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2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 6. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest › 4-2-6-14. Prohibitions; Criminal Penalty

Sec. 14. (a) A person may not do any of the following:
(1) Knowingly or intentionally induce or attempt to induce, by threat, coercion, suggestion, or false statement, a witness or informant in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general to do any of the following:
(A) Withhold or unreasonably delay the production of any testimony, information, document, or thing.
(B) Avoid legal process summoning the person to testify or supply evidence.
(C) Fail to appear at a proceeding or investigation to which the person has been summoned.
(D) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.
(2) Alter, damage, or remove a record, document, or thing except as permitted or required by law, with the intent to prevent the record, document, or thing from being produced or used in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general.
(3) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to criminal prosecution under IC 35-44.2-1-3.
As added by P.L.44-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.222-2005, SEC.13; P.L.126-2012, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 6. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest › 4-2-6-15. Communications Paid for With Appropriations or From Securities Division Enforcement Account; Use of State Officer's Name or Likeness Prohibited; Exceptions

Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply to the following:
(1) A communication made by the governor concerning the public health or safety.
(2) A communication:
(A) that a compelling public policy reason justifies the state officer to make; and
(B) the expenditure for which is approved by the budget agency after an advisory recommendation from the budget committee.
(3) A communication:
(A) posted or maintained on a state owned Internet web site; or
(B) that relates to the official duties of the state officer and that is not made for commercial broadcast or dissemination to the general public.
(4) Information posted on social media in accordance with section 15.5 of this chapter.
(b) This section does not prohibit a state officer from using in a communication the title of the office the state officer holds.
(c) As used in this section, "communication" refers only to the following:
(1) An audio communication.
(2) A video communication.
(3) A print communication in a newspaper (as defined in IC 5-3-1-0.4).
(d) A state officer may not use the state officer's name or likeness in a communication paid for entirely or in part with appropriations made by the general assembly, regardless of the source of the money.
(e) A state officer may not use the state officer's name or likeness in a communication paid for entirely or in part with:
(1) money from the securities division enforcement account established under IC 23-19-6-1(f); or
(2) appropriations from the state general fund made under IC 23-19-6-1(f).
As added by P.L.58-2010, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.114-2010, SEC.1; P.L.108-2019, SEC.41.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 6. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest › 4-2-6-15.5. Social Media; Use of State Funds; Official Duties

Sec. 15.5. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section:
(1) "Social media" means an Internet web page or any other form of electronic communication through which users create or use online communities to share information.
(2) "State funds" means funds derived, in whole or in part, from:
(A) appropriations made by the general assembly;
(B) money from the securities division enforcement account established by IC 23-19-6-1(f); or
(C) appropriations from the state general fund made under IC 23-19-6-1(f).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a state officer may use state funds to create, develop, and post information on social media if the information relates to the official duties of the state officer. Notwithstanding section 15(e) of this chapter, information posted on social media may include the name and likeness of the state officer.
(c) A state officer may not use state funds to:
(1) post information on social media if the social media service provider requires payment for the posting, without approval from the budget committee established by IC 4-12-1-3, consistent with the requirements set forth in section 15(a)(2) of this section; or
(2) pay a nongovernmental entity to create, develop, or post information on social media;
if the post includes the name or likeness of the state officer. However, this subsection does not prohibit the state officer from using state funds to pay a nongovernmental entity that is not the social media service provider for ancillary or de minimis expenses incurred in posting information on social media, such as the costs of transmitting data by means of the Internet or a cellular telephone network to the social media service provider.
As added by P.L.108-2019, SEC.42.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 6. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest › 4-2-6-16. Nepotism

