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IN Code § 4-4-38.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas|4-4-38.5-10. Office to Adopt Guidelines; Collaboration With State Agencies and Political Subdivisions

Sec. 10. (a) The office shall adopt guidelines to implement this chapter, including guidelines governing the following:(1) The form and content of requests to provide eligible broadband service in connection with an eligible broadband project.(2) The form and content of applications for grants under this chapter.(3) A competitive bidding process or a process for requests for proposals for eligible broadband projects.(4) Standards for determining whether a broadband service provider has demonstrated:(A) financial;(B) technical; and(C) operational;capability in building and operating a broadband network, as necessary to qualify as an eligible broadband service provider for purposes of this chapter.(5) Standards establishing population parameters or another appropriate metric for defining a community that qualifies as a small municipality for purposes of section 7(2) of this chapter.(6) Standards for determining the types and categories of expenses that are:(A) directly related to an eligible broadband project; and(B) eligible to receive funding under this chapter.(7) Standards for assigning weight to the funding priorities set forth in section 9(e) of this chapter.(b) In adopting the guidelines described in subsection (a) or in otherwise administering this chapter, the office may collaborate with other state agencies or with political subdivisions of the state.As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.7.
IN Code § 4-4-38.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas|4-4-38.5-11. Rural Broadband Fund

     Note: This version of section effective until 4-29-2021. See also following version of this section, effective 4-29-2021.Sec. 11. (a) The rural broadband fund is established for the purpose of:(1) awarding grants under:(A) this chapter after July 31, 2019; and(B) IC 4-4-38 before August 1, 2019;(2) providing financial assistance under the program established by the office under section 10.5 of this chapter for expenses described in section 10.5(b) of this chapter incurred before July 1, 2025;(3) providing funding for the creation and annual maintenance of the public broadband portal created and administered by the office under IC 4-4-41-9; and(4) awarding grants under the Indiana broadband connectivity program under IC 4-4-41.(b) The office shall administer the fund.(c) The fund consists of:(1) money appropriated by the general assembly;(2) money received by the office from federal grants or programs for broadband infrastructure; and(3) donations, gifts, and money received from any other source, including transfers from other funds or accounts.(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund but remains in the fund to be used exclusively for the purposes of this chapter and IC 4-4-38.As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.9.
IN Code § 4-4-38.5-11-b (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas|4-4-38.5-11-b. Rural Broadband Fund

     Note: This version of section effective 4-29-2021. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 4-29-2021.Sec. 11. (a) The rural broadband fund is established for the purpose of:(1) awarding grants under:(A) this chapter after July 31, 2019; and(B) IC 4-4-38 before August 1, 2019;(2) providing financial assistance under the program established by the office under section 10.5 of this chapter for expenses described in section 10.5(b) of this chapter incurred before July 1, 2025;(3) providing funding for the creation and annual maintenance of the public broadband portal created and administered by the office under IC 4-4-41-8; and(4) awarding grants under the Indiana broadband connectivity program under IC 4-4-41.(b) The office shall administer the fund.(c) The fund consists of:(1) money appropriated by the general assembly;(2) money received by the office from federal grants or programs for broadband infrastructure; and(3) donations, gifts, and money received from any other source, including transfers from other funds or accounts.(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund but remains in the fund to be used exclusively for the purposes of this chapter and IC 4-4-38.As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.9; P.L.137-2021, SEC.16; P.L.158-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 4-4-38.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas|4-4-38.5-12. Awarding of Grants After July 31, 2019; Limitation on Transfer of Assets; Grant Agreement Required; Funds Conditioned on Project Completion

Sec. 12. (a) After July 31, 2019, a state agency may award grants under this chapter from the fund to eligible broadband service providers for eligible broadband projects, in accordance with:(1) the procedures established by the office under section 9 of this chapter; and(2) the guidelines adopted by the office under section 10 of this chapter.(b) Once funds have been released from the fund in accordance with this chapter, all authority and ownership of the eligible broadband infrastructure vests with the eligible broadband service provider that built the infrastructure. The office may not allow for the transfer of eligible broadband assets paid for with funds under this chapter to any entity other than an eligible broadband service provider.(c) The office shall sign a grant agreement with an eligible broadband service provider awarded a grant under this chapter for an eligible broadband project. A grant agreement required under this subsection must:(1) outline a start date and end date for completion of the eligible broadband project; and(2) condition the release of any grant funds awarded under this chapter on the progressive completion of the eligible broadband project.As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
IN Code § 4-4-38.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas|4-4-38.5-13. Broadband Grant Goals and Assessment Metrics; Annual Report to Interim Study Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications; Annual Audit by State Board of Accounts

