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IN Code § 4-1-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 4. Local Government Office Relocation; Enemy Attack|4-1-4-2. Location; Establishment by Ordinances and Resolutions

Sec. 2. Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the governing body of any political subdivision of this state may meet at any place within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision on the call of the presiding officer or any two (2) members of such governing body, and shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location, or locations, of government where all, or any part, of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation. Such sites or places may be within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision and may be within or without this state.Formerly: Acts 1961, c.140, s.2.
IN Code § 4-1-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 4. Local Government Office Relocation; Enemy Attack|4-1-4-3. Powers of Governing Bodies; Exercise Without Regard to Formalities; Validity of Acts

Sec. 3. During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location, or locations, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this state shall have and possess and shall exercise, at any such temporary location, all of the executive, legislative and judicial powers and functions conferred upon such body and officers by or under the laws of this state. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to or compliance with time consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law and pertaining thereto, and all acts of such body and officers shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of their political subdivision.Formerly: Acts 1961, c.140, s.3.
IN Code § 4-1-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 4. Local Government Office Relocation; Enemy Attack|4-1-4-4. Conflicting Laws

Sec. 4. This chapter shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding any provision of a statute or ordinance to the contrary or in conflict with this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1961, c.140, s.4. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.6.
IN Code § 4-1-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:(1) "Personal information system" means any recordkeeping process, whether automated or manual, containing personal information and the name, personal number, or other identifying particulars of a data subject.(2) "Personal information" means any information that describes, locates, or indexes anything about an individual or that affords a basis for inferring personal characteristics about an individual including, but not limited to, the individual's education, financial transactions, medical history, criminal or employment records, finger and voice prints, photographs, or the individual's presence, registration, or membership in an organization or activity or admission to an institution.(3) "Data subject" means an individual about whom personal information is indexed or may be located under the individual's name, personal number, or other identifiable particulars, in a personal information system.(4) "State agency" means every agency, board, commission, department, bureau, or other entity of the administrative branch of Indiana state government, except those which are the responsibility of the auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of state, attorney general, and excepting the department of state police and state educational institutions.(5) "Confidential" means information which has been so designated by statute or by promulgated rule or regulation based on statutory authority.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1978, P.L.10, SEC.1; P.L.19-1983, SEC.1; P.L.2-2007, SEC.17; P.L.215-2016, SEC.2; P.L.219-2017, SEC.7; P.L.8-2019, SEC.6; P.L.43-2021, SEC.5.
IN Code § 4-1-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-3. Right of Inspection by Data Subject or Agent; Document Search and Duplication; Standard Charges

Sec. 3. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, any state agency that maintains a personal information system shall, upon request and proper identification of any data subject, or a data subject's authorized agent, grant the subject or agent the right to inspect and to receive at reasonable, standard charges for document search and duplication, in a form comprehensible to the subject or agent:(a) all personal information about the data subject, unless otherwise provided by statute, whether the information is a matter of public record or maintained on a confidential basis, except in the case of medical and psychological records, where the records shall, upon written authorization of the data subject, be given to a physician or psychologist designated by the data subject;(b) the nature and sources of the personal information, except where the confidentiality of the sources is required by statute; and(c) the names and addresses of any recipients, other than those with regular access authority, of personal information of a confidential nature about the data subject, and the date, nature, and purpose of the disclosure.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 4-1-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-4. Disclosures Limited to Business Hours; Standard Charges

Sec. 4. An agency shall make the disclosures to data subjects required under this chapter during regular business hours. Copies of the documents containing the personal information sought by the data subject shall be furnished to the data subject or the data subject's representative at reasonable, standard charges for document search and duplication.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-1-6-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-5. Challenge of Information by Data Subject; Notice; Minimum Procedures

Sec. 5. If the data subject gives notice that the data subject wishes to challenge, correct, or explain information about the data subject in the personal information system, the following minimum procedures shall be followed:(a) the agency maintaining the information system shall investigate and record the current status of that personal information;(b) if, after the investigation, the information is found to be incomplete, inaccurate, not pertinent, not timely or not necessary to be retained, it shall be promptly corrected or deleted;(c) if the investigation does not resolve the dispute, the data subject may file a statement of not more than two hundred (200) words setting forth the data subject's position;(d) whenever a statement of dispute is filed, the agency maintaining the data system shall supply any previous recipient with a copy of the statement and, in any subsequent dissemination or use of the information in question, clearly mark that it is disputed and supply the statement of the data subject along with the information;(e) the agency maintaining the information system shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to the data subject the data subject's rights to make a request;(f) following any correction or deletion of personal information the agency shall, at the request of the data subject, furnish to past recipients notification delivered to their last known address that the item has been deleted or corrected and shall require the recipients to acknowledge receipt of the notification and furnish the data subject the names and last known addresses of all past recipients of the uncorrected or undeleted information.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.5.
IN Code § 4-1-6-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-6. Securing of Confidential Information Protected

