Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "sheriff's designee" refers to a sheriff's designee, if applicable, who is responsible for the oversight or administration of a fund. As added by P.L.54-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. (a) The state board of accounts shall establish training requirements for a county sheriff and the sheriff's designee pertaining to the following: (1) The proper use of forms prescribed by the state board of accounts. (2) The keeping of the records for the fund. (3) Best …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "non-revenue water" means the difference between the amount of water that enters a water distribution system and the amount of water provided to users of the water distribution system. As added by P.L.154-2021, SEC.8.

Sec. 10. Not later than August 1 of each odd-numbered year through 2023, the public finance director shall prepare for the budget committee established by IC 4-12-1-3 and the legislative council a report that includes the following: (1) Information concerning grants, loans, or ot…

Sec. 11. The authority shall, if appropriate, require a participant receiving a loan or other financial assistance from the water infrastructure grant fund to establish under applicable law and maintain sufficient user charges or other charges, fees, taxes, special assessments, o…

Sec. 2. The water infrastructure grant program is established. As added by P.L.154-2021, SEC.8.

Sec. 3. (a) The water infrastructure grant fund is established as a source of money for grants, loans, and other financial assistance to, or for the benefit of, participants in the program. (b) The fund shall be administered, held, and managed by the authority. (c) The authority …

Sec. 4. Money in the water infrastructure grant fund may be used to do the following: (1) Provide grants, loans, and other financial assistance to or for the benefit of participants for: (A) the planning, designing, acquisition, construction, renovation, improvement, or expansion…

Sec. 5. (a) The authority shall adopt guidelines to establish criteria for the making of grants, loans (including parameters for establishing interest rates, if any, on such loans), and other financial assistance from the water infrastructure grant fund. (b) The making of grants,…

Sec. 6. (a) An application for a grant, loan, or other financial assistance from the water infrastructure grant fund must be accompanied by all papers and opinions required by the authority. (b) The authority may require that an application for a grant, a loan, or other financial…

Sec. 7. (a) To receive a loan, grant, or other financial assistance from the water infrastructure grant fund, a participant: (1) must demonstrate that it has developed or is in the process of developing an asset management program, as defined in the guidelines of the authority, i…

Sec. 8. (a) The authority shall establish a project prioritization system for the purposes of awarding loans and grants from the water infrastructure grant fund. The project prioritization system must be based on a model that includes at least the following variables: (1) The eff…

Sec. 9. The authority may provide services to a participant in connection with a grant, a loan, or other financial assistance from the water infrastructure grant fund, including advisory services and other services. As added by P.L.154-2021, SEC.8.

Sec. 1. The authority shall carry out the program established under this chapter. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. The authority shall set aside seventy percent (70%) of the money in the fund for housing infrastructure benefitting political subdivisions with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000). As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.90-2024, SEC.2; P.L.73-2026,…

Sec. 11. (a) The authority shall invest the money in the fund in accordance with an investment policy adopted by the authority. Interest, premiums, gains, or other earnings from the investments shall be credited to and deposited in the fund. (b) As an alternative to subsection (a…

Sec. 12. This chapter does not require the authority to provide a loan to any participant to the extent the authority determines the loan is not in the best interests of the program and the authority. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 13. The authority shall do the following under this chapter: (1) Manage the program. (2) Prepare and provide program information to participants. (3) Negotiate the negotiable aspects of each financial assistance agreement. (4) Prepare or cause to be prepared each financial a…

Sec. 14. (a) The authority shall develop and use a priority ranking system in making loans from the fund. (b) The ranking system must prioritize making loans for eligible projects to participants that have adopted and implemented a majority of the following policies for residenti…

Sec. 15. The authority shall establish the terms and conditions that the authority considers necessary or convenient to make loans under this chapter. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 16. (a) An application for a loan from the fund must be accompanied by all papers and opinions required by the authority. (b) The authority may require that an application for a loan from the fund be accompanied by the following: (1) A certification and guarantee of signatur…

