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IN Code § 4-15-5.9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 5.9. Biweekly Payroll Payments|4-15-5.9-1. Procedure

Sec. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or custom, the auditor of state shall issue payroll warrants or authorizations for electronic funds transfer under IC 4-13-2-7 to all state employees on a biweekly basis, so that the employees shall receive payment on the same day of the week, in alternate weeks. The auditor may provide for staggering of payrolls so that payment in the required manner can be effectively made, in accordance with this chapter.(b) Should a fiscal year terminate during any biweekly payroll period, that portion of the payroll warrant or authorization representing compensation for services performed during the terminated fiscal year shall be charged against the appropriations for that fiscal year and that portion of the payroll warrant representing compensation for services performed subsequent to the terminated fiscal year shall be charged against the appropriations for the new fiscal year.Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.23, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.11, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.23-1985, SEC.3.
IN Code § 4-15-5.9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 5.9. Biweekly Payroll Payments|4-15-5.9-2. Deposit of Compensation in Employee's Account in a Financial Institution; Written Request by Employee

Sec. 2. (a) A state employee may make a written request that any compensation due from the state be deposited to the employee's account in a financial institution. Upon receipt of the request, the auditor of state may:(1) draw a warrant in favor of the financial institution set forth in the request for the credit of the employee;(2) in the event more than one (1) employee of the state designates the same financial institution, draw a single warrant in favor of the financial institution for the total amount due the employees and transmit the warrant to the financial institution identifying each employee and the amount to be deposited in each employee's account; or(3) make a direct deposit to the bank or trust company by electronic funds transfer under IC 4-13-2-7.(b) The employee's written request shall authorize in advance the direct deposit by warrant or electronic funds transfer of the employee's earnings each time a payroll warrant or electronic funds transfer is issued on the employee's behalf. The employee's written authorization must designate a financial institution and an account number to which the payment is to be credited. The employee's authorization remains in effect until the employee revokes it in writing.As added by P.L.23-1985, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:"Agency" means any state administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, service, or other similar body of state government created or established by law. However, the term does not include state colleges and universities."Appointing authority" means the individual or group of individuals who have the power by law or by lawfully delegated authority to make appointment to a position in an agency."Employee" means an employee of an agency except an elected official."Supervisor" means an individual who oversees the daily activity of an employee.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.36, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-15-10-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-2. Political Activities

Sec. 2. Except when on duty or acting in an official capacity and except where otherwise provided by state or federal law, no employee shall be prohibited from engaging in political activity or be denied the right to refrain from engaging in such activity.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.36, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-15-10-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-3. Membership in Organizations of Employees

Sec. 3. No employee shall be denied the right to be a member of an organization of employees.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.36, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-15-10-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-4. Protection of Employees Reporting Violations of State or Federal Laws

Sec. 4. (a) Any employee may report in writing the existence of:(1) a violation of a federal law or regulation;(2) a violation of a state law or rule;(3) a violation of an ordinance of a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13); or(4) the misuse of public resources;to a supervisor or to the inspector general.(b) For having made a report under subsection (a), the employee making the report may not:(1) be dismissed from employment;(2) have salary increases or employment related benefits withheld;(3) be transferred or reassigned;(4) be denied a promotion the employee otherwise would have received; or(5) be demoted.(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an employee must make a reasonable attempt to ascertain the correctness of any information to be furnished and may be subject to disciplinary actions for knowingly furnishing false information, including suspension or dismissal, as determined by the employee's appointing authority, the appointing authority's designee, or the ethics commission. However, any state employee disciplined under this subsection is entitled to process an appeal of the disciplinary action under the procedure as set forth in IC 4-15-2.2-42.(d) An employer who violates this section is subject to criminal prosecution under IC 35-44.2-1-1.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.36, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.17-1984, SEC.1; P.L.32-1987, SEC.1; P.L.5-1988, SEC.25; P.L.9-1990, SEC.11; P.L.222-2005, SEC.21; P.L.6-2012, SEC.13; P.L.126-2012, SEC.12.
IN Code § 4-15-10-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-5. Exercise of Rights; Penalties Prohibited

Sec. 5. No employee shall suffer a penalty or the threat of a penalty because the employee exercised the employee's rights under this chapter.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.36, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.87.
IN Code § 4-15-10-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-6. Limitation of Rights and Remedies Prohibited

Sec. 6. Nothing in this chapter shall disparage, impair, or limit any other right or legal remedy of an employee.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.36, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-15-10-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-7. Volunteer Firefighting Activity

