Title 4, STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 2. In addition to the provision of section 1, effective on the second Monday of January 1965, there shall be allowed to the governor the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) annually for the other expenses of the office of governor: Provided, That the full maintenance expens…

Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to the governor. (b) Each elected official of the state is entitled to a housing maintenance allowance of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per year in addition to the salary provided under section 1.5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.122-1…

Sec. 5. On or before October 1, 2025, and on or before October 1 of each year thereafter, the governor, governor's cabinet, and each state officer listed in section 1.5(a) of this chapter shall provide a report to the budget committee concerning the following for the immediately …

Sec. 1. The governor shall cause all acts and joint resolutions passed by the general assembly to be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and inform the house in which the same originated, thereof. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.47, s.1.

Sec. 2. The governor may employ counsel to protect the interest of the state in any matter of litigation where the same is involved; and the expenses incurred under this section, and recapturing fugitives from justice, may be allowed by the governor and paid out of any money appr…

Sec. 3. For breach of the condition of any official bond, by which the state is injured, the governor shall direct suit to be brought upon the governor's relation, unless otherwise provided by law; and all costs taxed against the relator shall be paid by the state. Formerly: Acts…

Sec. 4. The expenses of the necessary furniture, fuel, stationery, and postage of the governor, and such contingent fund as may be appropriated, shall be paid out of the treasury of the state, on the order of the state comptroller, as in other cases. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.4…

Sec. 5. The governor shall commission the following: (1) All officers designated in the Constitution of the State of Indiana other than members of the general assembly. (2) All officers elected by the general assembly. (3) All officers appointed by the governor. (4) All judges. (…

Sec. 6. The governor must reside at the seat of government as provided in Article 6, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.493.

Sec. 1. (a) The individual elected as secretary of state shall take office on January 1 following the individual's election. (b) The secretary of state, before entering upon the duties of office, shall execute an official bond with freehold or corporate security. Freehold surety …

Sec. 11. The secretary of state may adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 that are necessary to carry out IC 9-32. As added by P.L.184-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.106-2008, SEC.2; P.L.197-2011, SEC.2; P.L.92-2013, SEC.1.

Sec. 12. (a) The secretary of state shall establish a dealer services division within the office of the secretary of state. The dealer services division shall administer IC 9-32. (b) The secretary of state shall appoint a director of the dealer services division established by su…

Sec. 13. The secretary of state may adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out IC 24-4-19-13(b) concerning precious metal dealer registration. As added by P.L.222-2013, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. (a) The secretary of state shall keep and preserve the following: (1) The enrolled copy of the constitution of the state. (2) The manuscripts containing the enrolled acts and joint resolutions of the general assembly. (3) All the official bonds of state officers except th…

Sec. 3. (a) If certified and sealed by the secretary of state with the state seal, any copy (including a copy that has been reproduced from a micrographic copy prepared under section 2 of this chapter) of any records, laws, acts, official bonds, registers, rules, or papers that a…

Sec. 4. The secretary of state shall furnish, on demand, to any person, a duly certified copy of all or any part of any law, act, record, public register, public document, or other instrument of writing on file, or deposited, under law, to be kept, in the secretary of state's off…

Sec. 9. The secretary may appoint a deputy, who may perform the duties of the office of secretary. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.10. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.4.

Sec. 2. There is created the office of attorney general for the state to be administered by an attorney general who shall be elected under IC 3-10-2-6 by the voters of the state. The term of office of the attorney general is four (4) years, beginning on the second Monday in Janua…

Sec. 3. The attorney general shall be a citizen of and duly licensed to practice law in Indiana. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the attorney general's office, the attorney general shall take and subscribe an oath of office to be administered to the attorney g…

Sec. 4. The attorney general shall have deputies, assistants, clerks, and stenographers as the attorney general considers necessary to promptly and efficiently perform the duties of the attorney general's office, and which shall be selected and appointed by the attorney general; …

Sec. 5. (a) The salaries of the deputies, assistants, clerks, and stenographers appointed by the attorney general are the reasonable amounts the attorney general may fix and determine, but not exceeding a total amount as will be appropriated therefor. In addition thereto, all exp…

Sec. 6. All the rights, powers, and duties conferred by law upon the attorney general are conferred upon the attorney general created by this chapter; in addition thereto, the attorney general shall consult with and advise the several prosecuting attorneys of the state in relatio…

Sec. 1. (a) The individual elected as state comptroller (referred to as "auditor of state" in the Constitution of the State of Indiana) shall take office on January 1 following the individual's election. (b) The state comptroller (referred to as "auditor of state" in the Constitu…

Sec. 10. If any defendant in any such suit, upon the trial, gives any evidence which existed prior to the time of such adjustment and settlement, and which was not produced to the state comptroller at the time of the settlement, such defendant shall be subject to the costs and ch…