Sec. 17. A participant receiving a loan from the fund shall enter into a financial assistance agreement. A financial assistance agreement related to the program is a valid, binding, and enforceable agreement of the participant. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 18. (a) The authority may pledge loans and other obligations of participants evidencing the loans from the fund to secure other loans from the fund to or for the benefit of participants. (b) The authority must approve the terms of a pledge under this section. (c) Notwithstan…

Sec. 19. (a) The authority shall establish the interest rate or parameters for establishing the interest rate on each loan made under this chapter, including parameters for establishing the amount of interest subsidies. (b) The authority, in setting the interest rate or parameter…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "eligible project" means a project for housing infrastructure. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 20. (a) As an alternative to making loans to participants, the authority may use the money in the fund to provide a leveraged loan program to or for the benefit of participants, including using money in the fund to enhance the obligations of participants issued for the purpo…

Sec. 21. Notwithstanding any other law, money in the fund, together with loan repayments to be deposited in the fund, may be used to establish a leveraged loan program in connection with the fund. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 22. The authority may adopt guidelines, without complying with IC 4-22-2, to govern the administration of this chapter. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 23. Not later than August 1 of each year, the public finance director shall prepare for the budget committee established by IC 4-12-1-3 and the legislative council a report that includes the following: (1) Information concerning the loans made available to participants from …

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the residential housing infrastructure assistance revolving fund established by section 9 of this chapter. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "housing infrastructure" means the installation, replacement, upgrade, or improvement of public infrastructure for the support of residential housing. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 4.5. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-1.2-2-57. As added by P.L.90-2024, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the residential housing infrastructure assistance program established by section 8 of this chapter. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this chapter, "public infrastructure" means any of the following infrastructure that is or will be owned, maintained, or provided by a political subdivision: (1) A water distribution system. (2) A water treatment plant. (3) A wastewater treatment plant. (4)…

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "residential housing" means single family or multifamily housing for rent or sale. The term includes condominiums and townhouses located within an economic development target area that is designated under IC 6-1.1-12.1-7. As added by P.L.204-2023,…

Sec. 8. The residential housing infrastructure assistance program is established. As added by P.L.204-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 9. (a) The residential housing infrastructure assistance revolving fund is established. The fund is a revolving fund to provide money for loans under this chapter to or for the benefit of participants. (b) The fund consists of: (1) appropriations from the general assembly; (…

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "District" refers to an entrepreneur and enterprise district designated by the executive of a qualified municipality under section 2(a) of this chapter. (2) "District board" refers to the board of directors of a…

Sec. 2. (a) The executive of a qualified municipality may designate one (1) entrepreneur and enterprise district in the qualified municipality. (b) The territory of a district designated under subsection (a) may not exceed the greater of: (1) four (4) square miles; or (2) ten per…

Sec. 3. A district expires on the later of the following: (1) Five (5) years after the date on which it is designated as a district by the executive of the qualified municipality. (2) December 31, 2029. As added by P.L.238-2017, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.78-2021, SEC.1; P.L.156-2024,…

Sec. 4. (a) A district board has the following powers, in addition to other powers that are contained in this chapter: (1) To request the waiver of a municipal ordinance or regulation as provided in this chapter. (2) To adopt guidelines for the disqualification of a district busi…

Sec. 5. (a) For each state fiscal year beginning after June 30, 2019, until a district expires under section 3 of this chapter, if a district board applies for a grant under section 8(a)(3) of this chapter, the corporation shall, before September 1, make a determination on grants…

Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsection (c), a district business that claims any of the incentives available to district businesses shall, before June 1 of each year: (1) submit to the district board a verified summary concerning the amount of incentives claimed by the district busines…

Sec. 7. (a) A district board shall do the following: (1) Coordinate development activities within the district. (2) Serve as a catalyst for development within the district. (3) Promote the district to outside groups and individuals. (4) Establish a formal line of communication wi…

Sec. 8. (a) A district board may do the following: (1) Initiate and coordinate any community development activities that improve the physical environment or encourage the turnover or retention of capital in the district. (2) Modify a district boundary or disqualify a district bus…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply if federal law ceases to authorize the states to adopt and enforce provisions relating to public contracting such as those in this chapter. As added by P.L.21-2012, SEC.4.