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IN Code § 27-15-16-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 15. Demutualization of Mutual Insurance Companies|Chapter 16. Miscellaneous Provisions|27-15-16-6. Use of "Mutual" Prohibited After Conversion

Sec. 6. After conversion, the name of the former mutual may not include the term "mutual".As added by P.L.94-1999, SEC.3.
IN Code § 27-16-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 1. Applicability|27-16-1-1. Applicability of Article

Sec. 1. This article applies after December 31, 2005.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-1. Application of Definitions

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-2. "Administrative Fee"

Sec. 2. (a) "Administrative fee" means the fee charged to a client by a professional employer organization for professional employer services.(b) The term does not include any amount charged to a client by a professional employer organization for wages and salaries, benefits, worker's compensation, payroll taxes, withholding, or other assessments paid by a professional employer organization to or on behalf of a covered employee.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-3. "Client"

Sec. 3. "Client" means a person that enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-4. "Co-Employed"

Sec. 4. "Co-employed" means that an individual is contemporaneously employed by both a client and a professional employer organization.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-5. "Co-Employer"

Sec. 5. "Co-employer" refers to a client or a professional employer organization that has entered into a professional employer agreement and has a relationship with a co-employed individual.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-6. "Co-Employment Relationship"

Sec. 6. "Co-employment relationship" means a relationship:(1) between a:(A) client and a professional employer organization; or(B) co-employer and a covered employee; and(2) that results from the client and the professional employer organization entering into a professional employer agreement.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-7. "Commissioner"

Sec. 7. "Commissioner" refers to the insurance commissioner appointed under IC 27-1-1-2.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-8. "Covered Employee"

Sec. 8. (a) "Covered employee" means an individual who is co-employed.(b) The term includes an individual who is an officer, a director, a shareholder, a partner, or a manager of a client to the extent the professional employer organization and the client expressly agree that the individual:(1) is described in subsection (a); and(2) acts as an operational manager or performs day to day operational services for the client;as reflected in the professional employer agreement.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-9. "Department"

Sec. 9. "Department" refers to the department of insurance created by IC 27-1-1-1.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-10. "Peo Group"

Sec. 10. "PEO group" means two (2) or more professional employer organizations that are majority owned or commonly controlled by the same entity, parent, or controlling person.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-11. "Person"

Sec. 11. "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, or another legally recognized entity.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-12. "Professional Employer Agreement"

Sec. 12. "Professional employer agreement" means a written contract between a person and a professional employer organization:(1) under which all or a majority of the person's employees become covered employees;(2) that provides for the allocation of employer rights and obligations between the person and the professional employer organization with respect to the covered employees; and(3) that specifies the professional employer services that will be provided.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-13. "Professional Employer Organization" or "Peo"

Sec. 13. (a) "Professional employer organization" or "PEO" means a person engaged in the business of providing professional employer services.(b) The term does not include the following:(1) An arrangement through which a person:(A) whose principal business activity is an activity other than entering into professional employer agreements; and(B) that does not hold the person out as a professional employer organization;shares employees with a commonly owned company within the meaning of Section 414(b) and 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 414(b) and 26 U.S.C. 414(c)).(2) An independent contractor arrangement through which a person:(A) assumes responsibility for a product produced or a service performed by the person or the person's agent; and(B) retains and exercises primary direction and control over the work performed by an individual whose services are supplied under the independent contractor arrangement.(3) The provision of temporary help services.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.124-2018, SEC.105.
IN Code § 27-16-2-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-14. "Professional Employer Services"

Sec. 14. "Professional employer services" means the services that are provided to a client by a professional employer organization under a professional employer agreement.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-15. "Temporary Help Service"

Sec. 15. "Temporary help service" means a service consisting of a person that:(1) recruits and hires the person's own employees, not including an officer, a manager, or a controlling person of a client to which the person's own employee is assigned by the person;(2) identifies organizations that need the services of employees described in subdivision (1);(3) assigns employees described in subdivision (1) to:(A) perform work or services for organizations described in subdivision (2);(B) support or supplement the workforces of organizations described in subdivision (2); or(C) provide assistance in special work situations, including employee absences, skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special assignments or projects; and(4) customarily attempts to reassign the employees described in subdivision (1) to other organizations when an assignment described in subdivision (3) is completed.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-2-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 2. Definitions|27-16-2-16. "Working Capital"

Sec. 16. "Working capital" means the difference between a person's:(1) current assets; and(2) current liabilities;determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.As added by P.L.11-2011, SEC.40.
IN Code § 27-16-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 3. Effect on Rights, Duties, and Obligations|27-16-3-1. Effect on Collective Bargaining Agreement or Federal Rights or Obligations

