Title 4, STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "licensee" means any of the following: (1) A permit holder (as defined by IC 4-31-2.1-27). (2) A licensed owner (as defined by IC 4-33-2-13). (3) An operating agent (as defined by IC 4-33-2-14.5). As added by P.L.212-2016, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.10…

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "paid fantasy sports game" means any fantasy or simulation sports game or contest that meets the following conditions: (1) The values of all prizes and awards offered to winning game participants are established and made known to the game particip…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Indiana commission to combat substance use disorder established by section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.7-2016, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.114-2022, SEC.3.

Sec. 10. The criminal justice institute shall provide staff support for the commission. As added by P.L.7-2016, SEC.1.

Sec. 11. To address specific issues, the commission may establish working groups consisting of individuals appointed by the chairperson. The chairperson may appoint individuals who are not members of the commission, including lay members and subject matter experts, to a working g…

Sec. 12. The commission shall do the following: (1) Identify ways for state agencies to coordinate with each other on substance abuse prevention, treatment, and enforcement programming and funding. (2) Promote information sharing throughout Indiana concerning substance abuse prev…

Sec. 13. The commission may do the following: (1) Request information or presentations from state agencies. (2) Request and review outcome data from a state agency involved in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse. (3) Request information from experts concerning substan…

Sec. 14. The commission shall submit a report not later than August 31 each year regarding the commission's work during the previous year. The report shall be submitted to the legislative council, the governor, and the chief justice of Indiana. The report to the legislative counc…

Sec. 15. The executive director of the Indiana criminal justice institute is responsible for the following: (1) Working with local coordinating councils and other stakeholders to implement the commission's recommendations concerning local coordinating councils (as defined in IC 5…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, officer, service, or other similar body of state government created or established under law. As a…

Sec. 3. The Indiana commission to combat substance use disorder is established. As added by P.L.7-2016, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.114-2022, SEC.4.

Sec. 4. (a) The commission consists of the following twenty (20) members: (1) A member of the governor's staff appointed by the governor. (2) An appellate or trial court judge appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court to serve on the commission for a term of four (4) ye…

Sec. 5. (a) The member of the governor's staff appointed under section 4(a)(1) of this chapter shall serve as the chairperson of the commission. The chairperson shall determine the agenda for the commission. (b) The member at large appointed under section 4(a)(19) of this chapter…

Sec. 6. (a) A legislative member of the commission may be removed at any time by the appointing authority who appointed the legislative member. (b) If a vacancy exists on the commission, the appointing authority who appointed the member whose position has become vacant shall appo…

Sec. 7. (a) Each member of the commission who is not a state employee is not entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided under IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). The member is, however, entitled to reimbursement for mileage, traveling expenses as provided under IC 4-13-1-4, and other expens…

Sec. 8. The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members appointed to the commission are required for the commission to take action on any measure, including final reports. As added by P.L.7-2016, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. The commission shall meet at least four (4) times in a calendar year. As added by P.L.7-2016, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. In all cases where the lieutenant governor is a member of a state agency, committee, division, board, authority, or other organization created by law, the lieutenant governor may designate another individual to serve on the agency, committee, division, board, authority, o…

Sec. 12. (a) The commission shall manage and develop the fund and the assets of the fund. (b) The commission shall do the following: (1) Establish a policy for the investment of assets of the fund. (2) Acquire money for the fund through the solicitation of private or public donat…

Sec. 13. (a) Subject to the investment policy of the commission, the treasurer of state shall administer the fund and invest the money in the fund. (b) The expenses of administering the fund and this chapter shall be paid from the fund. (c) The treasurer of state shall invest the…

Sec. 14. (a) An appropriation made by the general assembly to the fund shall be allotted and allocated at the beginning of the fiscal period for which the appropriation is made. (b) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund or a…

Sec. 15. (a) The commission has the sole authority to allocate money from the fund to arts providers in Indiana. (b) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, when there is one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the fund there is annually appropriated to the commission all intere…

Sec. 16. Before October 1 of each year, the commission shall prepare a report concerning the fund for distribution to the public and the general assembly. A report distributed under this section to the general assembly must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. As added by …