Sec. 16. (a) This chapter does not prohibit the continuation of a job assignment that existed on July 1, 2012.
(b) As used in this section, "employed" refers to all employment, including full-time, part-time, temporary, intermittent, or hourly. The term includes service as a state officer or special state appointee.
(c) An individual employed in an agency may not hire a relative.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), an individual may not be employed in the same agency in which an individual's relative is the appointing authority.
(e) An individual may be employed in the same agency in which the individual's relative is the appointing authority, if the individual has been employed in the same agency for at least twelve (12) consecutive months immediately preceding the date the individual's relative becomes the appointing authority.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (e), an individual may not be placed in a relative's direct line of supervision.
(g) An individual employed in an agency may not contract with or supervise the work of a business entity of which a relative is a partner, executive officer, or sole proprietor.
(h) Any person within an agency who knowingly participates in a violation of this chapter is subject to the penalties set forth in section 12 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.105-2012, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 6. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest › 4-2-6-17. Use of State Property for Other Than Official Business; Exceptions; Violations

Sec. 17. (a) Subject to IC 4-2-7-5, a state officer, an employee, or a special state appointee may not use state materials, funds, property, personnel, facilities, or equipment for purposes other than official state business unless the use is expressly permitted by a general written agency, departmental, or institutional policy or regulation that has been approved by the commission. The commission may withhold approval of a policy or rule that violates the intent of Indiana law or the code of ethics, even if Indiana law or the code of ethics does not explicitly prohibit that policy or rule.
(b) An individual who violates this section is subject to action under section 12 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.123-2015, SEC.26.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 7. The Inspector General › 4-2-7-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. The term includes a body corporate and politic established as an instrumentality of the state. The term does not include the following:
(A) The judicial department of state government.
(B) The legislative department of state government.
(C) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 4-2-6-1).
(2) "Business relationship" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.
(3) "Employee" means an individual who is employed by an agency on a full-time, a part-time, a temporary, an intermittent, or an hourly basis. The term includes an individual who contracts with an agency for personal services.
(4) "Ethics commission" means the state ethics commission created by IC 4-2-6-2.
(5) "Lobbyist" means an individual who seeks to influence decision making of an agency and who is registered as an executive branch lobbyist under rules adopted by the Indiana department of administration.
(6) "Person" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.
(7) "Special state appointee" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.
(8) "State officer" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-2-6-1.
As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 7. The Inspector General › 4-2-7-2. Inspector General; Powers and Duties; Appointment and Removal; Reappointment; Compensation

Sec. 2. (a) There is established the office of the inspector general. The office of the inspector general consists of the inspector general, who is the director of the office, and an additional staff of deputy inspectors general, investigators, auditors, and clerical employees appointed by the inspector general as necessary to carry out the duties of the inspector general. The inspector general shall provide rooms and staff assistance for the ethics commission.
(b) The inspector general is responsible for addressing fraud, waste, abuse, and wrongdoing in agencies.
(c) The governor shall appoint the inspector general. The inspector general:
(1) except as provided in subdivision (2), shall be appointed for a term that expires on the earlier of the date that:
(A) the term of the governor who appointed the inspector general expires; or
(B) the governor leaves office;
(2) may only be removed from office by the governor for:
(A) neglect of duty;
(B) misfeasance;
(C) malfeasance; or
(D) nonfeasance;
(3) must be an attorney licensed to practice law in Indiana; and
(4) is entitled to receive compensation set by the governor and approved by the budget agency.
If the governor is reelected, the governor may reappoint the inspector general for an additional term. The inspector general's compensation may not be reduced during the inspector general's continuance in office.
(d) Subject to the approval of the budget agency, the inspector general shall fix the salary of all other employees of the office of the inspector general.
(e) Except for information declared confidential under this chapter, records of the office of the inspector general are subject to public inspection under IC 5-14-3.
(f) IC 5-14-1.5 (the open door law) applies to public meetings of the office of the inspector general.
As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 7. The Inspector General › 4-2-7-4. Powers; Subpoena and Contempt; Reports; Serving as Special Prosecuting Attorney; Civil and Criminal Actions