Sec. 1. This article and a professional employer agreement do not affect, modify, or amend:(1) a collective bargaining agreement; or(2) rights or obligations of a client, PEO, or covered employee under:(A) the federal National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.);(B) the federal Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); or(C) IC 22-7.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 3. Effect on Rights, Duties, and Obligations|27-16-3-2. Effect on Duties

Sec. 2. This article and a professional employer agreement do not do the following:(1) Diminish, abolish, or remove the obligations of a client to a covered employee that exist before the effective date of the professional employer agreement.(2) Affect, modify, or amend a contractual relationship or restrictive covenant:(A) between a covered employee and a client that is in effect on the effective date of the professional employer agreement; or(B) that is entered into between a client and a covered employee after the effective date of the professional employer agreement.A PEO is not responsible or liable for a dispute in connection with or arising out of a contractual relationship or restrictive covenant described in this subdivision unless the PEO has otherwise specifically agreed in writing.(3) Create a new or additional enforceable right of a covered employee against a PEO that is not specifically provided by the professional employer agreement or this article.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 3. Effect on Rights, Duties, and Obligations|27-16-3-3. Effect on Federal, State, or Local Requirements

Sec. 3. (a) This article and a professional employer agreement do not affect, modify, or amend a federal, state, or local:(1) license;(2) registration; or(3) certification;requirement that applies to a client or covered employee.(b) The following apply to a federal, state, or local requirement described in subsection (a):(1) A covered employee who is required to be licensed, registered, or certified is considered solely an employee of the client for purposes of a license, registration, or certification requirement.(2) A PEO is not considered to engage in an occupation, a trade, a profession, or another activity that is:(A) subject to a license, registration, or certification requirement; or(B) otherwise regulated by a governmental entity;solely because the PEO has entered into and maintained a co-employment relationship with a covered employee who is subject to a requirement or regulation described in clause (A) or (B).(3) A client has the sole right of direction and control of the professional or licensed activities of a covered employee and of the client's business.(4) Only a:(A) covered employee; or(B) client;that is subject to a requirement or regulation described in subdivision (2)(A) or (2)(B) is subject to the regulation by a regulatory or governmental entity responsible for licensing, registration, certification, or other regulation of the covered employee or client.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 3. Effect on Rights, Duties, and Obligations|27-16-3-4. Effect on Tax Credits and Incentives

Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of the determination of tax credits and other economic incentives:(1) provided by the state or another governmental entity; and(2) based on employment;a covered employee is considered an employee solely of the client.(b) A client is entitled to the benefit of any tax credit, economic incentive, or other benefit arising as the result of the employment of a covered employee of the client.(c) If the grant or amount of an incentive is based on the number of employees a client employs:(1) each client must be treated as employing only the covered employees actually working in the client's business operations; and(2) covered employees working for other clients of the PEO must not be counted.(d) A PEO shall provide, upon request by a client or an agency or a department of the state or of another governmental entity, employment information:(1) reasonably required by an agency or a department of the state or of another governmental entity that is responsible for administration of a tax credit or economic incentive described in this section; and(2) necessary;to support a request, a claim, an application, or another action by a client seeking a tax credit or an economic incentive.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 3. Effect on Rights, Duties, and Obligations|27-16-3-5. Effect on Government Contracts

Sec. 5. With respect to a bid, a contract, a purchase order, or an agreement entered into with the state or a political subdivision of the state, a client's status or certification as a:(1) small, minority owned, disadvantaged, or woman owned business enterprise; or(2) historically underutilized business;is not affected because the client has entered into the professional employment agreement.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-1. Registration Requirements

Sec. 1. (a) A person shall not:(1) provide professional employer services;(2) advertise that the person:(A) is a professional employer organization; or(B) provides professional employer services; or(3) otherwise hold the person out as a professional employer organization;in Indiana unless the person is registered under this article.(b) The registration requirement specified in subsection (a) applies to a person that performs any of the activities specified in subsection (a) regardless of the person's use of any of the following terms:(1) Professional employer organization.(2) PEO.(3) Staff leasing company.(4) Registered staff leasing company.(5) Employee leasing company.(6) Administrative employer.(7) Any other name.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-2. Application