Sec. 7. (a) An employee may not be disciplined for absence from work if:(1) the employee is a member of a volunteer fire department under IC 36-8-12;(2) the employee has notified the employee's immediate supervisor in writing that the employee is a member of a volunteer fire department;(3) the employee presents a written statement to the employee's immediate supervisor from the chief or other officer in charge of the volunteer fire department that the employee was engaged in emergency firefighting activity at the time of the employee's absence from work; and(4) the employee secures authorization from the employee's supervisor to leave the employee's duty station if the employee has already reported for work.(b) An employee who:(1) is a member of a volunteer fire department under IC 36-8-12; and(2) is injured while the employee is engaged in emergency firefighting or other emergency response;may not be disciplined as a result of the injury or an absence from work because of the injury if the employee complies with subsections (a) and (c). However, for each instance of emergency firefighting activity or other emergency response that results in an injury to an employee, this subsection applies only to the period of the employee's absence from work that does not exceed six (6) months from the date of the injury.(c) The immediate supervisor of an employee described in subsection (b) may require the employee to provide evidence from a physician or other medical authority showing:(1) treatment for the injury at the time of the absence; and(2) a connection between the injury and the employee's emergency firefighting or other emergency response activities.(d) To the extent required by federal or state law, information obtained under subsection (c) by an immediate supervisor must be:(1) retained in a separate medical file created for the employee; and(2) treated as a confidential medical record.(e) The state personnel department shall administer an absence from employment under subsection (b) in a manner consistent with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), as amended and in effect on January 1, 2009.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.26, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.4; P.L.63-2009, SEC.1.
IN Code § 4-15-10-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10. State Employees' Bill of Rights|4-15-10-8. Civil Air Patrol Emergency Service Operations

Sec. 8. (a) For purposes of this section, "civil air patrol" refers to the Indiana wing of the civil air patrol.(b) For purposes of this section, "emergency service operation" includes the following operations of the civil air patrol:(1) Search and rescue missions designated by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center.(2) Disaster relief, when requested by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the department of homeland security established by IC 10-19-2-1.(3) Humanitarian services, when requested by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the department of homeland security established by IC 10-19-2-1.(4) United States Air Force support designated by the First Air Force, North American Aerospace Defense Command.(c) An employee may not be disciplined for absence from work if:(1) the employee is a member of the civil air patrol;(2) the employee has notified the employee's immediate supervisor in writing that the employee is a member of the civil air patrol;(3) in the event that the employee has already reported for work on the day of the emergency service operation, the employee secures authorization from the employee's supervisor to leave the employee's duty station before leaving to engage in the emergency service operation; and(4) the employee presents a written statement to the employee's immediate supervisor from the commander or other officer in charge of the civil air patrol indicating that the employee was engaged in an emergency service operation at the time of the employee's absence from work.As added by P.L.10-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.10.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2020, this chapter applies when an agency is required to assign, appoint, or otherwise make use of an individual to act in the capacity of an administrative law judge to preside over administrative proceedings to review a disputed agency action for the agency.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) and section 2 of this chapter, this chapter applies to each state agency that has the authority to employ or engage one (1) or more administrative law judges to adjudicate contested cases.(c) This chapter does not apply to an agency that uses a board or commission to act in the capacity of an administrative law judge to preside over administrative proceedings, and should not be construed as limiting an agency's ability to use its board or commission to act in the capacity of an administrative law judge to preside over administrative proceedings to review a disputed agency action for the agency.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-2. Entities to Which the Chapter Does Not Apply

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to:(1) the department of workforce development;(2) the unemployment insurance review board of the department of workforce development;(3) the worker's compensation board of Indiana;(4) the Indiana utility regulatory commission;(5) the department of state revenue;(6) the department of local government finance;(7) the Indiana board of tax review;(8) the natural resources commission;(9) the office of environmental adjudication;(10) the Indiana education employment relations board;(11) the state employees appeals commission; or(12) before July 1, 2022, any other agency or category of proceeding determined by the governor to be exempt from this chapter for good cause.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-3. "Administrative Law Judge"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "administrative law judge" means an individual who presides over an administrative proceeding that results in a finding of fact determining the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party after an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-4. "Agency"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "agency" means an authority, board, branch, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, office, service, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. The term does not include any of the following:(1) Any body corporate and politic set up as an instrumentality of the state.(2) Any private, nonprofit, government related corporation.(3) The judicial department of state government.(4) The legislative department of state government.(5) A state educational institution.(6) A political subdivision.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-5. "Director"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "director" means the director of the office of administrative law proceedings.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-6. "Office"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "office" means the office of administrative law proceedings established by section 7 of this chapter. The term includes the director.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-7. Office Established as Separate Department