Sec. 4. To carry out the duties described in section 3 of this chapter, the inspector general has the following powers:
(1) As part of an investigation, the inspector general may:
(A) administer oaths;
(B) examine witnesses under oath;
(C) issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum; and
(D) examine the records, reports, audits, reviews, papers, books, recommendations, contracts, correspondence, or any other documents maintained by an agency.
(2) The inspector general may apply to a circuit or superior court for an order holding an individual in contempt of court if the individual refuses to give sworn testimony under a subpoena issued by the inspector general or otherwise disobeys a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by the inspector general.
(3) The inspector general shall prepare a report summarizing the results of every investigation. The report is confidential in accordance with section 8 of this chapter.
(4) If the attorney general has elected not to file a civil action for the recovery of funds misappropriated, diverted, missing, or unlawfully gained, the inspector general may file a civil action for the recovery of the funds in accordance with section 6 of this chapter.
(5) The inspector general may prosecute a criminal matter as a special prosecuting attorney or special deputy prosecuting attorney in accordance with:
(A) section 7 of this chapter; or
(B) IC 33-39-10-3.
As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.57-2014, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 7. The Inspector General › 4-2-7-5. Code of Ethics; Use of State Property for Political Purpose; Filing Ethics Complaint

Sec. 5. (a) The inspector general shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing a code of ethics for the conduct of state business. The code of ethics must be consistent with Indiana law.
(b) The code of ethics must, except as provided in subsection (c), prohibit the following:
(1) A state officer, an employee, or a special state appointee from using state materials, funds, property, personnel, facilities, or equipment for a political purpose.
(2) Adoption of policies or regulations that authorize a state officer, an employee, or a special state appointee to use state materials, funds, property, personnel, facilities, or equipment for a political purpose.
For purposes of this section, "political purpose" does not include the handling or disposing of unsolicited political communications.
(c) A state officer or an individual designated by the state officer may use state materials, funds, property, personnel, facilities, or equipment for the following:
(1) To coordinate the state officer's official, personal, and political calendars.
(2) To provide transportation and security for:
(A) the state officer; and
(B) any employee or special state appointee who accompanies the state officer.
(3) Incidental or de minimus political communications or activity involving the state officer.
(d) If the inspector general investigates and determines that there is specific and credible evidence that a current or former employee, a current or former state officer, a current or former special state appointee, or a person who has or had a business relationship with an agency has violated the code of ethics, the inspector general may:
(1) file a complaint with the ethics commission and represent the state in a public proceeding before the ethics commission as prescribed in IC 4-2-6-4; or
(2) file a complaint with the ethics commission and negotiate an agreed settlement for approval by the ethics commission according to its rules.
As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.123-2015, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 7. The Inspector General › 4-2-7-8. Confidentiality of Informant; Exceptions; Records and Disclosure; Penalties

Sec. 8. (a) The identity of any individual who discloses in good faith to the inspector general information alleging a violation of a state or federal statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance is confidential and may not be disclosed to anyone other than the governor, the staff of the office of the inspector general, or an authority to whom the investigation is subsequently referred or certified, unless:
(1) the inspector general makes a written determination that it is in the public interest to disclose the individual's identity; or
(2) the individual consents in writing to disclosure of the individual's identity.
(b) The investigative records of the inspector general may be kept confidential in whole or in part.
(c) This subsection does not apply to a person who is a party to an action brought by the inspector general. Information received by the inspector general is not required to be produced in the course of discovery unless ordered by a court after a showing of:
(1) particularized need; and
(2) proof that the information requested cannot be obtained from any other source.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), a person who knowingly or intentionally discloses:
(1) confidential information or records; or
(2) the identity of a person whose identity is confidential under subsection (a);
commits unlawful disclosure of confidential information, a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) A person may disclose confidential information or records or the identity of a person whose identity is confidential under subsection (a) if the governor authorizes the disclosure of this information in the public interest.
As added by P.L.222-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 8. Registration and Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbyists › 4-2-8-1. Application of Definitions

Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 4-2-6 and IC 4-2-7 apply throughout this chapter.
As added by P.L.89-2006, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 8. Registration and Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbyists › 4-2-8-2. "Department"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to the Indiana department of administration created by IC 4-13-1-2.
As added by P.L.89-2006, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 8. Registration and Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbyists › 4-2-8-3. Executive Branch Lobbyists; Registration Statement; Annual Report; Filing Under Oath

