Title 5, TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 4. (a) The general assembly shall appropriate an amount from the state general fund that is sufficient to cover the state's actuarial liability for each member covered by the pre-1996 account and for each state employee covered by the 1996 account. The board may reduce this …

Sec. 5. (a) The pension stabilization fund is established. The pension stabilization fund is a part of the pre-1996 account and shall be administered by the board in accordance with the powers and duties granted to the board by IC 5-10.4-3-10 through IC 5-10.4-3-14, IC 5-10.5-4, …

Sec. 5.5. The board shall allocate from the pension stabilization fund (IC 21-6.1-2-8, before its repeal, now codified at section 5 of this chapter) to the fund's 1996 account an amount equal to the unfunded liability for individuals who were members of the fund's pre-1996 accoun…

Sec. 6. The board shall do the following: (1) Credit interest to the members' annuity savings accounts in the guaranteed fund (before January 1, 2017), actual earnings to the stable value fund (after December 31, 2016), and actual earnings to the alternative investment programs. …

Sec. 1. On July 1, 2011, the Indiana public retirement system is established. As added by P.L.23-2011, SEC.22.

Sec. 2. The system consists of the following public pension or retirement funds: (1) The public employees' retirement fund established under IC 5-10.2 and IC 5-10.3. (2) The public employees' defined contribution plan established under IC 5-10.3-12. (3) The Indiana state teachers…

Sec. 3. The system is an independent body corporate and politic. The system is not a department or agency of the state but is an independent instrumentality exercising essential government functions. As added by P.L.23-2011, SEC.22.

Sec. 4. For purposes of IC 34-13-2, IC 34-13-3, and IC 34-13-4, the board, the system, and all employees of the board or the system are public employees (as defined in IC 34-6-2-38). As added by P.L.23-2011, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.100-2012, SEC.16.

Sec. 5. The system shall be managed and administered by a board of trustees established under IC 5-10.5-3. As added by P.L.23-2011, SEC.22.

Sec. 6. Each public pension or retirement fund listed in section 2 of this chapter is a separate fund managed by the board under this article and the retirement law applicable to the public pension or retirement fund. The obligations of the state and political subdivisions for be…

Sec. 1. The following individuals may apply to the office of the attorney general to have an address designated by the office of the attorney general serve as the individual's address or as the address of a minor or an incapacitated individual: (1) An individual who is at least e…

As added by P.L.273-2001, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.133-2002, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.149-2020, SEC.15.

Sec. 11. A program participant who obtains a change of name under IC 34-28-2 shall provide a copy of the decree of the court changing the program participant's name to the office of the attorney general not more than thirty (30) days after the court enters the decree. As added by…

Sec. 2. The office of the attorney general shall approve an application filed in the manner and on a form prescribed by the office of the attorney general if the application contains the following: (1) A sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant has good reason to belie…

Sec. 3. (a) Upon approving an application under section 2 of this chapter, the office of the attorney general shall certify the applicant as a program participant. (b) Subject to IC 5-26.5-3-2, IC 5-26.5-5-2.5, IC 5-26.5-5-2.6, and IC 5-26.5-5-6, the name, address, telephone numb…

Sec. 4. A program participant may use an address designated by the office of the attorney general as the program participant's work address. As added by P.L.273-2001, SEC.3.

computerized system; confidentiality of application information; voting by participant Sec. 5. (a) The definitions set forth in IC 3-5-2 apply to this section. (b) A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may apply to vote as provided in IC 3-7. The residence addr…

Sec. 6. Certification as a program participant expires June 30 of the fourth year after the date on which the office of the attorney general certifies or renews the certification of the applicant as a program participant. A program participant may apply to renew the certification…

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to a program participant whose certification expired under section 6 of this chapter. (b) The office of the attorney general shall notify the program participant of the expiration date at least thirty (30) days before the expiration date. (c) The …

As added by P.L.273-2001, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.

As added by P.L.273-2001, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.133-2002, SEC.69.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: (1) "electronic signature" has the meaning set forth in IC 26-2-8-102(10); (2) "obligations" shall include any bond, note, warrant, or other obligation; and (3) "public entity" shall include any political subdivision as defined by IC 36-1-2, state…

Sec. 2. (a) Whenever any existing statute requires the manual execution, attesting or authentication of any obligation issued by any public entity named in IC 5-1-1-1 by one (1) or more officials or persons, facsimile signatures or electronic signatures of the officials or person…

Sec. 3. These provisions shall not be construed to require manual signing of any interest coupons and signatures on interest coupons may all be facsimile signatures. Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.40, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. In all cases in which the law provides for the publication of a legal notice or notices pertaining to public works projects in any newspaper, it shall be legal for the governmental agency or official required by law to provide for and effect publication of such legal noti…

