Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 14. (a) "Project" means the construction, remodeling, rehabilitation, or repair of buildings or other facilities owned by a public agency as described in the RFP. (b) The term does not include the construction, remodeling, rehabilitation, or repair of roads, highways, bridge…

Sec. 15. "Public agency" includes all of the following: (1) The meaning set forth in IC 5-30-1-11. (2) A public library (as defined in IC 36-12-1-5). (3) The health and hospital corporation created by IC 16-22-8-6. As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.178-2018, SEC.3; …

Sec. 16. "Request for proposals" or "RFP" refers to the process by which a public agency solicits persons to provide CMc services under this article. As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. "Applicable public works statute" refers to whichever of the following statutes is applicable to public works projects of the public agency: (1) IC 4-13.6. (2) IC 5-16. (3) IC 36-1-12. (4) Any other statute applicable to the public works projects of the public agency. As …

Sec. 3. "Applicable contract award standard" means, for purposes of this chapter, "lowest and best". As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.95-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. "Architect" refers to a person registered under IC 25-4-1. As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. "CMc" or "construction manager as constructor" means a person that provides CMc services. As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 6. "CMc contract" refers to a contract for CMc services. As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 7. "CMc services" includes the following: (1) Preconstruction phase services, including advice during the preconstruction phase of the project as described in the RFP. (2) Consultation, collaboration, project construction management, and other services as described in the RF…

Sec. 8. "Engineer" refers to a person registered under IC 25-31-1. As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. "Evaluation committee" refers to a group of individuals who are responsible for evaluating the responses of offerors to the RFP. As added by P.L.128-2014, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.78-2019, SEC.5.

Sec. 2. "Board" refers to the board of the corporation established under IC 5-33-4. As added by P.L.78-2019, SEC.5.

Sec. 3. "Corporation" refers to the Indiana destination development corporation established by IC 5-33-3-1. As added by P.L.78-2019, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. "Director" refers to the director of the corporation appointed under IC 5-33-4-6. As added by P.L.78-2019, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. The Indiana career accelerator fund is established to provide financial assistance awards to assist individuals in obtaining credentials from qualified education programs. As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.65.

Sec. 2. The fund consists of the following: (1) Appropriations made by the general assembly. (2) Grants and gifts intended for deposit in the fund. (3) Repayments of awards from the fund. (4) Interest that accrues from investments of money in the fund. (5) Money received from the…

Sec. 3. (a) INvestED Indiana shall administer the fund. The expenses of administering the fund may be paid from money in the fund. (b) Any compensation provided to employees of INvestED Indiana may not be paid from money received by the department under IC 5-34-3-2. As added by P…

Sec. 4. Money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations in the fund may be invested in the same manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund. As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.65.

Sec. 5. Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.65.

Sec. 1. (a) No public agency other than the department of financial institutions may adopt or enforce a rule or other regulation that would have the effect of prohibiting, restricting, or impairing the ability of a person to: (1) use or accept digital assets as a method of paymen…

Sec. 2. No public agency other than the department of financial institutions may adopt or enforce a rule or other regulation that would have the effect of prohibiting, restricting, or impairing the ability of an individual or business to do any of the following: (1) Operate a nod…

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no public agency other than the department of financial institutions may prohibit the operation of a digital asset mining business. (b) A public agency may enforce rules or other regulations applicable to a digital asset mining bu…

Sec. 1. Intent. The procedures of this article are established to provide the basic protection of the Social Security Act to public employees and their dependents and survivors on as broad a basis as is permitted by the Social Security Act. As added by Acts 1977, P.L.53, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. Authorization. The state agency with the approval of the governor may enter into a federal-state agreement with the federal administrator to extend the benefits of the Social Security Act to the employees of the state and its political subdivisions. As added by Acts 1977,…

Sec. 3. Coverage. (a) The agreement must cover services which are performed by an employee for the state or political subdivision and which are covered by a plan which conforms to the agreement and has been approved by the state agency. (b) The agreement may not cover services wh…

