Title 5, STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 11. (a) The board is further authorized and empowered, in accordance with the rule making power granted in section 9 of this chapter, to adopt all necessary rules to: (1) establish inservice and advanced training programs, and minimum courses of study and attendance requirem…

Sec. 12. The board or any of its designated representatives are further authorized and empowered to: (1) visit and inspect any law enforcement training school of the state or any of its political subdivisions for the purpose of determining whether or not the minimum standards est…

report of cause for revocation; investigation of cause for revocation; hearing on cause for revocation; application for reinstatement Sec. 12.5. (a) The board may revoke, suspend, modify, or restrict a diploma, certificate, or document showing compliance and qualification issued …

Sec. 13. (a) There is created a fund known as the law enforcement academy fund. The fund consists of amounts deposited under IC 33-37-7-9. This fund may be used by the board for the following: (1) To acquire for the state land and interests in and to land, and to construct upon s…

Sec. 14. (a) There is hereby created the position of executive director of the law enforcement training board. (b) The executive director shall be selected by the board. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The executive director shall be selected on t…

Sec. 15. (a) The facilities of the law enforcement academy shall be available to any law enforcement agency of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, subject to the rules of the board. (b) Any law enforcement agency of the state, any of its political subdivisions, or an…

Sec. 15.1. (a) The facilities of the law enforcement academy may be used for the training of investigators of the Medicaid fraud control unit. The training shall be conducted upon the terms and conditions established by the board. (b) An investigator of the Medicaid fraud control…

Sec. 15.2. A board certified training center may provide basic training to a law enforcement officer who is: (1) employed by a law enforcement agency that is a member agency of the law enforcement training center; and (2) not accepted by the law enforcement academy for the next b…

Sec. 16. As a designated criminal justice agency, the board: (1) has all the duties and privileges of a police agency; (2) may appoint, through its executive director, police officers for the Indiana law enforcement academy; (3) shall establish all rules, policies, and procedures…

Sec. 17. (a) Police officers appointed under this chapter have all necessary law enforcement powers, including: (1) the power to arrest, without process, all persons who within the police officer's view commit any felony or misdemeanor; (2) all common law and statutory powers, pr…

Sec. 18. (a) The executive director or a member of the training staff of the board, when assisting a law enforcement officer or agency in either an advisory or active capacity, has the same powers as the officer or agency receiving the assistance. (b) When the executive director …

Sec. 19. (a) The Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, including the academy's board of directors, is designated as a criminal justice agency. (b) The Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy is a board certified training center. (c) As a designated criminal justice agency, t…

Sec. 2. For the purposes of this chapter, and unless the context clearly denotes otherwise, the following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Law enforcement officer" means an appointed officer or employee hired by and on the payroll of the state, any of the state's p…

Sec. 20. In conjunction with the Indiana commission to combat substance use disorder established by IC 4-3-25-3 and the division of mental health and addiction, the board may establish the Indiana technical assistance center for crisis intervention teams under IC 5-2-21.2. As add…

Sec. 3. There is created, as a criminal justice agency of the state, a law enforcement training board to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The board members are to be selected as provided by this chapter. The board is composed of the following members: (1) The superintend…

Sec. 4. All members of the board shall be appointed to the board by the governor. Not more than twelve (12) members may be members of the same political party. All appointments shall be for terms of four (4) years or while maintaining the position held at the time of appointment …

Sec. 5. Membership on the law enforcement training board shall not constitute holding a public office and members of the board shall not be required to take and file oaths of office before serving in such capacities. The board shall exercise only the powers granted by this chapte…

Sec. 6. The board shall meet at least four (4) times in each year and shall hold special meetings when called by the chairperson. The presence of nine (9) members of the board constitutes a quorum for doing business. At least nine (9) affirmative votes are required for the passag…

Sec. 8. The members of the board shall serve without compensation except that a salary per diem and actual expenses incurred, in accordance with travel policies and procedures established by the department of administration and the state budget agency, shall be allowed to each me…

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.16. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.94-2026, SEC.4. Sec. 9. (a) The board shall adopt in accordance with IC 4-22-2 all necessary rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The rules, whic…

Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "electronic edition" means a new edition of a newspaper that is only published on a newspaper's website and not published in a print edition. As added by P.L.146-2024, SEC.1.