Sec. 2. This chapter shall not be deemed to alter, amend or repeal any other law of the state of Indiana but shall be supplemental and in addition to any other law now in force providing for the publication of legal notices in a newspaper of general circulation. Formerly: Acts 19…

Sec. 1. (a) An official bond of any state, county, township, or other public officer may not be approved until the execution is acknowledged by the principal and sureties before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. The officer taking the acknowledgment sha…

Sec. 2. The sureties in any official bond, taken and acknowledged as contemplated in the foregoing section, shall, as between such sureties and the state, be deemed and taken to be principals; and it shall not be competent for any surety in such bond to set up, as a defense to an…

Sec. 1. (a) Public officers may not draw or receive their salaries in advance. (b) This section does not prohibit a payment under IC 36-4-8-9. Formerly: Acts 1863, c.36, s.1. As amended by P.L.37-1986, SEC.1.

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.37, SEC.1. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.10(a).

Sec. 1. A person may not hold an office within Indiana, either by election or appointment, if the person has been convicted of: (1) evading the Selective Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 451-473); (2) engaging in conspiracy or an attempt to defraud the government of the United States;…

Sec. 2. Any appointment or election of any person lacking the qualification described in section 1 of this chapter is absolutely void and the person shall be removed from office under IC 34-17. Formerly: Acts 1921, c.83, s.2. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.25; P.L.3-1993, SEC.245…

Sec. 1. Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States, by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the capaci…

Sec. 2. (a) Political subdivisions of the state of Indiana shall allow preference points to eligible armed forces veterans who are being examined for full time employment. Preference points awarded to such veterans on each such examination shall be ten percent (10%) of the total …

Sec. 1. (a) There is established for the public purposes set forth in this article a body politic and corporate, not a state agency but an independent instrumentality exercising essential public functions, to be known as the Indiana finance authority. The authority is separate an…

employment Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other law, no officer or employee of the state forfeits the officer's or employee's office or employment by reason of the officer's or employee's acceptance of membership in the authority or by reason of the officer or employee providing se…

Sec. 11. (a) Each member of the authority, the public finance director, and any other employee or agent of the authority authorized by resolution of the authority to handle funds or sign checks, before beginning the individual's duties, shall execute a surety bond in the penal su…

Sec. 2. Appointments to the authority under section 1(c)(3) of this chapter are for terms of four (4) years. Each member appointed to the authority under section 1(c)(3) of this chapter: (1) holds office for the term of this appointment; (2) continues to serve after expiration of…

Sec. 3. (a) The members shall elect from among their number a vice chair and other officers as they may determine. (b) The members of the authority are entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with their duties as provide…

Sec. 5. Meetings of the members of the authority shall be held at the call of the chair or whenever any three (3) members so request. The members shall meet at least once every three (3) months to attend to the business of the authority. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.25.

Sec. 6. The governor shall appoint the public finance director, who serves at the pleasure of the governor. The public finance director shall: (1) administer, manage, and direct the affairs and activities of the authority and the employees of the authority in accordance with the …

duties; certification of copies Sec. 7. The public finance director, or the public finance director's designee, shall attend the meetings of the members of the authority, shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority, and shall maintain and be custodian of all books, do…

Sec. 8. (a) The authority may, without the approval of the attorney general or any other state officer, employ bond counsel, other legal counsel, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent or temporary, as the authority considers necessary to car…

Sec. 1. (a) The IFA may contract with the NWIRDA or the NICTD for construction, ownership, maintenance, and operation of rail projects. (b) The NWIRDA may contract with the NICTD for construction, ownership, maintenance, and operation of rail projects. As added by P.L.189-2018, S…

Sec. 10. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD may accept the transfer of any rail project to it. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.26.

Sec. 11. The IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD may: (1) in the manner provided by IC 32-24; or (2) as otherwise required for a railroad federal aid project funded in any part under 49 U.S.C. 103, et seq.; acquire by appropriation any land, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, …

authorization Sec. 12. (a) The state, acting through the governor, may convey, transfer, lease, or sell, with or without consideration, real property of any nature (including buildings, structures, improvements, land, rights-of-way, easements, and legal or equitable interests), t…

Sec. 13. All property of the IFA, the NWIRDA, or the NICTD constituting a rail project is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any political subdivision. As added …

Sec. 14. (a) Notwithstanding IC 36-7.5-2-8, the NWIRDA and the NICTD may utilize and may comply with the provisions of: (1) IC 5-16; (2) IC 5-23; (3) IC 5-30; (4) IC 5-32; (5) IC 36-1-12; or (6) any combination of the statutes listed in subdivisions (1) through (5) as determined …

Sec. 2. The IFA and the NWIRDA may finance rail projects in accordance with this article. As added by P.L.189-2018, SEC.26.