Sec. 11. Nothing contained in the provisions of this chapter shall be so construed as to affect any legal remedy which might be used if such provisions were not in force for the recovery of any claim in favor of the state. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.7, s.11. As amended by P.L.5-…

Sec. 15. All the books, papers, letters, and transactions pertaining to the office of state comptroller shall be open to the inspection of a committee of the general assembly, or either branch thereof, and also to the inspection of the governor. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.7, s.1…

Sec. 2. The state comptroller shall do the following: (1) Keep and state all accounts between the state of Indiana and the United States, any state or territory, or any individual or public officer of this state indebted to the state or entrusted with the collection, disbursement…

Sec. 3. (a) The state comptroller shall, from time to time, require all persons receiving money or securities, or having the management of any property, money, securities, or funds of the state, of an account that is kept in the state comptroller's office, to render statements to…

Sec. 4. The state comptroller shall have power to administer oaths in the adjustment or settlement of all claims for or against the state. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.7, s.4. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.50; P.L.9-2024, SEC.45.

Sec. 4.1. (a) All forms and reports that are used by the state comptroller to enter information into the state comptroller's accounting system are subject to the approval of the state comptroller. (b) The state comptroller shall approve forms and reports used by the state comptro…

Sec. 5. Whenever any person is entitled to draw money from the state treasury, the state comptroller may draw a warrant in the state comptroller's favor on the treasurer of state or authorize an electronic funds transfer in conformity with IC 4-8.1-2-7. The state comptroller shal…

Sec. 6. Whenever any officer or other person has received moneys belonging to the state, or has been entrusted with the collection, management or disbursement of any moneys, funds or interest accruing therefrom, belonging to or held in trust by the state, and shall fail to render…

Sec. 7. Whenever any officer or other person shall render an account to, and make settlement with the state comptroller, as in this chapter required, and shall fail to pay over to the treasurer of state the amount to be paid by such officer or person into the state treasury, or t…

Sec. 8. A copy of the account, in a case made out and certified by the state comptroller, shall be sufficient evidence to support an action for the amount stated to be due, without proof of the signature or official character of the state comptroller, subject to the right of the …

Sec. 9. The party sued shall be subject to the costs and charges of suit, except in cases in which the party shall have rendered a true account, and shall also have paid the amount to the proper person authorized to receive the same, before the commencement of the suit, or unless…

Sec. 1. The bonds, mortgages, notes, or other evidences of debt, or instruments of writing, executed by any person or persons, or that may hereafter be executed, for loans of money of any of the trust or other funds of the state, authorized by law to be loaned, being the same are…

Sec. 2. No borrower shall be permitted to defend any suit brought for the recovery of money on the ground that the officer who made the loan loaned a greater sum than the law authorized; nor shall any title to land, or lands and tenements, be considered invalid because the mortga…

Sec. 3. When any default is made in the payment of the principal or the interest of any loan from the sinking fund, surplus revenue fund, congressional township fund, college fund or any other of the trust or other funds of the state, suit shall, in the first instance, be brought…

Sec. 4. In all cases where the mortgagor is considered of doubtful solvency, and the property, when offered for sale, will not bring the amount due on the mortgage, the state may bid in the property for what the same may be considered worth, and hold the mortgagor liable upon the…

Sec. 5. The laws limiting the amount to be loaned by the officers having charge of the funds shall not prevent substitutions, but the substitutions may be made by the borrower, or any third person by the person's consent where the officer having control of the fund believes the i…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the budget agency law. (b) Its general purposes and policies may be perceived only from the entire chapter, but among them are four (4) of particular significance, namely: (1) Vesting in the budget agency duties and func…

Sec. 10.2. The budget committee shall meet at least once during the two (2) month period after adjournment of each regular session of the general assembly sine die and upon the call of the chair. The committee shall fix the time and place for such meetings. As added by P.L.123-20…

Sec. 11. (a) In addition to cooperating in the preparation of a recommended budget report and budget bill as herein provided, the chief functions of the budget committee shall be to serve as liaison between the legislative and executive, including the administrative branches of g…

Sec. 11.5. For purposes of any statute that requires budget committee review before an action may be taken by a state agency or other entity, budget committee review is considered to have taken place when the action requiring review has been included on an approved agenda of the …

Sec. 12. (a) Within forty-five (45) days following the adjournment of the regular session of the general assembly, the budget agency shall examine the acts of such general assembly and, with the aid of its own records and those of the budget committee, shall prepare a complete li…

Sec. 12.5. (a) As used in this section, "block grant" means a block grant established by the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-35). (b) The governor may transfer funds between block grants only in an amount authorized by state law. As added by Acts 1982, …