Title 4, TITLE 4. STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION
366 chapters · 3,438 sections in this title.
Ind. Code § 4-4-32.3-3.8 "Motor vehicle"
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Sec. 3.8. As used in this chapter, "motor vehicle" means any vehicle that: (1) is manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways (not including a vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails); and (2) has at least four (4) wheels. As added by P.L.109-201…
Ind. Code § 4-4-32.3-4 "Office"
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Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the Indiana office of energy development established by IC 4-3-23-3. As added by P.L.151-2009, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.34-2013, SEC.5. IC 4-4-32.3-5 "Qualified purchase" Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "qualified purchase" refers…
Ind. Code § 4-4-32.3-6 "Unit"
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Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "unit" means a county, city, town, township, or school corporation. As added by P.L.151-2009, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 4-4-32.3-7 Office may award grants to units; award amount and
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limitations Sec. 7. (a) Subject to subsections (d) and (e), the office may award a grant under this chapter to a unit that makes a qualified purchase. (b) Subject to subsection (c) and section 9 of this chapter, the amount of a grant that may be awarded under this chapter to a un…
Ind. Code § 4-4-32.3-8 Office responsibilities
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Sec. 8. The office shall do the following: (1) Adopt guidelines to determine standards for awarding grants under this chapter, including standards for determining whether an alternative fuel vehicle or an alternative fuel conversion kit complies with applicable governmental or ot…
Ind. Code § 4-4-32.3-9 Limit on grants awarded for all units
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Sec. 9. The total amount of grants awarded under this chapter for all units may not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000). As added by P.L.151-2009, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-1 Applicability
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Sec. 1. This chapter applies to grants awarded from the fund after July 31, 2019. As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-1.6 "Challenge"
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Sec. 1.6. As used in this chapter, "challenge" means notice that: (1) is provided to the office by an eligible broadband service provider under the process established by the office under section 8.5 of this chapter; and (2) asserts that minimum broadband Internet is already depl…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-1.7 "Deployed"
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Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "deployed" means, with respect to the availability of minimum broadband Internet at a location, that an eligible broadband service provider: (1) currently has minimum broadband Internet at the location; or (2) could provide minimum broadband Int…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-10 Office to adopt guidelines; collaboration with state agencies
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and political subdivisions Sec. 10. (a) The office shall adopt guidelines to implement this chapter, including guidelines governing the following: (1) The form and content of requests to provide eligible broadband service in connection with an eligible broadband project. (2) The …
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-10.5 Broadband connectivity subsidies; subsidy agreements;
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priority for subsidies; permitted use of subsidy payments; eligibility for subsidies Sec. 10.5. (a) The office shall establish a program to expand the availability of broadband Internet connectivity throughout Indiana by: (1) entering into agreements with broadband service provid…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-11 Rural broadband fund
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Sec. 11. (a) The rural broadband fund is established for the purpose of: (1) awarding grants under: (A) this chapter after July 31, 2019; and (B) IC 4-4-38 before August 1, 2019; (2) providing financial assistance under the program established by the office under section 10.5 of …
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-12 Awarding of grants after July 31, 2019; limitation on transfer
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of assets; grant agreement required; funds conditioned on project completion Sec. 12. (a) After July 31, 2019, a state agency may award grants under this chapter from the fund to eligible broadband service providers for eligible broadband projects, in accordance with: (1) the pro…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-13 Broadband grant goals and assessment metrics; annual report
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to interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications; annual audit by state board of accounts Sec. 13. (a) The office shall establish and publish on the office's Internet web site: (1) specific, measurable goals; and (2) metrics to be used in assessing the prog…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-14 Confidential or proprietary business information;
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nondisclosure Sec. 14. The office, and any state agency or any political subdivision with which the office cooperates or consults in administering this chapter: (1) shall not disclose information designated as confidential or proprietary business information by a grant applicant …
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-2 "Eligible broadband project"
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Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "eligible broadband project" means a project for the deployment of terrestrial broadband infrastructure for the provision of eligible broadband service, regardless of the delivery technology: (1) to buildings used by public school corporations…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-3 "Eligible broadband service"
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Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "eligible broadband service" means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least: (1) one thousand (1,000) megabits per second downstream with respect to grants awarded under section 9(b)(1) or 9(b)(2) of this chapter; or …
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-4 "Eligible broadband service provider"