Sec. 6. The securing by any individual of any confidential information which such individuals may obtain through the exercise of any right secured under the provisions of this chapter shall not condition the granting or withholding of any right, privilege, or benefit, or be made a condition of employment.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1.
IN Code § 4-1-6-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-7. State Agencies Maintaining One or More Systems; Requirements

Sec. 7. (a) Any state agency maintaining one (1) or more personal information systems shall file an annual report on the existence and character of each system added or eliminated since the last report with the governor on or before December 31.(b) The agency shall include in such report at least the following information:(1) The name or descriptive title of the personal information system and its location.(2) The nature and purpose of the system and the statutory or administrative authority for its establishment.(3) The categories of individuals on whom personal information is maintained including the approximate number of all individuals on whom information is maintained and the categories of personal information generally maintained in the system including identification of those which are stored in computer accessible records and those which are maintained manually.(4) All confidentiality requirements, specifically:(A) those personal information systems or parts thereof which are maintained on a confidential basis pursuant to a statute, contractual obligation, or rule; and(B) those personal information systems maintained on an unrestricted basis.(5) In the case of subdivision (4)(A) of this subsection, the agency shall include detailed justification of the need for statutory or regulatory authority to maintain such personal information systems or parts thereof on a confidential basis and, in making such justification, the agency shall make reference to section 8 of this chapter.(6) The categories of sources of such personal information.(7) The agency's policies and practices regarding the implementation of section 2 of this chapter relating to information storage, duration of retention of information, and elimination of information from the system.(8) The uses made by the agency of personal information contained in the system.(9) The identity of agency personnel, other agencies, and persons or categories of persons to whom disclosures of personal information are made or to whom access to the system may be granted, together with the purposes therefor and the restriction, if any, on such disclosures and access, including any restrictions on redisclosure.(10) A listing identifying all forms used in the collection of personal information.(11) The name, title, business address, and telephone number of the person immediately responsible for bringing and keeping the system in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1978, P.L.10, SEC.3; P.L.19-1983, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-1-6-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-8. Policy of Access; Restricted Access as Condition for Receipt of Donated Materials

Sec. 8. (a) All state agencies subject to the provisions of this chapter shall adhere to the policy that all persons are entitled to access to information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public servants, such access being required to enable the people to freely and fully discuss all matters necessary for the making of political judgments. To that end, the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to provide access to public records to the extent consistent with the due protection of individual privacy.(b) Where such assurance is needed to obtain valuable considerations or gifts (which may include information) for the state, any agency, with the prior written approval of the oversight committee on public records, may allow restrictions upon public access to be imposed upon it as a specific condition of a contract, with a time limit not to exceed fifty (50) years or the lifetime of the individual, whichever is less. In order to promote the preservation of historical, cultural, natural, and other irreplaceable resources, the department of natural resources or the Indiana state library may extend, beyond the lifetime of the individual, restrictions upon disclosure of information received, providing that such restrictions do not exceed fifty (50) years from the date of the donation in the case of the Indiana state library.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1978, P.L.10, SEC.4; Acts 1979, P.L.40, SEC.4; P.L.19-1983, SEC.3.
IN Code § 4-1-6-8.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-8.5. Consistent Handling of Information Among and Between Agencies; Principles and Procedures

Sec. 8.5. In order to establish consistent handling of the same or similar personal information within and among agencies, each state agency collecting, maintaining, or transmitting such information shall apply the following principles and procedures:(1) Information collected after December 31, 1978, which is classified as confidential must be clearly and uniformly designated as confidential in any form or other document in which it appears.(2) When an agency which holds information classified as confidential disseminates that information to another agency, the receiving agency shall treat it in the same manner as the originating agency.As added by Acts 1978, P.L.10, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.19-1983, SEC.4.
IN Code § 4-1-6-8.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-8.6. Requests for Access to Confidential Records; Improper Disclosure; Actions

Sec. 8.6. (a) In cases where access to confidential records containing personal information is desired for research purposes, the agency shall grant access if:(1) the requestor states in writing to the agency the purpose, including any intent to publish findings, the nature of the data sought, what personal information will be required, and what safeguards will be taken to protect the identity of the data subjects;(2) the proposed safeguards are adequate to prevent the identity of an individual data subject from being known;(3) the researcher executes an agreement on a form, approved by the oversight committee on public records, with the agency, which incorporates such safeguards for protection of individual data subjects, defines the scope of the research project, and informs the researcher that failure to abide by conditions of the approved agreement constitutes a breach of contract and could result in civil litigation by the data subject or subjects;(4) the researcher agrees to pay all direct or indirect costs of the research; and(5) the agency maintains a copy of the agreement or contract for a period equivalent to the life of the record.(b) Improper disclosure of confidential information by a state employee is cause for action to dismiss the employee.As added by Acts 1978, P.L.10, SEC.6. Amended by Acts 1979, P.L.40, SEC.5; P.L.19-1983, SEC.5.
IN Code § 4-1-6-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 6. Fair Information Practices; Privacy of Personal Information|4-1-6-9. Annual Report to General Assembly; Specific Statutory Authorization for Confidentiality; Recommendations