Sec. 0.2. As used in this chapter, "locality newspaper" means a publication that meets all the following requirements: (1) Is regularly issued at least one (1) time per week. (2) Contains in each issue news of general or community interest, community notices, or editorial comment…

Sec. 0.4. As used in this chapter, "newspaper" refers to a newspaper: (1) that: (A) is a daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper of general circulation; (B) has been published for at least twelve (12) consecutive months in the same city or town; (C) has been entered, au…

Sec. 0.6. (a) For purposes of this chapter, a newspaper or qualified publication is published at the place where the newspaper or qualified publication has its original entry for mail privileges authorized by the United States Postal Service. (b) For purposes of this chapter, a n…

Sec. 0.7. (a) As used in this chapter, "qualified publication" means a publication that: (1) is published daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly; (2) is of general circulation to the public; (3) has been published for at least twelve (12) consecutive months in the same city or t…

Sec. 0.9. (a) This section applies to the publication of notice of an event that meets both of the following requirements: (1) Notice of the event is required by statute to be published two (2) or more times. (2) Notice is published: (A) at least one (1) time before July 1, 2024;…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 1. (a) The cost of all public notice advertising which any elected or appointed public official or governmental agency is required by law to have published…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies to a notice that must be published in accordance with this chapter. (b) If a newspaper or locality newspaper maintains a webs…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 1.6. (a) This section applies to a notice published by a political subdivision in a newspaper or locality newspaper under section 4 of this chapter. (b) Thi…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2. (a) This section applies only when notice of an event is required to be given by publication in accordance with this chapter. (b) If the event is a publ…

Sec. 2.3. (a) A notice published in accordance with this chapter or any other Indiana statute is valid even though the notice contains errors or omissions, as long as: (1) a reasonable person would not be misled by the error or omission; and (2) the notice is in substantial compl…

Sec. 3. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the expiration of each calendar year, the fiscal officer of each civil city and town in Indiana shall publish an annual report of the receipts and expenditures of the city or town during the preceding calendar year. (b) The annual reports …

Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies to each political subdivision that has: (1) an annual budget of at least three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000); and (2) the power to levy taxes. (b) This section does not apply to a political subdivision that is required to publish an annual…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 4. (a) Whenever officers of a political subdivision are required to publish a notice affecting the political subdivision, they shall publish the notice in t…

Sec. 6. (a) In all cases where notices are required by law to be published in the public newspaper by or under the supervision of any state officer, board, commission, or institution of the state of Indiana, said notices are hereby required to be published in each of two (2) dail…

Sec. 8. Whenever the utility regulatory commission orders a hearing in any city, town, county, or township of the state, notice of the hearing shall be published in accordance with IC 8-1-1-8. Formerly: Acts 1927, c.96, s.8. As amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.6; P.L.9-2025, SEC.2.

Sec. 9. A person who fails to comply with this article commits a Class C infraction. Formerly: Acts 1927, c.96, s.9. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.504.

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "contractor" means an individual or entity that: (1) enters into a contractual relationship with a city, town, county, or township; (2) has a fiduciary relationship with or performs a fiscal responsibility for the city, town, county, or township…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), every officer and every deputy, before entering on the officer's or deputy's official duties, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana, and that the officer o…

Sec. 1.2. (a) This section does not apply to an individual: (1) appointed or elected to an office the establishment or qualifications of which are expressly provided for in the Constitution of the State of Indiana or the Constitution of the United States; or (2) holding over in a…

Sec. 10. All official bonds shall be payable to the state of Indiana; and every such bond shall be obligatory to such state, upon the principal and sureties, for the faithful discharge of all duties required of such officer by any law, then or subsequently in force, for the use o…

Sec. 11. No official bond shall be void on a first recovery, but suits may be instituted thereon, from time to time, until the penalty thereof is exhausted. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.11.

Sec. 12. No official bond shall be void because of defects in form or substance or in the approval and filing thereof, but, upon the suggestion of such defects, such bond shall be obligatory as if properly executed, filed and approved. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.12.

Sec. 13. (a) All official bonds required by statute shall be executed by the principal and one (1) or more freehold sureties except as provided by subsection (b). (b) The official bonds of county surveyors and township trustees shall be executed by the principal and by two (2) or…

Sec. 14. A copy, a record, or a copy of a record of an official bond legally certified has the same effect in evidence as the original. Suit may be brought on a copy of an official bond as on the original. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-4-1-5 part.] Formerly: Ac…

Sec. 15.1. (a) Whenever it is necessary, the appropriate administrative officer of any department or agency of the state may cover deputies or employees of the department or agency by individual bonds, or blanket bonds, or a crime insurance policy endorsed to cover the faithful p…