Title 4, STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 14.5. (a) The mortgage foreclosure multistate settlement fund is established for the purpose of depositing and distributing money received under a multistate agreement related to litigation concerning mortgage foreclosure activities by creditors and mortgage servicers. The f…

Sec. 14.7. (a) The securities rating settlement fund is established for the purpose of depositing and distributing money received under a multistate agreement related to litigation concerning the rating processes used by Standard & Poor's Financial Services and McGraw Hill Financ…

Sec. 14.9. (a) As used in this section, "account" refers to the state bicentennial capital account established by subsection (c). (b) As used in this section, "bicentennial commission" refers to the Indiana 2016 bicentennial commission established by IC 4-23-33-3 (expired). (c) T…

Sec. 15. (a) In the absence of other directions, purposes or standards specifically imposed therein, or otherwise fixed by law, an emergency or contingency appropriation to the budget agency which is general and unrelated to any specific agency of the state shall be for the gener…

Sec. 15.5. (a) The Medicaid contingency and reserve account is established within the state general fund for the purpose of providing money for timely payment of Medicaid claims, obligations, and liabilities. Money in the account must be used to pay Medicaid claims, obligations, …

Sec. 15.7. (a) As used in this section, "account" refers to the state tuition reserve account. (b) The state tuition reserve account is established for the following purposes: (1) To fund a tuition support distribution under IC 20-43 whenever the budget director determines that s…

Sec. 16. Wherever in any existing law not expressly repealed by Acts 1961, c. 123 and not inconsistent herewith references are made to the budget committee, the state budget committee, the budget director, the director of the budget, secretary of the budget committee, or the divi…

Sec. 17.2. (a) As used in this section, "fund" refers to the Hoosier Families First Fund established by subsection (b). (b) The Hoosier Families First Fund is established for the purposes of this section. The fund shall be administered by the budget agency. (c) Forty-five million…

Sec. 18. Except for allotment stipulations provided in IC 4-12-18 and IC 12-8-15, federal funds received by an instrumentality are appropriated for purposes specified by the federal government and the general assembly, if that body elects to appropriate federal funds, subject to …

Sec. 19. For reporting purposes, the state's combined general fund reserves include the balances of the following: (1) The reverting accounts within the general fund (IC 4-8.1-1-3). (2) The Medicaid contingency and reserve account (section 15.5 of this chapter). (3) The state tui…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter unless a different meaning appears from the context: (a) The word "committee" means the budget committee. (b) The word "director" or the term "budget director" means the person who is director of the budget agency. (c) The term "appointing authorit…

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section, "fund" refers to the Pokagon Band Tribal-state compact fund established by subsection (c). (b) As used in this section, "Tribal-state compact" refers to the compact between the state and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians pursuant to IC 4…

Sec. 21. (a) To ensure transparency in state government, on or before June 30, 2022, and on or before June 30 of each year thereafter, all state agencies shall submit to the budget agency a report of each individual state employee employed by the state agency whose salary is fund…

Sec. 22. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), as used in this section, "dedicated fund" means a fund established separate from the state general fund for: (1) the use of a particular state agency; (2) the deposit of a particular state revenue source; or (3) the purposes of a…

Sec. 3. (a) A budget agency is created as an agency of the state. A director, appointed by the governor to serve at the governor's will and pleasure, shall be the chief executive officer of the agency and shall be known as the budget director. The director shall receive the salar…

Sec. 4. (a) Two (2) offices are created in the budget agency which shall be responsible to, and junior and subordinate to, the budget director. The persons to fill the offices shall be appointed by the governor to serve at the governor's will and pleasure, shall not be adherents …

Sec. 5. The budget director, and the members of the budget committee, and the deputy budget directors, and other officers and the employees of the budget agency shall be persons of known probity and shall possess adequate capacity and training for the work they are to do. No pers…

Sec. 6. When requested so to do by the governor, or by the budget director, other agencies of the state shall assist the budget agency in the effective discharge of its duties and functions. Any such agency shall employ its equipment and facilities to assist the budget agency to …

Sec. 7. (a) On or before the first day of September, in any year that the budget director makes a request under this chapter, each and every state agency shall prepare and file with the budget agency on forms designated by it a written statement, showing in detail the following: …

Sec. 7.5. A state agency may use artificial intelligence software to prepare a statement required under section 7 of this chapter or any budget projections for the state agency. As added by P.L.182-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 8. (a) In preparing the various estimates for the budget report, the budget agency may require any state agency to prepare and file with it additional or more detailed information and the director, or any duly authorized employee of the budget agency, may enter and investiga…

Sec. 9. (a) The budget agency shall assist the budget committee in the preparation of the budget report and the budget bill, using the recommendations and estimates prepared by the budget agency and the information obtained through investigation and presented at hearings. The bud…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Administration Act of 1961". (b) As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the admin…

Sec. 12. All performance or security bonds required of state officials or employees, except such bonds as are required of elected state officials and those under their jurisdiction, shall be approved, and the amount fixed by the commissioner wherein same is not fixed by law. The …

Sec. 13.5. (a) The Indiana department of administration is designated as the state agency to receive, store, and distribute federal surplus property according to the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. (b) The Indiana department…

Sec. 14. All retirement credits and any other legal rights of personnel transferred to the department shall not be impaired by Acts 1961, c.269. Formerly: Acts 1961, c.269, s.13. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.47.