Sec. 9. (a) Under the authority of the governor, a report shall be prepared, on or before December 1 annually, advising the general assembly of the personal information systems, or parts thereof, of agencies subject to this chapter, which are recommended to be maintained on a confidential basis by specific statutory authorization because their disclosure would constitute an invasion of personal privacy and there is no compelling, demonstrable and overriding public interest in disclosure. Such recommendations may include, but not be limited to, specific personal information systems or parts thereof which can be categorized as follows:(1) Personal information maintained with respect to students and clients, patients or other individuals receiving social, medical, vocational, supervisory or custodial care or services directly or indirectly from public bodies.(2) Personal information, excepting salary information, maintained with respect to employees, appointees or elected officials of any public body or applicants for such positions.(3) Information required of any taxpayer in connection with the assessment or collection of any income tax.(4) Information revealing the identity of persons who file complaints with administrative, investigative, law enforcement or penology agencies.(b) In addition, such report may list records or categories of records, which are recommended to be exempted from public disclosure by specific statutory authorization for reasons other than that their disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, along with justification therefor.(c) A report described in this section must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.As added by Acts 1977, P.L.21, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.28-2004, SEC.13.
IN Code § 4-1-7.1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Expiration of Certain Agencies|4-1-7.1-1. "Agency" Defined

Sec. 1. "Agency" means any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, department, division, institution, or other similar unit created or established by act or resolution of the general assembly or by the executive order of an officer of the state; "agency" does not mean a subunit of an agency created by that agency.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.6, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-1-7.1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Expiration of Certain Agencies|4-1-7.1-2. Agencies Created by Resolution

Sec. 2. Every agency created by resolution expires no later than the expiration of the general assembly which created it.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.6, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-1-7.1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Expiration of Certain Agencies|4-1-7.1-3. Agencies Created by Executive Order

Sec. 3. Every agency created by executive order expires no later than the date the officer who created it ceases to hold office.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.6, SEC.2.
IN Code § 4-1-7.1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Expiration of Certain Agencies|4-1-7.1-6. "Accord"

Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section, "Accord" refers to the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord signed on November 15, 2007.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the participation of the state of Indiana in the Accord in any capacity, including as a signatory or an observer to the Accord, terminates not later than the date on which the elected official who signed the Accord on behalf of the state of Indiana ceases to hold office.As added by P.L.113-2014, SEC.1.
IN Code § 4-1-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 8. State Requests for Social Security Number|4-1-8-2. Forms Including Request; Statement and Notification; Requisite Information; Posting

Sec. 2. (a) On any form, application, or other writing prepared by or issued under the authority of any state agency, the following information must be included if the individual is requested to provide the individual's Social Security number:(1) a brief statement of the reason why the Social Security number is requested by the state agency; and(2) a notification either:(A) that the state agency is required by federal law to obtain the individual's Social Security number and that the form or application cannot be processed unless the individual provides the number, if that be the case; or(B) that the individual has the right to refuse to provide the individual's Social Security number to the agency, if the individual so desires, and that the individual will not be penalized.(b) In any location where a form, application, or other writing covered in subsection (a) is taken or filled out, there shall be posted in a conspicuous place a sign in bold print containing information identical to that required on the forms required in subsection (a).As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.6.
IN Code § 4-1-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 8. State Requests for Social Security Number|4-1-8-3. Forms Including Request; Requisite Statement and Notification; Printing and Appendage

Sec. 3. There shall be printed on all forms, applications or other writings which include a request for the social security number produced by or for any state agency on and after January 1, 1978, immediately preceding or following such request, the statement and notification required by section 2 of this chapter. To all forms, applications and other writings which include a request for the social security number already in use, but not yet executed, by a state agency on January 1, 1978, there shall be appended, on or before said date, the statement and notification required by section 2 of this chapter.As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.3.
IN Code § 4-1-8-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 8. State Requests for Social Security Number|4-1-8-4. Refusal to Provide Number; Obtaining From Other Source Prohibited

Sec. 4. In any case where an individual shall refuse to provide the individual's Social Security number to a state agency in accordance with the provisions of section 2(a)(2)(B) of this chapter, the state agency to which the individual has made the individual's refusal known is prohibited from obtaining the Social Security number from any other source.As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.7.
IN Code § 4-1-8-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 4. State Offices and Administration|Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions|Chapter 8. State Requests for Social Security Number|4-1-8-5. Refusal to Provide Number; Penalty Prohibited

Sec. 5. No individual shall be penalized in any manner, by the loss or threat of loss of services or assistance or by the denial or refusal to issue any license or permit, by a state agency for the individual's refusal in accordance with the provisions of section 2(a)(2)(B) of this chapter to provide the individual's Social Security number to the state agency.As added by Acts 1978, P.L.8, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.8.