Sec. 4. Effective Date. The agreement or a modification to it must contain an effective date for the coverage of services. The effective date of the agreement may not be earlier than permitted by the Social Security Act or earlier than January 1 of the year in which the agreement…

Sec. 5. Payment to the Secretary of Treasury. The state shall pay to the secretary of the treasury, as prescribed under the Social Security Act, contributions equal to the sum of taxes which would be imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act if the act applied to service…

Sec. 6. Permissible Provisions. The agreement may contain such provisions concerning coverage, benefits, contributions, effective date, modification and termination of the agreement, administrative, and other appropriate matters as the state agency and federal administrator agree…

Sec. 7. Termination of Coverage. Coverage by the Social Security Act may be terminated by sending a written notice of termination to the federal administrator. The termination is effective if: (1) the notice is filed two (2) years before the time of termination; and (2) the emplo…

Sec. 8. Rules and Regulations. The state agency may make and publish such rules and regulations as it finds appropriate for the implementation of this article. As added by Acts 1977, P.L.53, SEC.1.

Sec. 9. (a) The agreement shall be modified to exclude services performed by an election official or an election worker for calendar year 2007 in which the remuneration paid for such services is less than one thousand three hundred dollars ($1,300), and for each calendar year aft…

Sec. 0.1. The addition of section 18 of this chapter (expired July 1, 2013) by P.L.224-2003 applies only to investments made after June 30, 2003. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.71. Amended by P.L.23-2026, SEC.25.

Sec. 1. (a) This article applies to the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund and the public employees' retirement fund. Each retirement fund covered by this article is a separate retirement fund managed by the board under the fund's retirement fund law. The board shall make an…

Sec. 1.5. Each retirement fund covered by this article shall satisfy the qualification requirements in Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable to each retirement fund. In order to meet those requirements, each fund is subject to the following provisions, notwithst…

Sec. 10. Based on the actuarial investigation and valuation in section 9 of this chapter, the board shall adopt mortality, service, and such other tables as the board considers necessary for the implementation of this article. The board shall adopt a single mortality table for bo…

Sec. 11. (a) Based on the actuarial investigation and valuation in section 9 of this chapter, the board shall determine: (1) the normal contribution for each contribution rate group, which is the amount necessary to fund the pension portion of the retirement benefit; (2) the rate…

Sec. 11.5. (a) As used in this section, "Vincennes University" refers to the state educational institution established under IC 21-25-2. (b) Notwithstanding section 11 of this chapter or any other law, Vincennes University is not required to make employer contributions to the Ind…

Sec. 12. (a) The general assembly shall appropriate biennially for each fund covered by this article that satisfies the conditions of section 1.5 of this chapter the sum of the following: (1) the state's normal contribution for its employees to the public employees' retirement fu…

Sec. 12.5. (a) This section applies to reports, records, and contributions submitted after December 31, 2009, by an employer. (b) As used in this section, "electronic funds transfer" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-8.1-2-7(f). (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), an employ…

Sec. 13. (a) The board may enter into a custodial agreement with a trust company or state or national bank to provide for the custody and servicing of the securities and other investments under the control of the board. (b) The agreement may contain such terms as the board consid…

Sec. 14. (a) Upon written authorization of a retired member or a retired member's survivor or beneficiary, each fund may satisfy a claim for benefits by directly depositing the amount of the benefits payable to the retired member's or the survivor's or beneficiary's account in an…

Sec. 2. (a) The board shall maintain the following separate accounts in the public employees' retirement fund: (1) The annuity savings account. (2) The retirement allowance account. (3) A supplemental allowance reserve account for the purpose of paying postretirement benefit adju…

Sec. 2.5. (a) The board may establish investment guidelines and limits on all types of investments (including, but not limited to, stocks and bonds) and take other actions necessary to fulfill its duty as a fiduciary for all assets under its control, subject to the limitations an…

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section: (1) "fund" means the public employees' retirement fund; and (2) "withdrawing participating entity" means a miscellaneous participating entity that takes an action described in subsection (b). (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, a m…