Sec. 15. This chapter may not be construed to restrict the powers of the state board of accounts as prescribed by IC 5-11-1 or restrict the powers and functions of the state police department as prescribed by IC 10-11-2. This chapter, except IC 4-13-1-4(1) and IC 4-13-1-4(3), doe…

Sec. 16. At least once each year, the department of administration shall distribute to representatives of the news media throughout Indiana a notice stating that information concerning: (1) the notice and bidding procedures for state public works projects and state purchases of s…

Sec. 17. (a) A state agency may not purchase insurance to cover loss or damage to property. (b) This section does not prohibit any of the following: (1) The purchase of title insurance by a state agency. (2) The purchase of insurance by a body corporate and politic. (3) The purch…

Sec. 18. (a) The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 providing procedures for disputes and bid protests. (b) Judicial review of the department's decision in a dispute or bid protest is available only after exhausting the administrative remedies set forth in the rules. As a…

Sec. 19. A bidder or an offeror does not gain a property interest in the award of a contract by the department unless the bidder or offeror is awarded the contract and the contract is completely executed. As added by P.L.5-1993, SEC.4.

Sec. 2. There is created a department of state government which shall be known as the Indiana department of administration, referred to in this chapter as the department; and which shall consist of a commissioner as its executive head and of officers and employees who shall be ap…

Sec. 20. (a) This section does not apply to property covered under IC 4-20.5-6-3. (b) The department shall do both of the following: (1) Provide for the periodic inspection, appraisal, and inventory of all of the state's property. (2) Require reports from each state agency concer…

Sec. 21. The department may impose any of the following sanctions if the department determines that a bidder, offeror, or contractor has knowingly or intentionally provided false information to the department: (1) The bidder or offeror may be declared nonresponsive or nonresponsi…

Sec. 22. (a) As used in this section, "professional services" means the furnishing of services by any of the following: (1) A person licensed, certified, or registered under IC 25-2.1 or by an entity described in IC 25-0.5-5. (2) An attorney. (3) An expert witness, a court report…

Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, "supplies" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-22-2-38. (b) The commissioner shall establish a central warehouse. (c) Whenever the commissioner considers it advantageous to purchase supplies for use by state agencies for industries or for gener…

Sec. 24. (a) As used in this section, "salt" means road salt or another product used to treat snow or ice, or both snow and ice. (b) The department shall award quantity purchase agreements to vendors for the purchase of salt under IC 5-22. (c) A quantity purchase agreement awarde…

Sec. 25. (a) As used in this section, "emergency services equipment" refers to the following: (1) Fire trucks. (2) Emergency service vehicles. (3) Firefighting tools. (4) Protective wear. (5) Breathing apparatuses. (6) Communication devices, including hand held devices and vehicl…

Sec. 27. Before November 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the general assembly a report on the department's activities in the preceding state fiscal year. The report required by this section must be submitted in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. As added by P.L.…

Sec. 28. (a) As used in this section, "blockchain technology" means distributed ledger technology that uses a distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that may be public or private, permissioned or permissionless, and that may include the use of electronic curren…

Sec. 29. (a) To the extent a contract entered into by a state agency is required to be posted on the Indiana transparency website, the state agency shall provide the contract to the department for inclusion on the Indiana transparency website not later than thirty (30) days after…

Sec. 3. (a) The department consists of the following divisions: (1) General services. (2) Property management. (3) Information services. (4) Public works. (b) The commissioner may do the following: (1) Organize the department and its divisions. (2) Transfer or merge functions bet…

Sec. 4. The department shall, subject to this chapter, do the following: (1) Execute and administer all appropriations as provided by law, and execute and administer all provisions of law that impose duties and functions upon the executive department of government, including exec…

Sec. 4.3. (a) As used in this section, "diversity business" refers to any of the following: (1) A minority business enterprise, as defined in IC 4-13-16.5-1(h). (2) A qualified agency, as defined in IC 5-22-13-1. (3) A veteran owned small business, as defined in IC 4-13-16.5-1(p)…

Sec. 5. The enumeration of duties and functions, as designated in section 4 of this chapter, shall not be deemed exclusive nor construed as a limitation of the powers and authority vested in the department by other provisions of this chapter. This chapter shall be construed liber…

Sec. 7. The commissioner is empowered to adopt, amend, and promulgate reasonable administrative and procedural rules and regulations, consistent with any applicable law of this state, as the commissioner may consider necessary for the effective administration of this chapter. Any…