Sec. 13. (a) The office shall establish and publish on the office's Internet web site:(1) specific, measurable goals; and(2) metrics to be used in assessing the progress made toward accomplishing those goals;for the disbursement of state broadband grant funds.(b) Beginning in 2020, not later than August 1 of each year, the office shall submit to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4(8) a report on the awarding of grants under this chapter during the most recent state fiscal year, including the following:(1) The number, amounts, and recipients of grants awarded under this chapter, along with the state agency awarding each grant.(2) The status of any funded eligible broadband projects.(3) Expenses incurred and funds spent by the office in administering this chapter.(4) A list of the entities, if any, that the office collaborated with in administering this chapter.(5) An accounting of money in the fund, including funds awarded as grants under this chapter.(6) The number of:(A) school corporation buildings described in section 9(b)(1) of this chapter;(B) rural health clinics described in section 9(b)(2) of this chapter;(C) access points described in section 9(b)(3) of this chapter; and(D) locations in rural areas described in section 9(b)(4) of this chapter;to which broadband infrastructure has been deployed with the use of grant funds under this chapter, including address-level information for newly connected locations.(7) The overall progress of the deployment of broadband infrastructure for the provision of eligible broadband service:(A) to school corporation buildings, as described in section 9(b)(1) of this chapter;(B) to rural health clinics, as described in section 9(b)(2) of this chapter;(C) so as to ensure that eligible students have access points providing a connection to eligible broadband service, as described in section 9(b)(3) of this chapter; and(D) in rural areas in Indiana, as described in section 9(b)(4) of this chapter.A report to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.(c) Every year, beginning in 2021, the state board of accounts shall conduct an audit of the awarding of grants under:(1) IC 4-4-38; and(2) this chapter;as appropriate, during the most recent state fiscal year. A report of an audit conducted under this subsection shall be submitted to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4(8) in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 not later than September 1 of the calendar year that includes the end of the state fiscal year covered by the audit.As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.10.
IN Code § 4-4-38.5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 38.5. Broadband Grants for Rural Areas|4-4-38.5-14. Confidential or Proprietary Business Information; Nondisclosure

Sec. 14. The office, and any state agency or any political subdivision with which the office cooperates or consults in administering this chapter:(1) shall not disclose information designated as confidential or proprietary business information by a grant applicant or recipient; and(2) shall execute appropriate nondisclosure agreements to prevent the disclosure of confidential or proprietary business information in connection with grants awarded under this chapter.As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7.
IN Code § 4-4-41-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-1. "Broadband Internet"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "broadband Internet" means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least fifty (50) megabits per second downstream and at least five (5) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-2. "Fund"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the rural broadband fund established by IC 4-4-38.5-11.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-3. "Minimum Broadband Internet"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "minimum broadband Internet" means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least twenty-five (25) megabits per second downstream and at least three (3) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-4. "Office"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by IC 4-4-9.7-4.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-5. "Program"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the Indiana broadband connectivity program established by section 7 of this chapter.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-6. "Registered Provider"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "registered provider" means a company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that provides broadband Internet service in Indiana and that has registered with the program under section 8 of this chapter.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-7. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program; Establishment, Purpose, and Administration

Sec. 7. (a) The Indiana broadband connectivity program is established for the purpose of expanding the availability of broadband Internet connectivity throughout Indiana by:(1) connecting Indiana residents and businesses that lack access to broadband Internet service with providers of broadband Internet service through the public broadband portal created under section 8 of this chapter; and(2) providing funding under section 9 of this chapter to assist broadband Internet providers in meeting the expense of extending broadband Internet service to addresses at which minimum broadband Internet service is unavailable.(b) The office shall administer the program.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-9. Broadband Connectivity Grants; Grant Agreements; Grant Amounts

Sec. 9. (a) The office shall:(1) award a grant from the fund to a provider selected by the office under section 8(g) of this chapter to extend broadband Internet service to an address; and(2) enter into an agreement with the provider under which:(A) the provider agrees to extend broadband Internet service to the address; and(B) the office agrees to distribute the amount of the grant to the provider upon the provider's satisfactory completion of extension of broadband Internet service to the address and the provider's submission of:(i) an invoice for the provider's expenses in extending broadband Internet service to the address; and(ii) a statement that broadband Internet service is now available at the address.(b) The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed the following:(1) A per-line extension amount that exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), regardless of the number of addresses served by the line extension.(2) A per-passing amount that exceeds the state's cost per passing for all grants awarded from the fund under IC 4-4-38.5 as of the last day of the immediately preceding state fiscal year, as calculated by the office.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-10. Annual Report to General Assembly