Sec. 3. (a) An executive branch lobbyist shall file the following with the department:
(1) A registration statement.
(2) An annual report as required by the department.
(b) Statements and reports filed under this section must be filed under oath.
As added by P.L.89-2006, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 8. Registration and Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbyists › 4-2-8-4. Filing Fees; Late Fees

Sec. 4. (a) The department shall charge each executive branch lobbyist an initial registration fee and an annual report filing fee set by rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2.
(b) In the rules adopted under this section, the department may provide for late fees for registration statements and annual reports that are filed late.
As added by P.L.89-2006, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 8. Registration and Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbyists › 4-2-8-5. Filing Materially Incorrect Statement or Report; Referral to Inspector General; Sanctions

Sec. 5. (a) If the department finds that:
(1) a statement or report required to be filed under this chapter was materially incorrect;
(2) the person filing the statement or report was requested to file a corrected statement or report; and
(3) a corrected statement or report has not been filed;
the department may refer the matter to the inspector general or, after a hearing conducted under IC 4-21.5-3, take action under subsection (b).
(b) If the department makes a finding under subsection (a), the department may do either or both of the following:
(1) Revoke the registration of the person who has failed to file a corrected statement or report.
(2) For a finding made after June 30, 2007, assess a civil penalty on the person who has failed to file a corrected statement or report of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
As added by P.L.89-2006, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 8. Registration and Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbyists › 4-2-8-6. Failure to File Statement or Report; Sanctions

Sec. 6. (a) The department may impose either or both of the following sanctions if, after a hearing under IC 4-21.5-3, the department finds that a person has failed to file a registration statement or a report required by this chapter:
(1) Revoke the person's registration.
(2) For a finding made after June 30, 2007, assess a civil penalty on the person of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) In imposing sanctions under this section, the department shall consider the following:
(1) Whether the failure to file the statement or report was willful or negligent.
(2) Any mitigating circumstances.
As added by P.L.89-2006, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 2. State Officers Generally › Chapter 8. Registration and Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbyists › 4-2-8-7. Rules; Consultation With Ethics Commission and Inspector General

Sec. 7. In consultation with the inspector general and the commission, the department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to accomplish the duties given to the department under this chapter.
As added by P.L.89-2006, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 1. The Governor › 4-3-1-1. Acts and Joint Resolutions of General Assembly

Sec. 1. The governor shall cause all acts and joint resolutions passed by the general assembly to be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and inform the house in which the same originated, thereof.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.47, s.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 1. The Governor › 4-3-1-2. Employment of Counsel; Fugitives From Justice; Recapture

Sec. 2. The governor may employ counsel to protect the interest of the state in any matter of litigation where the same is involved; and the expenses incurred under this section, and recapturing fugitives from justice, may be allowed by the governor and paid out of any money appropriated for that purpose.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.47, s.2. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 1. The Governor › 4-3-1-3. Official Bonds; Suits

Sec. 3. For breach of the condition of any official bond, by which the state is injured, the governor shall direct suit to be brought upon the governor's relation, unless otherwise provided by law; and all costs taxed against the relator shall be paid by the state.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.47, s.4. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 1. The Governor › 4-3-1-4. Expenses; Contingent Fund

Sec. 4. The expenses of the necessary furniture, fuel, stationery, and postage of the governor, and such contingent fund as may be appropriated, shall be paid out of the treasury of the state, on the order of the auditor, as in other cases.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.47, s.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 1. The Governor › 4-3-1-5. Officers and Judges Commissioned by Governor

Sec. 5. The governor shall commission the following:
(1) All officers designated in the Constitution of the State of Indiana other than members of the general assembly.
(2) All officers elected by the general assembly.
(3) All officers appointed by the governor.
(4) All judges.
(5) All electors and alternate electors for President and Vice President of the United States.
As added by P.L.3-1987, SEC.492. Amended by P.L.3-1993, SEC.238.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 3. Pensions for Former Governors and Surviving Spouses › 4-3-3-1. Repealed

