the loans…

Sec. 1. The lieutenant governor serves as secretary of agriculture and rural development by virtue of office. As added by P.L.83-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. The secretary is responsible for implementation of the following: (1) IC 4-4-9.7. (2) IC 15-11. As added by P.L.83-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2008, SEC.14.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a motorsports investment district established under IC 5-1-17.5. As added by P.L.233-2013, SEC.4.

Sec. 10. (a) Before the first business day in October of each year, the department of state revenue shall calculate the income tax incremental amount and the gross retail incremental amount for the preceding calendar year for the district. (b) Businesses operating in the district…

Sec. 11. Before the first business day in November of each year, the department of state revenue shall determine the sum of the following amounts for the preceding calendar year for the district: (1) The income tax incremental amount. (2) The gross retail incremental amount. (3) …

Sec. 12. The department of state revenue shall annually notify the Indiana finance authority, the commission, the budget agency, and the owner or owners of a qualified motorsports facility of the sum of: (1) the amount determined under section 11 of this chapter; and (2) the amou…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Indiana motorsports commission created under IC 5-1-17.5. As added by P.L.233-2013, SEC.4.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "credit" refers to a credit provided to the owner or owners of the qualified motorsports facility for the preceding state fiscal year under section 12 of this chapter. As added by P.L.233-2013, SEC.4.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "district" refers to a motorsports investment district established under IC 5-1-17.5. As added by P.L.233-2013, SEC.4.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "gross retail base period amount" means the aggregate amount of state gross retail and use taxes remitted under IC 6-2.5 by a taxpayer during the full calendar year of 2012 with respect to its operations in a district. As added by P.L.233-2013, SE…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "gross retail incremental amount" means the remainder of: (1) the aggregate amount of state gross retail and use taxes that are remitted under IC 6-2.5 by a taxpayer during a calendar year with respect to its operations in a district; minus (2) th…

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "income tax base period amount" means the aggregate amount of state adjusted gross income taxes paid or remitted by or on behalf of a taxpayer during the calendar year of 2012 with respect to income earned or attributable to the taxpayer's activit…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "income tax incremental amount" means the remainder of: (1) the aggregate amount of state adjusted gross income taxes paid or remitted during a calendar year with respect to income earned or attributable to the taxpayer's activities in the distric…

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "qualified motorsports facility" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-1-17.5-14. As added by P.L.233-2013, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. (a) This subsection and subsection (b) set an expiration date for rules adopted under IC 4-22-2-37.1 (as effective before July 1, 2023) or IC 4-22-2-37 (before its repeal) that at the time of adoption were permitted by law to continue in effect for an indefinite period of…

Sec. 10. (a) An agency may adopt interim rules under IC 4-22-2-37.2 to implement a reduction, a full or partial waiver, or an elimination of a fee, fine, or civil penalty included in a rule adopted under IC 4-22-2. (b) An interim rule authorized under this section expires not lat…

Sec. 2. Before a provisional rule adopted under IC 4-22-2-37.1 (as effective after June 30, 2023) expires, the governor by executive order may authorize the extension of the provisional rule under the interim procedures in IC 4-22-2-37.2 if the governor determines and finds in th…

Sec. 3. The director of the department of natural resources may adopt interim rules under the interim rule procedures in IC 4-22-2-37.2 to temporarily modify or suspend a rule described in IC 14-22-2-6 (fish and wildlife rules). An interim rule authorized under this section expir…

Sec. 4. The Indiana state board of education may adopt interim rules under the interim rule procedures in IC 4-22-2-37.2 for the provision of special education or related services to an eligible choice scholarship student who receives an amount under IC 20-51-4-4(a)(2). An interi…

Sec. 5. The department of natural resources (or to the extent permitted by IC 14-10-2, the natural resources commission) may adopt interim rules under the interim rule procedures in IC 4-22-2-37.2 to carry out the duties of the department of natural resources under a law listed i…

Sec. 6. The following apply to the department of financial institutions: (1) The department of financial institutions shall adopt rules under the interim rule procedures in IC 4-22-2-37.2 announcing: (A) sixty (60) days before January 1 of each odd-numbered year in which dollar a…

Sec. 7. The Indiana utility regulatory commission may adopt interim rules under the interim rule procedures in IC 4-22-2-37.2 pursuant to its authority under IC 8-1-1-3(g). A rule described in this section expires not later than two (2) years after the rule is accepted for filing…

Sec. 8. (a) The Indiana board of pharmacy, on its own initiative or under a written request from the state police department, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, or a poison control center, may adopt interim rules under IC 4-22-2-37.2 to declare a substance is a sy…

Sec. 9. (a) The Indiana pesticide review board may adopt interim rules under IC 4-22-2-37.2 to classify a pesticide as a restricted use pesticide, if the Indiana pesticide review board finds that adoption of the interim rule is necessary to prevent an undue and immediate hazard t…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "affiliate" means any person who directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control of another person. As added by P.L.82-2011, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. (a) A development provider shall report annually to the commission the following: (1) The total dollar amounts of economic development payments. (2) The parties or specified recipients, or both, that receive economic development payments. (3) Any other items related to a…

Sec. 11. (a) A party that is not the development provider may not be a for-profit person. (b) A specified recipient may not be a for-profit person. (c) A specified recipient who disburses part or all of an economic development payment to an unspecified recipient has a duty to ens…

Sec. 12. (a) Each nonprofit specified recipient must have a conflict of interest statement that complies with state and federal law, and must provide the commission with a copy of the statement. (b) Each nonprofit specified recipient must provide the commission with a copy of its…

Sec. 13. (a) Any recipient of an economic development payment must deposit the economic development payment into a separate and segregated bank account not later than five (5) days after its receipt. (b) The bank account referenced in subsection (a): (1) must allow expenditures o…