Sec. 17. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.29-1997, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Indiana arts commission established by IC 4-23-2. As added by P.L.29-1997, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana arts commission trust fund established by section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.29-1997, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. (a) The Indiana arts commission trust fund is established to support the programs and the administrative budget of the commission. (b) The fund consists of the following: (1) Appropriations of the general assembly from revenue sources determined by the general assembly an…

Sec. 1. Except as provided in sections 2 and 3 of this chapter, this chapter applies to the resolution of an alleged violation of a state rule or state statute within the jurisdiction of an agency that is discovered in an inspection conducted after June 30, 2017. As added by P.L.…

Sec. 10. If: (1) a corrective plan is not entered into; or (2) an alleged violator fails to substantially correct an alleged violation within the time specified in a corrective plan entered into under this chapter; the agency may issue a corrective order and take any enforcement …

Sec. 11. The following are public records: (1) A corrective plan entered into under this chapter. (2) The results of an inspection under section 9 of this chapter. (3) Any corrective order described in section 10 of this chapter. An agency shall retain the public records describe…

Sec. 12. The state, a state agency, and an agency's officers, agents, and employees are immune from liability for any act done or omitted in connection with the performance of their duties under this chapter. As added by P.L.215-2017, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply: (1) if the agency conducting the inspection determines that the alleged violation: (A) represents intentional misconduct or an act of fraud by a responsible person or an agent of the responsible person; (B) is not correctable within a reasonab…

Sec. 3. This chapter does not limit an agency's authority to issue an emergency or a temporary order under IC 4-21.5-4 or another law if: (1) an emergency exists; or (2) a statute authorizes the agency to issue a temporary order or otherwise take immediate agency action. As added…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "inspection" means: (1) visual analysis; or (2) performance of tests; undertaken to evaluate the operation, use, or condition of real or personal property. As added by P.L.215-2017, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "violation" refers to a violation of a state rule adopted by an agency or a state statute, except for a violation exempt under section 2 of this chapter. As added by P.L.215-2017, SEC.2.

Sec. 6. If an inspection discloses a possible violation, the agency shall proceed under: (1) section 7 of this chapter; or (2) first section 7 of this chapter, and then section 10 of this chapter. As added by P.L.215-2017, SEC.2.

Sec. 7. The agency shall: (1) notify the alleged violator in writing that the agency believes a violation may exist; and (2) extend an offer in writing to the alleged violator giving the alleged violator an opportunity to enter into a corrective plan to correct the alleged violat…

Sec. 8. (a) The notice to the alleged violator under section 7 of this chapter must include the following: (1) A description of the actions that must be taken to correct the alleged violation. (2) The date before which the alleged violator must enter into a corrective plan with t…

Sec. 9. The agency shall determine if the alleged violator has substantially corrected the violation and notify the alleged violator whether the alleged violator is in substantial compliance with the applicable rule or state statute not more than ninety (90) days after the earlie…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "continuous process improvement" means a management methodology that combines tools to improve process speed and reduce waste with data driven project analysis to provide products and services with improved quality at lower cost. As added by P.L.2…

Sec. 10. The MPH shall do the following: (1) Establish and maintain a program to collect, analyze, and exchange government information in carrying out the powers and duties of the OMB and the powers and duties of the executive state agency sharing the data. In carrying out this p…

Sec. 11. Each executive state agency shall do the following: (1) In a manner determined by the MPH, make available to the MPH the government information the MPH requires under this chapter in a nonproprietary format. (2) As requested by the MPH, make available personnel with tech…

Sec. 12. (a) Title to any government information that is obtained by the MPH under section 11 of this chapter and that is unchanged by the MPH remains with the executive state agency sharing the government information, including an executive state agency's sole authority to licen…

Sec. 13. The MPH is considered to be an agent of the executive state agency sharing government information and is an authorized receiver of government information under the statutory or administrative law that governs the government information. Interagency data sharing under thi…

Sec. 14. (a) The MPH shall prescribe a form to be used to memorialize the exchange of electronically recorded information, including government information. (b) The form prescribed under subsection (a) must be: (1) completed by the executive state agency or person that is a party…

Sec. 15. Subject to IC 4-1-6-8.6 and this chapter, the MPH may exchange electronically recorded information, including government information, with any person. The MPH may analyze and exchange electronically recorded information in carrying out the powers and duties of the OMB an…