Formerly: Acts 1945, c.6, s.1; Acts 1975, P.L.21, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.24, SEC.1. Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.9, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 3. Pensions for Former Governors and Surviving Spouses › 4-3-3-2. Pension of Surviving Spouse; Election; Limitations; Payment

Sec. 2. (a) The surviving spouse of each individual who:
(1) serves as governor; and
(2) is entitled to a retirement benefit under section 1.1 of this chapter;
is entitled to an annual pension.
(b) The pension to which a governor's surviving spouse is entitled under this section shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the public employees' retirement fund established after a claim has been made for the pension to the Indiana public retirement system by:
(1) the surviving spouse; or
(2) a person acting on behalf of the surviving spouse.
(c) The annual pension to which a governor's surviving spouse is entitled under this section is equal to the following:
(1) For the surviving spouse of a governor who died before July 1, 1998, the greater of:
(A) the annual retirement benefit received by the surviving spouse during the year beginning July 1, 1998; or
(B) ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(2) For the surviving spouse of a governor who dies after June 30, 1998, the greater of:
(A) fifty percent (50%) of the annual retirement benefit that the governor to whom the surviving spouse was married was entitled to receive; or
(B) ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
If a governor chooses to receive a retirement benefit under IC 5-10.2-4 and IC 5-10.3-8, the surviving spouse receives the survivor option, if any, selected by the governor under IC 5-10.2-4-7.
(d) A governor's surviving spouse is entitled to receive the pension provided under this section for life.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the pension provided under this section is in addition to any other retirement benefits a governor's surviving spouse is entitled to receive.
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.9, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.195-1999, SEC.6; P.L.97-2004, SEC.13; P.L.177-2014, SEC.1; P.L.92-2021, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 3. Pensions for Former Governors and Surviving Spouses › 4-3-3-3. Application of Chapter; Funding for Benefits

Sec. 3. (a) This chapter applies to any governor of Indiana regardless of whether the governor's service occurred before, on, or after January 14, 1981, and to the surviving spouse of any governor.
(b) The former governor and surviving spouse pension provided by this chapter is part of the public employees' retirement fund under IC 5-10.2 and IC 5-10.3. The biennial appropriation for the state's funding obligation to the public employees' retirement fund must include funding for these benefits.
(c) To the extent that this chapter conflicts with IC 5-10.2 or IC 5-10.3, this chapter governs. However, if a benefit payable from the public employees' retirement fund under this chapter would jeopardize the qualified status of the public employees' retirement fund under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a), the benefit payable from the public employees' retirement fund under this chapter must be reduced to the extent required to preserve the qualified status of the public employees' retirement fund under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a).
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.9, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.13; P.L.92-2021, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 4. Reports of State Agencies to Governor-Elect › 4-3-4-1. Contents of Reports; Plans and Estimates for Improvements

Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of every state institution, office, board, bureau, society, commission, or other organization which receives an appropriation from the state, to furnish to the governor elect of the state, upon the governor elect's request, within six (6) days after each general election in November, the information in relation to the management, control, receipts, expenditures, and needs of the state institution, office, board, bureau, society, commission, or other organization as the governor may require and in the form as the governor may prescribe and to furnish plans and reliable estimates for all improvements for which appropriations are to be requested from the next general assembly.
Formerly: Acts 1905, c.64, s.1. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.17, SEC.1; P.L.215-2016, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 5. State Services and Space Made Available to Governor-Elect › 4-3-5-1. Office Space; Equipment; Telephone

Sec. 1. The governor shall direct the property management division of the department of administration to provide a governor-elect with office space, office equipment, and telephone service, for the period between the election and the inauguration.
Formerly: Acts 1963, c.143, s.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 5. State Services and Space Made Available to Governor-Elect › 4-3-5-2. State Budget; Revenue Estimate