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to an applicant for limited registration under section 6 of this chapter.(b) An applicant for registration under this article shall file with the department the following information:(1) The name or names under which the applicant conducts business.(2) The address of the principal place of business of the applicant and the address of each office the applicant maintains in Indiana.(3) The applicant's taxpayer or employer identification number.(4) A list by jurisdiction of each name under which the applicant has operated in the preceding five (5) years, including any alternative names, names of predecessors, and, if known, successor business entities.(5) A statement of ownership that includes the name and evidence of the business experience of any person that, individually or acting in concert with one (1) or more other persons, owns or controls, directly or indirectly, twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the equity interests of the applicant.(6) A statement of management that includes the name and evidence of the business experience of any individual who serves as president, chief executive officer, or otherwise has the authority to act as senior executive officer of the applicant.(7) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a financial statement:(A) setting forth the financial condition of the applicant as of a date not earlier than one hundred eighty (180) days before the date the financial statement is submitted to the department;(B) prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and(C) audited by an:(i) independent certified public accountant licensed to practice in the jurisdiction in which the accountant is located; or(ii) individual who is certified under IC 25-2.1-3 or IC 25-2.1-4;with a resulting audit report that is issued without qualification as to the status of the applicant as a going concern.(c) If a PEO has less than twelve (12) months of operating history on which to base an audited financial statement, the PEO shall file a financial statement that has been reviewed by an:(1) independent certified public accountant licensed to practice in the jurisdiction in which the accountant is located; or(2) individual who is certified under IC 25-2.1-3 or IC 25-2.1-4.(d) An applicant may apply to the department for an extension of time in which to file the audited financial statement and audit report required by subsection (b). An application under this subsection must be accompanied by a letter from the auditor described in subsection (b) specifying the reason for the requested extension and the anticipated date by which the audit will be completed.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.11-2011, SEC.41.
IN Code § 27-16-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-3. Registration Deadline

Sec. 3. (a) A PEO that is operating in Indiana on January 1, 2006, shall complete the PEO's initial registration not later than July 1, 2006.(b) An initial registration under subsection (a) is valid until the end of the PEO's first fiscal year end that occurs after December 31, 2006.(c) A PEO that is not operating in Indiana on December 31, 2005, shall complete the PEO's initial registration before commencement of operations in Indiana.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-4. Renewal Deadline

Sec. 4. A PEO shall, not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of the PEO's fiscal year, renew the PEO's registration by filing a statement notifying the department of any changes in the information provided in the PEO's most recent registration or renewal.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-5. Satisfaction of Requirements

Sec. 5. A PEO group may satisfy the reporting and financial requirements of this chapter on a combined or consolidated basis if each member of the PEO group guarantees the obligations under this article of each other member of the PEO group.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-6. Limited Registration for Foreign Peos

Sec. 6. (a) A PEO that is not domiciled in Indiana is eligible for a limited registration under this article if the PEO:(1) submits a properly executed request for limited registration on a form prescribed by the department;(2) is licensed or registered as a professional employer organization in another state that has licensure or registration requirements that are:(A) substantially the same as; or(B) more restrictive than;the requirements of this article;(3) does not:(A) maintain an office; or(B) directly solicit clients located or domiciled;in Indiana; and(4) does not have more than fifty (50) covered employees who are employed or domiciled in Indiana on any day.(b) A limited registration is valid for one (1) year and may be renewed.(c) A PEO that seeks limited registration under this section shall provide to the department information and documentation necessary to show that the PEO meets the requirements of this section.(d) IC 27-16-6 does not apply to a PEO that applies for limited registration under this section.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.11-2011, SEC.42.
IN Code § 27-16-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-7. Rules

Sec. 7. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for registration of a PEO without compliance with this chapter and IC 27-16-6 by the commissioner's acceptance of an affidavit or a certification:(1) provided by a bonded, independent, and qualified assurance organization that has been approved by the commissioner; and(2) that certifies the qualifications of a professional employer organization.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-4-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-8. List of Registered Peos

Sec. 8. The department shall:(1) maintain; and(2) publish on the department's Internet site;a list of PEOs that are registered under this article.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.11-2011, SEC.43.
IN Code § 27-16-4-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-9. Forms

Sec. 9. The department may prescribe forms necessary to promote the efficient administration of this chapter.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-4-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 4. Registration|27-16-4-10. Confidentiality of Records

Sec. 10. All records, reports, and other information obtained from a PEO under this chapter, except to the extent necessary for the proper administration of this chapter by the department, are confidential.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 5. Fees|27-16-5-1. Registration Fee

Sec. 1. Upon filing an initial registration application under IC 27-16-4-2, a PEO shall pay an initial registration fee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 5. Fees|27-16-5-2. Renewal Fee

Sec. 2. Upon the filing of an annual renewal of a registration under IC 27-16-4-4, a PEO shall pay a renewal fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 5. Fees|27-16-5-3. Limited Registration or Renewal Fee

Sec. 3. Upon initial application for limited registration under IC 27-16-4-6 and upon each annual renewal of the limited registration, a PEO shall pay a fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
IN Code § 27-16-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 16. Professional Employer Organizations|Chapter 5. Fees|27-16-5-4. Rules for Peo Group Registration Fees

Sec. 4. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to specify any fee to be charged for a PEO group registration.As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.