Sec. 7. The office of administrative law proceedings is established as a separate department within the state personnel department.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-8. Director

Sec. 8. The office shall have a director who is responsible for administering the office. The governor shall appoint the director.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-9. Provision of Office, Rooms, and Staff

Sec. 9. The state personnel department shall provide offices, rooms, and staff assistance to the director for the office.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-10. Duties of Director

Sec. 10. The director shall do the following:(1) Hire or contract with administrative law judges and other employees as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(2) Assign administrative law judges from the office to preside over administrative proceedings.(3) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing a code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges. The code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges applies to each person acting as an administrative law judge for the office. The director may adopt emergency rules in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to implement a code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges.(4) Receive complaints alleging violations of the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges, investigate the complaints, and take administrative or disciplinary action as deemed appropriate and warranted.(5) Establish and administer a program to train and educate administrative law judges.(6) Require all administrative law judges for the office to annually complete a number of hours of training and education determined by the director.(7) Provide and coordinate education for administrative law judges on the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges, professionalism, administrative practices, and other subjects necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(8) Render advisory opinions to administrative law judges concerning the code of judicial conduct for administrative law judges. Information and advice contained in an advisory opinion are considered:(A) specific to the person who requests the opinion and to the facts presented; and(B) confidential records under IC 5-14-3-4(b)(6).(9) Consult with agency heads on hiring and performance evaluations of administrative law judges for the agencies of the agency heads.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-11. Contracts; Rules

Sec. 11. The office may:(1) enter into contracts or agreements; and(2) adopt rules under IC 4-22-2;necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-12. Jurisdiction; Authority

Sec. 12. (a) Beginning July 1, 2020, and except as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this chapter, the office has jurisdiction over all administrative proceedings concerning agency administrative actions under:(1) IC 4-21.5; or(2) any other statute that requires or allows the office to take action.(b) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter or any other statute to the contrary:(1) the office shall not be considered the ultimate authority in any administrative proceeding; and(2) a decision by the office in an administrative proceeding is not a final agency action;unless expressly designated by the agency. This subsection may not be construed as preventing the rescission of an agency's delegation.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-13. Assigning Administrative Law Judges; Considerations

Sec. 13. (a) The director shall assign one (1) or more administrative law judges to:(1) one (1) or more agencies to handle all administrative proceedings filed with that agency or agencies; or(2) preside over any administrative proceeding filed within an agency.(b) When assigning an administrative law judge to an agency or an administrative proceeding, the director shall consider an administrative law judge's experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-14. Procedures

Sec. 14. (a) The procedures of the office in an administrative proceeding are governed by:(1) IC 4-21.5; or(2) if IC 4-21.5 does not apply, any other statute that governs an agency's administrative proceedings.(b) The office shall render its decisions in writing.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-15. Qualifications of Administrative Law Judges

Sec. 15. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an administrative law judge employed by the office must be:(1) a citizen of Indiana; and(2) an attorney in good standing admitted to the practice of law in Indiana.(b) An individual who does not meet the requirement under subsection (a)(2) but who served as an administrative law judge for an agency in Indiana before May 1, 2019, may be employed by the office as an administrative law judge.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-10.5-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 10.5. Office of Administrative Law Proceedings|4-15-10.5-16. Provision of Space and Administrative Support by Agency

Sec. 16. An agency must provide office space, hearing rooms, and administrative support for administrative proceedings for the agency.As added by P.L.205-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-15-11-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 11. Legal Defense of State Employees|4-15-11-1. "Officer or Employee of the State"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "officer or employee of the state" means the following:(1) An elected official or employee of a state administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, service, or other similar body of state government created or established by law.(2) A teacher (as defined in IC 20-18-2-22).The term does not include an employee of a state educational institution.As added by P.L.33-1987, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.16-1990, SEC.2; P.L.1-2005, SEC.63; P.L.2-2007, SEC.46.
IN Code § 4-15-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 15. Personnel Administration|Chapter 11. Legal Defense of State Employees|4-15-11-2. Representation by Attorney General or Appointed Counsel

Sec. 2. An officer or employee of the state who is charged with a crime or infraction in the courts of this state or of the United States or who is the target of a grand jury investigation may not be represented in those proceedings by the attorney general or by counsel appointed or provided by the attorney general.As added by P.L.33-1987, SEC.1.