Sec. 2. The budget agency shall make available to a governor elect and the governor elect's designated representatives information on the following:
(1) All information and reports used in the preparation of the state budget.
(2) All information on projected income and revenue estimates for the state.
Formerly: Acts 1963, c.143, s.2. As amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 5. State Services and Space Made Available to Governor-Elect › 4-3-5-3. Successors to Heads of State Agencies; Furnishing Information

Sec. 3. The designated department, agency, commission, and/or division heads will supply their successors with all necessary documents and information vital to the continued operation of the department.
Formerly: Acts 1963, c.143, s.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-1. Title of Act

Sec. 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Reorganization Act of 1967".
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.1. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means any executive or administrative department, commission, council, board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, administration, or other establishment in the executive or administrative branch of the state government not provided for by the constitution. The term "agency" does not include the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, the lieutenant governor, and the attorney general, nor the departments of which they are, by the statutes first adopted setting out their duties, the administrative heads.
(2) "Reorganization" means:
(A) the transfer of the whole or any part of any agency, or of the whole or any part of the functions of an agency, to the jurisdiction and control of any other agency;
(B) the abolition of all or any part of the functions of any agency;
(C) the consolidation or coordination of the whole or any part of any agency, or of the whole or any part of the functions of an agency, with the whole or any part of any other agency or the functions of an agency;
(D) the consolidation or coordination of any part of any agency or the functions of an agency, with any other part of the same agency or the functions of the agency;
(E) the authorization of any officer to delegate any of the officer's functions; or
(F) the abolition of the whole or any part of any agency which agency or part does not have, or upon the taking effect of a reorganization plan will not have, any functions.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.2. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.10; P.L.215-2016, SEC.16; P.L.219-2017, SEC.10; P.L.8-2019, SEC.9; P.L.43-2021, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-3. Purposes of Reorganization

Sec. 3. (a) The governor shall examine, and from time to time reexamine, the organization of all agencies of the state government, and shall determine what changes in the agencies are necessary to accomplish the following purposes:
(1) To promote the better execution of the laws, the more effective management of the executive and administrative branch of the government and of its agencies and functions, and expeditious administration of the public business.
(2) To reduce expenditures and promote economy to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient operation of the government.
(3) To increase the efficiency of the operations of the government to the fullest extent practicable.
(4) To group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions of the government, as nearly as possible according to major purposes.
(5) To reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies or functions thereof as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the government.
(6) To eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.
(7) To increase the control of the electorate over the policymaking functions of government.
(b) The general assembly declares that the public interest demands the carrying out of the purposes specified in this section, and that these purposes may be accomplished in great measure by proceeding under the provisions of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.3. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.11; P.L.136-2018, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-4. Governor; Preparation of Plan; Message to General Assembly

Sec. 4. Whenever the governor, after investigation, finds that:
(1) the transfer of the whole or any part of any agency, or of the whole or any part of the functions thereof, to the jurisdiction and control of any other agency;
(2) the abolition of all or any part of the functions of any agency;
(3) the consolidation or coordination of the whole or any part of any agency, or of the whole or any part of the functions thereof, with the whole or any part of any other agency or the functions thereof;
(4) the consolidation or coordination of any part of any agency or the functions thereof with any other part of the same agency or the functions thereof;
(5) the authorization of any officer to delegate any of that officer's functions; or
(6) the abolition of the whole or any part of any agency which agency or part does not have, or upon the taking effect of the reorganization plan will not have any functions;
is necessary to accomplish one (1) or more of the purposes of this chapter, the governor shall prepare a reorganization plan for accomplishing the changes in government indicated by the governor's findings included in the plan, and shall submit the plan in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the general assembly, together with a declaration that, with respect to each reorganization included in the plan the governor has found that the reorganization is necessary to accomplish one (1) or more of the purposes of this chapter. The governor, in the message submitting a reorganization plan, shall specify, with respect to each abolition of a function included in the plan, the statutory authority for the exercise of the function, and shall specify the reduction of expenditures which it is probable will be brought about by the taking effect of the reorganizations included in the plan.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.4. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.12; P.L.17-1985, SEC.1; P.L.28-2004, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-5. Name of Agencies; Personnel; Transfer of Records and Property; Unexpended Balances of Appropriation; Enumerating Statutes Repealed