Sec. 10. (a) Not later than November 1 of each year, the office shall:(1) issue to the executive director of the legislative services agency, for distribution to the members of the general assembly convening in November of that year; and(2) post to the office's Internet web site;a report regarding the program.(b) The report under subsection (a) must include the following information with regard to the immediately preceding calendar year:(1) The number of addresses submitted under section 8(b)(2) of this chapter:(A) in total; and(B) categorized by the Indiana legislative district in which the address is located.(2) The number of grants, and the amount of the grants, awarded under this chapter:(A) in total; and(B) categorized by the Indiana legislative district in which the grant was used to extend broadband Internet service.(c) The report issued under subsection (a)(1) must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-41-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 41. Indiana Broadband Connectivity Program|4-4-41-11. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 11. The office shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary for the administration of this chapter. In adopting the rules required by this section, the office may adopt emergency rules in the manner provided by IC 4-22-2-37.1. Notwithstanding IC 4-22-2-37.1(g), an emergency rule adopted by the office under this section and in the manner provided by IC 4-22-2-37.1 expires on the date on which a rule that supersedes the emergency rule is adopted by the office under IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36.As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-4-43-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 4. Lieutenant Governor|Chapter 43. Indiana Broadband Mapping Program|4-4-43-1. Geographic Information System for Broadband Coverage; Evaluation of Federal Communications Commission Internet Coverage Map

Sec. 1. (a) The office may maintain a geographic information system or similar data base that contains spatial data regarding the availability of broadband Internet service in Indiana.(b) The office may create and may, subject to subsection (c), regularly update the data base using broadband Internet coverage information compiled by the Federal Communications Commission.(c) Not later than July 1, 2022, the office:(1) may evaluate the broadband Internet coverage map created by the Federal Communications Commission under the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (Public Law 116-130); and(2) if the office determines that the map provides broadband Internet coverage information:(A) at a level of detail that allows for determination of broadband Internet availability at individual Indiana addresses; or(B) at a level of detail greater than that of the broadband Internet coverage map provided by the office on the office's Internet web site;may use the information to update the broadband Internet coverage map provided by the office on the office's Internet web site.(d) If the office determines in the office's evaluation under subsection (c) that the map does not provide broadband Internet coverage information:(1) at a level of detail that allows for determination of broadband Internet availability at individual Indiana addresses; or(2) at a level of detail greater than that of the broadband Internet coverage map provided by the office on the office's Internet web site;the office shall present the office's determination to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications during the 2022 legislative interim.As added by P.L.158-2021, SEC.3.
IN Code § 4-5-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 5. Secretary of State|Chapter 1. Secretary of State|4-5-1-1. Commencement of Term; Bond

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 must be approved by the governor.Formerly: Acts 1852,1RS, c.96, s.1. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.1; P.L.8-1995, SEC.67.
IN Code § 4-5-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 5. Secretary of State|Chapter 1. Secretary of State|4-5-1-3. Copies of Records and Documents; Evidence; Official Acts and Proceedings of Governor; Inspection of Records

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 are required by law to be kept in the office of the secretary of state shall, in all cases, be evidence equally and in like manner as the originals.(b) The secretary of state shall attest all the official acts and proceedings of the governor and affix the seal of state, with the attestation, to all commissions, pardons, and other public instruments to which the signature of the governor is required.(c) The secretary of state shall permit all the books, bonds, conveyances, registers, papers, accounts, and transactions of the secretary of state's office to be open at all times to the inspection and examination of any committee of either branch of the general assembly.(d) The secretary of state shall furnish information in writing upon any subject relating to the duties of the secretary of state's office to the governor, whenever required.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.3. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.3; P.L.31-1985, SEC.40; P.L.215-2016, SEC.28.
IN Code § 4-5-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 5. Secretary of State|Chapter 1. Secretary of State|4-5-1-4. Certified Copies of Documents

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 office, and of which a copy may be properly given.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.4. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.29.
IN Code § 4-5-1-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 5. Secretary of State|Chapter 1. Secretary of State|4-5-1-9. Deputy

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.
IN Code § 4-5-1-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 5. Secretary of State|Chapter 1. Secretary of State|4-5-1-11. Secretary of State Adoption of Rules to Enforce Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws

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.
IN Code § 4-5-1-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 5. Secretary of State|Chapter 1. Secretary of State|4-5-1-12. Dealer Services Division; Director to Be Appointed

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 subsection (a).As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.174-2016, SEC.1.
IN Code § 4-5-1-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 5. Secretary of State|Chapter 1. Secretary of State|4-5-1-13. Adoption of Rules to Carry Out Precious Metal Dealer Registration

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.