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Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "eligible broadband service provider" means any company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that: (1) either: (A) has been providing broadband service to at least one hundred (100) residences and businesses in Indiana for at least thre…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-4.5 "Eligible student"
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Sec. 4.5. As used in this chapter, "eligible student" means a student who is: (1) a resident of Indiana; (2) less than twenty-three (23) years of age; and (3) enrolled in a school in Indiana providing any combination of kindergarten through grade 12 instruction. As added by P.L.8…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-5 "Fund"
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Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the rural broadband fund established by section 11 of this chapter. As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-5.6 "Minimum broadband Internet"
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Sec. 5.6. As used in this chapter, "minimum broadband Internet" means a terrestrial connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least one hundred (100) megabits per second downstream and at least twenty (20) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the techn…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-6 "Office"
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Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by IC 4-4-9.7-4. As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-6.2 "Public school corporation"
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Sec. 6.2. As used in this chapter, "public school corporation" means either of the following: (1) A local public school corporation established under Indiana law, including a: (A) school city; (B) school town; (C) metropolitan school district; (D) consolidated school corporation;…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-7 "Rural area"
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Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "rural area" means: (1) an unincorporated area; or (2) a small municipality, as defined by the office in guidelines adopted under section 10 of this chapter; in Indiana. As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-7.1 "Rural health clinic"
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Sec. 7.1. (a) As used in this chapter, "rural health clinic" means a building that is: (1) located in a rural area; (2) owned or operated by a health care entity (as defined in IC 25-26-14-6); and (3) used primarily to provide diagnostic, medical, surgical, dental, or rehabilitat…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-8 "State agency"
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Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-8.5 Challenge process
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Sec. 8.5. (a) The office shall establish a process to be used before each formal request for the submission of grant applications by the office under this chapter. The process established by the office under this section must do the following: (1) Invite any prospective grant app…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.5-9 Grants for eligible broadband projects; funding priorities;
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grant eligibility; preferred projects; publication of grant applications and receipt of comments, objections, and counter proposals Sec. 9. (a) The office shall establish procedures for the awarding of grants from the fund after July 31, 2019, by state agencies to eligible broadb…
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-1 "Act"
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Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "act" refers to the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58), including regulations and guidance issued under that act. As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-10 Conflict with other Indiana law
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Sec. 10. To the extent that this chapter conflicts with a provision of any other Indiana law, this chapter prevails. As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-2 "BEAD NOFO"
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Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "BEAD NOFO" refers to the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, as issued by NTIA on May 12, 2022, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 1702(e)(1)(A)(i). (b) The term includes any additional guidance …
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-3 "Final proposal"
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Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "final proposal" refers to the office's final proposal (as described in 47 U.S.C. 1702(e)(4)) submitted to NTIA. As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-4 "Initial proposal"
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Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "initial proposal" refers to the office's initial proposal (as described in 47 U.S.C. 1702(e)(3)) submitted to and approved by NTIA. As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-5 "NTIA"
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Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "NTIA" refers to the National Telecommunications Information Administration, United States Department of Commerce. As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-6 "Office"
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Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the Indiana broadband office in its capacity as an eligible entity (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 1702(a)(2)(F)) under the act. As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-7 "Program"
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Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program established under 47 U.S.C. 1702(b). As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-8 "Subgrantee"
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Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "subgrantee" has the meaning set forth in 47 U.S.C. 1702(a)(2)(N). As added by P.L.86-2024, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 4-4-38.6-9 Office's administration of program; requirements; final
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proposal; required low cost broadband service option Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (b), and to the extent not preempted by federal law, the office shall administer the program in Indiana in compliance with the following: (1) All mandatory provisions set forth in the act with …