Sec. 5. Any reorganization plan submitted by the governor under this chapter:
(a) shall change, in cases the governor deems necessary, the name of any agency affected by a reorganization, and the title of its head; and shall designate the name of any agency resulting from a reorganization and the title of its head;
(b) may include provisions for the appointment and compensation of the head and one (1) or more other officers of any agency, including an agency resulting from a consolidation or other type of reorganization, if the governor finds, and in the governor's message submitting the plan declares, that by reason of a reorganization made by the plan the provisions are necessary. The head may be an individual, or may be a commission or board with two (2) or more members. The terms of office of any appointee shall not be fixed at more than four (4) years. The compensation shall not be at a rate in excess of that found by the governor to prevail in respect of comparable officers in the executive and administrative branch;
(c) shall make provisions for the transfer or other disposition of the records, property, and personnel affected by any reorganization;
(d) shall make provision for the transfer of the unexpended balances of appropriations, and of other funds, available for use in connection with any function or agency affected by a reorganization, as the governor deems necessary by reason of the reorganization for use in connection with the functions affected by the reorganization, or for the use of the agency which has the functions after the reorganization plan is effective. Unexpended balances transferred shall be used only for the purposes for which the appropriation was originally made;
(e) shall make provision for terminating the affairs of any agency abolished; and
(f) shall enumerate all statutes which may be repealed if the reorganization plan becomes effective.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.5. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.13; P.L.215-2016, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-6. Effect of Plans

Sec. 6. No reorganization plan shall provide for, and no reorganization under this chapter shall have the effect of:
(a) abolishing or transferring a constitutional office or the attorney general or the functions thereof, or consolidating any two (2) such offices or the functions provided such offices in the first statute prescribing the functions and duties of such offices;
(b) continuing any agency beyond the period authorized by law for its existence or beyond the time when it would have terminated if the reorganization had not been made;
(c) continuing any function beyond the period authorized by law for its exercise, or beyond the time when it would have terminated if the reorganization had not been made; or
(d) increasing the term of any office beyond that provided by law for the office.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.6. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-7. Presenting Plan to General Assembly in Form of Bill; Enactment

Sec. 7. (a) Each reorganization plan shall be presented by the governor to the general assembly in the form of a bill.
(b) Each reorganization plan so submitted by the governor shall take effect if and when it is enacted as a law by the general assembly in accordance with the constitution of the state of Indiana.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-8. Effect of Reorganization; Regulations and Other Actions; Vested Functions

Sec. 8. (a) An act and any regulation or other action made, prescribed, issued, granted, or performed in respect of or by any agency or function affected by a reorganization under this chapter, before the effective date of the reorganization, shall, except to the extent rescinded, modified, superseded, or made inapplicable by or under authority of law or by the abolition of a function, have the same effect as if the reorganization had not been made. If any such act, regulation, or other action has vested the function in the agency from which it is removed under the plan, the function shall, insofar as it is to be exercised after the plan becomes effective, be considered as vested in the agency under which the function is placed by the plan.
(b) As used in this section, "regulation or other action" means any regulation, rule, order, policy, determination, directive, authorization, permit, privilege, requirement, designation, or other action.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.8. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 6. Governor Authorized to Present Reorganization Plans for State Agencies to the General Assembly › 4-3-6-9. Survival of Actions; Time for Motion to Allow

Sec. 9. No legal action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of any agency or other officer of the state, in the head's or other officer's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of the head's or other officer's official duties, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of any reorganization plan under the provisions of this chapter. The court may, on motion or supplemental petition filed at any time within twelve (12) months after the reorganization plan takes effect, showing a necessity for a survival of the action, or other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved, allow the same to be maintained by or against the successor of the head or officer under the reorganization effected by the plan or, if there is no successor, against the agency or officer as the governor shall designate.
Formerly: Acts 1967, c.9, s.9. As amended by P.L.5-1984, SEC.16; P.L.215-2016, SEC.18.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 7. Repealed

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
4-3-7-7formerly 18-7-1.5-2; 18-7-1.5-3; 18-7-1.5-4; 18-7-1.5-5; 18-7-1.5-6; 18-7-1.5-7.]
Repealed by P.L.12-1983, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 9. Transfer of Land to United States Government for Location of Federal Projects in Indiana › 4-3-9-1. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Agency of the state" means any officer, agency, department, board, bureau, commission, division or institution of the state of Indiana, the trustees or board of directors of any corporation of the state or body politic of the state supported in whole or in part by appropriations from the state, and the trustees of any state-supported university.
(2) "Land" means both unimproved and improved land.
(3) "Title" and "interest in land" means both legal and equitable title and interest in land.
(4) "Transfer" means a gift, grant, conveying, exchange, lease, or sale.
(5) "United States of America" shall include the United States government and any agency or entity thereof.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.25, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 9. Transfer of Land to United States Government for Location of Federal Projects in Indiana › 4-3-9-2. Location of Federal Educational, Scientific, or Research Projects Within State; Transfer of Lands to United States

Sec. 2. Whenever the governor of the state of Indiana deems it necessary or desirable for the purposes of securing the location in the state of a proposed educational, scientific, or research project or facility, the governor is authorized to transfer to the United States of America any interest in lands which the state holds if that land is utilized for the proposed project or facility. The state, by its governor, may transfer such interest without consideration, or for a nominal or substantial sum, or for a period of years, or in exchange for lands of the United States, or on such other terms as the governor shall find advantageous to the state of Indiana in obtaining the location of the project or facility within the state of Indiana.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.25, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 9. Transfer of Land to United States Government for Location of Federal Projects in Indiana › 4-3-9-3. Instruments of Conveyance; Execution; Requisites

Sec. 3. The governor is authorized to execute all deeds or other instruments of conveyance which, in the governor's judgment, are proper or necessary for the transfer of title to land or any interest by the state of Indiana to the United States of America under section 2 of this chapter, in the following form and manner: Every deed or conveyance shall be executed in the name of the state of Indiana, signed by the governor of the state of Indiana, with the seal of the state of Indiana affixed thereto and shall be approved as to legality and form by the attorney general of Indiana.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.25, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.215-2016, SEC.19.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 4. State Offices and Administration › Article 3. Governor › Chapter 9. Transfer of Land to United States Government for Location of Federal Projects in Indiana › 4-3-9-4. State Lands; Transfer; Valuation; Allocation of Funds to Controlling Agencies; Revenue Bonds; Payment; Separate Sinking Fund; Damages

Sec. 4. (a) When title to land that is to be transferred to the United States of America under this chapter is held in the name of the state of Indiana, and that land has not been declared surplus and is under the jurisdiction and control of any agency of the state, the state budget agency, with approval of the governor, shall allocate and transfer to that agency of the state from any funds which may be appropriated for use to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, an amount of money which equals the value of the land transferred.
(b) The value shall be determined by three (3) disinterested appraisers appointed by the governor. The appraisers shall be residents of the state of Indiana. The allocation of funds shall be in addition to any other appropriations made to that agency of the state. In the event that revenue from the land described in this section and transferred to the United States of America under this chapter is pledged as security for bonds issued and outstanding, the money appropriated by this section shall be held by the treasurer of the state of Indiana in a separate sinking fund to be used only for the purposes of paying the interest and principal of the bonds as they become due, and for no other purpose, until the time the bonds are retired. The funds shall be deposited by the treasurer of the state of Indiana, under the provisions of IC 5-13, at interest, and interest earned by reason of deposit shall be credited to and belong to the fund. Any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who is the holder of any of the bonds at the time the governor announces the governor's intention to transfer the land to the United States of America and who is aggrieved by the amount of money allocated and transferred to a sinking fund created under this section, shall have the right to seek bondholders' damages which may not exceed the face value of the bonds.
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.25, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.19-1987, SEC.1; P.L.8-1993, SEC.8; P.L.215-2016, SEC.20.